The future of the IT sector in Rio Grande do Sul begins to be laid out. Siegfried Koelln and the president of Assespro, Cláudio Corrêa Carrara, meet with businessmen. The mayor, Ronaldo Ribas, approves Law No. 4420, officially establishing the IT Hub and its Board. The same law also donates 36,589.29 m2 of land next to Unisinos, to ACIS/SL, in order to build the Hub, in exchange for contributions to the Municipal Health Fund.