CALENDAR OF UPCOMING & PREVIOUS EVENTS

Apr
26
Fri
Participating as a judge at the Intellectual Property Owners Club Event @ IPO Club
Apr 26 @ 5:00 am – 3:00 pm
Participating as a judge at the Intellectual Property Owners Club Event @ IPO Club

Emma Arakelyan will be joining a competition as a judge on critical and high impact area of Intellectual Property Management. The topics will include domain names, copyright, software and database, trademark, and IP in the jurisdictions of different countries.
The event is organized by Intellectual Property Owners Club of Armenia and university students are invited to participate and compete.

More about the event and how to participate(in Armenian) – IPO Club Event on April 26, 2019

Jul
28
Sun
Speaking at Seaside Startup Summit 2019, Sevan Armenia @ Sevan, Armenia
Jul 28 – Aug 3 all-day
Speaking at Seaside Startup Summit 2019, Sevan Armenia @ Sevan, Armenia

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak during the Sevan Startup Summit from July 28-August 3 period in Sevan. Emma is also invited to mentor startups from more than 40 countries. One of the speeches will be about the 6Ds of Exponential Growth during the digital era. This speech is scheduled to take place on July 31st at 20:00-21:00 Yerevan Time (12:00-13:00 New York time).

About the event

Seaside Startup Summit is a global platform for transforming entrepreneurship and connecting founders, investors, startup enthusiasts, and all other decision-makers of the startup ecosystem from the region and around the world. This is the first non-formal startup event in the region and the first startup tent camp in the world. The Seaside Startup Summit leadership message is “If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs. Dreaming is nice but bringing your ideas to life and building the next big thing are possible only by choosing the hard way. We believe that a highly motivated team, passion, an innovative idea and disruptive technology make dreams happen! We are gathering together to, connect, learn win and have fun.” For more info visit their web-page: www.sss.am

Oct
11
Fri
IP/IT Transformation for Armenia Innovation Summit, Yerevan Armenia @ Yerevan
Oct 11 – Oct 12 all-day
IP/IT Transformation for Armenia Innovation Summit, Yerevan Armenia @ Yerevan

Emma Arakelyan is co-leading the IP/IT Transformation for Armenia Innovation Summit (The Summit), which is organized by the Armenian Bar Association, Orion Worldwide Innovations and the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Republic of Armenia.

The Summit covers the following areas of target are: Laws and Regulations, Institutional Framework and Capacities, Human Capacities, Cooperation Systems and Learning and Innovation.

The target audience includes: government ministers, members of parliament and officials; professionals in law, public and private businesses including startups and investors; academy of sciences and universities, and other constituencies engaged with innovation, development and research.

The specific objectives of the 2-day summit will be to engage all interested parties in discussions about, and propose solutions to, the following six sets of critical issues that the IP/IT Committee, working with its partners in Armenia, has identified as the key impediments to innovation in Armenia:
– The lack of statutory damages and administrative sanctions under Armenian IP law, for IP violations.
– The impossibility of patenting or otherwise protecting software innovation.
– The limited capacity of the Armenian patent office (AIPA).
– The poor suitability of Armenian corporate law for VC/angel investment.
– Insufficient protection of minority shareholders under Armenian corporate law.
– Insufficient protection of IP in educational and scientific institutions.

About the IP/IT Committee of the US Armenian Bar Association

The IP/IT Committee of the US Armenian Bar Association was established in November 2018 with the following objectives:
– Establish, grow and mutually benefit from the collaborative and business relationships among legal, education and business (including startups and science) professionals in the U.S. and Armenia.
– Facilitate an exchange of knowledge in the IP Management area between different jurisdictions, in particular the U.S. and Armenia, and Europe and Armenia.
– Facilitate knowledge exchange and learning by providing a conduit of access for IP practitioners, judiciary and academicians in Armenia, to their counterparts in the Diaspora.
– Facilitate the development and implementation of a more robust IP protection and enforcement framework in Armenia.
– Become a key advisor, partner and sponsor of the Armenian Global Innovation Hub.
– Educate fellow attorneys as well as business people and the community at-large about IP and its impact/importance.
– Assist students and new attorneys to break into the IP field, professionally.

Jan
14
Thu
Speaking at EY Long Island PWN Event – January 14, 2021 @ EY Office in Long Island
Jan 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Speaking at EY Long Island PWN Event - January 14, 2021 @ EY Office in Long Island

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at EY Long Island’s Professional Women’s Network (PWN) Event on January 14, 2021.
The event is sponsored by EY Long Island PWN and all women from all service lines are invited.
Emma will cover key messages from her book “The Business Caring Formula” about building leadership lifestyle using seven key ingredients of the caring formula (visit www.emmaarakelyan.com for details).

The is Emma’s second speech at EY about leadership and building strong women leaders in the firm.

Jul
23
Sun
Speaker and Mentor at the Seaside Startup Summit in Sevan, Armenia on July 23-29, 2023 @ Sevan Seaside
Jul 23 – Jul 29 all-day

Emma Arakelyan joined Seaside Startup Summit 2023 as a speaker and mentor. This was her forth time joining this startup competition and learning event. Learn more here: https://www.seasidestartupsummit.com/upcoming-events/sevan-2021