On June 3, 2026, at 17։30, the YSU Business Incubator will hold a seminar titled "The Application of Digital and Innovative Technologies in Agriculture" in classroom 102 of the YSU 6th Building. The speaker will be Vardan Urutyan, founder and CEO of the Armenian Institute for Digital Agriculture (AI4DA).
Participants are required to register in advance via the provided link.
About the speaker
Vardan Urutyan is the founder and CEO of the Armenian Institute for Digital Agriculture (AI4DA). The institute is an emerging center of excellence in digital agriculture, promoting innovation, research, and capacity building through smart technologies, including IoT solutions, agricultural robotics, precision agriculture, and agrotechnology education.
From 2008 to 2018, he headed the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) Foundation, and from 2010 to 2018 served as a visiting professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. In cooperation with leading universities in the United States and Europe, he developed and implemented several international educational programs in agriculture and agribusiness.
Since 2001, he has taught at the Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC) of the Armenian National Agrarian University, established through cooperation among Texas A&M University, the Armenian National Agrarian University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The center offers agribusiness education programs aligned with international standards.
Vardan Urutyan is also a co-founder of the Yerevan Wine Academy, which since 2015 has been training competitive specialists for Armenia's developing winemaking industry.
From 2018 to 2023, he served as rector of the Armenian National Agrarian University. During that period, he initiated reforms in educational programs, created a student-centered learning environment, and established around 60 innovative laboratories, centers, and educational-production infrastructures.
Vardan Urutyan is the author of more than 40 academic articles and has received numerous national and international awards.
