POWERFUL KEYNOTE LINEUP AT ARMTECH CONGRESS ’09 TO FEATURE ARMENIA’S PRIME MINISTER
Reuters
Oct 22 2009
ArmTech Congress links Armenian professionals from around the world
to focus on high technology and business development
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — The global Armenian
high-tech industry and strategic business forum and conference,
ArmTech Congress, today announced details of its 2009 conference,
which includes a keynote speech from His Excellency Tigran Sargsyan,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. The event will showcase the
global high-tech industry capabilities of the Republic of Armenia (RA)
by bringing together professionals interested in engaging the global
Armenian community and the rapidly rising high tech sector in Armenia.
This is the third annual ArmTech Congress conceived under the theme
of "learning from the past and inventing the future." The event
will be held November 5 to 8 at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of
Silicon Valley, San Jose, California. More information is available
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The lineup of presenters highlights an interest in the fast-emerging
Armenian high tech economy, with speakers representing high tech
industry executives and high level officials from the government and
academia in Armenia, the U.S.
and elsewhere. Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo will be a featured speaker
from the U.S. government.
ArmTech Congress’09 keynote speakers include: — His Excellency Tigran
Sargsyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia — The Honorable
Nerses Yeritsyan, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia —
Mr. Vahram Nercissiantz, Chief Economic Advisor of the President of
the Republic of Armenia — The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, Congresswoman,
Fourteenth Congressional District of California — The Honorable Joe
Simitian, California State Senator — Dr. Chi-Foon Chan, President
and Chief Operating Officer of Synopsys, Inc.
— Mr. Daniel M. Mahoney, President and CEO of Renesas Technology
America, Inc.
— Mr. Gregory K. Hinckley, President of Mentor Graphics, Inc.
— Lisa Kalustian, Chief Deputy Director, Office of Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger
— Mr. Andre Andonian, Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
"The achievements of Armenia’s high tech industry in recent years,
as well as the essential need to advance the technological Armenian
community, urge us to improve communication and cooperation among
professionals in high tech, establish international business
skills and perfect advanced high tech industry composition. We
must also develop new contacts and business opportunities to create
compatible, comprehensive operations that improve Armenia’s business
and information high tech industry environment," said RA Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan.
Through an intensive program, ArmTech Congress provides a venue for
representatives from business, government and academia to discuss the
Armenian high tech economy and develop a platform for its further
development. By using a ‘town hall meeting’ format to conclude the
conference, the Congress reaches consensus on a platform that defines
the direction of Amerian’s high-tech economy for 2010 and beyond,
as well as identifies opportunities for the participants to support
ArmTech Congress’s long-term goals and objectives. The conference’s
first session provides a review of progress against the platform
adopted the previous year. This process helps enable rapid progress
and provides a value proposition unique to Armenia.
The three-day program addresses critical high-tech industry topics
by featuring parallel track sessions in the following areas: —
Software Industry and Services — Telecommunications and Internet —
Renewable and Green Energy — Microelectronics Design and Test —
Investment Projects — Higher Education and Research — Digital
Media — Biotechnologies — Engineering/Instrumentation Design —
Advanced Materials
— Professional Networking
About ArmTech Congress Headquartered in Silicon Valley, ArmTech
Congress, a global high-tech industry strategic business forum,
platform and conference, was founded by industry and business
professionals to foster professional growth in the worldwide Armenian
high-tech community, and to promote the growth of Armenia’s rapidly
rising high-tech industry. The organization welcomes liaisons with
other entities that are similarly aligned and has no political
affiliations. Building on the success of ArmTech ’07 and ArmTech
’08, the development of recurring international conferences is
the current focus of the organization. ArmTech’s goals include:
providing networking and community resources for Armenian high-tech
professionals worldwide; showcasing the global contributions of
Armenian professionals in high-tech and allied fields; attracting
global participation by individuals and entities that can benefit
from involvement with the Armenian high-tech community; promoting
opportunities to do business, recruit and invest in Armenian high-tech;
highlighting the rise of Armenia’s strategic high-tech industry;
and promoting international interactions and investments for further
growth. For more information, please visit
About ArmTech Congress ’09 The third annual ArmTech Congress conceived
under the theme "learning from the past and inventing the future,"
is designed for professionals interested in engaging with the global
Armenian community and the rapidly rising high-tech industry sector
in Armenia.
ArmTech Congress ’09 will take place under the patronage of the
prime minister of Armenia. The government of the RA stresses the
importance of ArmTech Congress as a platform to discuss, plan and
execute policies and actions to keep Armenia on its current path of
steady technological and economic achievement. The conference also
serves to increase global recognition of Armenia as one of the fastest
growing high-tech destinations in the world.