Digitec is an international AI conference and expo organized by the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises of Armenia (UATE). It’s where founders and companies meet investors, partners and decision-makers from Europe, the US, the Gulf and Central Asia. Digitec 2026: World’s New AI Hub 📅 November 20–22 | 📍 Yerevan, Armenia On stage: Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of AI & Digital Development of Kazakhstan, and Rev Lebaredian of NVIDIA, joined by representatives of OpenAI, AWS, Dell, Mozilla, Revolut and Schneider Electric. The program also includes investor meetings, trade delegation programs and invite-only deal sessions. In the podcast, Edita Ghazaryan, Executive Director of UATE, talks about who will take part and how Kazakh startups can present themselves at Startup Alley. The full version of the podcast is available on the Astana Hub YouTube channel.