ArmInfo.In 2021, the Starmus International Festival will be held in Armenia for the first time. The Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan stated this on January 24 from the rostrum of the parliament.
According to him, the festival will be held at the initiative of the President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan. Last year, over 70 thousand people took part in it, and the world famous American businessman and billionaire Ilon Mask took the main prize. The Minister expressed confidence that the upcoming festival will be successful and will cause increased interest around the world.
Starmus International Festival is dedicated to astronomy, space exploration, music, art and related sciences such as biology and chemistry. It was founded by Garik Izraelian, an astronomer at the Institute of Astrophysics in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The author and main organizer of the festival is the astrophysicist of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) and professor of La Laguna University Garik Israelyan.
