Armenia’s flagship technology exhibition and conference, DigiTec, is set to become one of the largest artificial intelligence platforms in the region this year. The announcement was made on September 23 by Armen Kocharyan, chairman of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE), at a press conference.
According to him, the event will run from November 20 to 22 under the slogan “New AI Node in the World” and will bring together technology leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and public-sector representatives from the United States, Europe, the Gulf countries and Central Asia.
The conference is expected to feature around 150 international speakers, including representatives of NVIDIA, OpenAI, Microchip Technology, Revolut, Mozilla, AWS, Dell, Field AI and other companies. The program will also include the DigiHub venue for professional talks, the international OpenTalks.AI program, and additional networking opportunities with leading industry figures.
The exhibition section will host more than 200 local and international companies, startups, business delegations and investors. Armen Kocharyan said DigiTec’s larger scale reflects a broader transformation since the first event in 2005: Armenia has moved from being a user of technology to a producer of it. In his words, Armenian companies are now creating solutions that already have international demand.
The UATE chairman added that over the past 20 years DigiTec has changed not only in size but also in strategic purpose. What began as a mainly Armenian event has evolved into a clearly international platform.
Armenia’s Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence, Davit Tadevosyan, also took part in the press conference. He noted that last year DigiTec attracted more than 30,000 participants, while the exhibition featured more than 20 startups from over 30 countries. He said he hopes this year’s event will outperform the 2025 results.
Tadevosyan said DigiTec represents the development model Armenia would like to see across its technology sector — from a modest startup idea to a stage where a company’s role and influence extend beyond Armenia.
UATE Executive Director Edita Ghazaryan said the program will also include technical master classes, panel discussions and a robotics competition initiated by the Armat laboratory, with about 400 children expected to take part. In addition, an Investor-Tour will be organized, bringing representatives of investment and venture funds from more than 60 countries to visit startup companies.
DigiTec will also hold a startup competition where participants will pitch their ideas to investors. Government delegations are expected as well, including from Qatar, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. According to Ghazaryan, Kazakhstan is expected to send a large delegation led by the country’s deputy prime minister.
DigiTec was launched in 2005. Its founder was Karen Vardanyan, the long-time leader of Armenia’s technology community and former director of UATE, who has since passed away.
According to Armenia’s Statistical Committee, the country’s information and communications technology sector grew by 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, versus 12.6% growth a year earlier. Sector revenue reached 622.4 billion drams, or $1.6 billion. The information technology segment alone generated 341.1 billion drams in revenue, up 14.3% year-on-year.
