Top managers from NVIDIA, OpenAI, AWS, Dell, and Mozilla will speak at Digitec 2026 in Armenia

Digitec 2026 will take place from November 20 to 22 in Yerevan. The program features over 100 speakers, technical sessions, an exhibition of technology companies, and business meetings. The main theme of the event is the development of artificial intelligence and the infrastructure to support it.

The conference will be held for the 21st time. The organizer is the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises of Armenia (UATE).

This year’s theme is World's New AI Hub, or “New Global AI Hub.” The program will cover five levels of AI infrastructure: energy, chips, computing, models, and applications, as well as five regions: the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Persian Gulf countries, Europe, and the United States.

Participants include representatives from NVIDIA, OpenAI, AWS, Dell Technologies, Mozilla, Microchip Technology, Revolut, and Isomorphic Labs. Also speaking at the event will be Oculus co-founder Jack McCauley and Kotlin programming language creator Andrey Breslav.

Armenia as a Center for AI Infrastructure Development

One of the conference topics will be the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Armenia. Firebird is building cloud infrastructure for AI in the country based on NVIDIA technologies. According to organizers, the investment volume in the project amounts to $4 billion, and by 2027, more than 70,000 NVIDIA graphics processing units are planned to be deployed in Armenia.

Additionally, Firebird is forming a portfolio of projects with a total capacity of 2 gigawatts in Armenia, Kazakhstan, and other countries by 2028.

Engineering teams of international technology companies, including NVIDIA, Microsoft, Synopsys, Siemens, AMD, Cisco, Adobe, and Broadcom, are also working in Armenia.

Who Will Speak at the Conference

Among the confirmed speakers:
— Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of NVIDIA for Physical AI Simulation
— Romain Jourdan, Chief AI Technologist at AWS
— Adrian McDonald, President of Dell Technologies for the EMEA region
— Raffi Krikorian, CTO of Mozilla
— Rajiv Jayaraman, Vice President of Microchip Technology
— Suren Arutyunyan, Representative for OpenAI Computing
— Sergey Bartunov, Senior Research Scientist at Isomorphic Labs
— Anton Repushko, Head of Revolut Research
— Jack McCauley, Co-founder of Oculus
— Andrey Breslav, Creator of the Kotlin programming language
— Razmig Ovagimyan, Co-founder and CEO of Firebird
— Ali Aga, Co-founder and CEO of FieldAI
— Olga Megorskaya, Founder and CEO of Toloka
— Naira Ovakyants, CEO of Kestrel Robotics and Professor at the University of Illinois
— Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Representatives of government bodies from Armenia and Kazakhstan will also participate in the event, including Jaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, and Davit Tadevosyan, Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of Armenia.

What Will Be Included in the Program

The Digitec 2026 program includes several tracks:
— Conference: presentations, speeches, and panel discussions on AI development and technological infrastructure
— DigiHub: technical sessions and workshops with NVIDIA, OpenAI, Krisp, and other companies
— OpenTalks.AI: a dedicated day focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning
— Digitec Expo: an exhibition of technology companies and a Startup Alley venue for early-stage startups
— Business Program: a B2B zone and an app for organizing meetings between participants
— Additional Events: the BANA Angels investment tour and meetings in various locations in Yerevan.

Premier partners of the event are NVIDIA, Firebird, and Krisp; strategic partners include Picsart and Netris. Organizations supporting the conference include the Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of Armenia, the Yerevan Municipality, EU4Innovation East, GIZ, and PMI Science.

Tickets

A conference ticket includes access to the main stage, DigiHub, the B2B zone, and the networking app. The price is 15,000 AMD until October 30, and 20,000 AMD after that date. Entry to the exhibition is free after online registration.

You can buy a ticket for Digitec 2026 here.

About UATE

The Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises of Armenia unites more than 300 technology companies. The organization has been hosting Digitec for over 20 years. Another area of its work is the Armath educational program, through which children across Armenia receive free engineering education in specialized laboratories.