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Supportive Initiative for Armenian National High Tech Industry
Formation
Ground up development of the environment for technological and economical breakthrough
ANAHIT Initiative
Goals
Armenia to be a well established country
Stable economics
Protected borders
Part in the global world society
Homeplace for all Armenians in the world
Develop an innovative high tech
environment
Basis for a rich economics
Stability
Further progress
Action Items
Mentality change from an outsourcing developing country to an innovative,
successful and well developed country
Create and export successful technologies and products to the
global market
Cultivating world class brains, professionalism, scientific,
engineering and entrepreneurial spirit in the young generation
Train them to be world class professional and successful
Ground up development of the high tech environment to drive social,
economical and technological growth
Rising up the human basis ready to create an innovative high tech industry
Innovative High Tech
Key ingredients and needs
Modern, first class education and science
Universities, Research Institutes, Governmental support, Private sector
subsidizing
Startups developing innovative technologies and products
Technoparks, Incubators, Governmental support
Venture Capital Funding
Outside and inside investments,
Governmental support
Export of technologies and products, Acquisition of Armenian companies,
IPO of Armenian companies
Diaspora, Private sector,Governmental support
Where Is The Gap?
Wide field companies
Education / Science
Trainings,
Internships
Gap
Incubators, Venture Funds
Startups
Niche compani
es
High Tech Hub
Wide field companies
Education / Science
Trainings,
Internships
High Tech Hub
Incubators, Venture Funds
Startups
Niche compani
es
Benefits of the Hub
Established companies can spend less time and resources on trainings and internships
programs and they will hire graduates with work experience
Universities can continue providing fundamental knowledge
base and incorporate Hub programs for enhancing students
work experience
Students and graduates will experience a team work, become
familiar to development processes and standards, have a
wider view on the fields
Centralized information distribution for technologies and innovations will lead to a better understanding of the processes
and trends that are happening in a global world in high tech
industries and sectors
Project based assignments and labs will help to identify future team leaders, managers and
entrepreneurs, build teams and have a centralized database of
young high tech professionals in Armenia
Early stage seed funding can be used to develop prototypes for technologies and products, that further can become a basis for
startups
What is the Initiative?
Establishing a centralized place for information exchange for students, graduates and young professionals
from high tech industries
Prepare them for a new style of thinking and working
Involving high tech professionals, managers, entrepreneurs and
companies from Armenia and all over the world to transfer their knowledge,
experience and visions with the upcoming generation
Show the success stories and inspire for new achievements
Organizing a wide range of topics discussions, seminars and trainings for all aspects of high tech development,
innovative technologies, individual and company experiences
Keep the community on the edge of innovative progress information
What else can we do?
Setup information exchange and cooperation, bring experts to have discussions and provide expertise,
innovate in every way by creating a fusion of different technologies to
create new products
Provide a co-working space for individuals and teams who have
ideas and projects and are willing to implement them
Help them with information gathering, project management, development processes setup,
space and equipment
Organize competitions and contests to expose creativity and thinking, inspire innovations and
award respectfully
Raise future professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs!
Who will be involved?
Participants – a target group of 17-27 years old students, graduates and
scientists, eager to learn and enhance their knowledge to drive the future of
the country’s progress.
Role: receive the knowledge, be proactive and eager to learn
Individual Contributors – a driving force of 25-35 years old high tech
professionals, executives and entrepreneurs, who’d like to
contribute to Armenia’s National High Tech Industry formation.
Role: share experience and knowledge, organize and manage
events
Official Contributors (Partners) – educational and scientific
institutions, training centers, incubators, venture funds, public and governmental organizations.
Role: development of their projects and businesses as well as Armenian
High Tech Industry by using upcoming generation of the labor
force derived from participants
Sponsors – individuals, companies and organizations, who can provide
support for space, internet, promotions, information supply.
Role: financial support, creation of new workplaces and companies
High Tech Sectors• Information technologies (EDA, Mobile, Web,
etc…)
•Telecommunications (Internet, Networks, VoIP, etc…)
•Robotics (industrial, medical, home, etc…)
•Energy (solar, natural, wind, etc…)
Other sectors will be included when there will be primary drivers for them
Initial steps
Organize a simple web site with entry for building
subscription databases for participants
Groups in popular social networks – LinkedIn, Facebook,
Twitter, etc…
Develop a program for 2010 conferences, panel discussions,
meetings and trainings, cooperate with partners and
sponsors for execution, create a schedule of events
Invite speakers (both individuals and companies) to
tell their success stories, to attract young generation and
convince them in the successful future
Establish a High Tech Hub office that will be open to all
participants to get information and schedules
Spread a word to all potential target groups, grab their
attention and show them the value they can get
Further steps
Reveal high potential individuals by organizing
competitions and contests in different high tech areas
Establish High Tech Labs office space for individuals and teams to work on their projects in a comfortable environment,
to innovate and prototype technologies and products
Provide Labs participants with interactive training for a
team work, process management and product
development
Cooperate with incubators and venture funds for a seed
funding of the most promising projects that will come out of
Labs, back them with professionals, managers and
entrepreneurs to create startups
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