Software's Economic Impact + The Drive for Talent
Software’s Economic Impact + The Drive for Talent
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Watch Video: http://www.newamerica.org/oti/events/softwares-economic-impact-drive-talent/
Software is making a tremendous contribution to the U.S. economy, according to a new report from BSA | The Software Alliance. Yet in a climate where software’s innovation and influence continues to grow, the U.S. Department of Labor projects that by 2020, U.S. universities will only be able to fill less than one-third of 1.4 million computer specialist job openings.
BSA President and CEO Victoria A. Espinel shared related figures outlining how large that contribution is, and its effect on national and state GDP and new jobs. The panel including leaders from commerce, software, STEM education, and coding, addressed the following questions about what can be done to fill the coding gap: How do we meet the challenge of developing so many skilled coders? How can government and businesses work together to fill the talent pipeline?
Participants:
Victoria A. Espinel
President & CEO, BSA | The Software Alliance
Mark Doms
PhD
Former Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce
Ryan Burke
Senior Policy Advisor, National Economic Council, The White House
Cameron Wilson
COO & VP, Government Relations, Code.org
Melissa Moritz
Deputy Director of STEM, Department of Education
Moderator:
Lisa Guernsey
Director of New America’s Learning Technologies Project
To view BSA’s full report, methodology and source material, and specific examples of software-driven data tools which are improving our lives each day, visit www.bsa.org/softwareimpact.
Press Release: BSA | The Software Alliance Releases First-Ever Report Showing Software Industry’s $1 Trillion Impact on US Economy, June 15, 2016.
TechPost: The $1 Trillion Economic Impact of Software, June 15, 2016.
ABOUT BSA
The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the global trade association of the enterprise software industry, representing companies that are leaders in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other cutting-edge technologies. We work in over 20 markets in the US, Europe, and Asia, advocating for policies that build trust in technology so that every industry sector and the public can benefit from innovation. BSA also supports its members and their customers by raising awareness of the risks of unlicensed software use and the benefits of software asset management, driving license compliance and software adoption around the world through sound IT procurement.