ARMENIA TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD IN TEN YEARS
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
15:41 05.10.2012
The annual DigiTech 8th Technological Exhibition kicked off in Yerevan
today. President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of
the exhibition held under the slogan "Holiday for the technological
society."
DigiTech Expo will continue for three days. It has been organized by
the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) in partnership
with the USAID funded Enterprise Development & Market Competitiveness
(EDMC) Project and Microsoft Armenia Company.
On the sidelines of the exhibition the Mergelyan Institute and UITE
signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which the parties will
cooperate in the IT sphere.
President Serzh Sargsyan toured the exhibition halls, familiarized
with the technological novelties and achievements. The President
was accompanied by Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan, Minister of
Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, high-ranking officials, heads
of foreign diplomatic missions.
This year the event has brought together 130 local and foreign
companies; 113 companies participated in the expo last year.
According to UITE President Karen Vardanyan, the development of the
IT sphere in Armenia is in a good stage. He believes Armenia will be
one of the leading high-technology countries in the world in ten years.
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
15:41 05.10.2012
The annual DigiTech 8th Technological Exhibition kicked off in Yerevan
today. President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of
the exhibition held under the slogan "Holiday for the technological
society."
DigiTech Expo will continue for three days. It has been organized by
the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) in partnership
with the USAID funded Enterprise Development & Market Competitiveness
(EDMC) Project and Microsoft Armenia Company.
On the sidelines of the exhibition the Mergelyan Institute and UITE
signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which the parties will
cooperate in the IT sphere.
President Serzh Sargsyan toured the exhibition halls, familiarized
with the technological novelties and achievements. The President
was accompanied by Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan, Minister of
Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, high-ranking officials, heads
of foreign diplomatic missions.
This year the event has brought together 130 local and foreign
companies; 113 companies participated in the expo last year.
According to UITE President Karen Vardanyan, the development of the
IT sphere in Armenia is in a good stage. He believes Armenia will be
one of the leading high-technology countries in the world in ten years.