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The delegation of Armenian IT companies led by Communication, IT and Transport ministry officials is heading for India to attend the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) to be held in Hyderabad on February 19-21. As the Union of Information Technology Enterprises of Armenia (UITE) reports, our country participates in the event for the ninth time.

WCIT is the largest and the most reputable international event among worldwide IT leaders. It brings together high-level officials from different countries, heads of multinational organizations, universities and scientific research centers, non-governmental organizations' representatives and many more.
The event includes discussions of legal, political and economic trends affecting IT business processes, presentations of innovative solutions, B2B meetings and so on. The WCIT has been held since 1978.

In the frames of the event, the baton of the next Congress - WCIT 2019 - will be passed to Armenia, as our country will host the major IT conference in 2019. Armenia has been approved as the hosting country for WCIT 2019 during the meeting of the WITSA's board of directors at WCIT 2014 Mexico.

It is expected 2000-2500 delegates from more than 80 countries of the world. WCIT 2019 will be the first Congress being held in Europe since 2010.

The inspirational video about WCIT 2019 is available here.

According to the source, the Armenian delegation represents Mr. Aleksandr Yesayan, UITE President; Mr. Karen Vardanyan, UITE Executive Director;  Mr. Levon Babayan, UITE Deputy Director; the UITE members on behalf of Mrs. Anna Gevorgyan, CEO of "Instigate Consulting"; Mr. Arman Poghosyan, CEO of "Instigate Design"; Mrs. Anna Shahinyan,  VP of Engineering of "Instigate Mobile"; Mr. Mikayel Gevorgyan, Head of Administration of "Instigate Mobile"; Mr. Karlen Ohanyan, QA Lead of "Instigate Mobile"; Mr. Igor Gabrielyan, Head of Planning and Project Implementation Department of "Veon Armenia"; Mr. Armen Ayvazyan, Business Strategy Development Adviser of "VOLO"; Mr. Ruben Sukiasyan, Commercial Director of "IU Networks"; Mr. Thomas Mazejian, Head of Information Systems Department "VivaCell-MTS". Mr. Arman Khachatryan, the Vice Minister of the Transport, Communication and Information Technologies of RA will represent the Government.