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Digital Julfa Journey Continues in Venice, 2026

San Lazzaro, Venice, June 21-22, 2026 

Join a Unique Gathering to Revive Armenian Business Heritage, connecting Armenian business and industry leaders from around the world to build trusted bonds and unlock exclusive opportunities

Networking with global business leaders. Tours with Armenian heritage unique highlights in Venice and San Lazzaro Island

Panel Discussions

Historians, trade, financial. Legal and cultural leaders presentation

Art Exhibition & Music Performance

World-class artists and musicians

About the Event

Digital Julfa Venice 2026 brings together Armenian business and industry leaders from across the globe. Designed to revive Armenian business heritage as a strategic asset, this event fosters trusted bonds, renews Armenian trade influence, and unlocks exclusive business and investment opportunities for the modern global economy.

Digital Julfa Network is a unique platform opened to Armenian international top leaders where business, diplomacy, culture and policy intersect to redefine economic advocacy in the world. The 2025 inauguration event in Yerevan opened the road to our next Digital Julfa destination: San Lazzaro Island in Venice, Italy.

Why Join? Because the future belongs to those who turn heritage into advantage!

Digital Julfa Venice 2026 convenes global business leaders, investors and thinkers at San Lazzaro Island, where centuries of Armenian trade intelligence meet today’s digital economy. Digital Julfa is not about nostalgia; it is about reactivating a proven global trade culture for modern influence, innovation and advocacy.

By joining, you become part of a living network that bridges ancient trade routes and modern digital markets, cultural capital and financial strategy and legacy thinking and future-oriented leadership:

- Insight into legacy wealth structures and modern expansion strategies

- Access to family offices, founders and next-generation business leaders

- Participation in a curated, invitation-driven global network.

Capital multiplies faster when it moves through trusted ecosystems. The event offers investors and business leaders access to a high-trust, historically resilient network designed for wealth creation, cross-border expansion and intergenerational continuity.

San Lazzaro Island is more than a venue—it represents one of the world’s earliest examples of Armenian decentralized global trade and knowledge network. Digital Julfa modernizes this model, aligning capital, entrepreneurship and advocacy in today’s fragmented global economy.


Heritage is not history. It’s strategy.

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Digital Julfa Network Venice 2026 Event, in Person Participation
Early bird registration by April 1, 2026. In person participation for 2 day package.

Venice 2026Event Organizers

EMMA ARAKELYAN

World-class management consulting executive with 20+ experience, angel investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, coach and professor.

EMMA ARAKELYAN

World-class management consulting executive with 20+ experience, angel investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, coach and professor.

VAKHTANG ABRAHAMYAN

CEO of Fastex, has extensive experience in Executive Management at the Central Bank of Armenia and in infrastructures created jointly with commercial banks.

Serge Khavessian

Senior Executive Consultant with extensive experience in corporate development and international real-estate investment

Emma Sargsyan

Founder & CEO at Saege Consultants & Co-founder at Tribune Media. Emma hosts "Insight," a renowned interview series featuring thought.

Dr. Zara Khachatryan

Medical Doctor with expertise in health-tech innovation and entrepreneurship

EMMA ARAKELYAN

World-class management consulting executive with 20+ experience, angel investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, coach and professor.

Niko Nikoyan

Marketing Director at Fastex, with strong crypto / Web3 marketing experience and a track record of community building and strategic growth

VAKHTANG ABRAHAMYAN

CEO of Fastex, has extensive experience in Executive Management at the Central Bank of Armenia and in infrastructures created jointly with commercial banks.

Vakhtang Abrahamyan

CEO of Fastex, has extensive experience in Executive Management at the Central Bank of Armenia and in infrastructures created jointly with commercial banks.

Emma Sargsyan

Founder & CEO at Saege Consultants & Co-founder at Tribune Media. Emma hosts "Insight," a renowned interview series featuring thought.

Emma Sargsyan

Founder & CEO at Saege Consultants & Co-founder at Tribune Media. Emma hosts "Insight," a renowned interview series featuring thought.



Venice 2026 Event Organizers

EMMA ARAKELYAN

World-class management consulting executive with 20+ experience, angel investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, coach and professor.

SERGE KHAVESSIAN

Senior Executive Consultant with extensive experience in corporate development and international real-estate investment

Dr. Zara Khachatryan

Medical Doctor with expertise in health-tech innovation and entrepreneurship

ARAX TCHERTCHIAN

Financial Analyst with global-strategy experience in innovation investment and business development.

MERI GRIGORYAN

Founder & CEO of Greenlight Marketing

FR. HAMAZASP KECHICHIAN

Prior of the Mekhitarist Monastery of San Lazzaro

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