International Salmast Conference, Yerevan State University

Conference on the History and Culture of Salmast, Prof. S. Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies, UCLA
The Hon. Arayik Harutyunyan, Minister of Education, Culture & Sport, Republic of Armenia
Mr. Zareh Sinanyan, Chief Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Armenia
Blessing, His Grace Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Primate of the Diocese of Atrpatakan
Word of Welcome, Prof. Vardan Voskanian, Chair of the Department of Iranian Studies, YSU
Prof. Ruben Safrastian, Director of the Oriental Institute, National Academy of Sciences of RoA
“The  Salmast Region in the Urartian Period” Dr. Miqayel Badalyan, Director  of the Erebuni Museum, Yerevan“Persian Documents on the History and  Everyday Life of Armenians in the Salmast Region”Prof. Vardan Voskanian,  Chair of the Department of Iranian Studies, YSU and Dr. Hasmik  Kirakosian, Senior Researcher, Matenadaran Institute of Manuscripts
 and Lecturer in Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University
“Questions Regarding the Study of Armenian Dialects in the Region of Parskahayk‘”
Dr. Hrach Martirosyan, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Leiden
“Marking  the Past in the Salmast Dialect: the Imperfect in –er” Dr. Andrea  Scala, Dept. of Linguistics, State University of Milan
 “Raffi’s Views on Certain Issues Concerning Armenian History and Literature”
Dr. Karen Mkrtchyan, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs, Yerevan
“In Raffi’s Footsteps”, Alis Hovhannisyan, Writers Union of Armenia, Best Book and Best Author
“The Treatment of Armenians and Assyrians by Ottoman Armed Forces in the Salmast, 1915”
Dr. Mikael Nichanian, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
“Archival Materials Illuminating Salmast and its Villages at the Turn of the Twentieth Century”
His Grace Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Primate of the Diocese of Atrpatakan
“Martiros P‘iranian and the Swiss Orphanage at Salmast”
The  Revd. Dr. Abel Manoukian, Scientific Assistant at the Federation of  Swiss Protestant Churches and General Secretary of Swiss Council of  Religions.
“The Unique Typologies of Armenian Churches of the Salmast Region”
Dr. Marco Brambilla, Narekatsi Program in Armenian Studies, UCLA
“Armenian and Assyrian churches in Salmast and Khoy: Prospects for their Protection, Conservation and Management”
Prof. Maurizio Boriani, Instituto Politecnico di Milano
“The ‘History of Armenia' Series and the Volume on Salmast”
Mr. Samvel Karapetyan, Director of Research on Armenian Architecture RAA, Yerevan