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DIGITEC EXPO 2013 TECHNOLOGICAL ARMENIANS FESTIVAL HAS LAUNCHED
04-10-2013 12:29:16 | Armenia | Science and Technology
On October 4, at the "Yerevan Expo" Center of the Yerevan Computer
Research and Development Institute the international exhibition
DigiTec Expo 2013 has launched. The President of RA Serzh Sargsyan,
the Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Unites
States of America to the Republic of Armenia John Heffern, the
Minister of Economy of RA Vahram Avanesyan has participated at the
opening ceremony. The executive director of the Union of Information
Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan, Opening remarks were denoted
by the Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises Karen Vardanyan, the President of "Rostelecom" OJSC
Sergey Kalugin, the Director of the Armenian representativeness of
"Questrade International Inc." Artashes Harutyunyan.
The exhibition will last 3 days-from 4th of October till 6th of
October at the "Yerevan Expo" Center of the Yerevan Computer Research
and Development Institute (Mergelyan).
Over 120 local and international companies from Canada, Singapore,
Russia and USA take part at the exhibition. This year the exhibition
is represented in greater content and new format. At the first
floor the engineering sector represents over 30 companies, such as
"10x Engineering", "Ani-Test", "Bitlis-Men", "Innovative Solutions",
"Integrator", Museum of Science and Technique, "Mush-Technologies",
"Nairi-Tech", "National Instruments", "Olymp Engineering", "Pegasus
Logic", "Project Integration" and so on.
The software and internet solutions, telecommunication, educational
sector, system integrators and equipment suppliers are represented
on the second floor. Among them you can find "GNC Alpha", "Satis",
"Instigate Mobile", "Instigate", "Orange Armenia", "LanAr Service",
"Mentor Graphics Development Services", "Microsoft", "Monitis GFA"
and others.
On the third floor we represent new start-up companies, career fair
participants, "DigiLife" presentation halls and macthmaking area for
business discussions.
During the exhibition the following events will be held: ~U DigiLife
seminars - During the 3 days of the exhibition within the frames of
DigiLife seminars the can attend about 30 presentations and workshops,
such as '~RThe current problems of cybersecurity in companies",
"Rational commerce of the future - vision of IBM", Meet the new
Office365, " Modern Datacenters", '~RWhat is Agile Development,
its history and why to adopt it" and so on.
~U Technological Career Fair- who like to work in technological sphere
will have an opportunity to meet the employers, get acquainted with
available positions as well as represent themselves.
~U ArmRobotics - will be represented Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ~U Open
Game Contest - will be represented the games announced during the
"Open Game" Championship Of Developers Of Computer And Mobile Games.
The ArmTech congress will take place in parallel with DigiTec this
year, also supported by the EDMC Project in an effort to contribute
to the sustainable development of the IT sector in Armenia and the
establishment of business relations, while spurring investments into
the sector.
It is noteworthy that this year the sponsors of DigiTec are companies
operating abroad, as well as international organizations. The platinum
sponsor of the Expo is GNC-ALFA with its Rostelecom brand, the
general sponsor of the event is Questrade International Inc. software
delopment company. Expo is also sponsored by Russian company named
"Satis" which is developing satellite technologies.
DigiTec Expo is a traditional technological exhibition. It is highly
anticipated and we can state that its a holiday for technological
Armenians. With the help of DigiTec people see the prospect of their
future and they connect it with their own country. From the strategic
point of view, this is the most important function of DigiTec, -
mentioned the UITE Executive Director Karen Vardanyan.
"Armenia has a number of start-up IT companies that offer both
interesting and innovative technological ideas and solutions. This
year, they will once again be represented at the exhibition with
a united front and supported by the EDMC project to present their
products and network with potential partners, clients, and investors,"
noted EDMC Chief of Party Bruno Cornelio. "As DigiTec significantly
contributes to the establishment and strengthening of business ties,
EDMC will also offer a targeted business-to-business (B2B) area for
meetings, where participating companies will be able to engage in
deeper discussions with their partners."
It is expected that during 9th annual DigiTec Expo the number of
visitors will increase up to 25 000 instead of 24 000 which visited
last year.
"DigiTec Expo 2013" is organized by the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises, the sporter is the USAID-funded Enterprise Development and
Market Competitiveness (EDMC) Project, the platinum sponsor is GNC-ALFA
CJSC with its "Rostelecom" brand, the official sponsor is "Questrade
International Inc." and the sponsor is "Satis" company. DigiTec Expo
is held under the high patronage of the Prime-minister of RA.
Platinum sponsor Official sponsor Sponsor DigiTec Expo's information
partners are: itechnology.am, telecom.arka.am, panorama.am,
panarmenian.net, ittrend.am, mwnews.am, erit.am, tesadasht.am
information websites; Aravot, Irates de Facto, Hayots Ashkharh, 168
Hours, Delovoy Express, Respublika Armenia, Info Market newspapers and
"Publishing House Navigator".
Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) UITE is IT
Association of Armenia founded in 2000. The vision of UITE is to ensure
that there is an internationally competitive ICT/High-Tech industry
in Armenia. UITE implements a variety of projects which mainly tends
toward the development and growth of IT sector in Armenia. Among all
the projects UITE organizes annual DigiTec Expo, ICT Leaders Meeting,
DigiTec Business Forum, Armrobotics, "Open Game" Championship,
"DigiCamp".
About USAID Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC)
Project
The USAID-funded Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness
(EDMC) project seeks to improve Armenia's business environment and
support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
This five-year project aims to increase employment and incomes in
Armenia by promoting growth in targeted value chains that have strong
export potential: Information Technologies, Biopharmaceuticals,
Food Processing, and Tourism.
Ruzan Apresyan, PR Specialist Tel: 010-54-88-81(82) E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.uite.org, www.digitec.am
- Science and Technology News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan -
See more at: http://www.nt.am/en/news/186956/#sthash.Jklupw6o.dpuf
04-10-2013 12:29:16 | Armenia | Science and Technology
On October 4, at the "Yerevan Expo" Center of the Yerevan Computer
Research and Development Institute the international exhibition
DigiTec Expo 2013 has launched. The President of RA Serzh Sargsyan,
the Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Unites
States of America to the Republic of Armenia John Heffern, the
Minister of Economy of RA Vahram Avanesyan has participated at the
opening ceremony. The executive director of the Union of Information
Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan, Opening remarks were denoted
by the Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises Karen Vardanyan, the President of "Rostelecom" OJSC
Sergey Kalugin, the Director of the Armenian representativeness of
"Questrade International Inc." Artashes Harutyunyan.
The exhibition will last 3 days-from 4th of October till 6th of
October at the "Yerevan Expo" Center of the Yerevan Computer Research
and Development Institute (Mergelyan).
Over 120 local and international companies from Canada, Singapore,
Russia and USA take part at the exhibition. This year the exhibition
is represented in greater content and new format. At the first
floor the engineering sector represents over 30 companies, such as
"10x Engineering", "Ani-Test", "Bitlis-Men", "Innovative Solutions",
"Integrator", Museum of Science and Technique, "Mush-Technologies",
"Nairi-Tech", "National Instruments", "Olymp Engineering", "Pegasus
Logic", "Project Integration" and so on.
The software and internet solutions, telecommunication, educational
sector, system integrators and equipment suppliers are represented
on the second floor. Among them you can find "GNC Alpha", "Satis",
"Instigate Mobile", "Instigate", "Orange Armenia", "LanAr Service",
"Mentor Graphics Development Services", "Microsoft", "Monitis GFA"
and others.
On the third floor we represent new start-up companies, career fair
participants, "DigiLife" presentation halls and macthmaking area for
business discussions.
During the exhibition the following events will be held: ~U DigiLife
seminars - During the 3 days of the exhibition within the frames of
DigiLife seminars the can attend about 30 presentations and workshops,
such as '~RThe current problems of cybersecurity in companies",
"Rational commerce of the future - vision of IBM", Meet the new
Office365, " Modern Datacenters", '~RWhat is Agile Development,
its history and why to adopt it" and so on.
~U Technological Career Fair- who like to work in technological sphere
will have an opportunity to meet the employers, get acquainted with
available positions as well as represent themselves.
~U ArmRobotics - will be represented Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ~U Open
Game Contest - will be represented the games announced during the
"Open Game" Championship Of Developers Of Computer And Mobile Games.
The ArmTech congress will take place in parallel with DigiTec this
year, also supported by the EDMC Project in an effort to contribute
to the sustainable development of the IT sector in Armenia and the
establishment of business relations, while spurring investments into
the sector.
It is noteworthy that this year the sponsors of DigiTec are companies
operating abroad, as well as international organizations. The platinum
sponsor of the Expo is GNC-ALFA with its Rostelecom brand, the
general sponsor of the event is Questrade International Inc. software
delopment company. Expo is also sponsored by Russian company named
"Satis" which is developing satellite technologies.
DigiTec Expo is a traditional technological exhibition. It is highly
anticipated and we can state that its a holiday for technological
Armenians. With the help of DigiTec people see the prospect of their
future and they connect it with their own country. From the strategic
point of view, this is the most important function of DigiTec, -
mentioned the UITE Executive Director Karen Vardanyan.
"Armenia has a number of start-up IT companies that offer both
interesting and innovative technological ideas and solutions. This
year, they will once again be represented at the exhibition with
a united front and supported by the EDMC project to present their
products and network with potential partners, clients, and investors,"
noted EDMC Chief of Party Bruno Cornelio. "As DigiTec significantly
contributes to the establishment and strengthening of business ties,
EDMC will also offer a targeted business-to-business (B2B) area for
meetings, where participating companies will be able to engage in
deeper discussions with their partners."
It is expected that during 9th annual DigiTec Expo the number of
visitors will increase up to 25 000 instead of 24 000 which visited
last year.
"DigiTec Expo 2013" is organized by the Union of Information Technology
Enterprises, the sporter is the USAID-funded Enterprise Development and
Market Competitiveness (EDMC) Project, the platinum sponsor is GNC-ALFA
CJSC with its "Rostelecom" brand, the official sponsor is "Questrade
International Inc." and the sponsor is "Satis" company. DigiTec Expo
is held under the high patronage of the Prime-minister of RA.
Platinum sponsor Official sponsor Sponsor DigiTec Expo's information
partners are: itechnology.am, telecom.arka.am, panorama.am,
panarmenian.net, ittrend.am, mwnews.am, erit.am, tesadasht.am
information websites; Aravot, Irates de Facto, Hayots Ashkharh, 168
Hours, Delovoy Express, Respublika Armenia, Info Market newspapers and
"Publishing House Navigator".
Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) UITE is IT
Association of Armenia founded in 2000. The vision of UITE is to ensure
that there is an internationally competitive ICT/High-Tech industry
in Armenia. UITE implements a variety of projects which mainly tends
toward the development and growth of IT sector in Armenia. Among all
the projects UITE organizes annual DigiTec Expo, ICT Leaders Meeting,
DigiTec Business Forum, Armrobotics, "Open Game" Championship,
"DigiCamp".
About USAID Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC)
Project
The USAID-funded Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness
(EDMC) project seeks to improve Armenia's business environment and
support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
This five-year project aims to increase employment and incomes in
Armenia by promoting growth in targeted value chains that have strong
export potential: Information Technologies, Biopharmaceuticals,
Food Processing, and Tourism.
Ruzan Apresyan, PR Specialist Tel: 010-54-88-81(82) E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.uite.org, www.digitec.am
- Science and Technology News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan -
See more at: http://www.nt.am/en/news/186956/#sthash.Jklupw6o.dpuf