DATES: September 27-28, 2022
VENUE: Coming Soon
REGISTRATION: Coming Soon
WHAT IS STCC?
An annual conference organized by Catalyst Foundation and IIAP of NAS RA with the support of EU4Business “Innovative Tourism and Technology Development for Armenia” project within the framework of Science and Technology Convergence Platform (STCP).
MAIN GOAL
To promote knowledge exchange between academia and industry, in order to strengthen the cooperation and transfer of innovations from research labs into industrial exploitation that will boost the economy for Armenia and benefit its citizens.
It provides platform for:
Establishment of formal collaboration schemes with leading universities in Europe and the US and creating joint research labs with local tech companies
Community building in niche directions to share knowledge and foster collaboration
Building a ground for potential repatriation of required talent from leading universities among them Postdocs, Principal Investigators, Professors and Research Scientists
Discussions of international best practices on science funding mechanisms and their possible replication in Armenia
FOCUS AREAS
Physics, Engineering and Space
Computational Biology and Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Autonomy Research
BENEFICIARIES
Government representatives of the Republic of Armenia
Professors from high-ranked universities
Executives and researchers of Armenia based universities and research labs
Executives and scientists from local and international tech corporations and established startups
Professors from high-ranked universities
WHAT IS STCP?
STCP is an initiative that aims to accelerate and facilitate the collaboration between local science, industry, academia, government, and donor community representatives
We want to contribute to the establishment of the strong fundamentals for the local scientific and tech environment
STCP develops technology transfer practices and science funding possibilities in Armenia
STCP intends to convert STCC from a single event into a continues process
HOW IT WORKS?
STCP, who teams up different players and supports:
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To get grants and equity financing
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With talent growth and relocation of experts
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In designing projects aligning science, IP, legal, and business strategies
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With community building and nurturing
Universities and Research Labs, who are looking for:
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Funding programs
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New talents
Funding programs, who are looking for:
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Research labs and universities
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New talents
Entrepreneurs, who want to
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Reach out the market
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Design Products
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Acquire funds
Entrepreneurs, who want to:
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Reach out research labs
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Know the state of the art
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Get new talents
WHY
DO WE
NEED
STCP?
STCC22
DATES: September 27-28, 2022
VENUE: Coming Soon
REGISTRATION: Coming Soon
The Conference is a unique opportunity to bring together representatives of science and technology infrastructures, government representatives, international donor community, and other major stakeholders to address the issues that are essential for the progress of Armenian research and technology transfer activities.
In the tech hustle of October 2019, #STCC19, organized with the support of “Support to SME Development in Armenia” (EU-SMEDA) project, became a hot spot for the science and technology industry and gave a new wave to future ideas and collaboration initiatives.
The conference brought over 50 speakers and more than 800 participants together in one platform and facilitated discussions on:
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Creating a roadmap towards the establishment of a robust Machine Learning Ph.D. program in Armenia
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Involving postdocs from leading universities to Armenia and discussing avenues for potential repatriation
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Establishing joint research labs with the collaboration of US and European universities, and local established tech companies
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Establishing effective cooperation with European and US university labs
The attendees were from among:
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Local scientific and university communities,
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Tech corporations,
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Emerging local deep-tech startups,
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Leading research institutions (Stanford, UIUC, Tampere, etc.).
The conference included:
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20 individual presentations given by keynote speakers
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7-panel discussions
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Two poster sessions, where emerging local deep-tech startups presented their ideas for in-depth technical discussions.
Some of the Featured Speakers Were
Michael Kass
Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA, PhD Stanford University
Karen Egiazairian
Professor at Tampere University of Technology
Al Eisaian
Co-founder and CEO IntelinAir
Sergey Kuprienko
General Manager of Research at Ring
Garegin Papoian
Monroe Martin Professor at the University of Maryland
Ara Markosian
Head of Armenia Operations at Xilinx
Ashot Papoyan
Associate Director at Tetragenetics
Jovan Stojanovic
CEO at ELOON, lead of Belgrade AI
Sos Agaian
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the City University of New York (CUNY)
Aram Adourian
Partner at Flagship
Will Zeng
Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, initiator of Unitary Fund
Christophe Zoghbi
AI Consultant at Ticketless, lead of Beirut AI
Naira Hovakimyan
Grafton and Wilkins professor of MechSE at UIUC and Co-founder & Chief Scientist at IntelinAir
Ogsen Gabrielyan
Principal Scientist Bioinformatics at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma
Anthony Miller
Managing Partner at Verify Markets
Bagher BabaAli
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
