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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:48:00
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LECTURE- Leading Armenia to Strength in Science and Technology, April
8<br><br>
Presentation and Discussion:<br><br>
<b>Leading Armenia to Strength in Science and Technology: A Foundation
for the Future<br><br>
Dr. Harutyun Karapetyan, Chairman<br>
</b>National Foundation of Science & Advanced Technologies
(NFSAT)<br>
Republic of Armenia</blockquote></blockquote><br>
<b>LOCATION:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Armenian Cultural
Foundation<br>
441 Mystic Street<br>
Arlington, MA</b></blockquote></blockquote><br>
<b>TIME:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">April 8, 2006<br>
7:30 pm</b><br><br>
>From Urartuan times through the Middle Ages and into the 21st
Century,<br>
innovation in science and technology has been a source of strength and
a<br>
tradition of professional life for the Armenian people. As Armenia works
to<br>
establish a flourishing knowledge-based economy, the nation must reform
its<br>
system of science to operate at international standards.<br><br>
Dr. Harut Karapetyan, Chairman of the National Foundation of Science
and<br>
Advanced Technologies (NFSAT), has written about and advised
government<br>
leaders on the changes necessary for Armenia's science and
technology<br>
sector. In 1996 he secured funding to establish NFSAT, and to date
this<br>
independent Armenian foundation has awarded almost $3 million to more
than<br>
1000 Armenian scientists, in particular providing more modern
research<br>
equipment than any funding source for Armenian scientists. All NFSAT
grants<br>
are made by internationally peer-reviewed competition, the only such<br>
research funding mechanism within Armenia. Dr. Karapetyan will discuss
the<br>
current state of science in Armenia including very recent developments,
the<br>
role of science in Armenia's future, and NFSAT's plan to achieve
needed<br>
reform at what is a critical juncture.<br><br>
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