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2022 APRI FORUM SPEAKERS
ABGAR BUDAGHYAN
Deputy Chief Of Party for USAID/Armenia Market Liberalization and Electricity Trade Program, Tetra Tech
Session | Armenia's Energy Transition
June 16, 14:15
AMBERIN ZAMAN
Senior Correspondent for Al-Monitor
Session | Turkey: Today and Tomorrow
June 17, 16:30
ANAHIT PARZYAN
Executive Director of “Nork Technology and Awareness Center for Social Services" Foundation
Session | The Briefing: Cyber Security and Critical Risks
June 16, 13:15
ANAHIDE PILIBOSSIAN
Advisor, APRI Armenia
Session | Global Keynote: Skills for a 21st-Century Government (moderator)
June 15, 16:30
ANNA OHANYAN
PhD, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College
Session | Global Keynote/Panel Discussion on Armenia-Russia Relations
June 16, 17:45
ARMAN TATOYAN
Professor at American University of Armenia
Session | eynote/Fireside Chat on Working Together in the Age of Division
June 15, 15:00
ARMEN SAHAKYAN
Foreign Policy Fellow at APRI Armenia and an incoming Instructor at the American University of Armenia
Session | Iran: Today and Tomorrow (moderator)
June 16, 17:00
ARTHUR MARTIROSYAN
Senior Consultant with the Bridgeway Group
Session | Peace/Negotiations: What Lies Beyond?
June 15, 17:00
ASTGHINE PASOYAN
Adjunct Lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Session | Armenia's Energy Transition
June 16, 14:15
DAVOUD
GHARAYAGH-ZANDI
Assistant Professor in Political Science at Faculty of Economics and Political Science in Shahid Beheshti University
Session | Iran: Today and Tomorrow
June 16, 17:00
GEORGI DERLUGUIAN
PhD. Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at the NYU Abu Dhabi Social Science Division
Session | Imagining and Managing Regional Integration
June 17, 13:45
DARON ACEMOGLU
PhD, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Global Keynote on Inclusive Institutions & Economic Growth
June 16, 16:30
ERIC HACOPIAN
CivilNet Host and Analyst
Sessions |
Global Keynote: Skills for a 21st-Century Government (moderator)
June 15, 16:30
Keynote/Fireside Chat with Tigran Jrbashyan on Armenia's Strategic Future (moderator)
June 17, 10:00
Imagining and Managing Regional Integration (moderator)
June 17, 13:45
GEVORG POGHOSYAN
CEO at Impact Hub Yerevan
Session | The Briefing: Jobs, Labor and Sustainable Livelihoods
June 16, 13:45
ANAHIT AVANESYAN
RA Minister of Health
Session | The Briefing: Public Health and Prosperity
June 17, 13:15
ANDREY KORTUNOV
Director General of Russian International Affairs Council
Session | lobal Keynote/Panel Discussion on Armenia-Russia Relations
June 16, 17:45
ARMEN DARBINYAN
Rector of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
Session | Keynote/Fireside Chat on Building a Bridge to the Future
June 16, 16:00
ARTUR PAPYAN
Co-founder at CyberHUB-AM
Session | The Briefing: Cyber Security and Critical Risks
June 16, 13:15
DAVID AKOPYAN
Senior Advisor Crisis, Fragility and Complexity, former UNDP Director
Sessions |
Opening and Welcome
June 15, 13:30
Leading Armenia in Times of Crisis
June 16, 11:00
ERIK KHZMALYAN
Investment Promotion and Foreign Relations Manager at
Enterprise Armenia
Session | Global keynote with Reuben Abraham (moderator)
June 16, 10:30
GRIGOR HOVHANNISYAN
Chairman of the Board of Directors Ararat Bank
Session | The Future of the West in the Caucasus
June 17, 15:30
HAYK SHEKYAN
Founder and CEO of Shtigen Ltd
Session | Armenia's Energy Transition
June 16, 14:15
JASANDRA NYKER
CEO at Nala Renewables Limited
Session | Armenia's Energy Transition
June 16, 14:15
KONSTANTIN KURYLEV
Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Session | Global Keynote/Panel Discussion Armenia-Russia Relations
June 16, 17:45
LISA WITTER
CEO at Apolitical
Session | Global Keynote on Skills for a 21st Century Government
June 15, 16:30
MARTIN GALSTYAN
Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia
Session | Opening Keynote
June 15, 14:30
HENRI ARSLANIAN
Adjunct Professor, University of Hong Kong
Session | (Re)thinking Foreign Policy: Armenia–China Relations (moderator)
June 17, 11:00
KAREN ARABYAN
COO at Amber Capital Armenia
Session | Armenia's Energy Transition
June 16, 14:15
IOANA POPESCU
PhD, Professor of Decision Sciences and Strategy & Professor in Strategic Revenue Management at INSEAD
Session | Global Keynote on Decision-making in Times of Crisis
June 15, 18:00
KIM HEKIMIAN
PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition (in Pediatrics and the Institute of Human Nutrition) at Columbia University
Session | The Briefing: Public Health and Prosperity
June 17, 13:15
LARA SETRAKIAN
Impact Partner at Fresco Capital
Sessions |
Opening and Welcome | June 15, 13:30
Opening Keynote (moderator) | June 15, 14:30
Global Keynote with Ioana Popescu on
Decision-Making in Times of Crisis (moderator)
| June 15, 18:00
Armenia’s Energy Transition (moderator)
June 16, 14:15
Keynote/Fireside Chat with Armen Darbinyan (moderator) on Building a Bridge to the Future | June 16, 16:00
Turkey: Today and Tomorrow (moderator)
June 17, 16:30
LEONID NERSISYAN
Defense analyst, CEO of Armenian Research & Development Institute
Session | Global Keynote/Panel Discussion Armenia-Russia Relations (moderator)
June 16, 17:45
LUSINE MANUKYAN
Senior Adviser at Local Government Association, UK
Session | Welcome Back and Keynote Fireside Chat (moderator)
June 16, 10:00
MARIA TITIZIAN
Editor-in-Chief of EVN Report
Sessions |
Peace/Negotiations: What Lies Beyond? (moderator) | June 15, 17:00
Leading Armenia Through Times of Crisis (moderator) | June 16, 11:00
The Future of the West i the Caucasus (moderator) | June 17, 15:30
MHER SAHAKYAN
PhD, Founder and director of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research
Session | (re)Thinking Foreign Policy Armenia-China Relations Panel Discussion
June 17, 11:00
NANA SHAKHNAZARYAN
Strategic Development Fellow, APRI
Session | Leading Armenia Global Keynote on What we have learned in 3 Years? 30 Years? 3000 Years? (moderator)
June 17, 10:30
NARE HAROYAN
Advisor to the RA Minister of Economy
Session | (re)Thinking Foreign Policy Armenia-China Relations
June 17, 11:00
NARGES BAJOGHLI
Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins SAIS
Session | Welcome Back and Keynote Fireside Chat (moderator)
June 16, 10:00
NERSES KOPALYAN
PhD, Associate professor-in-residence of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sessions |
Peace/Negotiations: What Lies Beyond?
June 15, 17:00
Global Keynote/Panel Discussion
June 16, 17:45
NERSES OHANYAN
SVP of Customer Success at Vineti
Session | The Briefing: Cyber Security and Critical Risks
June 16, 13:15
OLESYA VARTANYAN
International Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for the South Caucasus region
Sessions |
Peace/Negotiations: What Lies Beyond?
June 15, 17:00
Future of the West in the Caucasus
June 17, 15:30
P. TERRENCE HOPMANN
PhD, Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Sessions | Peace/Negotiations: What Lies Beyond?
June 15, 17:00
PAUL STRONSKI
Senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program
Session | The Future of the West in the Caucasus
June 17, 15:30
RAFFI KASSARJIAN
CEO and Principal Advisor at Sensyan
Session | Global Keynote on Inclusive Institutions & Economic Growth (moderator)
June 16, 16:30
REUBEN ABRAHAM
CEO of IDFC Foundation and IDFC Institute
Session | Global Keynote on (re)Thinking Economic Development
June 16, 10:30
ROBERTA ERVINE
PhD, Professor of Armenian Christian Studies at the St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
Session | Global Keynote on Toward Armenian Renaissance
June 17, 17:15
STEVEN A. COOK
Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at the Council on Foreign Relations
Session | Turkey: Today and Tomorrow
June 17, 16:30
SARA ANJARGOLIAN
Senior advisor on governance to the RA Minister of Health and the RA Minister of Justice
Session | Keynote Fireside Chat on Public Sector Innovation / Policy Entrepreneurship
June 16, 10:00
TALINE PAPAZIAN
PhD, Political scientist and professor at the Sciences Po (Aix-en-Provence)
Session | The Future of the West in the Caucasus
June 17, 15:30
GREG OHANNESSIAN
Session | The Briefing: Jobs, Labor and Sustainable Livelihoods (moderator)
June 16, 13:45
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VACHE GABRIELYAN
PhD, Dean of Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics at the American University of Armenia
Session | Leading Armenia through times of Crisis
June 16, 11:00
STEPHAN ASTOURIAN
PhD, William Saroyan Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley
Session | Global Keynote on What we have learned in 3 Years? In 30 Years? In 3000 Years?
June 17, 10:30
TIGRAN JRBASHYAN
Partner, Director of Management Advisory Services at Ameria CJSC
Session | Keynote/Fireside Chat on Armenia's Strategic Future
June 17, 10:00
VAHRAM TER-MATEVOSYAN
PhD, Associate professor and chair of Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA) program at American University of Armenia
Session | Turkey: Today and Tomorrow
June 17, 16:30
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VARUZHAN GEGHAMYAN
PhD, Assistant professor in Yerevan State University (Department of Oriental Studies)
Session | Turkey: Today and Tomorrow
June 17, 16:30
VASKEN YACOUBIAN
President of AGBU Armenia
Session | Opening and Welcome
June 15, 13:30
VICTORIA AYDINYAN
Advisor to the RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Session | The Briefing: Jobs, Labor and Sustainable Livelihoods
June 16, 13:45
YERVANT ZORIAN
Chief Architect at Synopsys
Sessions |
Keynote/Fireside Chat with Arman Tatoyan (moderator)
June 15, 15:00
Global keynote with Ioana Popescu (moderator)
June 15, 18:00
YUN-TIAN ZHENG
PhD, Associate professor at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China
Session | (re)Thinking Foreign Policy Armenia-China Relations
June 17, 11:00
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