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

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

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Lunch
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14:30
Panelists
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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Natural Sciences

Co-Founder and CEO of Grittegen Therapeutics and Proone Labs, Advisor & Mentor of Entrepreneur programs at UC San Diego

Biophysics & Experimental Medicine (PhD & Postdoctoral Training) and Entrepreneurship, Innovations & Corporate Governance (MBA)

USA
Computational Sciences

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

Artificial Intelligence, Computational vision, Computer Science

USA
Physical Sciences

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)

Astroparticle Physics, Astrophysics

Ireland
Physical Sciences
Business

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

Applied Physics, Entrepreneurship, High-Tech

Armenia

Armenian Innovation Foundation

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
Social Sciences
Education
Humanities
Business

United Nations, Partnerships and Development Finance Adviser; Founding Board Member, Harvard Alumni Club of Armenia

Political Science; Internationals Affairs; Business Administration and Management; Conflict Resolution and Negotiations; Global Education leadership

Armenia
Social Sciences

Ambassador; “Participatory Democracy” NGO (Founding Director); Yerevan State University (lecturer in Global Challenges and Sustainable Development)

Political Sciences; International Relations; Sustainable Development; Cultural Heritage

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
Social Sciences

Humanities

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

Literature, Publishing, Cultural Management

Armenia
Humanities
Social Sciences

Director, Turpanjian Center for Policy, American University of Armenia

Modern Armenian and Caucasian History and post-Soviet Politics; Genocides and Ethnic Conflicts; Diasporas; Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.

Armenia
Engineering
Computational Sciences

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Brown University

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

USA
Social Sciences

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

International Development, Eastern Europe, Middle East; Second Track Diplomacy, Conflict resolution, Government, Partnership and Internship Programs

Armenia
Business

Executive Director of Armenia Fund

Engineering

Chair of Chamber of Architects of Armenia

Architecture

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

Armenian Innovation Foundation

Education

Lecturer at California State University Northridge, Armenian Studies Program

Education with emphasis on Educational Psychology

USA
Natural Sciences

Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco

Cell biology

USA
Business
Physical Sciences

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

Innovation Management, Magnetic Materials, Space Systems

Armenia
Humanities

Julius Silver Professor of Philosophy, New York University, Dir. of the Inst. of Philosophy and GIAS

Philosophy

USA
Humanities

Chair of Armenian Studies, University of Geneva

History, Armenian Studies

Switzerland
Humanities

SIREH Scientific and Strategic Director, Europa Nostra Council member

Monuments preservation

Italy
Business

UBS Financial Services Inc.

Investment Banking

USA
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
Education

Dilijan Central School

Physical Sciences

Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Applied Physics, Nuclear Physics

USA
Education

Academic City Foundation

Social Sciences
Humanities

Executive Director, Chhange (Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education) at Brookdale Community College

History, Holocaust & Genocide Studies

USA
Computational Sciences

Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Armenia

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

Armenia
Engineering

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Civil Engineering

USA
Computational Sciences

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

Computational imaging & optics

Finland
Natural Sciences
Business

Executive Vice President, ONCORD, Inc.

Medicine/Clinical Immunologist; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Expert

USA
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
Physical Sciences

Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment

Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

Armenia
Natural Sciences

Assistant Professor and Biodiversity Expert at the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment

Lichenology and Mycology

Business
Education

President, ARMACAD

Entrepreneurship, General Education, Languages

Armenia
Education

Founding Director, "405 Educational Alliance" Development Foundation

Humanities

AUA provost

Armenia
Humanities

Judge at the Tribunal of the Ordinariate for Catholic Armenians in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe

Humanities

Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis

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

USA
Humanities

Professor, NUACA; Chair of Theory and History of Architecture and Heritage

Architecture, Cultural Heritage

Armenia
Natural Sciences

Associate Professor, Columbia University

Public Health, Maternal and Child Health

USA
Business
Social Sciences

Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM

Business, Social Sciences

Armenia
Humanities
Education

YSU Vice-rector for Development and Innovations/ Professor YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies, Chair of Arabic Studies

Organizational Development, Education Management/ Oriental Studies, Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies, Philology

Armenia
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
Business

Hovnanian International

Armenia

YerevaNN

Education

Program coordinator and higher education expert at the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)

Engineering
Business

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

Electrical Engineering, High-Tech

USA
Humanities

Researcher, Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage

Architecture, Cultural heritage

Armenia
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
Humanities
Social Sciences

University of Stirling

Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science

United Kingdom
Business

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

Business, high-tech

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

Humanities
Business

Independent researcher

Heritage management, Project management, IT

France
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, physics

Education

AVC

Natural Sciences

Emeritus Staff El Camino Hospital

Internal medicine and medical education

USA
Natural Sciences

Internal Medicine, El Camino Medical Network

Healthcare, Internal Medicine, Medicine

USA
Education

Executive Director, RepatArmenia

Education
Engineering

Boston Gene

Social Sciences

Professor and Assistant Chairperson of the philosophy department, Southern Connecticut State University

Genocide Studies, Philosophy

USA
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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