ABOUT 15 EVENTS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TO BE ORGANIZED IN ARMENIA IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR
Noyan Tapan
Aug 27 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, NOYAN TAPAN. About 15 big events related to IT
sector will be organized in Armenia in September and October of this
year, NT correspondent was informed by Bagrat Yengibarian, director
of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (IEF).
According to him, the international microelectronics symposium "IEEE
EWDTS 2007 – East-West. Design and Test" will be held in Yerevan on
September 7-10, while the international conference "InnovationECA 2007"
will take place on September 17-20. It is also envisaged to hold the
second world youth IT congress.
In September-October, the EIF together with Microsoft’s Armenian Office
will hold a contest of young programmers "ImagineCup", as well as a
regular olympiad of microelectronics. Besides, some agreements will
be signed with big foreign companies in the indicated months, with
the official opening ceremonies of their Armenian centers being held.
This series of IT events will finish with the traditional exhibition
Digitec 2007 to start on October 26, during which a number of
conferences are envisaged. B. Yengibarian said that the holding of
this exhibition on a later date than in previous years is due to the
fact the exhibition’s area, K. Demirchian Sport and Cultural Complex
is undergoing repair.