United AIO 2021 Conference Participants
Session 1 – Introduction
Welcome
MCs
Shaunte Baboumian, MS, BSCI
Program Manager II and Neuroimaging Analyst (Sinai)
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Aleksan Giragosian, J.D., M.P.P.
Senior Counsel (Colantuono Highsmith Whatley, PC)
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Opening Remarks
United AIO Co-Chairs
Nareh Saghatelian
Project Manager (Microsoft); Executive Director (Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America)
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Karén Tonoyan, Esq.
Associate (Lowenstein Sandler LLP); Co-Chairperson (Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Committee of the Armenian Bar Association); Board Member (NY/NJ/CT Chapter of the Armenian Bar Association)
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Joe Hacopian
Armenia 360, Co-Founder
Session 2 – United AIO
Panel 1: The Challenge
Think Differently | Work Together | Act Urgently
Part One
Moderator
Sara Anjargolian, Esq.
Chief of Staff (the Republic of Armenia’s Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs); Co-founder & Board Member (Impact Hub Yerevan)
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Panelists
Serj Eyvazian, MSc., MHM
President / Chair (Armenian Eagles Foundation); Executive Director, Enterprise Masterplan & PDC (CHOC Children’s)
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Lisa Gulesserian, Ph.D.
Member, Coordinating Committee (Zoravik); Preceptor on Armenian (Harvard University)
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Vahe Haroutounian
President (All-Armenian Student Association)
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Hagop Panossian, Ph.D.
President (ARPA Institute)
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Anna Sargsyan
Training Manager (State of California – Employment Development Department); Owner/Co-Creator (Exit Artists Escape Rooms); President (Peace for Armenians)
Lucy Varpetian, J.D.
Principal Assistant City Attorney (City of Glendale); Chairperson (Armenian Bar Association)
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Panel 2: The Challenge
Think Differently | Work Together | Act Urgently
Part Two
Moderator
Silvana Vartanian
Chair (Nerouj)
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Panelists
Kevin Galstyan, MD, FACOG
President / Chair (AAMS); Chairman (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Glendale Memorial Medical Center)
Joe Hacopian
Co-Founder (Armenia 360)
Zara Ingilizian
Co-Founder (Digital Pomegranate); Head of Consumer Industries and Member of the Executive Committee (World Economic Forum); Board Member (AIWA)
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Richard Ohanian, M.S.
Lecturer (Caltech); Technical Staff (NASA/JPL); President (AESA)
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David Ojakian, M.A.
Volunteer Chair (AGBU Young Professionals of Northern California); Investor; Actor; Leader
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Tagui Sarkissian, RN, MSN, WHNP
President / Chair (AANA); Nurse (Simple Steps Fertility)
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Session 3 – Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker
Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D.
Co-Founder (Moderna); Founder & CEO (Flagship Pioneering)
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Session 4 – The Five Pillars of National Strength
Senior Advisors
Emma Arakelyan
Founder & CEO (Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC); Co-founding Partner (BAJ Accelerator); Former Partner (Ernst and Young); Former Managing Director (Accenture)
Armen Morian, Esq.
Founder & Principal (Morian Law PLLC)
Panel 3: Nation of Health
Moderator
Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery (Pacific Neuroscience Institute); Co-Director (Pacific Pituitary Disorders Center); Board Member (AAMS)
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Panelists
Kim Hekimian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nutrition (Columbia University)
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Sarkis Kiramijyan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director (Cardiac STEMI Program); Founder and Director (Structural Heart Disease Program); Member (Gateway Industry)
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Vatche Minassian, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Urogynecology (Brigham and Women’s Hospital); Associate Professor (Harvard Medical School)
Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG
Founder and Medical Director (American Fertility Specialists); President (AMIC)
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Shant Shekherdimian, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Pediatric Surgeon (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Panel 4: Nation of Security
Moderator
Vago Muradian
Founder, Editor-in-chief, and Host (Defense & Aerospace Report)
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Panelists
Sam Bendett, M.A.
Research Analyst (Center for Naval Analyses International Affairs Group)
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James Hasik, Ph.D., MBA
Senior Research Fellow (Center for Government Contracting in the School of Business at George Mason University)
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Armen Kharazian, J.D., M.A.
Founder and Attorney (Law Offices of Armen Kharazian PLLC)
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Michael Koffman, M.A.
Senior Research Scientist (Center for Naval Analyses and Fellow at the Kennan Institute); Fellow (Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center)
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Aram Sahakian
General Manager (Emergency Mgmt. Department, City of Los Angeles)
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Panel 5: Nation of Innovation and Education
Moderator
Al Eisaian, MBA
CEO & Co-Founder (IntelinAir)
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Panelists
Ani Aprahamian, Ph.D
Director (A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory [Yerevan Physics Institute]); Professor (Notre Dame University)
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Armen Kherlopian, Ph.D.
Board Director; Pioneering Scientist and Executive (Scale)
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Michael Kouchakdjian, Ph.D
Managing Director (Lexcell Capital); Professor of Business and Management (American University of Armenia)
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Mary Papazian, Ph.D.
President (San Jose State University)
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Yervant Zorian, Ph.D.
Chief Architect and Fellow (Synopsis Intl.); President (Synopsis Armenia)
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Panel 6: Nation of Business
Moderator
Christine Soussa
Global Client Director (Equinix)
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Panelists
Adam Kablanian, M.S.
CEO, Cynora
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Ara Khzmalyan, Ph.D.
Partner (Adwise Business and Legal Consulting); Adjunct Lecturer (AUA)
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Madlene Minassian Ispirian, M.P.H.
Head of Corporate Affairs (PicsArt); Adjunct Lecturer (AUA)
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Ara Ohanian
Board Member and Investor (Four-Q); Lecturer (CUNY SPS and NYIT)
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Patrick Sarkissian
CEO & Co-Founder (Raleigh&Drake)
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Panel 7: Nation of PR & Advocacy
Moderator
Todd Fabacher
Flutter Mobile Developer and Co-Founder (Digital Pomegranate)
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Panelists
Elen Asatryan
Founder and CEO (Stark Group)
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Karena Avedissian, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow (Regional Studies Center — Yerevan)
Arda Haratunian, M.A.
Strategic Communications Advisor; Assistant Secretary (AGBU Central Board of Directors)
Karnig Kerkonian, J.D.
Partner (Kerkonian Dajani LLP); Board Member (Armenian Bar Association); Adjunct Professor (Artsakh State University)
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Fred Tatlyan
President (Goliath Graffix)
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Session 5 – The Project Presentations
Group 1: Nation of Health
Presenters
Artsakh Clean Water Technologies
Daniel Kelegian
AIMES
Elizabeth Kyababchyan
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Oqni – Innovative Prosthetics
Haikouhi Oroudjian
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Selection Committee
Salpy Akaragian, M.N.
Director, International and Clin. Ed. Spec. (UCLA Medical Center)
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Raffi Barsoumian, M.D.
Northshore LIJ Syosset Hospital, Fellow Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Armen Hagopjanian, D.P.M., FACFAS
Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Podiatrist (Los Angeles Institute of Foot and Ankle Surgery)
George Melikian, M.D. M.P.H.
Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Specialist (Facey Medical Group)
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Talar Tejirian, M.D.
General Surgeon Specialist (Kaiser Permanente)
Group 2: Nation of Security
Presenters
Regenerative and Community Based Agriculture
Arya Jemal
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Hydrogen Energy Storage
Kevork Simon Mouradian
Nordoun Housing
Nishan Nahikian, Knar Nahikian
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Selection Committee
Grant Atikyan
Research Engineer, Instrumentation Electronics (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
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Raffi Jamgotchian, MBA
President & CTO (Triada Networks); President (AESA-NE)
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Asbed Kotchikian, Ph.D
Associate Professor (AUA); Adjunct Lecturer (Bentley University)
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Hagop V. Panossian, Ph.D.
President (ARPA Institute)
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Stepan Tsaturyan, Ph.D., M.S.
President & CEO (Humanize Security); Fmr. Deputy Minister of High Tech, Cybersecurity (Republic of Armenia)
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Group 3: Nation of Innovation and Education
Presenters
Yerevan Free Library
Laurie Alvandian
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Milling Center
Haroutyun Barsegyan
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COAF Smart Center Armavir
Korioun Khatchadourian
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Selection Committee
Ashot Arzumanyan, Ph.D.
Co-founder and Partner (SmartGateVC)
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Hayk Chobanyan, M.A.
Minister (Ministry of High Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia)
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Gagik Melikyan, Ph.D.
Professor (California State University, Northridge)
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Ashot Papoyan, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and CEO (Elm Tree Research and Elm Tree Clinic); Co-Chair (ANSEF)
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Vatche Sahakian, Ph.D.
Professor (Harvey Mudd College); Co-Chair (ANSEF)
Group 4: Nation of Business
Presenters
Vocational Space Stepanakert
Nerses Haroutunian
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Life Science Incubator
Dr. Hagop Panossian
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Source Stack
Lusine Stepanyan
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Selection Committee
Henri Arslanian, MBA, LL.M.
PwC Crypto Leader, Partner (PWC); First Chairman, current Board Member (FinTech Association of Hong Kong)
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Adrin Gharakhani, Sc.D.
Founder, President (Applied Scientific Research); Research Professor (Claremont Graduate University); Vice President (ARPA Institute)
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Levon Golendukhin, J.D.
Associate, International Dispute Resolution (Eversheds Sutherland)
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Raffi Jamgotchian, MBA
President & CTO (Triada Networks); President (AESA-NE)
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Maral Kalinian
President, Co-founder (Gaian Footwear)
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Vahan Kerobyan
Minister (Ministry of Economy of the RA)
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Group 5: Nation of PR & Advocacy
Presenters:
Scientific Armenian
Houry Ellezian
Syunik International Sculpture Festival
Bella Gharibyan
Hero House Strategic Communications
Lilit Harutyunyan
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Selection Committee
Zarine Kharazian, B.A.
Associate Editor (Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab)
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Christina Maranci, Ph.D.
Professor (Tufts University)
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Maro Matosian
Executive Director, Founder (Women’s Support Center in Yerevan)
Zaven A. Sargsian, J.D.
Associate Attorney (Snell & Wilmer)
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Ani Shabazian, Ed.M, Ph.D.
Professor (Loyola Marymount University); Director (LMU Children’s Center)
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Session 6 – Closing
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