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ArmTech Congress 2014: Serzh Sargsyan presents Armenia's achievements
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13:28 27/09/2014 >> ECONOMY
As part of his working visit to the United States, Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan attended the ArmTech Congress 2014, where he delivered
a welcome speech.
Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan at ArmTech Congress 2014: Armenia's
global high-tech industry platform
Dear representatives of the technological community,
Dear guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to open Armenia's 7th global high-tech industry forum
ArmTech 2014 and to present you, the professional society, our
achievements and challenges in this sphere. I attach great value to
holding this forum periodically which provides ample opportunities to
discuss, plan and carry out a policy aimed at preserving Armenia's
current economic and technological achievements. It allows discovering
new business and investment opportunities, establishing new ties and a
broad professional network, strengthening the existing business ties
between Armenian and world's IT and high-tech organizations. All this
certainly raises Armenia's rating as one of the most rapidly growing
countries in this sphere.
In recent years Armenia has made substantial progress in the sphere of
high technologies and has sustained an average 22-25 percent annual
growth. Over the last years the volume of exports and investments has
increased leading to geographical expansion and 60 percent export
growth. There are more than 380 actively-operating organizations as a
result of which working force grows 10 percent annually. Today that
sphere embraces around 11000 specialists which is not a small number
for Armenia. There is also considerable progress in influx of
transitional organizations to Armenia which is testified by the
presence of our international partners at ArmTech Congress.
Armenia is committed to continuously supporting sustainable
development in the sphere of information technology and
knowledge-based economy in general. With that end in view, we have
established a RA Presidential Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Humanity through IT in 2009. The award is annual and is conferred to
people who have made an exceptional contribution to the sphere. For
example, last year the award was conferred to President of Techno
Vision and Chairman of Semiconductor Industry Association, former
Hitachi CEO Tsugio Makimoto. This year the award was handed to Cisco
Systems Chief Development Officer Mario Mazzola.
In the last 5 years the sphere of information technology has recorded
a qualitative growth: Armenian companies have shifted their
outsourcing orientation growing into organizations carrying out
researches and development activities and offering complex engineering
solutions. Armenian IT products, including those of startup companies
are acquired by foreign organizations which stimulates Armenia's
attractiveness.
I am proud to state that today solutions developed by Armenian
specialists are widely used by numerous organizations in different
countries of the world. For example, various micro schemes are made in
Armenia, countless leading banks have employed systems developed in
Armenia, our specialists' most complex and comprehensive engineering
solutions are installed in management systems of oil-wells, gas mains,
underground and overground transport in a number of countries, and
this list is not complete.
For this reason a series of transnational organizations have
established their research and innovation centers in Armenia. I would
like to highlight particularly Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia,
the regional offices of National Instruments, IBM, Oracle and D-Link
which pay close attention to training of qualified IT specialties in
Armenia, establishment of startup organizations and application of
technologies in different economic spheres thereby raising the
economic competitiveness of our country. It is gratifying that the
mentioned centers are the biggest, but not the only, regional centers
which gives Armenia ample opportunities to hold a leading position on
the global technological map.
Of course, the cooperation with the Diaspora and the use of its
potential in building Armenia's technological future are one of the
vital stimuli to develop the sphere of information technology in our
country. I am sure that owing to our public policy in this sphere and
the active support of our compatriots we will manage to ensure
technological immigration to Armenia. Concluding my speech, I wish the
forum meaningful and fruitful work and I am confident that, as always,
it will mark establishment of new business ties and outline of new
projects.
http://www.panorama.am/en/economy/2014/09/27/armtech-congress/
From: A. Papazian
in IT sector
13:28 27/09/2014 >> ECONOMY
As part of his working visit to the United States, Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan attended the ArmTech Congress 2014, where he delivered
a welcome speech.
Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan at ArmTech Congress 2014: Armenia's
global high-tech industry platform
Dear representatives of the technological community,
Dear guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to open Armenia's 7th global high-tech industry forum
ArmTech 2014 and to present you, the professional society, our
achievements and challenges in this sphere. I attach great value to
holding this forum periodically which provides ample opportunities to
discuss, plan and carry out a policy aimed at preserving Armenia's
current economic and technological achievements. It allows discovering
new business and investment opportunities, establishing new ties and a
broad professional network, strengthening the existing business ties
between Armenian and world's IT and high-tech organizations. All this
certainly raises Armenia's rating as one of the most rapidly growing
countries in this sphere.
In recent years Armenia has made substantial progress in the sphere of
high technologies and has sustained an average 22-25 percent annual
growth. Over the last years the volume of exports and investments has
increased leading to geographical expansion and 60 percent export
growth. There are more than 380 actively-operating organizations as a
result of which working force grows 10 percent annually. Today that
sphere embraces around 11000 specialists which is not a small number
for Armenia. There is also considerable progress in influx of
transitional organizations to Armenia which is testified by the
presence of our international partners at ArmTech Congress.
Armenia is committed to continuously supporting sustainable
development in the sphere of information technology and
knowledge-based economy in general. With that end in view, we have
established a RA Presidential Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Humanity through IT in 2009. The award is annual and is conferred to
people who have made an exceptional contribution to the sphere. For
example, last year the award was conferred to President of Techno
Vision and Chairman of Semiconductor Industry Association, former
Hitachi CEO Tsugio Makimoto. This year the award was handed to Cisco
Systems Chief Development Officer Mario Mazzola.
In the last 5 years the sphere of information technology has recorded
a qualitative growth: Armenian companies have shifted their
outsourcing orientation growing into organizations carrying out
researches and development activities and offering complex engineering
solutions. Armenian IT products, including those of startup companies
are acquired by foreign organizations which stimulates Armenia's
attractiveness.
I am proud to state that today solutions developed by Armenian
specialists are widely used by numerous organizations in different
countries of the world. For example, various micro schemes are made in
Armenia, countless leading banks have employed systems developed in
Armenia, our specialists' most complex and comprehensive engineering
solutions are installed in management systems of oil-wells, gas mains,
underground and overground transport in a number of countries, and
this list is not complete.
For this reason a series of transnational organizations have
established their research and innovation centers in Armenia. I would
like to highlight particularly Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia,
the regional offices of National Instruments, IBM, Oracle and D-Link
which pay close attention to training of qualified IT specialties in
Armenia, establishment of startup organizations and application of
technologies in different economic spheres thereby raising the
economic competitiveness of our country. It is gratifying that the
mentioned centers are the biggest, but not the only, regional centers
which gives Armenia ample opportunities to hold a leading position on
the global technological map.
Of course, the cooperation with the Diaspora and the use of its
potential in building Armenia's technological future are one of the
vital stimuli to develop the sphere of information technology in our
country. I am sure that owing to our public policy in this sphere and
the active support of our compatriots we will manage to ensure
technological immigration to Armenia. Concluding my speech, I wish the
forum meaningful and fruitful work and I am confident that, as always,
it will mark establishment of new business ties and outline of new
projects.
http://www.panorama.am/en/economy/2014/09/27/armtech-congress/
From: A. Papazian