Dilijan 2023

June 26, 2023

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June 28, 2023

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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
Panelists
Armenian Center for Economic Studies
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16:30
Panelists
Armenia as an international hub for education & research
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20:30
Panelists
International Center for Robotics
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21:05
Panelists
H.AI: The Armenian Institute of AI
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22:00
Panelists
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
Panelists
Primary/Secondary Education in Armenia
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15:15
Panelists
Higher Education in Armenia
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15:30
Panelists
Discussion on Education - discussion
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17:30
Panelists
Developing Excellence in Life Sciences Research and Education
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18:00
Panelists
Applied Health Sciences: Regenerative Medicine
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19:30
Panelists
Center for Physical Sciences & Quantum Technologies
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20:00
Panelists
Center for Intelligent Chemistry
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21:05
Panelists
Ecological Humanities
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21:30
Panelists
Film as soft power, and scoring films in Armenia 
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21:45
Panelists
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
Panelists
Side Session: Digital Healthcare
10:00
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Open Forum: Innovative Directions in Education
10:00
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Side Session: Mentoring program overview
16:00
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Closed Forum: Strategic planning and State building
16:00
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Open Forum: “Start-up Armenia” - Moving Towards Innovative Open Economy
16:00
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Closed Forum: Directions in mining and energy
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Side Session: Applying for international grants
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Engineering

Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group

Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, High-Tech

USA
Engineering

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Civil Engineering

USA
Humanities
Social Sciences

New York University in Abu Dhabi

History, Social Sciences

United Arab Emirates
Humanities

Professor, Chair of Armenian Studies, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)

Armenian Linguistics, Language typology, Sociolinguistics

France
Physical Sciences

Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, by courtesy, Stanford University

Chemical Biology, Chemistry

USA
Humanities

Oscar-nominated writer and director (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Film, Opera, Theatre, Writer

Canada
Computational Sciences

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

Computational imaging & optics

Finland
Business
Engineering

Co-Founder and board member of IntelinAir, Inc.

High-Tech, Electrical Engineering

USA, Armenia
Humanities
Social Sciences

Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gender, Historical Sociology, History

USA
Business

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)

Finance

Russia
Natural Sciences

Professor, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University

Biology, Neuroscience

USA
Engineering

Senior Engineer, Ocean/coastal structures

Civil Engineering, Seismic Engineering

USA
Physical Sciences

Professor, Department of Physics, Ecole normale superieure

Non-linear physics

France
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
Natural Sciences

Research associate professor University of Miami , Miller School of Medicine; Vice President of Research and Biomedical Science for Chondrosarcoma Foundation

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery

USA
Engineering

Membership with American Institute of Steel Construction, LEED AP - BD+C

Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering

USA
Computational Sciences

Amazon

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

USA
Business

Governor at Central Bank of Armenia

Banking, Finance

Armenia
Natural Sciences
Physical Sciences

Faculty of Chemistry, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) and Center for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen

Photobiology, Photophysics

Germany
Physical Sciences

Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment

Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

Armenia
Humanities

EY Senior Manager, Head of Law Practice for EY in Armenia

International Law, Law

Armenia
Physical Sciences

Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas

Chemistry

USA
Social Sciences

St. John’s University

Open economy; Macroeconomic development, Post-socialist economics; Diaspora Studies

USA
Physical Sciences

Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Climate Change, International Relations, Political Science, Sustainability Studies

Armenia
Humanities

Chief Executive Officer, Tatoyan Foundation, Center for Law and Justice

Law

USA
Humanities
Social Sciences

Professor of History, Lafayette College

History, International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies

USA
Humanities

Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis

Modern and Contemporary Global Architecture and Art; Critical and (post)Colonial Theory

USA
Humanities
Social Sciences

William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History

History, Political Science

USA
Humanities

Co-founder and head of "Ecological Right" environmental non-governmental organization

Environmental law, mining

Armenia
Humanities
Social Sciences

Editor in Chief, Bazmavep Journal

History, International Relations, Journalism

Italy
Engineering

Seoul National University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Control Theory, Optimization, Robotics

South Korea
Computational Sciences

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara

Mathematics

USA
Physical Sciences

Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen

Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

Netherlands
Business

Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, The City University of New York

Finance

USA
Engineering

Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Control Theory, Optimization

USA
Humanities

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

Art History

Armenia
Humanities

Curator, Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice

Art History, Contemporary Art

USA
Humanities

Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophe des Sciences et des Techniques (CNRS / Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne)

Philosophy of science, philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology, German philosophy, History of biology and psychiatry, Big data science and algorithms

France
Social Sciences
Business

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

Economics, Management, Business

Switzerland
Social Sciences

Executive Director, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE), International Inequalities Institute; Professor in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Anthropology, Social Policy

United Kingdom
Engineering
Natural Sciences

Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College

Electrical Engineering, Healthcare

United Kingdom
Computational Sciences

Stanford University

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

USA
Business

Managing Director, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Finance

USA
Social Sciences

Associate Professor, University of Barcelona

Economics

Spain
Social Sciences

Economist, US Department of the Treasury

Economics

USA
Engineering
Business

High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery

Electrical Engineering, High-Tech

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
Engineering

Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Combustion, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

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
Computational Sciences

Research Scientist, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi

Algorithm Design, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

United Arab Emirates
Engineering
Computational Sciences

Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

USA
Humanities
Social Sciences

University of Stirling

Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science

United Kingdom
Humanities

Director of Photography, Canadian Society of Cinematographers, IATSE667, IMAGO

Cinematography, Film, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Photography

Canada, Italy
Business

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

Business, high-tech

Armenia
Humanities

Associate Professor of History, Brandeis University

Film, History

USA
Humanities

Kerkonian Dajani LLP

International Law, Law

USA
Social Sciences

Professor of Sociology, Université Paris Cité

Political ecology, Political Science, Sociology

France
Computational Sciences

Researcher

Mathematics, Economics

Armenia
Education
Humanities

Yerevan State University

General Education, Philosophy

Armenia
Social Sciences
Education

Director, YSU Center for Continuing Education

Anthropology, Education

Armenia
Social Sciences

Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University

Anthropology, Archaeology

USA
Computational Sciences

Scientific Advisory Board Member, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Venture Capital

USA
Humanities

Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters

International Law, Law

Armenia
Physical Sciences

APC, CNRS, Universite de Paris

Theoretical Physics

Greece
Natural Sciences

Executive Director, University Health Services, Princeton University

Healthcare, Psychology, Trauma

USA
Social Sciences

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

International Relations, International security

USA
Engineering
Social Sciences

Codirector, Research on Armenian Architecture Foundation

Architectural Engineering, Armenology

Armenia
Business

Professor, College of Business and Economics, AUA; Director, Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center

Entrepreneurship, Business Management

Armenia
Humanities

Professor of Philosophy, University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Arts

Aesthetics, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

France
Engineering

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

Electrical Engineering, Wireless Communication

Canada
Engineering

Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University, Fresno

Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

USA
Humanities

Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, California State University, Fresno

Armenian Studies

USA
Humanities

Director Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena (CSDCA) | Centre for the Study and Documentation of Armenian Culture

Architecture, Art, Music

Italy
Social Sciences

Director of Academic Affairs, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)

Genocide Studies, History of Armenian Studies, Literature

USA
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
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
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
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
Dr. Georges Bordage Professor 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
Khachig Tölölyan
Emeritus Professor, Wesleyan University
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)
Chris Uregian
European Commission
Virginia Valian
Hunter College - CUNY; Graduate Center - CUNY
Vahagn Vardanyan
Westbourne College (Singapore), Principal
Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Multidisciplinary Center for Integrative Medicine (MCIM), Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
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
Stéphane Zékian
Historian ; French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Yervant Zorian
Chief Architect and Fellow, Synopsys Corp
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
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
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
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
Dr. Georges Bordage Professor 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
Khachig Tölölyan
Emeritus Professor, Wesleyan University
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)
Chris Uregian
European Commission
Virginia Valian
Hunter College - CUNY; Graduate Center - CUNY
Vahagn Vardanyan
Westbourne College (Singapore), Principal
Tido von Schoen-Angerer
Multidisciplinary Center for Integrative Medicine (MCIM), Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
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
Stéphane Zékian
Historian ; French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Yervant Zorian
Chief Architect and Fellow, Synopsys Corp

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