DIGITEC-2008 EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN OCTOBER IN ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Feb 7 2008

YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. DigiTec-2008 three-day exhibition is to
open on October 3 in Armenia, Karen Vardanyan, executive director of
the Union of Information Technologies Enterprises, said on Thursday.

"The key aim of the exhibition is to establish ties IT among companies
and entrepreneurs working in other areas", he said.

Vardanyan said that the Union proposed Toni Moroyan, president of
ArmTech (Armenian Technology Congress) and the head of Viasphere
International Inc., Silicon Valley, USA, to hold joint events –
ArmTech congress and DigiTec exhibition.

"This will have favorable impact on the status of the event and give
our partners from Armenian communities overseas to get familiar
with companies functioning in Armenia for establishing new ties",
Vardanyan said.

ArmTech (Armenian Technology Congress) is to be held in Armenia in
June 2008.

More than 350 representatives from many countries attended the congress
in July 2007.

Armenia was represented by 60 businessmen and 11 business and
educational organizations.

The Armenian delegation was headed by Vahram Nersisyants, Armenian
president’s adviser on economy.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, U.S. Senator Joe Simitian
and Synopsys Inc President Dr.Chi-Foon Chan spoke at the congress.