CALENDAR OF UPCOMING & PREVIOUS EVENTS

Dec
17
Tue
Speaker and Implementing Partner at Neruzh Program – December 17-21, 2019 @ UWC International School
Dec 17 @ 8:00 am – Dec 21 @ 5:00 pm
Speaker and Implementing Partner at Neruzh Program - December 17-21, 2019 @ UWC International School

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/

Jan
13
Mon
Speaking at MNN Sandra Jarmuth TV Show: Speak up! – January 13, 2020 @ Studio 2. Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Jan 13 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Speaking at MNN Sandra Jarmuth TV Show: Speak up! - January 13, 2020 @ Studio 2. Manhattan Neighborhood Network

About the Show
New York City local news TV show by the host, Sandra Jarmuth. The show is titled “Speak Up!,” it’s directed to “public service issues,” and it airs on Sundays at 8 am EST on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network channel. During the 30 minute episode will be about Armenia’s economic growth and recent events fostering technological and educational progress.

Channels to watch the show on Sunday, 8am EST: FiOS-33; RCN-82 and Spectrum-34 & 1995
Live streamed at the following link: https://www.mnn.org/live/1-community-channel

About Armenia session
Emma Arakelyan and Lana Akopyan (the session initiator) started New Year 2020 on January 13th at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (#MNN) TV station, at the show called “SpeakUp” hosted by Sandra Jarmuth.
Emma and Lana delivered a session about Armenia, its innovation and High-Tech Industry impact on Armenia’s and world’s economic and innovation growth historically and nowadays.

The TV show will broadcasted on Public TV Channel. The following programs were covered:
– What is Armenia?
– Why Armenia?
– Armenian Innovations
– Startup Revolution organized by the Armenian Bar Association
– Armenia As Regional Leader in high-tech, FS, IP protection and corporate Law,
– IP and Corporate Law recommendations report from Summit 2019
– Neruzh 2019, Dilijan
– Neruzh 2020
– Virtual Bridge
– From Thought To Product, San Francisco
– BAJ Accelerator #NYC Launch (Baltic-Armenian-Jacobs Technion Israeli-Cornell Tech Accelerator)

Feb
18
Tue
Emma Arakelyan as Podcast Guest Interviewed by Terry Tateossian from Amplified, February 18, 2020 @ Socialfix Media
Feb 18 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Emma Arakelyan as Podcast Guest Interviewed by Terry Tateossian from Amplified, February 18, 2020 @ Socialfix Media

Emma Arakelyan will be interviewed for a podcast episode by Terry Tateossian of Amplified Podcast series in New York City.
Emma will highlight her experiences and thought leadership about exponential technologies impact on digital revolution, coupled with Caring Leadership Formula on to how to drive that change.

Amplified Podcast invites experts, entrepreneurs, and general badasses in the tech space, who are pioneering change through the trials and triumphs of their experiences. Amplified special guests highlight trends you need to know in technology and entrepreneurship—the latest in AI, blockchain, machine learning, natural learning processing, IoT, robotics, holography, and more—by telling their stories on how they’re shaping the next phase of digital evolution. Join host Terry Tateossian as she asks the right questions and gathers the hottest insights.

Jul
18
Sat
Emma Arakelyan as Podcast Guest Interviewed by Samson Avetian with EVN Report @ EVN Report
Jul 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Emma Arakelyan as Podcast Guest Interviewed by Samson Avetian with EVN Report @ EVN Report

Emma Arakelyan will be interviewed for a podcast episode by Samson Avetian with EVN Report.
Emma will highlight her experiences and thought leadership about innovation and startup ecosystem. Emma will discuss the opportunities and systemic support being offered to startups by the BAJ Accelerator.

Emma will also cover the latest news about opening Orion Worldwide Innovations Armenia office in Yerevan. Emma will also touch one of the important topics of promoting female founders and preparing them for global presence and market access.

Jul
28
Tue
Speaking at Young Business Club NYC Virtual Meeting on July 28, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Jul 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Speaking at Young Business Club NYC Virtual Meeting on July 28, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the Young Business Club NYC virtual session with more than 50 entrepreneurs registered to talk about How to build a billion dollar company and how to leverage converging exponential technologies and organizational tools.

Emma will cover the concept of an Exponential Company is one as the one usin gnew organizational techniques by leveraging exponential technologies and whose impact (or output) is disproportionately large – at least 10X larger – compared to its peers. The foundation for the digitized economy is in 6Ds framework as Technology is developing at exponential rates, therefore transforming products and services, and disrupting industries. Singularity University methodology proposes what Google calls “Moonshot Thinking” where you try to go 10x bigger (10x cheaper, 10x faster, 10x cooler, etc.) than anyone else.

Exponential leaders have a massively transformative purpose (MTP) that drives them to overcome hardship and attract the best talent. An MTP is a “highly aspirational tagline” for an individual or group, like a company, organization, community, or social movement.

Emma will conclude with her Business Caring Formula concept of her book advising exponential leaders to establish their values of life and use them as a guide when innovating and building a success.

Aug
22
Sat
Speaking at WITSA Women Leaders in Technology Virtual Meeting on August 22, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Aug 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Speaking at WITSA Women Leaders in Technology Virtual Meeting on August 22, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the (virtual) inaugural “Women Leaders in Technology Forum” to be held Saturday, August 22nd from 9am-11am EDT. The purpose of the forum is intended to encourage and inspire women who are either presently working in, or are interested in employment within, the ICT industry.

Emma will join the panel to discuss “How STEM education supports the trend of global digitalization” at 9:45am-10:20am EDT.

Moderator: Ms. Nichole Chan, Former Minister of NCC Taiwan
Ms. Emma Arakelyan – CEO and Founder, Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC; Formerly Partner at Ernst & Young and Managing Director at Accenture
Ms. Mary Lou Papazian – Chief Executive Officer at TUMO, Center for Creative Technologies
Ms. Carolina Rossini – Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Portulans Institute

The Moderator and the panelists will explore topics surrounding “Education” and “Policies impacting the ICT industry” that would inspire women to develop and adapt themselves in this changing world.

Sep
8
Tue
Emma Arakelyan Interviewed by Carolina A. Rossini of NRI on September 8th, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Sep 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Emma Arakelyan Interviewed by Carolina A. Rossini of NRI on September 8th, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan will be interviewed by Carolina Rossini of Network Readiness Index (NRI) on September 8th, 2020.

Carolina leads Portulans Institute, the publishing house for the Network Readiness Index (NRI). Over the last two decades, the NRI has established itself as one of the most comprehensive assessments of digital readiness, this year covering over 135 developing and developed economies and representing over 95 percent of global GDP. Many economies utilize the NRI to design their digital strategies, connecting Technology with People, Governance, and Impact.

For the 2020 NRI – launch planned for late October 2020 – NRI is working on content (written and multimedia) based on interviews with Ministers, C level executives, and thought leaders.  The interview with Mrs. Arakelyan will be one the interviews to enrich the discussion around the following topics:

  • Does every organization need to be digitally transformed to stay competitive/survive? Similarly, how COVID has affected the need for digital transformation
  • What leadership/culture is needed to ensure digital transformation does not exacerbate the global digital divide?
  • What is the role of reskilling, upskilling, lifelong learning in becoming a future-ready firm/government/society? How urgently should firm leaders across industries be reskilling themselves and their staff? How does a crisis – like COVID – impact the need for reskilling?
  • How can we make sure that digital transformation remains human-centric and ethical while also providing firms/governments/economies with a competitive advantage?
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

Apr
26
Wed
Accelerator, BAJ Accelerator, Orion Score, Orion Worldwide Innovation, VC, Family Office, investment, Startups @ Barclays
Apr 26 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Emma was a speaker at FinWave event to cover Inside Fintech Investment Decisions. Emma covered insights about VCs still heavily targeting Fintech in their investment thesis despite lower revenue growth and valuation multiples. Emma Arakelyan led a discussion on which aspects are attracting capital today, key areas of due diligence, and how investment decisions are made for Fintech startups. Emma Arakelyan is the Co-Founder of New York based BAJ Accelerator, Venture Partner at Covenant Venture Capital, and CEO & Founder of Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC. Emma’s broad leadership experience, across business strategy, M&A, governance and compliance, includes roles in management consulting (E&Y Accenture), adjunct professor at New York University, Featured Speaker at Columbia Business School and mentor at the Singularity University.