TALKS

Beyond Funding: Navigating M&A as a Growth Strategy

Who Funds the Scale։ Building a Strong VC Infrastructure

At DigiTec 2025, the panel “Who Funds the Scale: Building a Strong VC Infrastructure” gathered leading investors and financial experts to discuss the future of Armenia’s VC ecosystem. Moderated by Dima Stepanov (Yango Ventures, AAL VC), the session featured Manuk Hergnyan (Granatus Ventures), Karen Vardanyan (Formula VC), Daniel Kiss-Kiraly (PortfoLion Capital Partners), and Suren Pakhchanyan (Inecobank). Speakers examined Armenia’s regulatory framework, funding barriers, and growing tech talent pool, highlighting the pivotal moment to build stronger financial infrastructure and attract global capital.

AI Grand Strategy | Building a $500M Bet on Armenia’s Future

At DigiTec 2025, the session “AI Grand Strategy: Building a $500M Bet on Armenia’s Future” brought together leading voices shaping Armenia’s technological roadmap. Rev Lebaredian, Vice President at NVIDIA (Omniverse and Simulation Technology) and Aleksander Yesayan co-founder, CEO and chairman of Team Group of Companies, Team Telecom Armenia, Intent.ai and firebird.ai. The conversation was moderated by Al Eisaian, Co-Founder and Board Member of IntelinAir. The discussion focused on how Armenia can position itself as a global AI hub through strategic investments, research, and public-private collaboration. With a $500M vision for the next decade, the speakers emphasized the nation’s potential to harness artificial intelligence for sustainable economic growth, talent development, and global competitiveness.

Customer-Centric Futures: Salesforce × Inecobank Partnership Launch

At DigiTec 2025, a dynamic discussion brought together Hayk Voskanyan, CEO of Inecobank CJSC, Hrvoje Šupić, Regional Vice President at Salesforce, and Hasmik Daniel, accredited executive and leadership mentor. The session explored how finance, innovation, and leadership intersect in shaping Armenia’s digital economy. From banking transformation to human-centered leadership, the speakers shared actionable insights on how technology and vision can drive sustainable business growth in the region.

Vahagn Poghosyan | Founder, Instigate Venture Studio | Philosophy of education։ post-chatGPT

Vahagn has spent decades advancing research and practice in educating youth and professionals, both in formal and non-formal settings, across complex systems engineering, information management systems, and automation. His recent research focuses on uniting social, humanitarian, economic, natural sciences, and engineering curricula into a modern holistic research-education-production association. His DigiTec2025 speech was devoted to transformations of education philosophy caused by artificial intelligence.

Etienne Delacroix | Education expert | From art to phenomenology of code

Etienne is a painter trained in particle physics who spent a lifetime exploring the span between gestures and machines, developing software to model his process of painting. He led for a decade the "studio of Art and programming" experiment at the UDELAR School of Engineering in Uruguay. Ran many of his "nomadic workshops" from Paris to Africa though Brazil, Japan all the way to Armenia. Currently living in Brussels, where he restarted a painter's studio, thought of as a "large painting collisioner". Continues developing ultra mobile low cost learning spaces and methodologies. At DigiTech 2025, he gave a talk titled "From Art to the Phenomenology of Code."

Semiconductors x AI: Armenia’s Opportunity to Lead in the Age of Intelligent Hardware

Rev Lebaredian | VP, NVIDIA | Armenia: Building an AI Nation

At DigiTec 2025, NVIDIA’s Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology, Rev Lebaredian, delivered a powerful keynote titled “Armenia: Building an AI Nation.” His speech explored how Armenia can leverage its talent, innovation, and global connections to become a leader in artificial intelligence and simulation technologies, inspiring a new era of national tech ambition.

Nubar Afeyan | Founder & CEO, Flagship Pioneering | Coming era of Polyintelligence - where humans, machines, and nature converge

At DigiTec 2025, Noubar Afeyan, Co-founder of Moderna and Founder & CEO of Flagship Pioneering, presented a visionary keynote titled “The Coming Era of Polyintelligence – Where Humans, Machines, and Nature Converge.” He explored the next frontier of innovation where biology, technology, and human creativity merge to redefine intelligence and the future of life itself.

Arsen Babayan | CTO, Inecobank | Cheat Sheet to Greatness

At DigiTec 2025, Arsen Babayan, CTO at Inecobank delivered an inspiring talk titled “Cheat Sheet to Greatness.” Blending history with technology, his speech explored timeless lessons from humanity’s past and how they can guide today’s innovators in building a smarter, more impactful future.

Going Global: Lessons from the COO of Armenia’s First Unicorn

At DigiTec 2025, Mikayel Vardanyan, COO of Armenia’s first unicorn Picsart, joined a fireside chat with Sona Mamyan, the head of growth at 10web.io․ The conversation offered valuable insights into scaling Armenian startups globally, building strong teams, and turning local innovation into worldwide impact.

Armenia’s Future: From Biotech Breakthroughs to Fintech Revolutions

At DigiTec 2025, a thought-provoking fireside chat titled “The Future of Armenia: From Biotechnological Advancements to Fintech Revolutions” brought together visionary leaders to explore how Armenia can position itself at the crossroads of science, innovation, and finance. The discussion highlighted the nation’s potential to lead regional progress through cutting-edge biotech and fintech developments.