ASOF Conversations Video: Sarkis Mazmanian and Ardem Patapoutian
Key questions: Advanced Research in Computational Sciences & Artificial Intelligence (ARCS.ai) initiative; Plans, opportunities in the life sciences, A.I.’s interdisciplinary role, where are the fundamental sciences
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ASOF Conversations Video: Lord Darzi and Ara Nazarian
Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break
Dinner is off-site. A list of recommended restaurants can be found on the logistics webpage.
ASOF Conversations Video: Daron Acemoglu and André Andonian
Key questions: Education-industry pipeline, transnational collaborations, start-up ecosystem
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Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break
ASOF Conversations Video: Ronald Grigor Suny and Peter Balakian
Special presentation: SIREH operations update
Group photo on the roof, weather permitting. Otherwise, in the Atrium
ASOF Conversations Video: Atom Egoyan and Christina Maranci
Key questions: Artsakh higher education, right of return
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Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break
Dinner is off-site. A list of recommended restaurants can be found on the logistics webpage.
Key questions: Quality assurance, the role of the teacher, technology in education, new law on higher education and science
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Moderated discussion based on comments/questions submitted during the break
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)
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Artificial Intelligence, Computational vision, Computer Science
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
Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology
Applied Physics, Entrepreneurship, High-Tech
A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics
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
Ambassador; “Participatory Democracy” NGO (Founding Director); Yerevan State University (lecturer in Global Challenges and Sustainable Development)
Political Sciences; International Relations; Sustainable Development; Cultural Heritage
Freimann Professor of Physics at Notre Dame, Professor of Chemistry
Astrophysics, Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, Applications of Nuclear Physics of Isotopes
Deputy speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Armenia
Electrical Engineering, Policy Making, Government
Owner and Literary Agent at ARI Literary and Talent Agency, Founder and Director at ARI Literature Foundation
Literature, Publishing, Cultural Management
Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge (FAMES), Research Affiliate, Woolf Institute, and Research Associate, St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Civilisations, Judaeo-Arabic Studies, Armenian-Jewish Studies
Professor, Brown University
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics
Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation
Energy
Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco
Cell biology
Former State Minister and Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh, Chairman of the "Artsakh Union" NGO
Founder and CEO of (CIPR) Center for Innovation Promotion and Research
Innovation Management, Magnetic Materials, Space Systems
Professor of Philosophy, New York University, Dir. of the Inst. of Philosophy and GIAS
Philosophy
Chair of Armenian Studies, University of Geneva
History, Armenian Studies
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
Professor of Paleobiodiversity and Paleoenvironments, University of Lille
Paleontology
Executive Director, Chhange (Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education) at Brookdale Community College
History, Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Armenia
Boolean functions for cryptography, Universal Algebra, Ordered Structures, Lattice theory
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Civil Engineering
U. of Salzburg, Armenian Studies Division (head); Center for the Study of the Christian East (director); Senior scientist in Biblical Studies and Church History; Docent in General and Applied Linguistics; Blue Shield Armenia & Austria; Adjunct Prof. in Interdisciplinary Armenian Cultural Heritage Studies, Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography; Etchmiadzin's Office for Artsakh Cultural and Spiritual Heritage Issues.
Armenian linguistics; Armenian Church History; Armenian Cultural Heritage Studies
Professor, Tampere University, Finland, and CEO of Noiseless Imaging Ltd
Computational imaging & optics
CEO Cognaize; Co-Founder and board member of IntelinAir, Inc.
High-Tech, Electrical Engineering
Executive Vice President, ONCORD, Inc.
Medicine/Clinical Immunologist; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Expert
Fellow, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa
Political Science, History, Economics, Democracy, Imperialism/Colonialism, Human Rights, Governance/Policymaking, Higher Education
Dean of the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics American University of Armenia
Economics
Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment
Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences
Executive Director, "One Voice" Armenian Association of Independent schools
Henry George Chair in Economics and Professor, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University
Open economy; Macroeconomic development, Post-socialist economics; Diaspora Studies
Professor of Art History, University of California, Davis
Modern and Contemporary Global Architecture and Art; Critical and (post)Colonial Theory
Documentary filmmaker (MA in Arts, University of West London), Head of Blue Shield Armenia for cultural heritage preservation
Film, media, communications, advocate of cultural heritage protection
Professor, NUACA; Chair of Theory and History of Architecture and Heritage
Architecture, Cultural Heritage
Chairman at Higher Education and Science Committee of the Republic of Armenia
Associate Professor, Columbia University
Public Health, Maternal and Child Health
Managing Partner at Granatus Ventures, Managing Partner at Civitta AM
Business, Social Sciences
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
Associate Professor of Economics, Loyola University Maryland
Economics, International Economics, Economic Development, Applied Microeconomics
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
CEO, ONCORD, Inc.
Medicine/Oncologist; Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Expert
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Electrical Engineering, High-Tech
Researcher, Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage
Architecture, Cultural heritage
Director for Policy and Regulation, Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge; Member of Accreditation Council, ANQA, Armenia
Governance & Policymaking, Higher Education, Quality Assurance
University of Stirling
Diaspora Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science
CXO and Principal Advisor Non-profits - Sensyan, Strategic Advisory Board Member - reArmenia
Education; Management; Computer Art
American University of Armenia, Impact Hub Yerevan, Repat Armenia, EVN Report
Business, high-tech
Director of YerevaNN; Data Scientist at IntelinAir
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Head of Quality Control at Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), the UAE
Education
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
International Relations, International security
Internal Medicine, Stanford Healthcare
Healthcare, Internal Medicine, Medicine
Southern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut
Genocide Studies, Philosophy
ARPA Technology Group, Principal
Civil Engineering, Seismic Engineering, Structural Engineering
Architect, Assistant professor, and advisor to the NUACA, Member of EERI and AESA-NE
Earthquake-resistant building design, Sustainable Architecture, Project Management.
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
Executive VP of the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)
English, General Education
Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, California State University, Fresno
Anthropology
Managing Director at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Education; Technology
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Algebraic Number Theory, Mathematics
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Multi-Physics
Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fyoundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Quantum Optics, Quantum Technologies
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics, String theory
Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia
Caucasus Studies, History, Islamic Studies
Introduction of candidates for the Board elections during lunch