Yerevan 2024

June 26, 2024

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June 28, 2024

Opening Remarks
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2023-24 Overview
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Brief updates: ASOF Outreach
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Brief updates: ETICA
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Brief updates: Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities
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The National Academy of Sciences
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Engineering City
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High-Tech Industry: Outlook on Export
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High-Tech Industry Showcase
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High-Tech Industry Showcase
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R&D Policy
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Academic City
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The Prime Minister's Council on Science and Technology
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Center for Intelligent Computing (CIC)
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Robotics Division
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Center for Aeronautics & Space Research and Development
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Aerospace-Related Projects/Programs
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Presentation of New Candidates
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Human Sciences in Armenia
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Armenia's Economy at a Tipping Point
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Armenia's Water Future
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Economics Research and Scholarship in Armenia
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Artsakh: The Challenges for Higher Education
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Artsakh: The Humanitarian Challenges
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Artsakh: The Legal Challenges and Strategy
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Armenian Identity, Homeland, & Statehood
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Diaspora Engagement in Theory, Practice, and Beyond
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NUACA
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ArCH Council
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Coffee break + Paradjanov at 100
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Seismic Safety
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Honors Courses in Mathematics program
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UFAR
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Advancing Social Protection System and Human Capital Development in Armenia
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The Armenian National Services Gateway: citizen-centric digital services
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Funding Sources for Grant Proposals
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Funding Sources for Grant Proposals
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Partnership with US and European Universities
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Higher Education Reform
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The State of K-12 Education
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Life Sciences
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Chemistry
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Astrophysics and Astronomy
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Physics
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Board Business: Voting Results
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Fellow
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Humanities
Education

Co-founder, Tumanyan International Storytelling Festival; Creator and Producer, "Country of Dust" podcast

Cultural heritage, storytelling, informal learning, program design and instruction

Armenia

Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Computational Sciences

Head of Lab, Coding and Signal Processing, Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems

Robotics, engineering

Armenia
Social Sciences

Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Centre

Economics and Econometrics

Germany
Computational Sciences

Distinguished Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Artificial Intelligence, Computational vision, Computer Science

USA
Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Machine-Human Conversational Systems, Mobile Positioning Technologies, Wireless Communication

USA
Social Sciences
Physical Sciences

Senior Advisor Crisis, Fragility and Complexity

International development, state building, complex systems

Armenia
Physical Sciences
Business

Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology

Applied Physics, Entrepreneurship, High-Tech

Armenia
Natural Sciences

Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Biology, Microbiology

USA
Computational Sciences

A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory

Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics

Armenia
Education

Founder and CEO, Dasaran & Koreez Educational Programs

Education Technology, General Education

Armenia, USA
Business

Founder, CTO, CPO, Cognaize; Senior Lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Information and High-Frequency Technology, Business Management

Armenia
Education

Minister of Science, Education, Culture, and Sports

Armenia
Social Sciences

Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of History, Yerevan State University

Anthropology, Cultural studies

Armenia
Physical Sciences

Freimann Professor of Physics at Notre Dame, Professor of Chemistry

Astrophysics, Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, Applications of Nuclear Physics of Isotopes

USA
Physical Sciences

Professor, Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dartmouth College

Organic Chemistry, Adaptive Materials

USA
Humanities

Fund for Armenian Relief

Armenia
Humanities

Founding Artistic Director of SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY since 2013

Actor, Writer, Film, Theatre

USA
Engineering

Deputy speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Armenia

Electrical Engineering, Policy Making, Government

Armenia
Humanities

Arutyunyan Law

Law

Armenia
Education

European Commission National Contact Point

Armenia
Social Sciences

Associate professor, Moscow State University

International Relations, Political Science, Political Theory

Russia
Social Sciences

Deputy Head, Department of Public Finance, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Public Economics

Germany
Education
Social Sciences

Vice rector for Internationalization and reforms, National Polytechnic University of Armenia

Economics

Armenia
Humanities

Owner and Literary Agent at ARI Literary and Talent Agency, Founder and Director at ARI Literature Foundation

Literature, Publishing, Cultural Management

Armenia
Social Sciences

ICREA Prof. at Centre de Recerca en Economía Internacional; Affiliated Prof. at Barcelona School of Economics

Economics

Spain
Humanities

Digital Marketing and Content Consultant

Foreign Policy Analysis; Foreign Policy and Strategic Planning; Political Psychology in International Relations; Diplomatic History; Intelligence as a Field of Historical Studies

USA
Humanities

Film director

Armenia
Education

Educational Programs Lead at Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)

General Education

Armenia
Physical Sciences

Research associate in the department of Non-Stable Phenomena, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

Astrophysics

Armenia
Computational Sciences

Professor of Computer Science, Bentley University

Computer Science

USA
Physical Sciences

Researcher at Yerevan State University, Enterprise Incubator Foundation

Material Science

Armenia
Computational Sciences
Business

Co-Founder & CEO at Krisp

Armenia
Social Sciences

Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation

Energy

Armenia
Humanities

ERA Chair and Director of Center for Ethics in Public Life (ETICA), AUA

Philosophy

Ireland
Computational Sciences

Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST

Mathematics, Optimal control

Saudi Arabia
Education

Lecturer at California State University Northridge, Armenian Studies Program

Education with emphasis on Educational Psychology

USA
Physical Sciences

Vice-Rector, Yerevan State University

Armenia
Social Sciences

Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University

Economics

USA
Humanities

National University Of Architecture And Construction Of Armenia

Armenia
Education

Head of Student Support centre at State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Lecturer at Brusov State University

General Education

Armenia
Humanities

Former State Minister and Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh, Chairman of the "Artsakh Union" NGO

Armenia
Humanities

Civilnet

Journalism

Armenia
Business
Physical Sciences

Founder and CEO of (CIPR) Center for Innovation Promotion and Research

Innovation Management, Magnetic Materials, Space Systems

Armenia
Computational Sciences

President of the American University of Armenia

Armenia
Humanities

Domus International Group; Professor of Architectural Preservation, Italy, Iran (retired)

Architecture

USA
Computational Sciences

Chief Executive Officer, Activeloop

IT

Armenia
Social Sciences

Economist, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Armenia
Humanities

SIREH Scientific and Strategic Director, Europa Nostra Council member

Monuments preservation

Italy
Social Sciences

Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia

Armenia
Business

UBS Financial Services Inc.

Investment Banking

USA
Humanities
Social Sciences

Lecturer, History and International Relations, University of Geneva

History, International Relations, Journalism

Switzerland
Social Sciences

Director of the Chair of Art History and Theory at Yerevan State University

Armenian Art of Middle Ages and Modern Period

Armenia
Computational Sciences
Business

co-founder and executive director of ITF, co-founder and the President of Information Technologies Education JSC

AI,Metaverse; Digital Humanities; Digital Media; ICT and Media Policies

Armenia
Humanities

Paul Valéry University, Montpellier 3 · Centre d’études médiévales de Montpellier (CEMM)

Armenia
Humanities

Chair of Armenian studies at Yerevan State University

Armenia
Computational Sciences

Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Armenia

Boolean functions for cryptography, Universal Algebra, Ordered Structures, Lattice theory

Armenia

Deep Origin

French embassy

Armenia
Humanities

Director of Hamazkayin’s Kaspar Ipeguian theatrical group and Collectif de l'ACT; Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University

Film, Theatre

Lebanon
Engineering

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Civil Engineering

USA
Humanities

Political Advisor of the EU Delegation (Embassy) in Argentina

International Studies

Argentina
Humanities
Social Sciences

New York University in Abu Dhabi

History, Social Sciences

United Arab Emirates
Computational Sciences

Professor, Tampere University, Finland, and CEO of Noiseless Imaging Ltd

Computational imaging & optics

Finland
Business
Engineering

CEO Cognaize; Co-Founder and board member of IntelinAir, Inc.

High-Tech, Electrical Engineering

USA, Armenia
Education

Columbia School of Social Work, Chief of Staff; Hunter College CUNY, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Educational Policy, Higher Education Administration, Secondary Education (Language Arts Instruction)

USA
Engineering

Senior Engineer, Ocean/coastal structures

Civil Engineering, Seismic Engineering

USA

Ambassador of Italy to Armenia

Armenia
Social Sciences
Humanities

Fellow, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa

Political Science, History, Economics, Democracy, Imperialism/Colonialism, Human Rights, Governance/Policymaking, Higher Education

Canada
Social Sciences

Dean of the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics American University of Armenia

Economics

Armenia
Computational Sciences

University of Southern California, Amazon

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

USA
Business

Governor at Central Bank of Armenia

Banking, Finance

Armenia
Physical Sciences

Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment

Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

Armenia
Kim Hekimian
Associate Professor, Columbia University
Manuk Hergnyan
Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM
Naira Hovakimyan
Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ashot Hovanesian
CEO, Synergy International Systems
Garin Hovannisian
Writer, filmmaker, and producer; Creative Armenia
Larisa Hovannisian
Teach For Armenia
Nune Hovhannisyan
Associate Professor of Economics, Loyola University Maryland
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
Arthur Hovsepyan
Knowledge and Technology Manager, Cofounder of FARAX CNC total Solution
Artur Ishkhanyan
Academician-Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Adam Kablanian
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Shakeh Kaftarian
Research scientist at the US National Institutes of Health (ret)
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
Nare Karapetyan
Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eduard Karapetyan
ANSEF & Educational Program Director, Fund for Armenian Relief
Sargis Karapetyan
Union Of Advanced Technology Enterprises
Gevorg Karyan
A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
Raffi Kassarjian
Sensyan, AUA, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
Petros Keshishian
CEO, Risk Analytics Group, Inc.
Hrant Khachatrian
Director of YerevaNN; Data Scientist at IntelinAir
Robert Khachatryan
Head of Quality Control at Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the UAE
Gor Khachatryan
Researcher
Serob Khachatryan
Yerevan State University
Haroutioun Khatchadourian
Independant researcher
Nairi Khatchadourian
Art Historian, Curator, Director of Art Station, Founder of AHA collective
Alfred Kocharyan
Deputy minister, Ministry Of Education, Science, Culture And Sports
Seda Kocharyan
EduArmenia Founder, Teacher at Shenzhen Oasis International School
Masis Komrokian
Senior Manager, Satellite Communications at Lockheed Martin Space Systems
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
Fabio Lenzi
Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation
Anna Leyloyan
Associate Professor at INALCO; Dir. of the House of Armenian Students of the “Cité internationale universitaire de Paris”
Armine Lulejian
Program Director, Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship; Associate Director, Informatics Education, Training and Outreach, CTSI; Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hayk Margarian
International Chamber of Commerce - Armenia, UN Climate Technology Center & Network
Lilit Margaryan
Project Manager at Gituzh
Erik Markovs
US Embassy
Armen Martirossyan
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
Yeprem Mehranian
Steering Committee member EduArmenia; Member AERA (American Educational Research Association)
Artak Melkonyan
Senior Advisor on Equity Financing and Funds, Impact Ventures Accelerators; UNDP
Anahid Mikayelyan
Head of Paradjanov Museum
Armen Minassian
Architect, Assistant professor, and advisor to the NUACA, Member of EERI and AESA-NE
Madlene Minassian
Senior Director, Global Head of Learning & Development, PicsArt
Ruzanna Minasyan
Dept. of Social Sciences, Brusov State; Head of Academic Program Div., State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia
Shushanik Mirzakhanyan
National Cinema Center of Armenia
Iren Mkhoyan
Delft University of Technology
Lilit Mkrtchyan
Deputy Head for KZNAK
Narek Mkrtchyan
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
Sevak Mkrtchyan
Professor, University of Rochester
Armen Mnatzakanian
Directeur Regional VBet France
Lilit Movsesyan
Associate Professor at the Chair of Linguistics and Communication Theory, Brusov State University
Narek Nazaryan
Science manager, Enterprise Incubator Foundation
Lilit Nersisyan
Director, Lab Leader, Armenian Bioinformatics Institute
Kevork Oskanian
University of Birmingham
Aram Pakhchanian
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Ayb Foundation
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)
Mihran Papikian
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Sheila Paylan
International Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Legal Consultant at the United Nations
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
Suren Pogosyan
Coding and Signal Processing, Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems
Ashot Saghyan
National Academy of Sciences
Nilakshi Saha Sinha
Indian embassy
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
Arev Samuelyan
National University Of Architecture And Construction Of Armenia
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Grigor Sargsyan
Professor IMPAN, Institute of Mathematics of Polish Academy of Sciences
Monika Sargsyan
Executive Director/CEO at KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation · Former Acting Head of the Division for. Conventional Mandates
Armen Sargsyan
Artsakh State University president
Siranush Sargsyan
Journalist from Nagorno-Karabakh
Yervand Sarkisyan
Investor and Entrepreneur, Founding Partner Granatus Ventures, Founding Partner DEEPTECHX
Armen Sedrakian
Fellow at Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Professor, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Tatevik Sekhposyan
Economics Department, Texas A&M University
Hasmig Seropian
University of California Berkeley
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
Nina Shahverdyan
Educator, civil rights activist
Suzanna Shamakhyan
Executive Director of Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Armen Shirikyan
Professor, Department of Mathematics, CY Cergy Paris University
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
Albert Stepanyan
Yerevan State University, History
Gegham Stepanyan
Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh
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)
Ara Tekian
Professor, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Manushak Titanyan
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Construction, Shushi University of Technology, lecturer at NUACA
Ruben Topchian
Director, ANQA; Professor of Software engineering at Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
Vahe Torozyan
Artificial Intelligence
Gagik Tovmasian
Professor, Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Andrew Turner
Ambassador of Canada to Armenia
Marut Vanyan
Journalist from Nagorno-Karabakh
Vahagn Vardanyan
Westbourne College (Singapore), Principal
Robert Vardanyan
Quantum College
Suzanne Vartanian
PR, Communication and Stakeholder Relations Lead
Heghnar Watenpaugh
Armenia Transformation Strategy Team
Bagrat Yengibaryan
Enterprise Incubator Foundation
Liana Yepremyan
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Emory University
Vahagn Zakaryan
Lead engineer at ISAA
Vahan Zanoyan
Writer, Traveler, Anti-Trafficking Advocate, Global Energy Expert
Davit Zargarian
Professor of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, University of Montréal
Julien Zarifian
Professor, University of Poitiers; Junior Fellow, Institut Universitaire de France

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