YEREVAN TECH FORUM

BUSINESS IN A CHANGING WORLD: THREATS & OPPORTUNITIES

MAY 21, 2022 / G. SUNDUKYAN NATIONAL ACADEMIC THEATRE

ABOUT YTF

YTF is here to bring together companies & professionals in the tech sphere, creative industry & HR.
The purpose of the forum is to provide participants with a platform to come together and discuss threats & opportunities of the industry in a rapidly changing world.

The forum aims to allow experts, experienced entrepreneurs, and professionals to share their vision on threats, opportunities, and the development of anti-crisis plans in conditions of total uncertainty.

25+

speakers

30+

companies

1000+

participants

2000+

sq m networking area

AGENDA

10:00 - 11:00

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

11:00 - 11:15

OPENING CEREMONY

11:15 - 11:45

Technologies in the modern world: challenges and prospects

Anna Kostyra Founder and Managing Partner of Legit

11:45 – 12:15

Digital State and Digital Power

Anahit Parzyan Executive Director of “The Nork Technology and Awareness Center for Social Services” Foundation of Armenia

12:15 - 13:00

Panel #1 Yerevan as the capital of the new tech cluster

13:00 - 13:45

BREAK & NETWORKING

13:45 - 14:15

A Digital Transformation in the supply chain

Hayk Karapetyan Chief Executive Officer of HayPost CJSC

14:15 - 14:45

Corporate Management in Ever-Changing Environment

Ralph Yirikian General Manager of Viva-MTS

14:45 - 15:30

Panel #2 Tech job market of Armenia in the terms of two communities: Local / Relocated

15:30 - 16:15

BREAK & NETWORKING

16:15 - 16:45

The value of data quality

Alexey Lyanguzov Head of Quality Engineering Practice at Grid Dynamics

16:45 - 17:45

Panel #3 Future of startup ecosystem & investments in turbulent times

17:45

CLOSING REMARKS

ORGANIZER

Organizer of the forum is Skill Event Marketing Company
Skill uses event management & marketing technology to help companies and brands to solve their business key challenges.

MORE ABOUT SKILL

SPEAKERS

Davit Sahakyan
Deputy Minister of the High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia
Anna Kostyra
Founder and Managing Partner of Legit
Grigor Hovhannisyan
Co-Founder of Business Angel Network of Armenia (BANA)
Narek Safaryan
CEO and founder of RENDERFOREST

Aram Pakhchanian
Co-founder and the Chairman of the Board of the Ayb Educational Foundation
Manuk Hergnyan
Co-founder and managing partner at Granatus Ventures
Aram Mkhitaryan
Owner of Helix Consulting LLC, CEO of IUNetworks
Bagrat Yengibaryan
Director of Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF)

Armen Avak Avakian
Co-Founder & CBDO at Hexact inc
Samvel Martirosyan
Co-Founder of CyberHUB
Amalya Yeghoyan
Executive director at the Gyumri Information technologies Center
Harutyun Baghdasaryan
Director of Engineering at DISQO

Pegor Papazian
Cofounder and The Chief Development Officer of TUMO
Ralph Yirikian
General Manager of Viva-MTS
Hayk Karapetyan
Chief Executive Officer of HayPost CJSC
Arsen Arustamyan
General Manager at NI
(National Instruments)

Alexey Lyanguzov
Head of Quality Engineering Practice at Grid Dynamics
ARTЕM KORSAKOV
Head of People Operations EMEA&APAC at Miro
ARTYOM SHAMTSYAN
Chief Innovation and Digital Officer at Ameriabank
BORIS FOKIN
Co-founder of Hay'Li Human Development

HRACHYA SARGSYAN
Mayor of Yerevan
DMITRY DUKA
Senior manager of simulation technology and a software engineer at NVIDIA
ANAHIT PARZYAN
Executive Director of “The Nork Technology and Awareness Center for Social Services” Foundation of Armenia
VAHAN KEROBYAN
Minister of Economy of RA