Ahead of the Armenia-hosted WCIT2019, CNN explores and discovers Armenia to cover the preparations for the event, WCIT wrote on its Facebook. 

Once the center of IT innovation of the Soviet Era, Armenia has become the Silicon Valley of the South Caucasus, said author Kostas Pliakos in the report adding.

According to him, for over a decade, Armenia has entered the field of new technologies very quickly, not only as an outsourcing destination, but also as a producer of new ideas, applications, and products.

“57% of its students are women, which is normal for Armenia. It is the country with the largest proportion of female IT workers, reaching 33%,” the report said.

The journalists visited start-ups and IT companies in Yerevan, such as PicsArt, BetConstruct, TUMO Center for Creative Technology; and Armath Engineering Laboratory.

They also visited Vanadzor Technological Center and COAF Smart Center in the Armenian Lori province.

WCIT 2019 will be held in Yerevan on October 6-9, 2019. The Congress is hosted by Armenia with the support and under the high patronage of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) was established by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). Its main organizing body is the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE).