#InnovateArmenia 2017
A full day of thought-provoking, fast-paced talks. An open-air stage where the music never stops. A dozen intriguing innovators sharing insights that run the gamut from coding to robotics and maker spaces. Interactive experiences in chess-strategy and wine-making. A unique installation of vintage Anatolian postcards interlaced with mind-bending contemporary imagery.
Saturday, September 23, 2017
10 am - 6 pm FREE ADMISSION
BOVARD AUDITORIUM
MCs Prof. Shushan Karapetian, Eric Nazarian
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Cal Tech's Innovators
Richard Ohanian. MC
Our Wayward Youth: Who's Paying Attention?
Ara Arzumanian
Reimagining Armenia's
Education Strategy: LUYS Scholars
Prof. Dan Mazmanian, MC
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Reinventing Armenia
Arman Jilavian, Aurora CEO
The Mekhitarians:
Redefining the Armenian World
Archbishop Levon Zekiyan, in conversation with Prof. Hagop Gulludjian
Reinventing an Ancient Tradition: Armenia's Wines
Nairy Chaglasyan
At the Epic enter of Humanitarian Crises
Hovig Etyemezian.UNHCR Mosul
Undeliverable: postcards and photos of Lives Interrupted
Prof. Mehmet Sinan Birdal. Norair Chahinian.
Prof. Lerna Ekmekgioglu, Narineh Mirzaeian
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Staging Our Revolution: Feminism in Armenian
Prof. Lerna Ekmekgioglu. Prof. Melissa Bilal
Getting to Know Zabel Yessayan
Judy Saryan, Jennifer Manoukian
How to Fathom Genocide
Kori Street, USC Shoah Foundation
Teaching Trauma Without Traumatizing
Prof. Bree Cook
Aurora: Redefining the Armenian Image
Arman Jilavian, Aurora CEO
3:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Learning to be Armenianin Turkey
Sona Arakelyan
Learning Armenian in LA
Ari Sekeryan.Oxford
Shaping Global Media and Perceptions
Adi Ignatius, David Ignatius
Prof.Don Miller. MC
Reinventing Toys
Paul Berberian. Sphero
Rethinking 21st C Learning
Denise Davidson, UWC Dilijan
Veronika Zonabend
Pulitzer Winners on the Value of the Humanities
Peter Balakian
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Prof. Talar Chahinian. MC
MUSIC STAGE
10:15 am
Vordan Karmir
11:15 am
Bei Ru
12:15 pm
Michelle Aryan
1:15 pm
Vahagn Turgutyan
2:15 pm
Greg Hosharian's
Armenian Pops Ensemble
3:15 pm
Vardan Ovsepian
4:15 pm
Antranig Kzirian. Artyom Manukyan, Vahagni Turgutyan
5:15 pm
Vordan Karmir
OUTDOOR TALK TENT
MCs Alex Sardar, Al Eisaian
11:00 am
Dasaran.am
12:00 pm
NASA,USC School of Engineering
12:45pm
Google's Technovation Challenge Winners
1:00 pm
Solo Learn
2:00 pm
Armath Engineering Labs
3:00 pm
Teach for Armenia
4:00 pm
International STEM Olympiads
5:00 pm
Yerevan's Real School
CHESS
Simultaneous Games
The Public vs
Tatev Abrahamyan
Grandmaster
Andranik Matikozyan
International Master
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Simultaneous Game 1
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Simultaneous Game 2
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Simultaneous Game 3
WINE TASTING
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Identification required
