CONFERENCE ON IT SECTOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

ARKA
Jul 10 2007

YEREVAN, July 10. /ARKA/. A conference "Importance of introducing
and protecting copyright to software and Armenian fonts for further
development of the IT sector" is to be held in Yerevan on July 11,
2007.

The Council for Promotion of IT Development reports that the rapid
development of the IT sector encounters a number of problems, such
as protection of copyright, elaboration and introduction of Armenian
fonts for Unicode in office work, design and elaboration of web-sites,
as well as problems in other spheres.

The Council reports that the problem of IT development involves the
cultural sphere as well. Many spheres – book printing, art, design,
architecture, tourism film production, TV development – cannot be
imagined without information technologies.

"The maintenance and development of Armenian fonts must mainly be
considered in the context of historical development of cultural
heritage, modern application and further development," the Council
says.

The goal of the conference is a comprehensive study of the obstacles
to IT development related to Armenian fonts. The conference intends
to propose ways of resolving the problems to government bodies.

The conference has been organized by the RA Ministry of Culture,
National Chamber of Literature of Armenia, Microsoft office in Armenia
and the Council for Council for Promotion of IT Development.