Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening of the “Silicon Mountains 2025” technology summit, which is titled “Anatomy of Artificial Intelligence”.

Prominent technological, scientific and innovative leaders from Armenia and the world attended the summit.

The Prime Minister welcomed the participants of the summit, thanked them for the invitation and emphasized that he attaches importance to such events in terms of shaping public attitudes and perceptions towards technologies. “Both in the world and in Armenia, today is the period of forming attitudes towards technologies, and on the way to increasing the usefulness of technologies, it is very important to form the right perception and attitude towards technologies among the public and make their usefulness accessible to people.”

According to Nikol Pashinyan, the phenomenon of technology, with its essence and content, is a constant process accompanying civilization, and the development of technologies is also a continuous process. In this context, the Prime Minister emphasized: “Technology has been, is and will continue to be a means of improving human life, increasing the level of well-being, and it has always been so, although we now say that technologies bring challenges and threats, but this phenomenon is also not new. All technologies have brought threats and challenges with them.”

Highlighting the idea that artificial intelligence and technologies in general predetermine the future of the Republic of Armenia, the Prime Minister added that this statement sounds equally true in all countries of the world. “I think it is obvious that the policy of our Government is to support the development of technologies and the technological sector. I recently had the opportunity, and today I consider it very appropriate to clarify what are the tools with which the Government supports and has a strategic perception in terms of supporting the development of technologies. I can mention the first three steps that we imagine we need to support the development of the technology sector. The first of them is education, the second is education, the third is education. Listing the next steps, I can mention infrastructure, good regulations, good policies. But the question arises: what needs to be done and what needs to be in place to develop and have good infrastructure, regulations and policies. I think the answer here is the same. Three things are needed: education, education and again education.

This raises the question: what is needed to have a good education system? The same thing is needed for a good education system: good policies, infrastructures and regulations. I hope it is also clear from our point of view what is needed to have good policies, infrastructures and regulations in the educational sector. And here too, our answer is the following: First, education, second, education and third, education,” the Prime Minister said, adding that they came to this conclusion from practical experience.

According to Nikol Pashinyan, of course, there is a political slogan and political perception in this, but this political slogan, perception and strategy are the result of the knowledge gained as a result of our experience in dealing with life. “Of course, in such cases, many say or ask questions, as if we forgot another important thing, and it is about money. Of course, money is very important, but I also want to address this question. And what is needed to have money? The government has three answers to this question. First: education, second: education, third: education. Of course, I don’t mind, maybe there were times when this question could have been answered in three different ways, for example, oil, gas, gold. But now, even the question of having money or not, of having a job or not, of having well-being or not, in our perception, has three answers: first: education, second: education, third: education. In general, when there is a lot of talk about competitiveness and well-being in the labor market, I am sure you have noticed that we give this same answer to all these questions,” said Nikol Pashinyan.

In this context, the Prime Minister emphasized the contribution of the technological sector and noted that it is taking on a new manifestation in the field of general education. “I am convinced that this is the right path that will ensure the three main prerequisites necessary for the development, security, prosperity, and sustainability of our state: the first is education, the second is education, the third is education,” Nikol Pashinyan summed up his speech.

The summit was attended by Vincent Roche, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Analog Devices Inc., who is the laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Armenia for Global Investment in High Technologies in 2025. The summit also hosted Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Moderna; Andre Andonian, President and Strategic Advisor for the Asia-Pacific region of the biotechnology company Flagship Pioneering; Hovhannes Avoyan, Founder and CEO of Picsart; Adam Kaplanyan, Founder of Alexandrea Winery; Ivan Lesich, Technical Director of Nokia Mobile Networks in Central and Southern Europe; Theodora Preda, Consultant at Plug&Play Tech Center; Vahe Andonians, Founder and CEO of Cognaize; and Hakob Hakobyan, Founder of Seaside Startup Summit.