Armenian sources report that on December 10 and 11 the 5th Annual ArmTech Congress will take place at Stanford University.
Note that the last ArmTech Congress took place in the U.S. in 2009.
Rostom Sarkissian referred to that 3 day conference, which addressed critical high-tech industry topics by featuring 4 plenary session and 24 parallel track sessions in areas ranging from telecommunications and internet to microelectronic design and testing to green technologies to professional networking.
“ArmTech was envisioned as being more than a yearly conference. Its purpose was to become a platform for the development of the high tech industry in Armenia. It has been developed to be a networking space, an ideas lab and a showcase of Armenia’s high tech industry to the world.”
Tony Moroyan, co-chair of the 2009 ArmTech Congress said, “The goal of ArmTech is to showcase Armenia’s high tech capability and to energize and connect high tech Diaspora communities all over the world”.
Rostom Sarkissian noted that in 2009, the high tech industry was beginning to have an impact on Armenia’s economy, with high tech contribution to the GDP increasing by 15-20% per year based on government statistics. According to the Prime Minister’s office, the high tech industry was equal in size to the mining industry in terms of sales and employment. At that time, high tech employed nearly 5,000 Armenians in 200 companies.
