USC Institute of Armenian Studies is proud to host Innovate Armenia 2016, showcasing innovative people and inspirational thinking.
INNOVATE ARMENIA is a signature program of the University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies.
ARMACAD will also be presented at the event.
Khachik Gevorgyan, the founder of ARMACAD will present ARMACAD at this event and will talk about all the opportunities available on our website.
The full program of the event is available below:
Details and lineup of speakers and musicians
Bovard Auditorium
Identity Stage
MC Alex Sardar, Civicus
10:30am - 12:30pm
ERIC ESRAILIAN
բժիշկ, ռեժիսոր
AN EXPRESSION OF A NEW IDENTITY
KHACHIG TULOLYAN
Editor, Diaspora, A Journal of Transnational Studies
EVOLVING DIASPORAN IDENTITIES
MANUEL PASTOR
Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society & Social Change
MIXING IDENTITIES: IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION IN LA
DAVID KANG
Director, USC Institute of Korean Studies
THE ENDLESS CREATION OF IDENTITY
ROBERT ENGLISH
Director, USC School of International Relations
THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN
JAMES CUNO
CEO, J Paul Getty Trust
FROM NATIONAL TO GLOBAL IDENTITIES
DAVID YAN
CEO, Abbyy; Founder, AYB School
MY ARMENIAN / CHINESE / RUSSIAN IDENTITY
12:30pm-3:00pm
ROBER KOPTAS
Editor-in-Chief. Aras Publishers
TO BE (OR NOT TO BE) ARMENIAN IN TURKEY
MURAT CANKARA
Lecturer, University of Ankara
THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY IN ARMENO-TURKISH TEXTS
RUBEN VARDANYAN (Virtual presence)
Philanthropist, Businessman
IN CONVERSATION WITH
DAVID YAN
CEO, Abbyy; Founder, AYB School
SALPI GHAZARIAN
Director, USC Institute of Armenian Studies
VAHRAM TER-MATEVOSYAN
Visiting Professor. Duke University
IDENTITY AND SECURITY
LUSINE KHARATYAN
Assistant Professor.AUA
WHO AM I — MUSH 2011
KEITH WATENPAUGH
Director, Human Rights Studies.
UC DAVIS IDENTITY IS A BOWL OF JELLO SALAD
JENNIFER MANOUKIAN
Writer and translator of Western Armenian
RESISTING ARMENIAN IDENTITY: ZABEL YESAYAN
OMIT KURT
Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at FSU
HOW I MET MY ARMENIAN "PROBLEM"
3:00pm - 5:30pm
ROGER STRAUCH
CEO Roda Group
ARMENIAN BY CHOICE (ABC)
ARMEN MARTIROSIAN
Physician, Anthropologist
ARMENIAN ORIGINS THROUGH GENETICS
KATY PEARCE
Assistant Professor at University of Washington
ARMENIANS ONLINE AND OFFLINE
EMIL SANAMYAN
Radio Free Europe
THE FORGOTTEN ARMENIANS OF BAKU
ALINA POGHOSYAN
Post-Doctoral Fellow. Univ of Michigan
WOMEN MIGRANTS
GARIK HAYRAPETIAN
UNFPA Armenia
MISSING GIRLS OF ARMENIA
JASON SOHIGIAN
Armenian Tree Project
RE-ROOT YOURSELF
SHUSHAN KARAPETIAN
UCLA
LANGUAGE TRANSMISSION IN THE DIASPORA
HAGOP GULLUOJIAN
UCLA
SHRINE IDENTITY
5:30pm - 6:00pm
SUM OF US
Photographers Saco Bulghadaryan, Ara Oshagan, Scout Tufankjian
IN CONVERSATION WITH
NARINEH MIRZAEIAN
Architect / Curator
Taper Hall I 101 and 102 Digital Humanities Stage MC I Talar Chahinian, CSULB
1 1:30pm - 2:30pm
RAZMIK PANOSSIAN (Virtual presence)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
CALL FOR MORE DIGITIZATION
TOM SAMUELIAN (Virtual presence)
American University of Amenia
CREATING A DIGITAL COMMONS
ASBED BEDROSSIAN
Founder. Groong News Service
FROM GROONG TO THE MEKHITARIANS
ROGER STRAUCH
CEO. Roda Group
DIGITAL HUMANITIES 3.0
NATALIE GABRIELIAN
AGBU
EDUCATION INNOVATION
VASKEN BRUDIAN
Andean Studio
LEVERAGING ARMENIAN DESIGN FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE
ANNA TURAY / NORA KAYSERIAN
Pokng org
NOT SO "POKRIG"
MICHEL AHARONIAN
Aram Association
RESEARCHING AND ARCHIVING ARMENIAN MEMORY
GEMAFIN GASPARYAN
Boon TV
GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS WITH AN ARMENIAN ACCENT
DIANA TER GHAZARYAN
Other Yerevan
YEREVAN'S ALTERNATIVE URBAN HERITAGE
DAVID KARAPETYAN
AUA Armenian Digital Library
MOVSES KHORENATSI GOES DIGITAL
KHACHIK GEVORGYAN
ARMACAD
FOSTERING LOCAL SCHOLARS
ALBERT POGHOSYAN
360 Stories
ARMENIA ENtERS VIRTUAL REALITY
3:00pm - 6:00pm
ARMEN MARTIROSYAN
Armenianmusic.am
ARMENIAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
MATT GAINER
Digital Public Library of America
ARMENIAN AS PART OF HUMAN PATRIMONY
SUSANNA MKRTCHYAN
Wikimedia Foundation
INNOVATING ARMENIA THROUGH WIKIPEDIA
RUBEN MIRAKYAN
Armenian eBook Initiative
ARMENIAN EBOOKS: SHARING THE AWESOMENESS
GAYANE SHAGOYAN
Armenian Total(itar)is
DIGITIZING MEMORIES OF SOVIET REPRESSION
DAVID YAN
CEO, Abbyy Founder, AYB School
DIGITAL HUMANITIES 3.0
RUBEN ADALIAN
Armenian National Institute
VIRTUAL GENOCIDE MUSEUM
VIGEN GALSTYAN
Lusadaran Virtual Museums
GLOBAL IDENTITIES
NAYAT KARAKOSE
Hrant Dink Foundation
INNOVATE TURKEY
TIGRAN ZARGARYAN
National Library of Armenia
CLOUD LIBRARY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Music Stage
10:00am
GREG HOSHARIAN TRIO
10:45am
MEDZ BAZAR
11:30am
TIEZERK
12:15pm
ELEMENT
1:00pm
BEI RU
1:45pm
ANTRANIG KZIRIAN
ARTYOM MANUKYAN
VAHAGNI
2:30pm
MEDZ BAZAR
3:15pm
ARMEN HYUSNUNTS
VARDAN OVSEPIAN
4:00pm
TIEZERK
4:45pm
ELEMENT
6:30pm
MEDZ BAZAR