AZG Armenian Daily #142, 29/07/2006
Culture
DAYS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN IN
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR
Digitec 2006 second International IT Exhibition will be held in
Armenia within the framework of IT Days in Armenia in
August-September, 2006. Karen Vardanian, Executive Director of IT
Companies’ Union of Armenia, told the journalists today.
He added that the forum is dedicated to the IT and telecommunication
technologies. Digitec – 2006 will have several sections, in
particular, the sections for computer equipment, telecommunication,
wireless networks, program software. Besides, the forum covers also
the financial-banking spheres, e-management, business and scientific
projects. It is expected that 50 local and 15 foreign IT companies
will participate in the forum. Vardanian stated that 28 companies have
already applied for participation, including Mitsubishi – Electric,
Synopsys, Xalt Scan Code ID, Firm Alpha, Web, Synergy and
other. Besides the American University of Armenia, the
Russian-Armenian University, and the Yerevan State Engineering
University will also participate in the forum.
Vardanian stated that this exhibition is the largest one in the South
Caucasus. He added that various competitions, forums and meetings will
be organized within the framework of the exhibition. In his turn
Bagrat Yengibarian, director of "Incubator Enterprises Fund" informed
that in the course of Armenia-Diaspora Forum it is planned to hold the
International IT Conference on September 20. He said that the
conference will be dedicated to the issue of development of the
wireless WiMAX and WiFi connection networks in Armenia.Yengibarian
added that the representatives of MICROSOFT, SUN Microsystem, INTEL
and ALCATEL companies will participate in the conference. Digitec 2006
is organized by "The Incubator Enterprises Fund" and the Union IT
Companies of Armenia.