Sassoon Grigorian will discuss his new book, Smart Nation: A Blueprint for Modern Armenia. The groundbreaking first edition—had over 70 percent of its predictions and recommendations adopted in full or in part. Among them were Armenia developing its first home grown unicorn technology startup (which became Picsart), rapid adoption of e-government, appointing a special envoy to address Armenia-Turkey relations, extend free economic zones along Armenia borders (Meghri free economic zone), laws against domestic violence, and reforms to address corruption and monopolistic behaviour.

Sassoon Grigorian is author of Smart Nation: A Blueprint for Modern Armenia, editions one (2016) and two (2025) published by the Gomidas Institute. The second edition reached top 10 in Amazon best sellers in the international diplomacy category. He is a leading government affairs and public policy professional in the technology sector, having worked for four Fortune 500 companies.

This event will be hosted virtually. RSVP to receive Zoom information.

Date:Thursday, March 12
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Zoom
RSVP: Here

For more information, contact Barlow Der Mugrdechian at barlowd@mail.fresnostate.edu.