Ep7. From Soil to Venture
The series of panel discussions hosted by American University of Armenia (AUA) in the framework of “Re-imagine Your Future” will closed the discussion on Entrepreneurial Innovation in Agriculture “From Soil to Venture”
Panelists
- Vardan Urutyan – Rector at Armenian National Agrarian University
- Arman Khojoyan – Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Economy of Armenia
- Arthur Dolmajian – Head of GIS at Intelinair, Inc.
- Arshak Karapetyan – General Manager at Eco Fresh Mushrooms LLC & Janfida Agri Holding CJSC
- Harutyun Pakhchanyan – General Director at Arberry CJSC
- Garegin Gevorgyan – CEO at SEF International.
- The moderator of the discussion will be Hovhannes Yeritsyan – Founding Director at Nation in Action, Manager at ANAU AgriTech SmartSpace
Ep6. Regional development in Armenia: Economic perspectives
Nation in Action Platform and EU financed initiative “Mayors for economic growth” co-hosted a webinar: “Regional Development in Armenia: Economic Perspectives”.
Panelists
- Hayk Chobanyan – Governor of Tavush Marz, RA
- Harutyun Poghosyan – General Manager of ACBA Federation
- Norik Nazaryan – Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK
- Sevak Hovhannisyan – M4EG Country Coordinator for Armenia
Key Questions
- What is Regional Economic development about?
- Does it make a sense to talk about regional social-economic disparities across different parts of the country in such a small place as Armenia?
- What are the main regional disparities in Armenia and What are the reasons for them?
- Is there a National Policy in Armenia, that has specific, measurable, and what is more important time-oriented goals.
- What are the comparative advantages in Tavush that can be utilized?
- What kind of promotional activities are done and what is planned to be done?
- What are the current agricultural subsidy programs?
Ep 5. Electric Vehicles: Today and Tomorrow
The host of Auto-parade TV-Show Yervand Gharibyan and Director of Plug.am project Karen Derdzyan speak about EVs.
Key Questions
- What is EV and how does it work?
- Why are they considered as the future?
- Electric Cars Are Too Expensive, Right?
- Why should/shouldn’t I buy an electric car?
- What if I buy an electric car (in Armenia right now)?Can I lay on my electric car only?
- Are there enough charging stations to travel across Armenia?
- Are there service centers to handle technical issues?
- If I want to travel to RF/Georgia, what major difficulties will I face (if any)?
- What should I consider while buying the electric car?
- Where can I buy it?
- The new tax regulations
Ep 4. FUNDRAISING PROCESS WITH VC FUNDS
Vincent Robert, Legal Catalyst at OneRagtime talks about Start-ups & Venture Capital Funds. OneRagtime is specialized in the sourcing, financing, and scaling of early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) French and pan-European start-ups, OneRagtime already counts 17 companies in its portfolio and invests tickets from 1 to 4m€.
Key Questions
- What is the Start-ups – life-cycle?
- What are Start-ups – Monetization models?
- How Start-ups financing is done?
- What are the Key objectives of VC funds?
- What the VC Fund are looking for?
- How do venture funds assess start-ups?
- Why partner / not partner with a VC fund?
- Term Sheet vs Shareholder Agreement
Ep 3. The role of AR/VR now and tomorrow
Founder of ARLOOPA ARman Atoyan and Founder of Armenian Treasures Vladimir Sofyan speak about the role of AR/VR in businesses.
Key Questions
- What are AR and VR? Are they complementing or competing technologies?
- What are the main industries for the AR/VR Implementation and what is the estimated market size for VR/AR worldwide?
- Can Virtual Reality be a Substitute for Real Life Experiences?
- What is the application in various industries (Retail, Education, Transport, Tourism, Gambling, Healthcare, Entertainment, etc.)?
- What is the most important technical challenge in AR and VR?
- Where do VR/AR and data science/artificial intelligence overlap? How will this intersection be explored in the next year?
- When IoT met Augmented Reality?
- Are there any VC and more important corporate investments in VR and AR companies?
- What is the future of virtual and augmented reality and How big the VR and AR will become?
Ep 2. How AI Is Transforming Business
Founder of Chessify & FimeTech Gor Vardanyan and Founder of SmartClick AI Rem Darbinyan speak about the role of AI in current realities and its perspectives in the next 20 years.
Key Questions
- What is AI and how it works? What’s the most popular programming language used in AI? What’s the difference between AI and ML and DL?
- What are some common benefits of AI technology?
- What are current and predicted various areas where AI can be used?
- How can we apply artificial intelligence: Decision, Timing, Steps, Costs?
- How is AI going to change the way we work and the way we live in the future?