ICI-LE-MULINO, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An international conference dedicated to Armenia's opportunities in the IT sector took place in the French city of Ici-Le-Mulino on March 30 with the participation of experts and officials from Armenia, France, the US, Belgium and various international organizations. The Armenian delegation was headed by the RA Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Tigran Davtian, who made the main report on the Armenian government's policy in the IT sector. Pierre Gyurjian, Deputy Director of McKinsey (Belgium), one of the initiators of the Armenia 2020 Project, and Bagrat Yengibarian, Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation, made speeches on the current opportunities and development prospects of the Armenian IT sector. In his speech Deputy Director of Microsoft Corporation Vahe Torosian appreciated the inpressive progress registerted in the Armenian IT sector in recent years, underlining the importance of consistent steps taken by the Armenian government, including the agreement signed between Microsoft Corporation and the Armenian government in early February 2007. Yervand Zorian, Deputy Chairman of the US company Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Scientific Director of Virage Logic, spoke about the interest in operating in the Armenian IT sector that foreign companies have shown. According to a press release submitted to NT by the RA MFA Press and Information Department, heads and representatives of nearly 50 French companies attended the conference. The conference was organized within the framework of Year of Armenia in France with joint efforts of the Ici-Le-Mulino mayor's office, the Armenian embassy in France and the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, and with the assistance of the French-Armenian association G2iA, Items International (France) and the OSCE Yerevan Office.

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