YEREVAN, MAY 24, ARMENPRESS. DigiTech Business Forum will be held in Yerevan on June 9 -10.

The 10th annual forum entitled ‘Smart solutions for smart business’ becomes a unique platform for representatives of IT sector and other fields of business. It is one of the key events of B2B format being held in Armenia.

Alexandr Yesayan, President of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), told a press conference in Armenpress that the event aims at contributing to installation of information and communication technologies in different fields of Armenia’s economy.

“This year during the Forum it will be announced about the preparation works of the 2019 World Congress on Information Technologies (WCIT). Significant works need to be carried out for organizing this important event. Holding this World Congress in Armenia supposes great chances since more than 2000 leaders of IT companies will arrive in Armenia. This means that we can show them Armenia’s IT solutions, opportunities and the potential”, Alexandr Yesayan said.

The President and Secretary of the World Information Technology And Services Alliance (WITSA) will be the guests of the DigiTech. The preparation works will be discussed, the brand of the Congress will be presented, which has been designed by UITE.

UITE Executive Director Karen Vardanyan said the DigiTech 2017 forum will continue the directions of the last year, which mainly are dedicated to defense industry and security.

“Last year after the April events major discussions were held after which the Union of Information Technology Enterprises announced engineers mobilization. Today the already formed group is working with the Defense Ministry on developing new types of weapons”, Vardanyan said, stating that the level of cooperation with the Defense Ministry has been significantly increased.  He informed that they work with the Defense Ministry at various directions - encrypted communication, detection of enemy drones, remote control of attacking tools, intelligence tools, the army management system and etc. IT solutions are proposed for these directions.

Karen Vardanyan said over the past years individuals, business started to more frequently use the ICT technologies. The banking sector is leading in this field.

The annual DigiTech forum is being held since 2008 by UITE under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Armenia. The 2016 forum was attended by 900-1000 participants. This year more active participation is expected.