Monday, March 11 2019 11:28

ArmInfo.The Aurora Forum is proud to announce that 111 influencers from  political, academic, entertainment, and business sectors around the  world have joined the Aurora Forum as Goodwill Ambassadors, showing  their dedication to tackling some of our time's and future  generation's most pressing global challenges, the website of the  Aurora Initiative informs.

Aurora Forum Co-Founders Noubar Afeyan, Vartan Gregorian, and Ruben  Vardanyan welcome the Goodwill Ambassadors as luminaries of Aurora's  vision to promote innovative and effective approaches to advancing  positive social change in Armenia and beyond.  

The inaugural Aurora Forum to be held in Armenia, October 14-21,  2019, will bring together thought-leaders and change-makers from  Armenia and across the world to facilitate discussions, share  knowledge, and experience educational and cultural activities in the  sectors spanning from health to technology to education to arts to  ecology to humanitarianism. The Aurora Forum is made possible with  the cooperation of various organizations in Armenia and globally.

"We are proud to have established a network of people who have made  real impact on the world in their particular field," said Vartan  Gregorian, Aurora Forum Co-Founder. "The role of the Goodwill  Ambassadors is crucial in making the Aurora Forum a platform to  inspire the next generation to take the leap toward achieving  meaningful, sometimes disruptive, change."

The 2019 Aurora Forum coincides with a special moment in Armenia's  history. Last year's non-violent transition of political power put  Armenia in a global spotlight by demonstrating how a nation with an  educated workforce and commitment to peaceful means can push for a  national change. Armenia's "Velvet Revolution," combined with its  location at the crossroads between East and West and its rich  cultural heritage led to The Economist's designation of Armenia-one  of the world's smallest countries in landmass and population-as the  Country of the Year in 2018. The Aurora Forum will harness this  momentum to highlight the possibilities of social change and the  solutions than can be developed by combining national and  international efforts and resources to advance humanity.

"There is no greater time to convene and celebrate the disruptors,  the thinkers and the innovators in Armenia and across the world,"  said Armen Orujyan, the CEO of the Foundation for Armenian Science  and Technology (FAST). "We truly believe the expertise and  professional achievements of the Goodwill Ambassadors will help make  the Forum a success and position Armenia as a hub for scientific,  technological and socio-economic development in the region. Aurora  Forum will serve as the epicenter of creativeness and innovation  assembling some of the greatest thought-leaders and luminaries in  science and technology from all over the globe."

"The Aurora Forum is based on our belief that we are all citizens of  the world. If we aspire to tackle the world's most pressing  challenges, education is key building block for doing so," said  Gabriel Abad Fernandez, Head of UWC Dilijan. "As an educator, I am  excited to be part of this endeavor dedicated to making lasting  advances in the humanitarian, educational, social, cultural and  scientific spheres and I am particularly thankful to the Goodwill  Ambassadors from around the world who have already joined to make  this initiative a success."

The Goodwill Ambassadors are being announced on March 10, 2019,  marking the 4th anniversary of the founding of the Aurora  Humanitarian Initiative - the founder of the Aurora Forum along with  IDeA Foundation, FAST, Scholae Mundi Global Educational Platform, UWC  Dilijan International College, and Ameriabank. The October 2019  Aurora Forum's events in Armenia will consist of various activities  presented by each of these organizations.