IMPA Tech will hold its Inaugural Lecture on April 3rd.
To welcome students and introduce the world of technology and innovation, IMPA Tech will hold an Inaugural Master Class on Wednesday (3). The speakers will be André Street, co-founder and president of Stone, and Auana Mattar, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of TIM. The event will be held at IMPA headquarters, in Jardim Botânico.
The guests will be introduced by IMPA's Director-General, Marcelo Viana, and will give talks about their career paths, new technologies, entrepreneurship, and the pursuit of innovation.
“The Inaugural Lecture highlights IMPA Tech's ambition to train Brazil's greatest talents to transform the world around us. The lectures by André Street and Auana Mattar will undoubtedly bring important perspectives on the role of mathematical knowledge in 21st-century technology,” said Viana.
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In addition to being the co-founder of the Brazilian fintech company Stone, André Street is an entrepreneur who created and sold several payment and technology companies in Brazil and Europe, including Braspag, the leading payment gateway in Latin America in the early 2000s; NetCredit, a financial services provider; and Sieve Group, a pricing company that creates price monitoring and intelligence tools for e-commerce. In 2008, Street completed the OPM (Owner President Management Program) at Harvard Business School, one of the most prestigious and competitive management courses in the world.
At TIM, Auana Mattar is responsible for leading the applied technology and innovation team and for accelerating the company's evolution and constant transformation, using the best technology solutions and processes on the market. A senior executive with over 20 years of experience, Auana has participated in 3 startups of telecommunications companies and 3 mergers and acquisitions. In her educational background, Auana holds a specialization from MIT in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and in 2022 she received an award from the Women in Tech Latam Awards in the ID&E Disruptors category, an award that recognizes social impact and encourages the presence of more women in technology.
After the presentations, there will be a reception for students to exchange experiences and talk with the speakers.
IMPA Tech will train the professionals of the future.
Free and innovative, IMPA Tech was created at a crucial moment in the digital transformation with the mission of training highly qualified young people for the technology-related job market.
The Bachelor's degree in Mathematics of Technology and Innovation will last four years, and after a basic cycle, students will be able to choose between the following specializations: Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, and Physics.
The selection process for 2024 was also innovative in allocating 80% of the places to students with the best performance in 5 knowledge olympiads (OBMEP, OBM, OBQ, OBI and OBF). IMPA Tech aims to attract talent from all over the country to Rio de Janeiro.