INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES MONTH IN ARMENIA
Yerevan, September 8. ArmInfo. A month in the sphere of International
Technologies (IT) will take place in Armenia from September 15 to
October 15, Ara Hakobyan, Adviser of the Armenian Prime Minister told
journalists, Friday.
He said the key goals of the month is to present the IT-sphere,
to enhance the prestige of IT companies and the sphere, on the whole.
Over 10 events are planned in the course of the month. Particularly,
international conference and forums, contests, one big and several
small expositions are expected, A. Hakobyan said. The month is timed
to the forum Armenia-Diaspora in Yerevan and the 15th Independence
Anniversary of Armenia.
In his turn, Director of Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat
Yengibaryan said within the frameworks of the month meetings
will be held at schools. In addition, an inter-university contest
is expected. A contest of young programmers under 30 is already
underway. On September 29, within the frameworks of Armenia-Diaspora
Forum, an international conference will take place with participation
of such world acknowledged companies as Microsoft, Intel, Alcatel,
Sun and others. The conference will touch upon such issues as Internet
access, intensification of radio frequencies, mobile communication net
etc.. As regards expositions, they will present the latest developments
in the sphere. Particularly, B. Yengibaryan underlined the exhibition
"DigiTec-2006", which has a two-year-long history in the country. The
organizers have much expectation from this exhibition connected with
an entry into the international arena.
Among novelties, he mentioned the contest-marathon on the use of an
open code in the virtual regime that has no analogues in the region.
It will allow everyone working in Internet get on a definite space
to present his product. The winner of the contest will get a grand
prize from Microsoft.