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00:00TO INNOVATE AND ENHANCE THEIR DIGITAL INFORMATION. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF IT -- A DEBBIE U.S. VICE PRESIDENT. GIVE US A REPORT CARD ON HOW COMPANIES ARE MANAGING THIS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. > > THAT ' S A GREAT QUESTION. WE ' VE HAD OVER 17,000 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SECTOR SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THAT QUESTION. A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT WAYS PEOPLE ARE TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SECTOR BUSINESS IS IN TERMS OF SPEED. WHAT ME GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH CLUMP YOU, THEY ARE WORKING TO SOLVE THE COVID PANDEMIC PROBLEMS WE HAVE ALL HAD. THEY TURNED TO EIGHT OF U.S. FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING POWER. THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE 6 MILLION PUBLIC RECORDS ABOUT HEALTH INFORMATION, PUT IT INTO A DEBBIE U.S., WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THESE RECORDS AND TAKE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LENGTHY PROCESS AND COMPRESS IT INTO 11 DAYS AND IDENTIFY SEVEN NEW CORONAVIRUS AREAS. THAT IS THE POWER A WS GIVES RESEARCHERS TO UNDERSTAND AND SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS. EMILY: YOU ARE ANNOUNCING A NEW HEALTH CARE ACCELERATOR THAT WILL LOOK AT SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE STARTUPS. WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR A DEBBIE U.S. WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR SPECIFICALLY? > > THE HEALTH CARE ACCELERATOR IS DESIGNED TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES WHO HAVE REALLY INNOVATED ON A DEBBIE U.S.. WE GIVE THEM TECHNICAL SYMPTOMS AND CONNECT THEM WITH OTHERS IN THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY TO CREATE NEW SOLUTIONS AND STARTUP ACCELERATORS ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY GENERATE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLVE REALLY BIG PROBLEMS AND VERY INNOVATIVE WAYS. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE IT HERE. THIS SUMMIT IS FOCUSED ON HEALTH EQUITY IN PARTICULAR AND IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FROM NOW UNTIL JULY 1. EMILY: I ' M CURIOUS FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LABOR MARKET, ESPECIALLY HOW COMPANIES ARE COMPETING FOR TALENT AND COMPANIES IN THE CLOUD SPECIFICALLY. ONE OF THE INTERESTING TRENDS YOU ARE SEEING? MAX: I WOULD START OFF BY SAYING THERE ' S A NOTICED SHORTAGE IN TECH SKILLS, WHICH IS WHY AMAZON TOOK NOTICE TO UPSCALE ANY 5 MILLION PEOPLE WITH CLOUD SKILLS BY 2020 FIVE. AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE IS A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING AND RETAINING FOLKS. AS WE HAVE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN THESE RETURN TO MORE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE KEY IS TO FOCUS ON CONTINUED SKILLING, WHETHER IT IS EARLY AGE WHICH TARGETS 13-14-YEAR-OLDS, LARGELY TARGETS WOMEN TO GET THEM INTO TECH SKILLS, WHETHER IT ' S AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL LIKE A

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