10:30-11:00
YSU Central Building, 2nd Floor Foyer
Arrival and Registration of Participants
11:00-11:30
YSU Main Hall (YSU Central Building, 2nd Floor)
Opening Ceremony: Welcome Addresses
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan,
YSU Rector
Zhanna Andreasyan,
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia
Katrin Buder-Pelz,
Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Armenia
11:30-12:00
YSU Main Hall (YSU Central Building, 2nd Floor)
Keynote Speech
Ani Kojoyan,
Key Challenges and Barriers to the Participation of Women and Girls in Science in Armenia,
lecturer at the YSU Faculty of European Languages and Communication
12:00-16:00
Panel Discussions
12։00-13։00
YSU Academic Council Session Hall (YSU Central Building, 5th Floor)
Policies Promoting Equal Participation of Women and Girls in Science
Moderators:
Anahit Simonyan, Policy Advisor for the Feminism in Action for Structural Transformation (FAST) program, German International Cooperation (GIZ)
Lusine Kharatyan, Director of the YSU Continuing Education Center
Zhanna Andreasyan,
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia
Suzanna Shamakhyan,
Director of the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Naira Ayvazyan,
Director of the Orbeli Institute of Physiology, NAS RA
Heghine Gevorgyan,
Researcher at the YSU Institute of Biological Research
13։10-14։10
YSU Academic Council Session Hall (YSU Central Building, 5th Floor)
Why Pursue a Career in Science
Moderator:
Yeranuhi Manukyan, Head of Science Policy Department, YSU
Marina Aghayan,
Head of the 3D Printing Laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Physics, NAS RA
Nelly Gharibyan,
master's student at the YSU Institute of Physics
Mariam Galstyan,
student at the YSU STEM High School
Lilit Sahakyan,
Director of the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies, NAS RA
14։20-15։20
YSU Academic Council Session Hall
Challenges Faced by Women in Science
Moderator:
Olga Semyonova, Partner, Cybersecurity, Risk and Technology, Grant Thornton Armenia
Anna Mkrtchyan,
Director of the YSU Institute of Pharmacy
Susanna Badalyan,
Head of the YSU Laboratory of Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
Susanna Gaginyan,
researcher at the Laboratory of Optoelectronics and Photonics, YSU Research Institute of Physics
Astghik Pepoyan,
Head of the Food Safety and Biotechnology, Animal Origin Raw Materials and Product Processing Divisions, Armenian National Agrarian University
12:00-16:00
Workshops
Presentation of projects created by students of the YSU STEM High School
Visits to the laboratories of the Faculties of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Geography and Geology
Supercomputer Demonstration
Scientific Games (Geocaching)
