Dilijan 2025

June 26, 2025

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June 28, 2025

Registration/Coffee
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9:30
Panelists
Welcome
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10:30
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Looking ahead: ASOF strategy
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11:30

Update on activities during 2025, potential priorities for 2026, new models of operations.

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Discussion Break
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12:00

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Strategy Discussion
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12:30

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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Lunch
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14:30
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Academic City
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15:30

15-minute presentation by Sargis Hayotsyan, followed by panel discussion. 

Key questions: Governance challenges, risk assessment, infrastructure opportunities

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Discussion Break
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16:00

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Academic City Discussion
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17:00

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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Break/Coffee
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18:00
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Science & technology
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19:00

Key questions: Advanced Research in Computational Sciences & Artificial Intelligence (ARCS.ai) initiative; Plans, opportunities in the life sciences, A.I.’s interdisciplinary role.

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Discussion Break
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19:30

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Science & technology Discussion
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20:00

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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AI Factories: The Starter for Armenia’s Innovation Engine
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20:30
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Coffee
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10:00
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High-Tech Industry & Education
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11:00

Key questions: Education-industry pipeline, transnational collaborations, start-up ecosystem.

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Discussion Break
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11:30

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High-Tech Industry & Education Discussion
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12:30

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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Lunch & Activities
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15:45

Group photo, 

Zhingyalov Hats making, 

Gata making, 

Music, 

Tours

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Seismic Security: ASOF-UDC collaboration
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16:30

Special presentationSeismic safety task force

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ArCH and SIREH
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17:15

Special presentationSIREH operations update

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Break/Coffee
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18:00
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Artsakh
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19:00

Key questions: Artsakh higher education, right of return

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Discussion Break
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19:30

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Artsakh Discussion
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20:30

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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Coffee
10:00
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Education Pipeline
11:00
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Key questions: Quality assurance, the role of the teacher, technology in education, new law on higher education and science

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Discussion Break
11:30
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Education Pipeline Discussion
12:30
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Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

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Announcement of new Board
12:45
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Results of Board member election announced.

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Humanities

Researcher, Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage

Architecture, Cultural heritage

Armenia
Education

Co-Founder & Global Head of Design and Branding at Learning Learning Architects, LLC

USA
Education
Business

Co-Founder and CEO of Learning Learning Architects LLC; Interim CEO of Fab Lab Armenia – Dilijan

General Education, High-Tech, Innovation Accelerators

USA
Education

Director for Policy and Regulation, Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge; Member of Accreditation Council, ANQA, Armenia

Governance & Policymaking, Higher Education, Quality Assurance

United Arab Emirates
Education

ANSEF & Educational Program Director, Fund for Armenian Relief

Education, Management

Armenia
Business
Engineering

Union Of Advanced Technology Enterprises

Armenia
Humanities
Social Sciences

University of Stirling

Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science

United Kingdom
Education
Business

CXO and Principal Advisor Non-profits - Sensyan, Strategic Advisory Board Member - reArmenia

Education; Management; Computer Art

Armenia
Business

Sensyan, AUA, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report

Business, high-tech

Armenia
Humanities

Armenian Heritage Scanning Project at TUMO

Computational Sciences

Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics, American University of Armenia

Armenia
Business
Engineering

CEO, Risk Analytics Group, Inc.

Risk Management, Insurance, Engineering

Armenia
Computational Sciences

Director of YerevaNN; Data Scientist at IntelinAir

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Armenia
Social Sciences

College of Business and Economics, American University of Armenia

Financial inclusion, social entrepreneurship, economics of conflict, gender studies

Armenia
Education

Head of Quality Control at Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the UAE

Education

United Arab Emirates
Education
Humanities

Yerevan State University

General Education, Philosophy

Armenia
Education

Serob Khachatryan

Physical Sciences

Quantum Optics Lab, National Academy of Sciences

Humanities
Business

Independant researcher

Heritage management, Project management, IT

France
Engineering

Senior Manager, Satellite Communications at Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Space Systems

Armenia
Social Sciences

Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

International Relations, International security

USA
Engineering

Research Associate at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa

Electrical Engineering, Wireless Communication

Canada
Computational Sciences

Vice President, Omniverse and Simulation Technology, Nvidia

Artificial Intelligence

Education

AVC

Natural Sciences

Emeritus Staff El Camino Hospital

Internal medicine and medical education

USA
Natural Sciences

Internal Medicine, Stanford Healthcare

Healthcare, Internal Medicine, Medicine

USA
Education

Executive Director, RepatArmenia

Business

International Chamber of Commerce - Armenia, UN Climate Technology Center & Network

Humanities

Project Manager at Gituzh

Media, Project Management, Journalism

Armenia
Education
Engineering

Boston Gene

Social Sciences

Southern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut

Genocide Studies, Philosophy

USA
Engineering

ARPA Technology Group, Principal

Civil Engineering, Seismic Engineering, Structural Engineering

USA
Natural Sciences

Santé Arménie

Education

Founding Director, Health Fund for the Children of Armenia

Education

Dilijan Central School

Education

Education

Steering Committee member EduArmenia; Member AERA (American Educational Research Association)

Foundations of Education, Curriculum, Multicultural Education, Teacher Education

Georgia, USA
Business

Chair of Armenia Fund Board

Social Sciences
Business

Senior Advisor on Equity Financing and Funds, Impact Ventures Accelerators; UNDP

Economics, Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing

Thailand
Engineering

Architect, Assistant professor, and advisor to the NUACA, Member of EERI and AESA-NE

Earthquake-resistant building design, Sustainable Architecture, Project Management.

Armenia
Physical Sciences

Research Fellow, University of Reading

HTI, Minister's assistant

Business

VanArdi

Humanities

Associate Professor at the Chair of Linguistics and Communication Theory, Brusov State University

Linguistics

Armenia

Armenian Innovation Foundation

Education

Chief Operating Officer, Teach for Armenia

Natural Sciences

Director, Lab Leader, Armenian Bioinformatics Institute

Armenia
Business

Certified Public Accountant

USA
Social Sciences

Richard B. Finnegan Distinsuished Professor of International Relations, Stonehill College

Political science, security studies, Eurasian Studies, armed conflict and peace research, Russian foreign policy, comparative politics, democratization and authoritarianism

USA
Business

CEO Curio Ventures

Humanities
Education

Executive VP of the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)

English, General Education

USA
Education

Managing Director at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies

Education; Technology

Armenia
Engineering
Computational Sciences

CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Multi-Physics

Armenia, USA
Physical Sciences

Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fyoundation for Research and Technology - Hellas

Quantum Optics, Quantum Technologies

Greece

Hakob Arshakyan assistant

Business

ReArmenia

Computational Sciences

Professor Emeritus (Former Dean and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science), International Christian University, Tokyo

Computer Science, Mathematics

Japan
Humanities

Rabe Strategic Urban Planning

Urban planning

Engineering

Armenia

Armenia
Physical Sciences
Education

Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College

High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics, String theory

USA
Social Sciences

Project support unit coordinator at Central bank of Armenia, Lecturer at Public Administration Academy

Finance, Management

Armenia
Social Sciences
Humanities

Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia

Caucasus Studies, History, Islamic Studies

Armenia
Engineering

Engineering Association

Engineering

Armenia
Humanities

Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University

Linguistics

France
Humanities

Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn

History

USA
Engineering

Senior Director of Development Engineering at Siemens

Engineering

Humanities

Executive Director/CEO at KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation · Former Acting Head of the Division for. Conventional Mandates

Armenia
Business

Investor and Entrepreneur, Founding Partner Granatus Ventures, Founding Partner DEEPTECHX

Business, Investments, Deep Tech (High Tech), Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom
Computational Sciences

FAST

Social Sciences

Senior Research Fellow at Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS; Centre for Independent Social Research Armenia

Social/Cultural Anthropology

Armenia
Business

Co-founder & CTO at Robomart, Member at Gituzh

High-tech, business

Armenia
Humanities

Former minister of culture of Artsakh

Education

Executive Director of Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)

General education, higher education, R&D management

Armenia
Physical Sciences
Engineering

National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory

Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Nanotechnology

Armenia
Business

Founder of DiasporArm

France
Mariam Manoukian
Internal Medicine, Stanford Healthcare
Vartan Marashlyan
Executive Director, RepatArmenia
Hayk Margarian
International Chamber of Commerce - Armenia, UN Climate Technology Center & Network
Lilit Margaryan
Project Manager at Gituzh
Anik Margaryan
Boston Gene
Armen Marsoobian
Southern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut
Armen Martirossyan
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
Anna Martirosyan
Santé Arménie
Armen Martirosyan
Founding Director, Health Fund for the Children of Armenia
Aram Mehrabyan
Dilijan Central School
Yeprem Mehranian
Steering Committee member EduArmenia; Member AERA (American Educational Research Association)
Maria Mehranian
Chair of Armenia Fund Board
Artak Melkonyan
Senior Advisor on Equity Financing and Funds, Impact Ventures Accelerators; UNDP
Armen Minassian
Architect, Assistant professor, and advisor to the NUACA, Member of EERI and AESA-NE
Hripsime Mkrtchyan
Research Fellow, University of Reading
Lilit Mkrtchyan
HTI, Minister's assistant
Lilit Movsesyan
Associate Professor at the Chair of Linguistics and Communication Theory, Brusov State University
Edward Musaelyan
Armenian Innovation Foundation
Gor Nazaryan
Chief Operating Officer, Teach for Armenia
Lilit Nersisyan
Director, Lab Leader, Armenian Bioinformatics Institute
Zephyr Ohanian
Certified Public Accountant
Anna Ohanyan
Richard B. Finnegan Distinsuished Professor of International Relations, Stonehill College
Armen Orujyan
CEO Curio Ventures
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)
Marie Lou Papazian
Managing Director at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Oshin Peroomian
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
David Petrosyan
Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fyoundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Anna Petrosyan
Hakob Arshakyan assistant
Grant Pogosyan
Professor Emeritus (Former Dean and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science), International Christian University, Tokyo
Jochen Rabe
Rabe Strategic Urban Planning
Vatche Sahakian
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Artak Sahakyan
Project support unit coordinator at Central bank of Armenia, Lecturer at Public Administration Academy
Naira Sahakyan
Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia
Aram Salatian
Engineering Association
Pollet Samvelian
Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Sedrak Sargisian
Senior Director of Development Engineering at Siemens
Monika Sargsyan
Executive Director/CEO at KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation · Former Acting Head of the Division for. Conventional Mandates
Yervand Sarkisyan
Investor and Entrepreneur, Founding Partner Granatus Ventures, Founding Partner DEEPTECHX
Nona Shahnazarian
Senior Research Fellow at Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS; Centre for Independent Social Research Armenia
Tigran Shahverdyan
Co-founder & CTO at Robomart, Member at Gituzh
Sergey Shahverdyan
Former minister of culture of Artsakh
Suzanna Shamakhyan
Executive Director of Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
Armen Simonyan
Director of "Academic City” Foundation
Lilit Simonyan
Michel Kulhanjian wife
Ruben Simonyan
HTI Deputy Minister
Zareh Sinanyan
High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia
Levon Tadevosyan
Executive Director at Technological Education Foundation
Artem Tadevosyan
Founder, GourmetLab
Andre Tahmassian
PhD Candidate, Lehigh University
Hamest Tamrazyan
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Sipana Tchakerian
Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), Paris - UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée (team Monde Byzantin)
Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Worcester State University
Gegham Vardanyan
Armenian Innovation Foundation
Nerses Yeritsyan
Ex-Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Armenia
Armen Zakarian
Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn
David Zalinyan
SIREH, AMO Group
Vahan Zanoyan
Writer, Traveler, Anti-Trafficking Advocate, Global Energy Expert
Azatui ‘Azi’ Karaoglanyan
Executive Director of Armenia Fund
Lucy Abgaryan
Co-Founder and CEO of Grittegen Therapeutics and Proone Labs, Advisor & Mentor of Entrepreneur programs at UC San Diego
Sos Agaian
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Staten Island, CUNY
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)
Ekaterina Airapetian
Development Manager, FAST
David Akopyan
Senior Advisor Crisis, Fragility and Complexity
Artur Alaverdyan
Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology
Vardan Aleksanyan
Armenian Innovation Foundation
Armen Allahverdyan
A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
Suren Aloyan
Founder and CEO, Dasaran & Koreez Educational Programs
Narek Amirkhanyan
Media, https://www.youtube.com/c/rearrange
Arevik Anapiosyan
United Nations, Partnerships and Development Finance Adviser; Founding Board Member, Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia
Zhanna Andreasyan
Minister of Science, Education, Culture, and Sports
Artak Apitonian
Ambassador; “Participatory Democracy” NGO (Founding Director); Yerevan State University (lecturer in Global Challenges and Sustainable Development)
Ani Aprahamian
Freimann Professor of Physics at Notre Dame, Professor of Chemistry
Hakob Arshakyan
Deputy speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Armenia
Tigran Arzumanyan
European Commission National Contact Point
Arevik Ashkharoyan
Owner and Literary Agent at ARI Literary and Talent Agency, Founder and Director at ARI Literature Foundation
Stephan Astourian
Director, Turpanjian Center for Policy, American University of Armenia
Hrachya Astsatryan
Director, Institute of Informatics and Automation Problems of NAS RA (IIAP)
Nora Ayanian
Professor, Brown University
Laurens Ayvazian
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, BoT Eurasia Partnership Foundation, BoD Depi Ver NGO; Consultant, DT-Global; Fight Life Armenia; Advisor, Informed Parents Armenia; Facilitator, Alpha Course
Anush Ayvazyan
Educational Programs Lead at Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Aleksandr Badalyan
Chair of Chamber of Architects of Armenia
Rafi Baghdjian
Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation
Maria Baghramian
ERA Chair and Director of Center for Ethics in Public Life (ETICA), AUA
Armen Baldryan
Armenian Innovation Foundation
Hasmig Baran
Lecturer at California State University Northridge, Armenian Studies Program
Diane Barber
Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco
Artak Beglaryan
Former State Minister and Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh, Chairman of the "Artsakh Union" NGO
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
Valentina Calzolari Bouvier
Chair of Armenian Studies, University of Geneva
Gaianè Casnati
SIREH Scientific and Strategic Director, Europa Nostra Council member
Mark Chenian
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Levon Chookaszian
Director of the Chair of Art History and Theory at Yerevan State University
Garegin Chookaszian
co-founder and executive director of ITF, co-founder and the President of Information Technologies Education JSC
Naira Daluzyan
Dilijan Central School
Areg Danagoulian
Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tatevik Danielyan
Academic City Foundation
Asya Darbinyan
Executive Director, Chhange (Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education) at Brookdale Community College
Diana Davidova
Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Armenia
Armen Der Kiureghian
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Karen Eguiazarian
Professor, Tampere University, Finland, and CEO of Noiseless Imaging Ltd
David Essayan
Executive Vice President, ONCORD, Inc.
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
Alen Gasparian Amirkhanian
Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment
Arsen Gasparyan
Assistant Professor and Biodiversity Expert at the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment
Khachik Gevorgyan
President, ARMACAD
Vardan Gevorgyan
National Center For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Innovation Advisor, Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America
Shamam Gevorgyan
Founding Director, "405 Educational Alliance" Development Foundation
Ruben Ghazaryan
Judge at the Tribunal of the Ordinariate for Catholic Armenians in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe
Ara Ghazaryan
Scylla.ai
Talinn Grigor
Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis
Avetik Grigoryan
Co-Founder & CEO of Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory
Lea Hakim
World Bank
Fr Hamazasp Kechichian
Mkhitarist Order
Emma Harutyunyan
Professor, NUACA; Chair of Theory and History of Architecture and Heritage
Sargis Hayotsyan
Chairman at Higher Education and Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan
Minister of High-Tech Industry
Kim Hekimian
Associate Professor, Columbia University
Manuk Hergnyan
Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM
Ashot Hovanesian
CEO, Synergy International Systems
Mikayel Hovhanisyan
YSU Vice-rector for Development and Innovations/ Professor YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies, Chair of Arabic Studies
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
Shant Hovnanian
Hovnanian International
Artur Ishkhanyan
Academician-Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Mariam Jilavyan
Program coordinator and higher education expert at the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Adam Kablanian
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Nanar Kalantaryan
Researcher, Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Vazken Kalayjian
Co-Founder & Global Head of Design and Branding at Learning Learning Architects, LLC
Jacqueline Karaaslanian
Co-Founder and CEO of Learning Learning Architects LLC; Interim CEO of Fab Lab Armenia – Dilijan
Susanna Karakhanyan
Director for Policy and Regulation, Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge; Member of Accreditation Council, ANQA, Armenia
Eduard Karapetyan
ANSEF & Educational Program Director, Fund for Armenian Relief
Sargis Karapetyan
Union Of Advanced Technology Enterprises
Sossie Kasbarian
University of Stirling
Lucineh Kassarjian
CXO and Principal Advisor Non-profits - Sensyan, Strategic Advisory Board Member - reArmenia
Raffi Kassarjian
Sensyan, AUA, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
Hulé Kechichian
Armenian Heritage Scanning Project at TUMO
Karen Keryan
Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics, American University of Armenia
Petros Keshishian
CEO, Risk Analytics Group, Inc.
Hrant Khachatrian
Director of YerevaNN; Data Scientist at IntelinAir
Knar Khachatryan
College of Business and Economics, American University of Armenia
Robert Khachatryan
Head of Quality Control at Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the UAE
Serob Khachatryan
Yerevan State University
Narek Khachatryan
Serob Khachatryan
Mikayel Khanbekyan
Quantum Optics Lab, National Academy of Sciences
Haroutioun Khatchadourian
Independant researcher
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
Michel Kulhandjian
Research Associate at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Rev Lebaredian
Vice President, Omniverse and Simulation Technology, Nvidia
Jerry Manoukian
Emeritus Staff El Camino Hospital

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