President Sarkissian met with the organizers of STARMUS: Armenia is ready to host the 6th festival of STARMUS

President Armen Sarkissian, who is in Spain on a working visit, met with the organizers and members of the Board of the STARMUS festival. At the meeting discussed were opportunities of holding the next, 6th festival of STARMUS in Armenia.

The STARMUS festival unites world-famous scholars, astronauts, musicians, Noble Prize laureates and aims to inspire and to educate a new generation of explorers. Members of the STARMUS Board are the cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, a member of Queen rock group Brian May, the world-famous scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, astrophysicists Jill Tarter and Robert Williams, musician Peter Gabriel, the founder and the chief organizer of the festival, Armenian astrophysicist Garik Israelian, other reputable representatives of science and arts. President Sarkissian noted that our county pays great attention to the development of science and technologies and is ready to host renowned scholars, Nobel Prize winners, representatives of the famed Apollo mission, and famous musicians. An agreement was reached that a working group would be created to coordinate the administrative issues of the festival.

A memorandum of understanding was signed at the meeting between the new Presidential initiative ATOM (Advanced tomorrow), which is directed at the development of science and technologies in Armenia, and STARMUS. In the framework of the ATOM project, which comprises various components, it is envisaged to create not only a city of science and technologies but also a scientific park, and a Tomorrow’s Museum. It was noted that STARMUS could become a motivating partner for the ATOM project.