Dilijan 2025

June 26, 2025

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June 28, 2025

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

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

Panelists
Discussion Break
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12:00

Use the QR code to submit your comments and questions during this block of time.

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Strategy Discussion
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12:30

Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break

Panelists
Lunch
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14:30
Panelists
Academic City
to
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
Panelists
Coffee
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10:00
Panelists
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

Panelists
Seismic Security: ASOF-UDC collaboration
to
16:30

Special presentationSeismic safety task force

Panelists
ArCH and SIREH
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17:15

Special presentationSIREH operations update

Panelists
Break/Coffee
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18:00
Panelists
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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Panelists
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.

Panelists
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Engineering

ARPA Technology Group, Principal

Civil Engineering, Seismic Engineering, Structural Engineering

USA
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
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

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
Humanities
Education

Senior Fellow at 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
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

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
Humanities

Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University

Linguistics

France
Humanities

Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn

History

USA
Engineering
Computational Sciences

Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens Digital Industries Software

Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, EDA (Electronic Design Automation), EDA software development for Physical Verification of ICs, AI/ML, DFM, P&R, physics-based compact modeling of IC fabrication process, Software Management.

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
Humanities

Former minister of culture of Artsakh

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

Michel Kulhanjian wife

Government

HTI Deputy Minister

Government

Humanities

High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia

Education

Russian-Armenian University

Education, Ed-Tech, Technology

Armenia
Business

Founder, GourmetLab

PhD Candidate, Lehigh University

Humanities

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Digital humanities, philology, digital epigraphy

Switzerland
Humanities

Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), Paris - UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée (team Monde Byzantin)

Archaeology, Art History

France
Social Sciences

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Worcester State University

Genocide Studies, Philosophy

USA
Business

Dot 818

Armenian Innovation Foundation

Social Sciences

Ex-Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Armenia

Economics

Armenia
Engineering

Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn

Data Analytics, Digital Manufacturing, Systems Engineering

USA
Business

SIREH, AMO Group

Social Sciences

Writer, Traveler, Anti-Trafficking Advocate, Global Energy Expert

Energy, Political Science

Armenia
Sedrak Sargisian
Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens Digital Industries Software
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
Sergey Shahverdyan
Former minister of culture of Artsakh
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
Lilit Simonyan
Michel Kulhanjian wife
Ruben Simonyan
HTI Deputy Minister
Zareh Sinanyan
High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia
Levon Tadevosyan
Russian-Armenian University
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
Sedrak Sargisian
Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens Digital Industries Software
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
Sergey Shahverdyan
Former minister of culture of Artsakh
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Hovel Shnorhokian
Founder of DiasporArm
Lilit Simonyan
Michel Kulhanjian wife
Ruben Simonyan
HTI Deputy Minister
Zareh Sinanyan
High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia
Levon Tadevosyan
Russian-Armenian University
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

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