Dilijan 2025

June 26, 2025

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June 28, 2025

Videos ➜
Registration/Coffee
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9:30
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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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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)
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
Arevik Anapiosyan
United Nations, Partnerships and Development Finance Adviser; Founding Board Member, Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia
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
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
Nora Ayanian
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, 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
Azatui ‘Azi’ Karaoglanyan
Executive Director of Armenia Fund
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
Hrachoohi Boghosian
Founder and CEO of (CIPR) Center for Innovation Promotion and Research
Paul Boghossian
Julius Silver 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
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
Talinn Grigor
Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis
Emma Harutyunyan
Professor, NUACA; Chair of Theory and History of Architecture and Heritage
Kim Hekimian
Associate Professor, Columbia University
Manuk Hergnyan
Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM
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
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
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
Sossie Kasbarian
University of Stirling
Raffi Kassarjian
Sensyan, AUA, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
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
Haroutioun Khatchadourian
Independent researcher
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
Mariam Manoukian
Internal Medicine, El Camino Medical Network
Vartan Marashlyan
Executive Director, RepatArmenia
Anik Margaryan
Boston Gene
Armen Marsoobian
Professor and Assistant Chairperson of the philosophy department, Southern Connecticut State University
Armen Martirossyan
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
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
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
Zephyr Ohanian
Certified Public Accountant
Anna Ohanyan
Richard B. Finnegan Distinsuished Professor of International Relations, Stonehill College
Mary Papazian
Senior Fellow at the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)
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
Pollet Samvelian
Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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)
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
Arevik Anapiosyan
United Nations, Partnerships and Development Finance Adviser; Founding Board Member, Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia
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
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
Nora Ayanian
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, 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
Azatui ‘Azi’ Karaoglanyan
Executive Director of Armenia Fund
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
Hrachoohi Boghosian
Founder and CEO of (CIPR) Center for Innovation Promotion and Research
Paul Boghossian
Julius Silver 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
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
Talinn Grigor
Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis
Emma Harutyunyan
Professor, NUACA; Chair of Theory and History of Architecture and Heritage
Kim Hekimian
Associate Professor, Columbia University
Manuk Hergnyan
Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM
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
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
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
Sossie Kasbarian
University of Stirling
Raffi Kassarjian
Sensyan, AUA, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
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
Haroutioun Khatchadourian
Independent researcher
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
Mariam Manoukian
Internal Medicine, El Camino Medical Network
Vartan Marashlyan
Executive Director, RepatArmenia
Anik Margaryan
Boston Gene
Armen Marsoobian
Professor and Assistant Chairperson of the philosophy department, Southern Connecticut State University
Armen Martirossyan
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
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
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
Zephyr Ohanian
Certified Public Accountant
Anna Ohanyan
Richard B. Finnegan Distinsuished Professor of International Relations, Stonehill College
Mary Papazian
Senior Fellow at the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)
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
Pollet Samvelian
Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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