BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AUA Newsroom - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:AUA Newsroom X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newsroom.aua.am X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AUA Newsroom REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Yerevan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20210518T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20210518T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T060031 CREATED:20210517T111955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T124045Z UID:42246-1621351800-1621357200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Leadership and Innovation in Today’s Complex and Fragile World DESCRIPTION:About the Event:  \nAUA 2019 Distinguished Alumnus\, Dr. David Akopyan will share his 26-year experience with the UN\, reflecting on his complex assignments\, tests for resilience\, and system thinking\, leadership and innovation. His experience displayed that trivial ways did not work\, and it was a constant struggle to break the pattern\, find new narrative\, and look for non-conventional solutions. Further\, he will talk about leadership under crisis and about innovation and adaptive management — how experience elsewhere seen as a wisdom\, did not offer solutions in a new context; how crises can accelerate the change\, and how disruptive development moves system to a higher-level of organization. \nIf you are interested\, feel free to join the webinar. Passcode: 352597 \n  \nAbout the Speaker:  \nDr. David Akopyan\, AUA 2019 Distinguished Alumnus\, dual career — PhD in physics — studied complex systems\, after graduating AUA’s Master of Business Administration program and for 26 years ahead has worked with the UN in 15 countries — the last ten years being in service in Afghanistan\, Somalia\, and Syria. He held leadership position as programme director\, country director\, and resident representative with UNDP for a number of years. \n  \nLanguage: English  URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/leadership-and-innovation-in-todays-world/ LOCATION:40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Yerevan CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Political Science & International Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2021/05/PSIA_David_Akopyan_Webinar_NR-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20210518T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20210518T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T060031 CREATED:20210325T115842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T125924Z UID:41591-1621364400-1621368000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:PERITIA Public Lecture: Trustworthy Science Advice DESCRIPTION:About the Event:  \nTruth and trust are becoming contentious topics for science and democracy. Conspiracy theories disrupt political elections\, disinformation campaigns target scientific consensus around climate change and vaccines\, and anti-elite populism overshadows public debates. In the midst of a pandemic\, citizens find themselves asking quintessential philosophical questions: what truth is\, whom we can trust\, or how we should trust. \nThe PERITIA Public Lectures delve into these phenomena to explore the concept of trust and truth in light of current events. Prominent philosophers and academics from Europe and the U.S. come together to present their latest research on trust in science\, conspiracy theories\, trustworthy science\, truth and democracy\, and trust and cognitive science. \nThe lectures are open to all upon registration via Zoom and moderated by science communicator Shane Bergin. The first part of this online series runs every second Tuesday\, from April to June 2021. Participants are invited to join an interactive Q&A debate after each lecture. Reading materials are available for academic purposes. Registration is free. For registration and details about the upcoming lectures visit here. \nAbout the Speaker:  \nHeather Douglas is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Socially Engaged Philosophy of Science Group at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998 and has held tenure-line faculty positions at the University of Puget Sound\, the University of Tennessee\, and the University of Waterloo. \nShe is the author of Science\, Policy\, and the Value-Free Ideal (2009)\, as well as numerous articles on values in science\, the moral responsibilities of scientists\, and the role of science in democratic societies. She edits the book series Science\, Values\, and the Public for the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her work has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. \nLanguage: English with simultaneous Armenian translation URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/peritia-public-lecture-trustworthy-science-advice/ LOCATION:40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Yerevan CATEGORIES:Environment,Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2021/03/Peritia_Lecture_Series-3.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR