 pfa s 2nd annual forum on armeniadiaspora relations sunday february 28 2010 800 to tuesday march 2 2010 1230 washington district of columbia united states agenda of the forum     bios of speakers   photo gallery   keynote speech by raffi hovannisian    video  sponsors of the forum despite the official rhetoric on both sides armeniadiaspora relations remain strained after 20 years since independence to provide an opportunity for academics policy practitioners and the public to discuss perspectives on and approaches to the presentday challenges facing the armenian nation policy forum armenia organized its 2 nd annual forum in washington dc on february 28march 2 2010 day 1 of the forum february 28 was held at the cosmos club washington s premier venue for social and policy events and featured the presentation of pfa s report on armeniadiaspora relations 20 years since independence day 2 of the forum march 1 was held at georgetown university this part of the forum was open to the public mr raffi hovannisian armenia s first foreign minister delivered the keynote luncheon address the program for day 3 march 2 was designed for young professionals and included thematic meetings with to continue the discussion on armeniadiaspora relations and offer young professionals opportunities to network in washington below are some presentation made during the forum keynote opening address dr daniel kufmann senior fellow global economy and development brookings institute   young professionals session i jennifer de mucci fordham university pouring salt on old wounds psychological reactions to the protocols  tamar palandjian george mason university interestbased analysis of the protocolrelated armeniadiaspora rift  henry dumanian the city university of new york diaspora and democracy the diaspora s response to national movements in armenia   young professionals session ii dzovinar derderian georgetown university democracy in armenia and diasporaarmenia relations  ted tourian burgh balian bergstein llp the accountability of diaspora organizations to armenians the reason why the creation of more diaspora organizations are necessar   keynote luncheon address raffi k hovannisian heritage party   senior professionals session ii artsvik minasyan member of parliament arf faction the ways to overcome the socialeconomic and publicpolitical issues in armenia  