Agenda

Agenda

2018 Aurora Dialogues Yerevan will take place in the Matenadaran on June 9, 2018. The conference will focus on the importance of learning from the past, acting in the present and fostering a better future. Through a series of presentations, panel discussions and Q&As participants will explore how inspiration and empowerment can help create lasting, sustainable impact.

INSPIRE, EMPOWER, IMPACT

OPENING REMARKS

Vartan Gregorian, Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

KEYNOTE DISCUSSION

The Gratitude in Action movement empowers heroes to create impact. It inspires action, by sharing the stories of those who stand up in the face of adversity. Dialogues Yerevan 2018 will focus on these topics, looking at how, in an increasingly disenchanted world, INSPIRATION and EMPOWERMENT can help create sustainable IMPACT.

INFORM & EMPOWER

INTRODUCTORY TALK

Dirk Jacobs, Full Professor in Sociology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

PANEL DISCUSSION

The role that information plays in empowering actors (from those affected by humanitarian crises, to those working to help them, to the public) to resolve humanitarian crises, drive change and fill existing trust gaps.

EMPOWER & INSPIRE

INTRODUCTORY TALK

Alice Greenwald, President and CEO, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

1:1 CONVERSATIONS WITH AURORA HUMANITARIANS

Importance of inspiration in empowering changemakers, personal motivation of Aurora Humanitarians in their work and ways in which Aurora can empower actors on the ground.

IMPACT: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DIFFERENCE

PANEL DISCUSSION

The conversation will focus around what makes impact sustainable, answering the following questions:

  • What is impact?
  • Do we need to dedicate resources to measuring impact? How? Who should we be accountable to?
  • What is sustainability? Should we strive to achieve it? How?

CLOSING REMARKS

Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering; Scientific Innovator, Professional Entrepreneur and Philanthropist; Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

 

2018 Aurora Dialogues Yerevan Additional Programming

As part of Aurora Dialogues Additional Programming lectures will take place on June 6-11 in universities around Yerevan, focusing on the topic of inspiration, empowerment and impact. These lectures will engage the local community and familiarize them with Aurora’s work and humanitarian issues around the world, gathering up to 1000 participants, depending on venue.

Conversation with 2018 Aurora Humanitarians

Date & Time: June 6, 2018, 6:00PM – 8:00PM

Venue: American University of Armenia (Large Auditorium)

Stephen Kurkjian “Thirty Years Later: The Devastating Earthquake in Armenia that Shook the World”

Date & Time: June 7, 2018, 3:00PM – 5:00PM

Venue: Yerevan State University

Galvanizing the World: Aurora Humanitarian Project for UWC Schools and Colleges

Date & Time: June 8, 2018, 11:00AM – 1:15PM

Venue: TUMO

Making Change When Change Is Hard: A Conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power and

Enough Founding Director John Prendergast

Date & Time: June 8, 2018, 5:00PM – 6:30PM

Venue: American University of Armenia

Lord Ara Darzi “Innovation in Healthcare””

Date & Time: June 8, 2018, 10:30AM – 12:00PM

Venue: Yerevan State Medical University

Conversation with 2018 Aurora Prize Laureate

Date & Time: June 11, 2018, 1:30PM – 2:30PM

Venue: Russian-Armenian University