9:30am—Continental Breakfast and Coffee will be served
10:00am—Introduction
Hagop Panossian, Ph.D., President of ARPA Institute,
General Chair: Yervant Zorian, Ph.D.
10:20—Keynote Speaker
Mary Papzian, Ph.D., San Jose State University President
Session I – Science, Education and Technology in Armenia
10:45—Science, Education and High-Technology Industry in Armenia
Chair: Artur Davoyan, Ph.D., UCLA
Speakers
Ani Aprahamian, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, UND, Director, AANL
Armenia Marching Forward: Transforming AANL into Innovation & Technology HUB
Tigran Shahverdyan, Ph.D., Giduj, Armenia
Science and Education in Armenia
Yervant Zorian, Ph.D. VP of Synopsys Armenia
Advanced Technology Trends and the Armenian World
Discussant
Al Eisaian, M.S.
12:30—Panel Discussion; Q & A
1:00 – Lunch Break (Lunch will be made served)
Session II – Social and Political Development of Armenia
2:00—The Social and Political Development of Armenia: The Role of Diaspora
Chair: Sargis Sedrakyan, Ph.D., USC
Speakers
Irina Ghaplanyan, Ph.D., AUA
Modernization of Social System and Society in Armenia?
Eric Hacopian, Ph.D., Political Consultant and Analyst, Yerevan, Armenia
The Foreign Policy of Armenia and Geopolitical Challenges
Shant Shekherdimian, MD. UCLA Professor
Armine Lulejian, Ph.D. USC Sr Director of Educational Initiatives for the USC MESH Academy,
Associate Director of Informatics Education Core with USC Clinical Translational Sciences Inst. &
Asst Prof in Population and P. Health Sc, Keck Sch. of Medicine
Healthcare System in Armenia and the Need for Modernization
Discussant
Carla Garapedian, Ph.D., Filmmaker, Director, Writer, and Broadcaster