DigiTec Summit and Expo, largest tech event in region, kicks off in Yerevan, Armenia

YEREVAN, MARCH 10, ARMENPRESS. The highly anticipated DigiTec Summit and Expo 2022 [2023 March Edition] – the largest tech event in the region - kicked off in the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan on March 10. Representatives of local and international companies, speakers, panelists, journalists, diplomats and government officials were present at the opening ceremony.

30 speakers from 9 countries, 2000 registered visitors and 120 companies are participating.

Opening remarks were made by Chairman of UATE Alexandr Yesayan, Minister of High Tech Industry Robert Khachatryan, EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin, Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Viktor Richter and Chairman of DigiTec Summit Raffi Kassarjian.

Digitec Summit 2022 (March 2023 Edition) will address the following topic:“Ambitious Tech: Enabling open economies to be more resilient in an increasingly unstable world”and will feature C-level execs and founders from existing and to-be unicorns from countries such as Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Israel, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the US, in addition to host country Armenia.

This year’s DigiTec event is the largest in its history, according to Chairman of UATE Alexandr Yesayan.

As part of the event, summit attendees with Full Network Pass tickets have the opportunity to pitch their start-ups to one of 5 venture capitalists from around the world in the Venture Capital Speed Dating.

“We are trying to internationalize this conference,” said Raffi Kassarjian.

EU Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin said the growing IT ecosystem and science sector in Armenia is noticeable and called for promoting and supporting innovations in business processes.

United States Ambassador Kristina Kvien, Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan, among others, are also participating in the event.