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Contact: Hagop Panossian
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ARPA Institute 20th Anniversary Celebration ConferenceCo-Sponsored by
the ARPA Institute and the Glendale Public Library
Saturday, May 19, 2012, 11:00am
– 4:00pm
Gelndale Public Library
222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA
Current Issues Facing Armenia And The DiasporaConference General
Chair: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
11:00 Introduction: Elizabeth Grigorian, Armenian Outreach
Coordinator, Glendale Public Library, CA11:05 Opening
Remarks: Richard Hovannisian, University of California, Los Angeles
Session I – Armenia
11:15-12:30 DEVELOPING ARMENIA INTO A VIABLE DEMOCRACY & SUSTAINABLE
ECONOMY Chair:
Speakers: Edgar Martirosyan, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz, Los
AngelesDavid Joulfaian, US Department of the Treasury, Washington,
DCProspects of & Challenges to Economic Growth in ArmeniaMarina
Kurkchiyan
Problems of Development of Civil Society in Armenia: Human Capital &
Democratization
Razmig Shirinian, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
The Dilemmas of Development & Democratic Governance
Discussants:
Mark Chenian, UBS Financial Services, Beverly Hills, CA
12:30-13:15 Panel Discussion and Q & A13:15-14:00 Lunch Break (Lunch
will be made available)
Session II – Diaspora
14:00-15:15 THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Chair:
Speakers: Dikran Dalian, The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA
(Retired)Stephan Astourian, University of California,
BerkeleyArmenia’s Governments, Diaspora Political Parties, & Issues of
Coordinated ActionSimon Payaslian,
The Evolution of the Armenian Diaspora: A Century of Diasporic
Existence, 1900-2000Hagop Gulludjian, University of California, Los
AngelesOn The Demotion of Language as the Virtual Territory Sustaining
Diaspora
Discussants: Talar Chahinian, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Myrna Douzjian, University of California, Los Angeles
15:15-16:00
For more information please contact Dr. Hagop Panossian at
[email protected]
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