{"id":5389,"date":"2026-11-03T20:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skwozniak.com\/index\/2026\/11\/03\/from-space-to-ai-ready-networks-keynote-highlights-from-silicon-mountains-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:34:07","slug":"from-space-to-ai-ready-networks-keynote-highlights-from-silicon-mountains-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skwozniak.com\/index\/2026\/11\/03\/from-space-to-ai-ready-networks-keynote-highlights-from-silicon-mountains-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"From Space to AI-Ready Networks: Keynote Highlights From Silicon Mountains 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Right after the opening of Silicon Mountains 2026 in Yerevan on November 3, the stage was handed to some of the most respected names in the global tech world \u2014 a rare occasion when experts of this calibre gather in the same hall on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Kam Ghaffarian delivering the keynote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kam Ghaffarian: \u201cBecoming interstellar\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The summit\u2019s keynote speaker, Dr. Kam Ghaffarian \u2014 Executive Chairman and co-founder of X-energy, Intuitive Machines, Axiom Space and Quantum Space, and laureate of the 2026 Global Award for Investment in High Technology \u2014 opened the programme with a talk titled \u201cBuilding the Future of Space Together: Becoming Interstellar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents come alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBuilding the Future of Space Together: Becoming Interstellar\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hassan Mansour: \u201cGreat innovation \u2014 is it enough?\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hassan Mansour, CEO of Monty Mobile, spoke on \u201cGreat Innovation: Is It Enough?\u201d He joined the company in 2006 as a fresh engineering graduate and today leads Monty Mobile\u2019s global teams across its international offices; the company operates in more than 200 countries and territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hassan Mansour on stage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Semiconductors, networks and the cosmos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n