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Ucom backs Silicon Mountains as Armenia's tech summit adds an expo
The operator is platinum partner for a fourth year as the Yerevan event on 3 and 4 November adds an exhibition and a microelectronics day.
By Backhaul, the Corridor Signal news column
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Ucom will be platinum partner of the Silicon Mountains Summit and Expo in Yerevan on 3 and 4 November, the fourth year in a row the Armenian operator has backed the event, Ucom said in a release on 29 October.
The Union of Employers of Information and Communication Technologies (UEICT) launched the event in 2019, and this is its 11th edition, under the theme "Invest in Innovation". It runs over two days for the first time and adds a technology exhibition for startups and technology-focused educational institutions, as well as a panel on women's leadership, the release says. Since 2019 the event has brought together more than 100 speakers, according to Ucom.
The organiser's website puts the summit at Dvin Music Hall on the first day and the Microelectronics International Forum on the second, with support from Armenia's Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence. Its programme lists fireside chats, an open innovation panel with Plug and Play and the awards of the 21st International Microelectronics Olympiad. Speakers named include Ricardo Pinto of Nokia and Hassan Mansour of Monty Mobile, and the second day lists presentations from Synopsys, Siemens EDA, Cisco and Microchip Technology, among others, on topics including chip design and verification, AI networks and physical AI.
The site lists more than 25 exhibition booths, 12 free spaces for startups, a workshop zone and three rooms for business meetings. An August announcement reported by ARKA spoke of more than 50 booths; the site does not say when its figure was set.
Ucom's general director, Ralph Yirikian, attended a press meeting before the event with the heads of Yandex Armenia and Synopsys Armenia and the chairman of UEICT, among others. "Technological advancement is impossible without continuous investment," he said in the release, which does not say how much Ucom contributes as a partner.
Corridor Signal has reported this month on Armenia's telecom revenue statistics and on Firebird's AI cloud in the country.
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