On Thursday, December 22 the Network State Business Club Launch Event took place at Best Western Plus Congress Hotel. About 6 dozen business stakeholders, as well as diplomats, journalists, and Network State citizens, attended the event.

The event started with the opening remarks of Erik Khachatryan, a founding member of the Network State Business Club. Then the Network State founder and board chairman Vahram Ayvazyan talked about the Network State, its traction, goals, and projects. The Network State Business Club was introduced with its goals, principles, benefits, and registration procedure.

After Vahram’s keynote speech, the first panel on the topic “Overcoming business challenges in the Armenian world” began, moderated by Liana Manusajyan, and the participants were Gagik Gyulbudaghyan, Aline Masrlian , and Hayk Margarian. During the panel discussion, the cons and pros of doing business in Armenia, Armenia-Diaspora cooperation in the field of business, and related issues were covered.

The first panel’s discussion was followed by a Network coffee break, resulting in the establishment of a number of business connections.

The topic of the second panel was “Business in the Web 3.0 Era”. The discussion was moderated by Artur Aloyan, and the participants were David A. Bequette, Vigen Arushanyan, and Rafayel Tobelyan. The participants discussed the future impact of the metaverse, NFTs, and Web 3 in industries and businesses, the picture of Web 3 in Armenia, and related subjects.

The closing remark of the Network State Business Club Launch Event was delivered by Network State Board member Thomas Aram Manok, who thanked everyone for attending the event and urged them to join the Business Club and work together.