Enterprise Incubator Foundation and Gyumri Technology Centre in partnership with the Government of Armenia, Gyumri Municipality and the “Support to SME Development in Armenia (EU-SMEDA)’’ project which is co-funded by the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by German Development Cooperation GIZ through the Private Sector Development in South Caucasus Programme are organizing the second “Empowering Regions through High-Tech” forum in Gyumri on December 7-8th, 2018.
Empowering Regions through High-Tech will host more than 200 participants from all the regions of RA. The primary objective of the forum will be to introduce the success and impact of the initiative to empower regions of Armenia through High-Tech, to initiate new projects and determine milestones for next year.
The conference will launch on December 7tհ, with 3 main directions executed as panel discussions and presentations: “Local entrepreneurship ecosystem level-up”, “International business challenges in the regions”, “Technology’s impact on non-tech industries”.
The Forum aims to:
- Present successful experiences, products of startups and companies from the participant regions
- Identify opportunities for regions to be part of the global IT and high-tech network
- Identify new models of cooperation with universities to develop a startup ecosystem
- Provide opportunities for tech startups to establish partnerships with non-tech SMEs
The keynote speakers of the forum will be Mr. NikolPashinyan, Acting Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia, Mr. HakobArshakyan, Acting Minister of Transportation, Communication and IT, H.E. Mr. Piotr Antoni Świtalski, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, H.E. Mr. Matthias Kiesler, Ambassador of Germany to the Republic of Armenia and other high officials.