Founder, Doing Digital Forum, Co-Founder, SPRING PR
The Doing Digital Forum is an annual gathering showcasing top speakers and thought leaders at the forefront of digital transformation.
Save the date for April 3rd and join us at the Dvin Hall to connect with the brightest minds in the industry. Elevate your experience as we unite top experts in banking, fintech, telecoms, retail business, communications, state bodies, regulators, etc.
Don’t miss this chance to embrace the opportunities.
Thought Leaders
Inspirational Talks
Case Studies
Networking
FUTURIST | AUTHOR
GERD LEONHARD
ONE OF THE TOP-10 FUTURIST KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, WORLDWIDE
Over the past two decades, Gerd Leonhard has risen to one of the top 10 futurist keynote speakers worldwide. He’s performed at over 2000 engagements in 70+ countries and boasts a global audience of over 3.5 million people and over 260K subscribers on his YouTube channel. Gerd’s client list includes most Fortune 500 companies, as well as many governments and NGOs. He is a leading global influencer in the field of digital ethics. Gerd has written five books, including the bestseller ‘Technology vs Humanity’ (2016) – now available in 12 languages. Gerd’s films on the future of technology and humanity, digital transformation and artificial intelligence have reached millions of viewers. His pioneering keynote presentations use animations, video, and audio in fascinating new ways.
SPECIAL GUEST
HENRI ARSLANYAN
Co-founder of Nine Blocks Capital Management, oversees an institutional- grade crypto hedge fund specializing in digital assets. His fund utilizes market-neutral strategies like relative value, arbitrage, and quantitative methods to exploit inefficiencies in crypto markets.
SPECIAL GUEST
DIRK OHLMEIER
Visionary leader and an experienced entrepreneur in the realm of technology leadership. Boasting a decade of expertise at the helm of executive search, he possesses an exceptional ability to identify and attract seasoned leaders capable of transforming projects into notable successes.
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SAMEE ZAFAR
Dirk Ohlmeier, a visionary leader and seasoned entrepreneur who has spent over a decade at the forefront of executive search in the dynamic realm of technology leadership. With an unwavering commitment to turning CEO and Leader visions into reality,
top voices in finance
HENRI ARSLANIAN
Henri Arslanian, co-founder of Nine Blocks Capital Management, oversees an institutional- grade crypto hedge fund specializing in digital assets. His fund utilizes market-neutral strategies like relative value, arbitrage, and quantitative methods to exploit inefficiencies in crypto markets.
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Henri Arslanian, co-founder of Nine Blocks Capital Management, oversees an institutional- grade crypto hedge fund specializing in digital assets. His fund utilizes market-neutral strategies like relative value, arbitrage, and quantitative methods to exploit inefficiencies in crypto markets.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
1
C-LEVEL EXECUTIVES
CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, and
other senior leaders who
are responsible for driving
digital transformation
initiatives within their
organizations.
2
IT
PROFESSIONALS
IT managers, developers,
architects, and other
technology experts who are
directly involved in
implementing digital
transformation projects.
3
BUSINESS
LEADERS
Marketing, sales, and other
business executives who
are looking to leverage
digital technologies to
drive business growth and
improve customer
experience.
4
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Officials from government
agencies who are looking
to promote digital
transformation and
support the development
of a digital economy.
5
ENTREPRENEURS AND STARTUPS
Founders, executives of
the companies who are
looking to use digital
technologies to disrupt
traditional business
models and create new
opportunities.
Governor, Central Bank of Armenia
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Armenia
Chairman, State Revenue Committee of Armenia
Deputy Minister, High-Tech Industry of Armenia
Head, Financial and Supervisory Technology Development Department, National Bank of Georgia
Chairman, eCommerce Association Georgia
Head, Open Finance Ecosystem and Financial Innovations Division, National Bank of Georgia
CEO, imID
Head, Training Center, State Revenue Committee of Armenia
Chief Product and Marketing Officer, imID
CEO & Founder, aeda
FinTech & Innovation Expert, Finnovatika Regulatory & Tax, Poland
CEO , VS1 Finance, Georgia
Finance and innovation ecosystem leader, Managing Partner, Unchain, Romania
Head of Interoperability and Data Governance, ISAA
Director of Digitalization, ZCMC
AGENDA
8.00 – 9.00
FORUM REGISTRATION | MORNING coffee
9.00 – 10.00
Opening Ceremony | Welcome Notes
Tatevik Simonyan
Founder Doing Digital Forum, Co-founder SPRING PR
Martin Galstyan
Governor, Central Bank of Armenia
Steering through Global Uncertainty
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan
Minister, High-Tech Industry of Armenia
Eduard Hakobyan
Chairman, State Revenue Committee of Armenia
Innovative bridging of tax & customs systems to boost integration of economies
KEYNOTE SPEECH
10.00 – 10.30
Armen Nurbekyan
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Armenia
Armenia’s economy in the midst of global uncertainty: opportunities and challenges
10.30 – 11.00
Varlam Ebanoidze
Head, Financial & Supervisory Technology Development Department, National Bank of Georgia
Show me the money – Open Finance in Action
11.00 – 11.45
Matias Undurraga
Head, AI Europe, Amazon Web Services
Going to an AI native enterprise
11.45-12.10
Oleksandr Yablunivskyy
Vice President, Head of Products and Solutions CISSEE, Visa
A New Perspective on the Payment Ecosystem in the Age of Agentic AI
12.10 – 13.10
PANEL DISCUSSION
Building Next-Generation Payment Infrastructure for Borderless Economy
MODERATOR:
Briony Krikorian-Slade
Head, Governance and Strategy, UK Payments Initiative
SPEAKERS:
- Vakhtang Abrahamyan,
Board Member, Unibank - Hovhannes Khachatryan,
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Armenia, Chairman of the Board, Arca - Artur Kartshikyan
Founder & CEO, aeda wallet - Varlam Ebanoidze,
Head, Financial and Supervisory Technology Development, National Bank of Georgia - Sergio Mello,
Global Head of Stablecoin Solutions at Anchorage Digital
13.10 – 14.00
Networking Luncheon
14.00 - 14.30
FIRESIDE CHAT
Interviewer: David Pollack
Finance and Innovation Ecosystem Leader, Managing Partner, Unchain
Guest: Leiming Chen
Senior Vice President, Ant International, Singapore (Alipay, Alibaba)
KEYNOTE SPEECH
14.30-15.00
Rafayel Mkrtchyan
Head, Corporate Finance, Freedom Broker Armenia
Keynote Topic: AI Beyond The Hype! Economic Viability & Investment Landscape Transformation
15.00-15.30
Dirk Ohlmeier
Founder, Just Better
What the World’s Leading Executives chosen to Stop Doing
15.30-16.00
Karen Mkoyan
CEO, imID
Identity. Reimagined
16.00 – 16.50
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Digital Infrastructure and Real Economy
MODERATOR: Armen Avak Avakian,
Chief Product and Marketing Officer (CPMO), imID
SPEAKERS:
- Ruben Simonyan, Deputy Minister, High-Tech Industry of Armenia
- Sadyk Azimov, Deputy General Director of Digitalization, ZCMC
- Laura Aydinyan, Head, Interoperability & Data Governance, ISAA
- Arusyak Mirzakhanyan, Head, Training Center, State Revenue Committee of Armenia
- Aram Azatyan, CEO, Finbox
16.50 – 17.40
PANEL DISCUSSION
Bridging Regulation & Innovation
MODERATOR:
Sona Grigoryan, Director of Plug and Play Armenia
SPEAKERS:
- Jan Ziomek, Fintech & Innovation Expert, Finnovatika Regulatory & Tax
- Ashot Petrosyan, Head of the Financial System Development Center at the Central Bank of Armenia
- Vasil Shengelia, Head of Open Finance Ecosystem & Financial Innovations Development Division, National Bank of Georgia
- Mikheil Didebulidze, Founder & CEO, VS1 Finance
- Lado Kandelaki, Chairman, E-commerce Association, Georgia
17.40 -17.45
DDF26 Closing remarks
Tatevik Simonyan
Founder, Doing Digital Forum
Co-founder, SPRING PR
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testimonials
what people say
Mher Grigoryan
The citizens and the private sector have a significant role in realizing a digital future. And the state, in its turn, will make all possible efforts to establish an open and accessible data policy, build critical infrastructures, set clear rules of the game, and create a safe environment to enable digital transformation".
Chris Skinner
To thrive in the digital transformation race, Armenia may have an advantage in the form of an opportunity to support fintech startups and engage in discussions about digitalization and digital transformation, as the Doing Digital Forum provides the ideal platform for such endeavors.
Diana Kiguradze
We are proud to become an innovation partner of the DDF. As Visa continues supporting the development of digital transformation in the country, we are delighted to share expertise with a broader audience. We would like to thank the organizers for creating a discussion platform and wish a successful session to all participants.
A. Hanesyan
DDF'23 brought together prominent fintech experts and visionary speakers exploring trending topics of digitization, their impact on society and the public life in a wide range of domains. We are happy to have brought this opportunity for Armenia to showcase its accumulated expertise and connect with the global debate on how the creative talent of people, combined with innovative technological solutions, can lead the world into the future.
Media partners
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Contact us at partnership@doingdigital.am to discuss how you can be a part of this exciting event.