As of May 25, 2002, some 2600 individuals from the following 46 countries have already registered for the conference.

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AHTCA Sends Delegation to Diaspora Conference in Yerevan May 23-29

Several members of the leadership of the Armenian High Tech Council of America are traveling to Armenia from May 23-29 to participate in the Armenian Diaspora Conference. Council members are participating in the Information and Media and Economic and Social Decelopment tracks of the conference . The Council objective in participating in these forums is to identify key areas of concerns from AHTCA's perspective after 2 years involvement with Armenian high tech, to assess some well-known country success & transformation models, and to communicate AHTCA's 7-Point Program in Collaboration with UITE, IESC/Geek Corps, Armenian niversities, WB-Enterprise Incubator Fund and other partner organizations. The AHTCA delegation includes Berge Ayvazian of the Yankee Group, Razmik Abnous of Documentum, Shant Hovnanian of SpeedUS, Ashot Hovanesian of Synergy International Systems, and Alfred Eisaian of CreationPoint Technologies.

Summit of ICT Partner Organizations During Trip to Armenian Diaspora Conference In addition to participating in the formal Diaspora conference program, Council members are arriving early to meet with their partner organizations working in the high tech sector. On Friday, May 24, AHTCA will host a Summit of ICT Partner Organizations at the Viasphere Technopark. During this meeting and workshop, the invited participants from 14 organizations will present their ICT-related programs and initiatives, and learn to coordinate efforts to avoid inappropriate duplication of efforts. This group will also prioritize initiatives and learn to collaborate on common
projects. This by-invitation-only meeting currently includes representatives of AHTCA, UITE, ARITA, IESC/Geek Corps, Enterprise Incubator Fund, ADA, USAID, AmCham, ITF, Eurasia Foundation and other organizations with a focus on the high tech sector in Armenia. AHTCA Leaders to Attend AUA CIS Advisory Board Meeting May 25 Several members of the Armenian High Tech Council of America will participate in a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Computer and Information Science program at the American University of Armenia on Saturday, May 25. As members of the Advisory Board, the AHTCA leadership has had significant input into the curriculum, course descriptions and priorities of the new CIS program being initiated at AUA. This graduate-level program will significantly increase the quality and quantity of highly train information technology professionals and develop a new generation of managers with a combination of technical, business, entrepreneurship and marketing skills. After the Advisory Board meeting, AHTCA members will also meet with the computer science department heads of Armenia's major public and private colleges and universities.

Razmik Abnous of Documentum to present Seminar at AUA CIS Program on May 27 During this visit, Razmik Abnous, Chief Architect and Technology Vice President of Documentum and member of the AHTCA leadership, will present a special seminar for the students and faculty of the AUA CIS Program. Mr. Abnous will present a case study of Documentum's strategies for success in developing and marketing its enterprise content management software solutions that allow 1,400 of the largest businesses in the world to intelligently create and manage all types of content - documents, Web pages, XML files, and rich media - using one common content platform and repository. This presentation will concentrate on product and marketing development strategies that were used at different stages of Documentum's growth, from the early 1990s with handful of engineers to more than 1,000 employees and $200M in revenues in 2001. Razmik has over 20 years experience in leading and architecting software products, and is the co-author of two books on object-orientation and intelligent offices published by John Wiley. He received a B.S. and a Master of Engineering in applied math and computer science from the University of Louisville.