CALENDAR OF UPCOMING & PREVIOUS EVENTS

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

Emma Arakelyan was invited to be on the judge panel for the Graphic Design Battle in Yerevan, Armenia on September 28, 2019.
There were seven graphic designers to compete for the upcoming skill.am events design.

Emma Arakelyan is invited to be speaker and implementing partner onbehalf of the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, the Ministry of High Tech Industry to Neruzh Diaspora Startup Program to be held in Dilijan, Armenia, December 17-21, 2019.

The Neruzh program aims to create an opportunity for Diaspora Armenian entrepreneurs to bring their startups to Armenia and to enhance the Armenian startup ecosystem. This interactive program also aims to advance the entrepreneurs’ businesses in Armenia by enriching their knowledge base, expanding networks, and providing access to funding.

The program will walk more than 50 entrepreneurs and startupers through the entrepreneurial journey with sessions from idea validation to investment pitching and expert talks/panels about the Armenian startup ecosystem and global exposure.

For more details visit: http://neruzh.am/en/home-3/

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