YEREVAN. – The organizers of WCIT 2019 – the most prestigious event in IT world –  have announced the names of 5 out of 10 main keynote speakers.

Alexander Yesayan, President of the Union of Advanced Technologies Enterprises, named the keynote speakers during a press conference on Saturday.

Acer co-founder Stan Shih, Indian businessman, co-founder of Infosys multinational corporation Narayana Murthy, president and CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang, VaynerX chairman Gary Vaynerchuk, co-founder of Garmin Ltd. Min Kao are among the keynote speakers.

Overall the forum will bring together 59 keynote speakers and 12 IT ministers from different countries. Head of Russia's Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin is also among the participants of WCIT 2019.

WCIT 2019  will be held in Yerevan on October 6-9, 2019. The Congress is hosted by Armenia with the support and under the high patronage of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) was established by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). Its main organizing body is the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE).