Under the theme “World’s New AI Hub,” the 21st edition convenes tech pioneers, investors, and policymakers in partnership with NVIDIA, Firebird AI and Krisp.
Yerevan, Armenia — September 23, 2026 — Digitec will host its 21st edition from November 20–22, transforming from a national tech cornerstone into a premier international platform. Announced today at a press conference held by UATE (Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises), Digitec 2026 will bring together top-tier enterprises, founders, investors and policymakers from the US, Europe, the Gulf and Central Asia — the entire AI value chain, in one room.
For two decades, Digitec served as the annual benchmark for Armenia’s domestic tech growth. This 21st edition expands that mandate—positioning Armenia not simply as an observer or participant in global AI, but as a critical crossroads connecting ecosystems that are building AI infrastructure and capability in parallel.
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“Digitec is a community-driven event, organized by UATE for 20 years. This year we are taking the next step and opening it to the world, so that our companies gain the international partnerships they need to grow,” said Armen Kocharyan, President of UATE. “Digitec also carries a social mission. Revenue from Digitec helps fund Armath Engineering Makerspaces — UATE’s flagship educational project, which makes engineering education accessible to more than 17,000 children across Armenia.”
“Armenia has a historic opportunity right now: with its exceptional tech talent and rapidly expanding AI infrastructure, it has become an important hub on the global AI map, and we now bring a wealth of potential to the world in artificial intelligence,” said Edita Ghazaryan, Executive Director of UATE. “Aiming to accelerate this effect, Digitec 2026 is becoming a premier AI event, bringing together tech leaders, founders and investors around artificial intelligence. Powered by our partners – global leaders in AI – we connect the US, Europe, the Gulf, and Central Asia right here in Armenia.”
A Premier AI Event, Built Around Five Layers of AI
Digitec 2026’s conference program is structured around the full AI value chain—Energy, Chips & Compute, Infrastructure & Data, AI Models & Training, and Applications & Tools—intersected by four horizontal tracks: Science, Governments & Policies, Investments & Founders, and Talent & Ecosystems. The program will bring together around 100 global speakers across keynote sessions, panel discussions, and fireside chats on the 600-seat Main Stage, alongside an expanded 150-seat DigiHub stage dedicated to an “engineers for engineers” technical track.
Digitec 2026 also integrates OpenTalks.AI, a leading international AI/ML conference known across Western Europe, bringing its community of 5,000+ professionals into dedicated sessions that bridge global R&D with real-world business applications.
Among the confirmed speakers are Rev Lebaredian (Vice President, Physical AI Simulation, NVIDIA), Rajeev Jayaraman (Vice President, Microchip Technology), Suren Arutyunyan (Head of Compute, OpenAI), Zelco Relic (Executive Vice President, CTO, Align Technology), Anton Repushko (Head of Research, Revolut, ex-AWS MLE), Matias Undurraga Breitling (Chief Enterprise Technologist, AWS, ex-CTO, CPO), Raffi Krikorian (CTO, Mozilla, ex-Twitter, ex-Uber), Rod Solaimani (MENA/Central Asia Policy & Partnerships Lead, OpenAI), Jack McCauley (Co-Founder, Oculus VR), and Adrian McDonald (President, EMEA, Dell). The full and continuously updated roster of speakers is available on the official Digitec speakers page.
NVIDIA — Premier Partner
As Premier Partner of Digitec 2026, NVIDIA underscores its role powering the region’s accelerating compute infrastructure. Its technology serves as the foundation for landmark regional projects, including Armenia’s Firebird AI Factory and Eleveight AI Data Centers. Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Physical AI Simulation, headlines NVIDIA’s Main Stage program with a keynote address, alongside a dedicated NVIDIA tech talk in DigiHub.
“The goal is not simply to bring AI to Armenia,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of physical AI simulation at NVIDIA. “It is to build AI in Armenia for the world. NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure gives Armenian researchers and entrepreneurs the foundation to create new technologies, companies and industries. Digitec brings together the builders, investors and global partners to turn that foundation into an AI economy.”
Firebird AI — Premier Partner
Firebird AI, the company building Armenia’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, joins Digitec as General Partner. With its second phase completed by the end of 2027, the Firebird AI data center will place Armenia among the world’s top 10 countries by compute capacity.
“Digitec is the most important event in our technology sector, and its results speak for themselves,” said Alexandr Yesayan, Co-founder of Firebird AI. “It also played a significant role in Firebird’s own founding — the first discussions with our partners around the idea for the project took place at Digitec in 2024. Today there is far greater interest in Armenia, and because of it we will see leaders and representatives of major international companies at Digitec. For Armenian companies, that is an opportunity to start new collaborations and projects.”
Krisp — Premier Partner
Krisp, the Armenian-founded Voice AI technology company, joins Digitec 2026 as Premier Partner, reflecting its standing as one of Armenia’s most recognized AI success stories on the global stage. Krisp’s real-time voice infrastructure operates at the audio layer, isolating voices, reducing accent friction, and breaking language barriers before conversations reach any agent, model, or downstream system. Deployed on over 200 million devices and processing more than 80 billion voice minutes monthly, Krisp is trusted by 2,500 of the world’s leading enterprises and has been recognized by Forbes, TIME, Gartner, and Fast Company, including two 2026 Webby Awards for Technical Achievement.
“Digitec used to be Armenia’s showcase to itself. This year it’s Armenia’s showcase to the world,” said Artavazd Minasyan, Co-founder and President of Krisp. “With 100,000 GPUs coming online and NVIDIA and Firebird in the room, Armenia is becoming the AI hub between Europe, the Gulf, and Central Asia – a place to train and deploy models. Krisp trains frontier voice AI models in Yerevan and ships them to hundreds of millions of devices. Now the infrastructure is here for the next hundred companies to do the same.”
Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence — Government Partner
The Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of the Republic of Armenia joins Digitec 2026 as Government Partner, reinforcing the state’s commitment to establishing Armenia as a premier global AI destination by advancing the infrastructure, talent pipelines, and regulatory frameworks vital for large-scale deployment.
A press conference on Digitec 2026, featuring remarks by ATDA President Armen Kocharyan and Executive Director Edita Ghazaryan, as well as the event’s main partners, including Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence Davit Tadevosyan. Yerevan, Armenia
“Digitec’s theme this year, now in its 21st edition, is ‘World’s New AI Hub’ — and it is more than a theme for an event. It is a statement about Armenia’s technological future and our ambitions in this field,” said Davit Tadevosyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of the Republic of Armenia. “It matters to us not only to attract international interest in Armenia, but to turn that interest into concrete, long-term results. I am confident that Digitec 2026 will become an important platform for positioning Armenia’s technology and AI ecosystem internationally, forming new partnerships, and presenting Armenia’s technological potential to the global market.”
Picsart and Netris join Digitec 2026 as Strategic Partners. Additional support comes from the Yerevan Municipality, EU4Innovation program, GIZ, PMI Science, and Team Group.
Three Days of High-Intensity Dealmaking, Talent, and Deep Tech
Digitec 2026 is built to generate measurable business outcomes across an intensive three-day schedule, moving intentionally beyond a traditional tech showcase. The commercial heartbeat is the Expo, hosting roughly 100 exhibiting companies alongside Startup Alley for emerging innovators. High-value transactions and partnerships are driven through a structured B2B Zone, the Digitec app’s matchmaking feature for pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings between founders, enterprises, and funds, live pitches at the Startup Arena, and curated investor delegations like the BANA Angels Investor Tour.
The broader program also expands into specialized industry platforms and practical engineering. Financial technology takes center stage with the International Fintech Summit, held in partnership with the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), complemented by Open Talks AI for dynamic, open-format dialogue. Anchoring the event’s talent and educational track, the ArmRobotics Tournament will run live competitions showcasing the country’s growing robotics capabilities.
Conference tickets sales and the official registration is now open for attendees, delegations, exhibitors, and accredited media at digitec.am.
About Digitec
Digitec is one of the largest technology events in the region, now in its 21st year. Organized by UATE (Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises) — founded in 2000 and representing 300+ member companies across Armenia’s tech industry — Digitec has grown from a single exhibition hall in 2005 into a 30,000-visitor event combining a multi-track Conference and a 250+ company Expo. Digitec integrated with WCIT (World Congress on Innovation & Technology) in 2019 and 2024, cementing its role as an international event. Digitec 2026, themed “World’s New AI Hub,” takes place November 20–22, 2026, at the Meridian Exhibition Center in Yerevan, Armenia.
