Dilijan 2023

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Schedule

June 26, 2023

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June 28, 2023

Opening remarks - CBA, ASOF
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15:00
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Center for Political Science Research & Methodology
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15:15
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International Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Armenia
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16:00
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Armenian Center for Economic Studies
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16:30
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Armenia as an international hub for education & research
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20:30
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International Center for Robotics
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21:05
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H.AI: The Armenian Institute of AI
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22:00
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Center for Aerospace Engineering & Bazoomq project
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22:45
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Honours Math Courses: Pilot Results and Lessons Learned
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23:00
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Primary/Secondary Education in Armenia
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15:15
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Higher Education in Armenia
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15:30
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Discussion on Education - discussion
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17:30
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Developing Excellence in Life Sciences Research and Education
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18:00
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Applied Health Sciences: Regenerative Medicine
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19:30
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Center for Physical Sciences & Quantum Technologies
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20:00
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Center for Intelligent Chemistry
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21:05
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Ecological Humanities
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21:30
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Film as soft power, and scoring films in Armenia
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21:45
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Centers of Translation & Languages
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22:00
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Directions in the Humanities - Discussion
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22:15
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Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Armenian Visual and Material Cultures
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22:30
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Directions for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Armenia
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23:00
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Side Session: Digital Healthcare
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10:00
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Open Forum: Innovative Directions in Education
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10:00
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Side Session: Mentoring program overview
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16:00
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Closed Forum: Strategic planning and State building
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16:00
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Open Forum: “Start-up Armenia” - Moving Towards Innovative Open Economy
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16:00
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Closed Forum: Directions in mining and energy
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16:00
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Side Session: Applying for international grants
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16:00
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Kevork Abazajian
Professor, University of California, Irvine
Levon Abrahamian
Head of the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Daron Acemoglu
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boris Adjemian
AGBU Nubar Library, Paris
Bedros Afeyan
Polymath Research Inc.
Victor Agadjanian
Professor, Department of Sociology and the International Institute, University of California Los Angeles
Sos Agaian
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Armen Aghajanyan
FAIR (Meta)
Felix Aharonian
Chief Scientist at Yerevan State University (YSU); Chair Professor at University of Science and Tecnology of China (USTC); Professor Emeritus at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)
Vladimir Airapetian
Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
David Akopian
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Artur Alaverdyan
Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology
Anna Aleksanyan
Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Haig Alexander Eskandarian
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Arshak Alexanian
Founder, Owner and Chief Scientific Officer of Cell Reprogramming and Therapeutics LLC
Armen Allahverdyan
A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
Suren Aloyan
President/CEO at Dasaran EdTech Company & Koreez Educational Oscars
Tigran Amiryan
Professor, Department of Russian and World Literature and Culture, Institute of Humanities, Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan
Valentine Ananikov
Russian Academy of Sciences
André Andonian
Chairman Emeritus North Asia, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Vahe Andonians
Founder, CTO, CPO, Cognaize; Senior Lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Carlos Antaramian
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Armenak Antinyan
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Yulia Antonyan
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University
Gassia Apkarian
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Orange; Founder of Center for Truth and Justice
Apkar Apkarian
Professor Departments of Neuroscience, Anesthesia, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University
Vartkess Apkarian
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UC Irvine
Ani Aprahamian
Freimann Professor of Physics at Notre Dame, Professor of Chemistry
Ivan Aprahamian
Professor, Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dartmouth College
Fr.  Mesrop Aramian
Armenian Apostolic Church, Priest
Nora Armani
Founding Artistic Director of SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY since 2013
Raffi Aroian
Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Eva Aroutunian
Head of the Geneva Music Conservatory, President of Association Ensemble Paul Klee (Bern), Vice-president of Foundation SIGG (Geneva), Board Member of Geneva Music High School, Board Member of FODAC Foundation (Geneva)
Deana Arsenian
Vice President, International Program and Program Director, Russia and Eurasia at Carnegie Corporation of New York
Hakob Arshakyan
Deputy speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Armenia
Georgi Asatryan
Associate professor, Moscow State University
Zareh Asatryan
Deputy Head, Department of Public Finance, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Vladimir Asriyan
ICREA Prof. at Centre de Recerca en Economía Internacional; Affiliated Prof. at Barcelona School of Economics
Christopher Atamian
Digital Marketing and Content Consultant
Hourig Attarian
Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University of Armenia
Nora Ayanian
Professor, Brown University
Anush Ayvazyan
Educational Programs Lead at Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Tamara Babaian
Professor of Computer Science, Bentley University
Viken Babikian
Professor of Neurology, Boston University
Rafi Baghdjian
Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation
Maria Baghramian
Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland and Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway
Tigran Bakaryan
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer prize winning poet
Jan Balakian
Kean University, School of English Studies
Roger Balian
Emeritus researcher at Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA, Saclay
Diane Barber
Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco
Marie-Aude Baronian
Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam, department of Media Studies
Anna Barseghian
Artist, curator, and director of Utopiana
Levon Barseghyan
Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University
Yelena Baytalyan
Head of Student Support centre at State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Lecturer at Brusov State University
Houri Berberian
Professor of History, Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, University of California Irvine
Melissa Bilal
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Associate Director of the Armenian Music Program and Lecturer in Ethnomusicology; American University of Armenia, Gender Studies Minor Program, Core Team Member
Hrachoohi Boghosian
Founder and CEO of (CIPR) Center for Innovation Promotion and Research
Paul Boghossian
Professor of Philosophy, New York University, Dir. of the Inst. of Philosophy and GIAS
Ted Bogosian
Visiting Professor, Brown University
Tamar Boyadjian
Associate Professor of Medieval Studies, Poetry and Translation Studies, Michigan State University
Marco Brambilla
Domus International Group; Professor of Architectural Preservation, Italy, Iran (retired)
Serge Buchakjian
Global Executive/Consultant, President of BASCO International
Lilya Budaghyan
Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
Gaianè Casnati
Europa Nostra Council member
Lou Charkoudian
Professor of Chemistry, Haverford College
Sharon Chekijian
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Mark Chenian
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Hovel Chenorhokian
Founder of Diasporarm
Vicken Cheterian
Lecturer, History and International Relations, University of Geneva
Hayk Chobanyan
CEO, Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises
Levon Chookaszian
Director of the Chair of Art History and Theory at Yerevan State University
Peter Cowe
Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Director of the Cener for World Languages, UCLA
Areg Danagoulian
Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taniel Danelian
Professor of Paleobiodiversity and Paleoenvironments, University of Lille
Ara Darzi
Co-Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation and Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, Imperial College London
Diana Davidova
Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Armenia
James Der Derian
Director, Centre for International Security Studies
Hagop Der Ghougassian
Director of Hamazkayin’s Kaspar Ipeguian theatrical group and Collectif de l'ACT; Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University
Armen Der Kiureghian
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Dzovinar Derderian
University of California, Berkeley
Armen Derkevorkian
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group
George Derlugyan
New York University in Abu Dhabi
Anaid Donabedian
Professor, Chair of Armenian Studies, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)
Justin Du Bois
Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, by courtesy, Stanford University
Atom Egoyan
Oscar-nominated writer and director (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Karen Eguiazarian
Professor, Tampere University, Finland, and CEO of Noiseless Imaging Ltd
Al Eisaian
CEO Cognaize; Co-Founder and board member of IntelinAir, Inc.
Lerna Ekmekcioglu
Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ruben Enikolopov
Professor of Economics at the New Economic School; ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF); Researcher at Barcelona Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG)
Grigori Enikolopov
Professor, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University
Martin Eskijian
Senior Engineer, Ocean/coastal structures
Stephan Fauve
Professor, Department of Physics, Ecole normale superieure
Anoush Fraser Terjanian
Fellow, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa
Vache Gabrielyan
Dean of the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics American University of Armenia
Karina Galoian
Research associate professor University of Miami , Miller School of Medicine; Vice President of Research and Biomedical Science for Chondrosarcoma Foundation
Karen Galoyan
Membership with American Institute of Steel Construction, LEED AP - BD+C
Aram Galstyan
University of Southern California, Amazon
Martin Galstyan
Governor at Central Bank of Armenia
Anzhela Galstyan
Faculty of Chemistry, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) and Center for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen
Marie Lou Papazian
Managing Director at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Mihran Papikian
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Ashot Papoyan
Co-Founder and CEO, Elm Tree Research
Ardem Patapoutian
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
Oshin Peroomian
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Alexandre Persat
Global Health Institute and Institute for Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Vahe Petrosian
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Departments, Chair of Astronomy Program, Stanford University
Arev Petrosyan
Member of the Artists’ Union of the RA / CEO of “Benik Petrosyan” cultural fund (1997) Founder of Arev Art Gallery (2015), Armenia
David Petrosyan
Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fyoundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Levon Pogosian
Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Grant Pogosyan
Professor Emeritus (Former Dean and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science), International Christian University, Tokyo
Stephen Riegg
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Texas AM University
Dork Sahagian
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University
Marlyne Sahakian
Associate professor, Sociology department, University of Geneva
Vatche Sahakian
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Vahe Sahakyan
Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Naira Sahakyan
Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia
Pollet Samvelian
Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Misak Sargsian
Professor, Department of Physics, Florida International University
Khachik Sargsyan
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Grigor Sargsyan
Professor IMPAN, Institute of Mathematics of Polish Academy of Sciences
Nelli Sargsyan
Associate professor, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
Armen Sedrakian
Fellow at Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Professor, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Tatevik Sekhposyan
Economics Department, Texas A&M University
Audrey Selian
Artha Initiative
Lara Setrakian
Founding Board Member, APRI Armenia
Gayane Shagoyan
Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Sarkis Shahinian
Secretary General of the Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group
Tigran Shahverdyan
Co-founder & CTO at Robomart, Member at Gituzh
Nina Shahverdyan
Educator, civil rights activist
Suzanna Shamakhyan
Executive Director of Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Shant Shekherdimian
Associate Professor of Surgery- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher Sheklian
Postdoctoral Researcher, Raboud University
Armen Shirikyan
Professor, Department of Mathematics, CY Cergy Paris University
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Robert Sukiasyan
Visiting Scholar, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
Melanie Tanielian
Director of the Center for Armenian Studies, University of Michigan
Arman Tatoyan
Professor at the American University of Armenia
Sipana Tchakerian
Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), Paris - UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée (team Monde Byzantin)
Hratch Tchilingirian
Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Farhad Tehrani
Faculty member of Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University
Ara Tekian
Professor, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Worcester State University
Maria Titizian
Lecturer, Department of English and Communications, American University of Armenia
Artyom Tonoyan
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Minnesota
Paul Tour-Sarkissian
Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices
Anush Tserunyan
Associate Professor at McGill University (Mathematics and Statistics Department)
Khachig Tölölyan
Emeritus Professor, Wesleyan University
Chris Uregian
European Commission
Virginia Valian
Hunter College - CUNY; Graduate Center - CUNY
Vahagn Vardanyan
Principal, Han Academy (Secondary)
Heghnar Watenpaugh
Armenia Transformation Strategy Team
Hagop Yacoubian
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University of Armenia
Nerses Yeritsyan
Ex-Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Armenia
Emil Yuzbashyan
Professor, Rutgers University
Armen Zakarian
Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn
Vahan Zanoyan
Writer, Traveler, Anti-Trafficking Advocate, Global Energy Expert
Davit Zargarian
Professor of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, University of Montréal
Yervant Zorian
Chief Architect and Fellow, Synopsys Corp
Stéphane Zékian
Historian ; French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland, Dept of Pediatrics, Fribourg Cantonal Hospital