Yerevan to host International Electronics Forum in OctoberMay 4, 2012 - 16:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Electronics Forum is off to Yerevan for its 21st annual meeting. The meeting of C-level executives is set to take place at Yerevan Marriott Hotel from October 3 to 5, 2012, according to embedded.com. The forum is organized by Future Horizons Ltd. (Sevenoaks, England) and covers the electronics value chain from R&D to end markets and service providers. The theme for 2012 is "Turning recession into opportunity; new applications, markets and regions." The International Electronics Forum is being held with support of the government of Armenia and the Armenian Development Agency and will include an address from the RA Prime Minister. Other confirmed speakers include: Mojy Chian, senior vice president at GlobalFoundries, Joe Sawicki, vice president at Mentor Graphics, Ron Collett, CEO of Numetrics Management Systems, Robert Harutyunyan, director general of the Armenian Development Agency. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |