AGENDA 2026
Day 1
October 2, 2026
Engineering City, Yerevan
EC High-Tech Accelerator
10:00 - 10:30
Arrival and Registration
10:30 - 11:00
Opening and Welcome Speeches
11:00 - 11:25
Keynote 1 - Europe’s Next Era: Navigating the Perfect Storm
Laith Altimime, SEMI Europe, President
11:25 - 11:50
Keynote 2 - AI for an Autonomous World
Shakeel Peera, Microchip Technology Inc., Corporate Vice President
11:50 - 12:15
Keynote 3 - Robot Imagination and Affordance Learning in Physical AI
Gregory Chirikjian, IEEE Fellow and Pioneer in Robotics
12:15 - 12:40
Keynote 4 - At the Crossroads of Soft & Hard Technologies: The Emergence of Physical AI
Dr. Oshin Peroomian, Metacomp Tech, CTO
12:40 - 13:00
Keynote 5 - Embrace Intelligence, Drive Industrial Revolution
Alex Zhao, CEO of Huawei Armenia
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20
Physical AI Driven Research Platform
Dr. Mushegh Rafayelyan, Head of PhotonicsAI Laboratory
14:20 - 14:40
What Happens When AI Joins the Engineering Lab
Narek Shukhyan, Emerson NI Semiconductors Test Team Lead
14:45 - 15:50
Panel Discussion: Science Meets Engineering — Physical AI, Real-World Challenges
Vladimir Hairapetian — Senior Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC/SEEC
Shane Tews — President, Logan Circle Strategies; Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Gurgen Mardoyan — Head of R&D Armenia, PMI Science
Narek Nazaryan — Scientific Project Manager, EIF Science Incubator; Researcher, Yerevan State University
Moderator: Andranik Meliksetyan — Principal Solutions Architect, Emerson NI
15:50 - 16:10
Innovation in Medical Devices - Engineering Ideas Into Trusted Care
Samuel Tahmasian, Senior Director, Quality, Nervonik
16:10 - 16:30
Networking Requirements for Agentic AI
Khachik Sahakyan, Chief Product Officer, Grovf
16:30 - 17:00
Live Demo of Humanoid Robot and the state of Humanoid Robotics
Andranik Meliksetyan, Principal Solutions Architect, Emerson NI
Grigor Shirinyan, Advanced Research Center, Robotics Lab
17:00 - 20:00
Engineering Expo Opening and Reception
Day 2
October 3, 2026
Engineering City, Yerevan
EC High-Tech Accelerator Expo Hall
11։00 - 17։00
Engineering Expo
Electronics | Semiconductor | Automotive | Aerospace | Manufacturing | Biotechnology | Engineering Software
11։00 - 17։00
Engineering Education & Youth Zone
11։00 - 17։00
Engineering x Art Exhibition
Collaboration with CyLab
13:00 - 14:00
15:00 - 16:00
Engineering City Tours
Science and Technology Museum, Space Museum, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center
EC High-Tech Accelerator
10:00 - 10:30
Arrival and Registration
11:00 - 12:00
Panel Discussion: Engineering Secure AI and Cyber Ecosystems for Women
Moderator: Anahit Parzyan, VP, AI and Global Partnerships, EIF
12:00 - 13:00
Panel Discussion: Engineering Impact: Investments that build what matters
Moderator: Mari Barseghyan - Project Manager, EIF
13:00 - 14:00
Break
14:00 - 15:00
Panel Discussion: Engineering AI Ecosystems for the Industrial Revolution: AI in Fashion
Moderator: Anahit Parzyan, VP, AI and Global Partnerships, EIF
Day 3
October 4, 2026
Vanadzor Technology Center, Vanadzor
Vanadzor Technology Center
11:30 - 12:00
Arrival and Registration
12:00 - 12:30
Opening and Welcome Speeches
12:30 - 13:00
Keynote - The Moon as a Probing Stone
Vladimir Airapetian, Senior Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC/SEEC
13:00 - 14:00
Panel Discussion: Science Meets Engineering — Physical AI, Real-World Challenges
Vladimir Airapetian – Senior Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC/SEEC Narek Shukhyan – NI Semiconductors Test Team Lead
Andranik Aghajanyan – Head of the Software Engineering Department, Project Integration, Head of EC IB TDS
Moderator: Andranik Meliksetyan – Principal Solutions Architect, NI Emerson
14:00 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 - 16:00
Panel Discussion: Engineering Impact: Investments that Build What Matters
Emma Petrosyan – Founder and CEO of Boo Mountain Bike Park Sevak Hovhannisyan – Managing Partner of International Business Unit, CIVITTA
Lilit Meliksetyan – Fostering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Armenia Project Coordinator, Helvetas
Edgar Amiryan – Founder of GoUp 3D Centr
Moderator: Bagrat Yengibaryan – EIF Director
16:00 - 17:00
What Happens When AI Joins the Engineering Lab
Narek Shukhyan, Emerson NI Semiconductors Test Team Lead
17:00 - 18:00
Live Demo of Humanoid Robot and the state of Humanoid Robotics
Andranik Meliksetyan, Principal Solutions Architect, Emerson NI
Grigor Shirinyan, Advanced Research Center, Robotics Lab
18:00 - 20:00
Closing and Reception