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
Panelists
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
Panelists
Alen Gasparian Amirkhanian
Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment
Levon Gevorgyan
EY Senior Manager, Head of Law Practice for EY in Armenia
Vladimir Gevorgyan
Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas
Aleksandr Gevorkyan
Henry George Chair in Economics and Professor, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Irina Ghaplanyan
Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia
Garo Ghazarian
Chief Executive Officer, Tatoyan Foundation, Center for Law and Justice
Kima Ghulyan
Program Manager, Armenian Technological Future Program, Union Of Advanced Technology Enterprises
Rachel Goshgarian
Professor of History, Lafayette College
Talinn Grigor
Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis
Ronald Grigor Suny
William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History
Shushan Grigoryan
Founder & Educator, Hayasa School
Artur Grigoryan
Co-founder and head of "Ecological Right" environmental non-governmental organization
Avedis Hadjian
Editor in Chief, Bazmavep Journal
Astghik Hakobyan
Seoul National University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Davit Harutyunyan
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara
Syuzanna Harutyunyan
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen
Armen Hovakimian
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Naira Hovakimyan
Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nina Hovnanian
CEO Hovnanian International, Founding Board Member Yerevan Biennial Arts Foundation, Founder and Creative Director Treasures of Armenia, Founding Director of the Former Armenian Tourism Development Agency
Tamar Hovsepian
Curator, Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice
Philippe Huneman
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophe dees Sciences et des Techniques (CNRS / Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne)
Rouben Indjikian
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Management and Business, Webster University; Formerly economist and manager at UNCTAD; Member of Club Diplomatique de Genève; Member of Geneva Energy Forum
Armine Ishkanian
CNRS / Université Paris, Panthéon Sorbonne
Robert Istepanian
Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College
Arec Jamgochian
Stanford University
Diron Jebejian
Managing Director, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse
Vahagn Jerbashian
Associate Professor, University of Barcelona
David Joulfaian
Economist, US Department of the Treasury
Adam Kablanian
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Jacqueline Karaaslanian
Co-Founder and CEO of Learning Learning Architects LLC; Interim CEO of Fab Lab Armenia – Dilijan
Ann Karagozian
Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Susanna Karakhanyan
Director for Policy and Regulation, Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge; Member of Accreditation Council, ANQA, Armenia
Areg Karapetyan
Research Scientist, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi
Nare Karapetyan
Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sossie Kasbarian
University of Stirling
Norayr Kasper
Director of Photography, Canadian Society of Cinematographers, IATSE667, IMAGO
Lucineh Kassarjian
CXO and Principal Advisor Non-profits - Sensyan, Strategic Advisory Board Member - reArmenia
Raffi Kassarjian
American University of Armenia, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
Alice Kelikian
Associate Professor of History, Brandeis University
Karnig Kerkonian
Kerkonian Dajani LLP
Petros Keshishian
CEO, Risk Analytics Group, Inc.
Razmig Keucheyan
Professor of Sociology, Université Paris Cité
Hrant Khachatrian
Director of YerevaNN; Data Scientist at IntelinAir
Gor Khachatryan
Researcher
Serob Khachatryan
Yerevan State University
Lusine Kharatyan
Director, YSU Center for Continuing Education
Lori Khatchadourian
Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University
Armen Kherlopian
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Yeghishe Kirakosyan
Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters
Elias Kiritsis
APC, CNRS, Universite de Paris
Seda Kocharyan
EduArmenia Founder, Teacher at Shenzhen Oasis International School
John Kolligian
Executive Director, University Health Services, Princeton University
Masis Komrokian
Senior Manager, Satellite Communications at Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Nerses Kopalyan
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Raffi Kortoshian
Codirector, Research on Armenian Architecture Foundation
Michael Kouchakdjian
Professor, College of Business and Economics, AUA; Director, Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center
Stefan Kristensen
Professor of Philosophy, University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Arts
Michel Kulhandjian
Research Associate at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Hovannes Kulhandjian
Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University, Fresno
Sergio La Porta
Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, California State University, Fresno
Minas Lourian
Director Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena (CSDCA) | Centre for the Study and Documentation of Armenian Culture
Marc Mamigonian
Director of Academic Affairs, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Jerry Manoukian
Emeritus Staff El Camino Hospital
Mariam Manoukian
Internal Medicine, Stanford Healthcare
Christina Maranci
Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Hayk Margarian
CEO, National Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
Ned Markosian
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Armen Marsoobian
Southern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut
Armen Martirossyan
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
Hakob Matevosyan
Berlin-based Center for International and Eastern European Studies (ZOiS)
Sarkis Mazmanian
Luis and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology, California Institute of Technology
Artak Melkonyan
Senior Advisor on Equity Financing and Funds, Impact Ventures Accelerators; UNDP
Ruben Minasian
Professor, Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay
Armen Minassian
Architect, Assistant professor, and advisor to the NUACA, Member of EERI and AESA-NE
Ruzanna Minasyan
Dept. of Social Sciences, Brusov State; Head of Academic Program Div., State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia
Tigran Mkhoyan
Delft University of Technology
Iren Mkhoyan
Delft University of Technology
Lilit Mkrtchyan
Deputy Head for KZNAK
Sevak Mkrtchyan
Professor, University of Rochester
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music, Department of Ethnomusicology; Assistant Director, Center for India and South Asia (CISA), UCLA
Khatchig Mouradian
Lecturer, Columbia University
Mark Movsesian
Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Contract Law and Co-Director, Center for Law & Religion, St. John’s University School of Law
Lilit Movsesyan
Associate Professor at the Chair of Linguistics and Communication Theory, Brusov State University
Tsolin Nalbantian
Associate Professor of Middle East History, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University
Rosalynn Nazarian
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Ara Nazarian
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Annita Nerses
Board of Trustees, Tufenkian Foundation; Board of Trustees, St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church in Douglaston, NY; Inducted member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
Sergey Nersesov
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University
Ara Norenzayan
University of British Columbia
Joanne Nucho
Professor of Anthropology, Pomona college
Yuri Oganessian
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Rafael Oganesyan
Program Manager, Office of Undergraduate Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Artem Oganov
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and MISIS University
Zephyr Ohanian
Certified Public Accountant
Kevork Oskanian
University of Birmingham
Aram Pakhchanian
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Ayb Foundation
Hagop Panossian
The ARPA Institute, Founder and President
Mary Papazian
Executive VP of the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)
Hrag Papazian
Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, California State University, Fresno
Taline Papazian
Sciences Po (Aix-en-Provence), Ecole de l Air
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