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January 29, 2015
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian, Director
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 213.821.3943
INNOVATE ARMENIA
On Saturday, February 21, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies will
host INNOVATE ARMENIA, an all-day event on the USC campus.
From 10 am to 5 pm, on two different stages, global change-makers,
trendsetters, out-of-the-box thinkers and creative artists from all
walks of life will be presenting the best of Innovative thought,
Innovative music and Innovative activism. There will be booths with
innovative organizations and tech companies from Armenia and the
Diaspora.
`It's time to re-position the term `Armenia,' the idea of Armenia in
the same sentence with `innovation' - something we've been doing, as a
nation, for thousands of years. We have innovative tech companies,
creative artists, music and food. We have also invited organizations
doing ground-breaking work in Armenia to develop civil society in new,
untraditional ways. We're proud to present them here, at USC, at
INNOVATE ARMENIA,' said Salpi Ghazarian, Director of the USC Institute
of Armenian Studies.
`In every one of today's leading economic, technology, and social
sectors, there are Armenians standing at the forefront. And many of
those trendsetters will be here, with us on February 21. We hope the
Los Angeles community joins us for this first-of-its-kind event,' she
continued.
On an indoor stage, the headliners will be in conversation throughout
the day with leading USC scholars in technological innovation,
communication, engineering and the arts. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of
Reddit and generally acknowledged as `the Mayor of the Internet', will
join Raffi Krikorian, who was, until recently, Vice President of
Twitter and responsible for making the platform user friendly. Also
on stage will be Lara Setrakian of News Deeply - an award-winning
journalist and entrepreneur who is on several `Young Global Leaders'
lists. She has created the multi-source News Deeply platform which
looks at complex hot topics such as Syria, or Ebola, more broadly.
These special guests will be joined, on and off stage, LIVE and by
Skype, by cutting edge entrepreneurs like Alexander Seropian who have
changed the world of video games and mobile gaming. Alexander
Seropian's company, Bungee, created the video game HALO, which went on
to change the place of video games in society.
Another presenter, Zareh Baghdasarian, heads Armorway, a company that
uses patented game-theoretic algorithms to convert data into
intelligence-driven strategies, and enhances an organization's ability
to focus its energy on understanding the competition and adversaries
rather than gathering and analyzing information. He is also
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and
will join fellow tech entrepreneur Al Eisaian to talk about their
ground-breaking work in Silicon Valley and in Armenia. Other names in
the emerging personal robotics industry, in gaming, and other sectors
will also be announced.
Several Armenia-based start-ups who are pushing the limits of the
industry will be at INNOVATE ARMENIA including LionSharp, Zangi,
PicsArt, and Teamable. The founders of HIVE, the first Armenian tech
startup accelerator and network, will be there to share their vision.
While all these takes place on an indoor stage, on an adjacent lawn,
on the outdoor stage, cutting edge musicians Bei Ru, Sima Cunningham
and Sebu will be joining the new, hip French band COLLECTIF MEDZ BAZAR
for a full day of creative, edgy new music. Throughout the day,
fellow musicians Antranig Kzirian, Element, Ooshatsank, and the
Hosharian Brothers Band will mix the old and the new in creative ways.
`Innovation is not limited to the technological world. In Armenia,
there are civic organizations which have become successful precisely
because they are innovative in their methodology and the way they
define their mission. Nearly a dozen such organizations will be here
to talk about what they do and how they do it,' explained Ghazarian.
These organizations include the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies,
CivilNet Internet television, the Homeland Development Initiative
Foundation, Birthright Armenia, the Impact Hub, Repat Armenia, Urban
Lab, Paros Charitable Foundation, the Armenian Center for Contemporary
and Experimental Art, the American University of Armenia, the
Houshamadyan Project, the Foundation for the Protection of Wildlife
and Culture, and some others. `It's an opportunity to meet and speak
with the creative people who are making change in Armenia,' Ghazarian
continued.
An all-day event would not be complete without food. Innovative food
is part of the program, served up by the generation that inherited the
innovative hot-lunch-truck business which Armenians initiated in
Southern California nearly half a century ago. The offerings will be
healthy, tasty, creative food that is both familiar and new.
`Admission is free. Parking is easy. Take the 110 freeway south, get
off at Exposition, make a right, and USC is right there. There will be
signs all around and students to point you in the right direction,'
concluded Ghazarian.
Innovate Armenia is a program of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, established in 2005. The Institute supports multidisciplinary
scholarship to re-define, explore and study the complex issues that
make up the contemporary Armenian experience -- from post-Genocide to
the developing Republic of Armenia to the evolving Diaspora. The
Institute encourages research, publications and public service, and
benefits from communication technologies to link together the global
academic and Armenian communities.
For more information visit: http://tinyurl.com/innovatearmenia
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
USC INSTITUTE OF ARMENIAN STUDIES
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
Contact: Salpi Ghazarian, Director
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 213.821.3943
INNOVATE ARMENIA
On Saturday, February 21, the USC Institute of Armenian Studies will
host INNOVATE ARMENIA, an all-day event on the USC campus.
From 10 am to 5 pm, on two different stages, global change-makers,
trendsetters, out-of-the-box thinkers and creative artists from all
walks of life will be presenting the best of Innovative thought,
Innovative music and Innovative activism. There will be booths with
innovative organizations and tech companies from Armenia and the
Diaspora.
`It's time to re-position the term `Armenia,' the idea of Armenia in
the same sentence with `innovation' - something we've been doing, as a
nation, for thousands of years. We have innovative tech companies,
creative artists, music and food. We have also invited organizations
doing ground-breaking work in Armenia to develop civil society in new,
untraditional ways. We're proud to present them here, at USC, at
INNOVATE ARMENIA,' said Salpi Ghazarian, Director of the USC Institute
of Armenian Studies.
`In every one of today's leading economic, technology, and social
sectors, there are Armenians standing at the forefront. And many of
those trendsetters will be here, with us on February 21. We hope the
Los Angeles community joins us for this first-of-its-kind event,' she
continued.
On an indoor stage, the headliners will be in conversation throughout
the day with leading USC scholars in technological innovation,
communication, engineering and the arts. Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of
Reddit and generally acknowledged as `the Mayor of the Internet', will
join Raffi Krikorian, who was, until recently, Vice President of
Twitter and responsible for making the platform user friendly. Also
on stage will be Lara Setrakian of News Deeply - an award-winning
journalist and entrepreneur who is on several `Young Global Leaders'
lists. She has created the multi-source News Deeply platform which
looks at complex hot topics such as Syria, or Ebola, more broadly.
These special guests will be joined, on and off stage, LIVE and by
Skype, by cutting edge entrepreneurs like Alexander Seropian who have
changed the world of video games and mobile gaming. Alexander
Seropian's company, Bungee, created the video game HALO, which went on
to change the place of video games in society.
Another presenter, Zareh Baghdasarian, heads Armorway, a company that
uses patented game-theoretic algorithms to convert data into
intelligence-driven strategies, and enhances an organization's ability
to focus its energy on understanding the competition and adversaries
rather than gathering and analyzing information. He is also
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and
will join fellow tech entrepreneur Al Eisaian to talk about their
ground-breaking work in Silicon Valley and in Armenia. Other names in
the emerging personal robotics industry, in gaming, and other sectors
will also be announced.
Several Armenia-based start-ups who are pushing the limits of the
industry will be at INNOVATE ARMENIA including LionSharp, Zangi,
PicsArt, and Teamable. The founders of HIVE, the first Armenian tech
startup accelerator and network, will be there to share their vision.
While all these takes place on an indoor stage, on an adjacent lawn,
on the outdoor stage, cutting edge musicians Bei Ru, Sima Cunningham
and Sebu will be joining the new, hip French band COLLECTIF MEDZ BAZAR
for a full day of creative, edgy new music. Throughout the day,
fellow musicians Antranig Kzirian, Element, Ooshatsank, and the
Hosharian Brothers Band will mix the old and the new in creative ways.
`Innovation is not limited to the technological world. In Armenia,
there are civic organizations which have become successful precisely
because they are innovative in their methodology and the way they
define their mission. Nearly a dozen such organizations will be here
to talk about what they do and how they do it,' explained Ghazarian.
These organizations include the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies,
CivilNet Internet television, the Homeland Development Initiative
Foundation, Birthright Armenia, the Impact Hub, Repat Armenia, Urban
Lab, Paros Charitable Foundation, the Armenian Center for Contemporary
and Experimental Art, the American University of Armenia, the
Houshamadyan Project, the Foundation for the Protection of Wildlife
and Culture, and some others. `It's an opportunity to meet and speak
with the creative people who are making change in Armenia,' Ghazarian
continued.
An all-day event would not be complete without food. Innovative food
is part of the program, served up by the generation that inherited the
innovative hot-lunch-truck business which Armenians initiated in
Southern California nearly half a century ago. The offerings will be
healthy, tasty, creative food that is both familiar and new.
`Admission is free. Parking is easy. Take the 110 freeway south, get
off at Exposition, make a right, and USC is right there. There will be
signs all around and students to point you in the right direction,'
concluded Ghazarian.
Innovate Armenia is a program of the USC Institute of Armenian
Studies, established in 2005. The Institute supports multidisciplinary
scholarship to re-define, explore and study the complex issues that
make up the contemporary Armenian experience -- from post-Genocide to
the developing Republic of Armenia to the evolving Diaspora. The
Institute encourages research, publications and public service, and
benefits from communication technologies to link together the global
academic and Armenian communities.
For more information visit: http://tinyurl.com/innovatearmenia
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress