SECOND DIGITEC BUSINESS FORUM OPENS IN YEREVAN
NOYAN TAPAN
JU NE 26
The second annual DigiTec Business Forum opened at the Yerevan Marriott
Hotel on June 26 with the participation of the Armenian prime minister
Tigran Sargsian. The forum has been organized by the Union of IT
Enterprises of Armenia (UITE), the Union of Armenian Banks (UAB),
the Republican Union of Employers (RUE) and Microsoft RA company –
Microsoft’s Armenian subsidiary.
At an exhibition organized within the framework of the forum,
17 companies of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
sector offer their products and services to enterprises engaged in
other sectors of the economy. More than 15 business presentations
and reports will be made at the ICT in Today’s Business Conference
and the Microsoft Innovation Forum. Round tables will be conducted
on the introduction and use of ICT in pharmaceutics, financial and
crediting sector, health care, small and medium entrepreneurship,
and cooperation of the state and business.
T. Sargsian said that the ICT development is a priority for Armenia
for a number of reasons. The first reason is that the intellectual
potential of the Armenian people may be the only competitive advantage
of our country, and great efforts and investmenst should be made to
use this potential. In his words, the countries, which have been able
to create favorable conditions for ICT introduction, have succeeded
in ensuring rapid development as they increase economic efficiency
and in general, make human life more comfortable.
The prime minister attached importance to the results to be
received by forum participants and to the proposals to be made
during discussions. He promised that the government will assist with
introduction of innovative and fresh ideas proposed during the forum.
According to Nicrosoft RA’s director Grigor Barseghian, holding the
DigiTec Business Forum and the Microsoft Innovation Forum at the same
time makes these events even more significant. In his opinion, the
forum participants will address the issue of importance of innovations
for Armenia by discussing the global processes in the ICT sector and
Armenia’s role in them.
RUE chairman Arsen Ghazarian stated that the forum’s slogan "Let’s
Ensure a Growth through Innovations" means that it is necessary to
achieve a growth in the efficiency of the Armenian economy’s management
through solutions developed in Armenian IT sector. He expressed an
opinion that with the aim of solving this problem, cooperation among
ICT enterprises and those of other sectors of Armenian economy should
be strengthened.
The DigiTec Business Forum will finish its work on June 27.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
