CALENDAR OF UPCOMING & PREVIOUS EVENTS

Oct
13
Sat
Startups Revolution Conference @ Columbia University
Oct 13 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Emma Arakelyan is speaking as the panel moderator at this conference and she is also sponsoring the event.

Startups from any industry and from Armenia and from any other country are invited in person (registration will be required and more information to come later this week) or attending via live stream globally.

The conference titled “The Startup Revolution: What are your rights and how to protect them” is being organized by U.S. Armenian Bar Association and sponsored by Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC.

This inaugural program will bring together leaders in the field of Intellectual Property Law from the United States, Canada, Armenia, Russia and Australia to share their knowledge and #expertise with the startup #ecosystems of #Armenia and beyond. The program will be submitted for #accreditation.

Topics to be covered during four dedicated panels: 1. Establishing and growing your startup #practice; 2. How to protect your #IntellectualProperty; 3. Challenges and opportunities facing #startups in Armenia; 4. How to #protect your #TradeSecrets and the #BestPractices in #IPLitigation.

The event will close with a reception with wine and #ArmenianBrandy tasting.

Columbia University,  New York City

The StartUp Revolution: What Are Your Rights and How to Protect Them

Program

8:30 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. – Registration and breakfast

9:30 A.M. – 9:45 a.m. – Opening Remarks – Souren A. Israelyan, Esq.

10:00 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.

Establishing and growing your startup practice

Topics covered:

  • Organizational formation, types of organizations (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joints ventures), subsidiaries, cross-border entities
  • Brand identification and protection
  • Developing and protecting business trade secrets
  • Non-disclosure, non-compete, non-circumvention agreements
  • Special considerations for IT startups
  • Special consideration for non-for-profit startups
  • Typical agreements with customers/vendors/employees
  • Online terms for websites, apps and social media pages
  • Privacy policies
  • Setting your data strategy and establishing data practices
  • Aligning business partners
  • Maintaining transparency
  • The role of digital assets in today’s business environment
  • Business and personal digital assets
  • Steps to keep control

11:15 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. – Midmorning break

11:30 A.M. – 12:45 P.M.

how to protect your intellectual property

topics covered:

  • What is and is not intellectual property
  • How to protect intellectual property
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Patents
  • Licensing
  • Outsourcing
  • Open source options
  • Customs and practices of engagement with startups
  • International protection of intellectual property
  • In-house counsel perspectives

12:45 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. – Lunch break

2:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.

challenges and opportunities facing startups in armenia

Moderator: Emma Arakelyan

topics covered:

  • Commercialization of intellectual property
  • Raising capital for startups
  • Initial public offerings, initial coin offerings, crowdfunding, etc.
  • Ecosystem of IT startups in Armenia
  • Marketing and entry into market
  • Global reach of Armenian startups
  • Mergers and acquisitions involving startups
  • Success stories
  • Emerging opportunities
  • Challenges ahead
  • New frontiers

3:15 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. – Midafternoon break

3:30 P.M. – 4:45 P.M.

How to protect your trade secrets

and the Best practices in IP litigation

Why startups need to know

topics covered:

  • Protection of trade secrets in global cyber world
  • Defense of Trade Secrets Act, what you need to know
  • Trade secret misappropriation
  • Current environment of threats and proactive cybersecurity management
  • Cybersecurity regulation and enforcement
  • Breach of cybersecurity and crisis management
  • Legal obligations arising from attacks
  • E-Discovery hosting and review tools
  • Recent Supreme Court decisions affecting IP practice
  • Evolving legal standards and practices
  • Best practices in IP litigation

4:45 P.M. –     Closing Remarks

Armenian Wine and Armenian Brandy tasting

Apr
6
Sat
Speaking at the Horasis Global Meeting 6- 9 April, 2019, Cascais, Portugal @ Palacio Hotel, Estoril Congress Centre,
Apr 6 @ 8:00 am – Apr 9 @ 5:00 pm
Speaking at the Horasis Global Meeting 6- 9 April, 2019, Cascais, Portugal @ Palacio Hotel, Estoril Congress Centre,

Horasis is a global visions community which hosts annual Global Meetings to catalyze the Benefits of Globalization. It is co-hosted by City of Cascais and the Government of Portugal.
Co-chairs of this global meeting are:
• José Manuel Barroso, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, European
Commission, Portugal
• Galia Benartzi, Co-Founder, Bancor, Switzerland
• Carlos da Silva Costa, Governor, Bank of Portugal, Portugal
• Uzoma Dozie, Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Bank, Nigeria
• Brian A. Gallagher, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way Worldwide, USA
• Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman, Palestine Investment Fund, Palestine
• Maxim Nogotkov, Founder, Svyaznoy, Russia
• Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt, Chief Executive Officer, Georg Jensen, Denmark
• Nandini Sukumar, Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges, United Kingdom
• Ann Winblad, Managing Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, USA
• Deborah Wince-Smith, President, United States Council on Competitiveness, USA
• Vladimir Yakunin, Chairman, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Russia

The global meeting has its distinguished Knowledge Partners:CIP – Confederation of Portuguese Business, Estoril Sol, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, IE Business School, Oxford Analytica, Publicize and Turismo de Portugal.

My speech is scheduled to be on April 8th, 10:30am-12:00pm on this Panel:
Monitoring Supra-national Businesses (Room Dubai)
Many businesses operate globally and seem beyond national laws. What might be done to assure us of their correct oversight? Are these firms sufficiently culturally sensitive? How quickly will they create better governance, equality and decency?
• Emma Arakelyan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orion Worldwide Innovations, USA
• Flaviano Bianchini, Founder and Director, Source International, Italy
• David Carlisle, Chairman, Holoscribe, United Kingdom
• Toomas Danneberg, Vice Rector, Estonian Business School, Estonia
• Pedro Faria, Strategic Advisor, CDP, United Kingdom
• Isabel Neves, Chair, Star Busy, Portugal
• Juan Torrents, President, The World Free & Special Economic Zones Federation, Switzerland
Chaired by
• Nadim Habib, Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Oct
1
Thu
Speaking at Horasis Extraordinary Virtual Meeting on October 1, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Oct 1 @ 12:00 am – 5:00 pm
Speaking at Horasis Extraordinary Virtual Meeting on October 1, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the (virtual) Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on October 1, 2020, held on the side-lines of the UN General Assembly on Horasis’ new ground-breaking digital conferencing platform. Under the theme Unite. Inspire. Create, 500 of the most senior members of the Horasis Visions Community (including several heads of governments and key ministers) will gather virtually to overcome the profound economic, political and social disruptions caused by Covid-19.

Emma’s speech is scheduled to be at 12.30-13.15 (CET) and 6:30am-7:15am (EDT)
The topic is: Inspirational Leadership through and beyond COVID-19

An inspirational leader serves the needs of his/her employees, listens, and develops trust. Are there international differences that make leadership comparisons difficult, or are there discernable absolute traits? Can exceptional leadership be taught? How long does it take to develop globalized management skills dedicated to inspire the future?
Emma Arakelyan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orion Worldwide Innovations, USA
Anna McCoy, Chief Executive Officer, Anna McCoy Global Ventures, USA
Alf Rehn, Professor of Innovation and Design, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Chaired by
Margarita Mayo, Professor of Leadership, IE Business School, Spain

Mar
18
Thu
Speaking at Horasis Extraordinary Virtual Meeting on March 18, 2021 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Mar 18 @ 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Speaking at Horasis Extraordinary Virtual Meeting on March 18, 2021 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting “Meeting on the USA, 18 March 2021. Rebuilding Trust”.

Under the theme Rebuilding Trust, 1000 of the most senior members of the Horasis Visions Community (including several heads of governments and key ministers) are interacting with the new US administration to shape America’s and the world’s agenda. Some of the meeting co-chairs include:
• Hank McKinnell, Chairman, Moody’s, USA
• Michelle Nunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE, USA
• Hans Vestberg, Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Communications, USA
• Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies, India
• David de Rothschild, Founder, Voice for Nature, United Kingdom.

Emma will join as a panelist “The Corporate View of the Next Black Swan Event” session to discuss how despite the severity of the COVID-induced crisis on commerce and business the US and other governments seem sanguine about guarding against the next unknown. The difficulty is predicting what it may be. How can businesses develop a fail-safe Plan-B? It might seem clear we would have to engage in global cooperation – but is there any indication this might happen?

Panelists:
Emma Arakelyan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orion Worldwide Innovations, USA
Jarvous Chen, Managing Director, Sinda Corporation UK, United Kingdom
Dariusz Gibasiewicz, Chief Executive Officer, SATIS, Poland
Venkat Matoory, Institutional Advisor, USA
Sebastian Wernicke, Chief Data Scientist, One Logic, Germany

Chaired by
Henry Shterenberg, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Global Transformation Platform, Ukraine

Jun
8
Tue
Speaking at Horasis Global Virtual Meeting on June 8, 2021 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Jun 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the virtual Horasis Global Meeting ” on 8 June 2021 focused on “Fostering Shared Humanity” theme.

Some of the Co-Chairs of the event are:
• Bo Inge Andersson, President, Yazaki North and Central America, Europe and Africa, USA
• Ibukun Awosika, Chair, First Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria
• Lord Barker of Battle, Executive Chairman, En+ Group, United Kingdom
• Barbara Ann Bernard, Chief Executive Officer, Wincrest Capital, Bahamas
• Steve Case, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Revolution, USA • Aiman Ezzat, Chief Exective Officer, Capgemini, France
• Andrew Forrest, Co-Founder and Chairman, Minderoo Foundation, Australia

Emma will join as a panelist “Reinvigorating the Fifth Industrial Revolution The Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) ” session. 5IR  links the technology of digitization with humans to initiate intense innovation across a wider swathe of applications: but we have all lost time due to the COVID pandemic. How can humanity benefit from 5IR in the coming years? Will there be enough investment capacity to pay for the financial support during and post-COVID as well as advance 5IR?

Emma Arakelyan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orion Worldwide Innovations, USA
Pranav Bhanage, Chief Executive Officer, Petronas Lubricant (India), India
Charles Tang, President, Brazil Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Brazil
Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Chair of Learning through Play, LEGO Foundation, Denmark

Chaired by
Jitesh Shetty, Founder, Qwiklabs (Subsidiary of Google), USA