IT specialists much in demand in Armenia: Armenia’s PM

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Hackathon[YAN] Flight 2013 contest-festival of innovation ideas and programming kicked off in Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport. Within 24 hours 51 teams consisting of programmers and non-programmers will develop the prototypes/demo versions of their programs, applications, mobile applications that will be assessed by the panel of experts.

The Information and Public Relations Department of the Government of the Republic of Armenia informed “Armenpress’ that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan paid a visit to the airport on December 21, where he talked to the participants of the event and got acquainted with their innovational ideas and projects. The Head of the Government welcomed the initiative of holding the contest and highlighted that due to this the youth will become interested in the IT, as there is an increasing demand for the experts of this sphere. At the course of the briefing with journalists Tigran Sargsyan noted: “This sphere has recorded a sustainable growth in our country during the recent years and we occupy leading positions in the region.”

Hackathon[YAN] Flight 2013 will have four main nominations: Most Innovative Solution, Best Mobile App, Best Game, Best Team. Hackathon[YAN] Flight 2013 will have one winner team that will be awarded 1 million AMD from Microsoft Innovation Center. Several teams will recieve encouraging prizes from Microsoft Innovation Center and partners of the event – “Ameria” Group of Companies and Ucom.