Conference Agneda

Registration 9:00 am- 9:45 am

Session 1: 9:45 am – 11:00 am

Opening Remarks Gholam H. Azarbayejani , ICEC Board of Trustees
Keynote Speaker Dr. Ahmad Karimi-Hakak, Professor of Persian Language, Literature, and Culture
Plenary Session: The Case for Connecting Foreign and Heritage Language Education: Educating Persian Bilinguals in the U.S
Panelists: Dr. Catherine Ingold, Director of National Foreign Language Center
Dr. Terrence G. Wiley, Center for Applied linguistics
Nancy C. Rhodes, Center for Applied Linguistics
Moderator: Iran Arbabi Amin, ICEC Board of Trustees
Moderator’s Assistants: Lily Tajaddini, Kamran Partovi, Shakib Pourifarsi, Behnaz Razavi

Session 2 11:15 am- 12:00 noon

Panel A: Forming Advocacy Groups to Promote Cultural Heritage (Session in English)
Panelists: Dr. Zohreh Movahed
Dr. Neda Frayha
Tamara Darvish
Moderator: Fereidoon Behbahani, ICEC Board of Trustees
Moderator’s Assistants: Sherwin Heydarbeygi, Autusa Pahlavan

 

Panel B: Experiences of Professionals – Alumni Stories (Session in English)
Panelists: Raeka Safai, Esq.
Rameen Taeb
Pegah Yousefi
Saman Behbahani, Esq.
Moderator: Masood Shoyooee, ICEC Anjoman’s Former President
Moderator’s Assistant: Mina Rahimi, Mahbod Olfat

 

Panel C: Experiences with Speaking Persian (Session in Persian)
Panelists: Samira Omidvar
Minoo Razavi
Nima Sarfaraz
Mina Jafari
Moderator: Hessam Yousefi, ICEC Board of Trustees
Moderator’s Assistants: Tahmineh Nikakhtar, Aulia Shariat

 

Session 3 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Panel A: Resources Available for the Immigrant Community (Session in English)
Panelists: Brian Oliner, Esq., Maryland Office of Attorney General
Young-chan Han, Maryland State Dept. of Education
Lily Qi, Office of County Executive, Montgomery County Maryland
Moderator: Rassa Davoodpour, ICEC Board of Trustees
Moderator’s Assistant: Dina Ajalli, Arash Eidizadeh

 

Panel B: Experiences of Professionals – Alumni Stories (Session in English)
Panelists: Dr. Mahsheed Taeb
Ehsan Keramat
Farbod Fakhrai
Moderator: Dr. Masoud Olfat, ICEC Anjoman’s Former President
Moderator’s Assistants: Nasim Afrakhteh, Behtash Banihashemi

 

Panel C: Youth Leadership Engagement, Community Building and Networking (Session in English)
Panelists: Dr. Nassim Ebrahimi
Mana Kharrazii
Meena Shoyooee
Moderator: Guita Rahimi, ICEC Anjoman’s Former President
Moderator’s Assistant: Yosmin Badie, Shayda Musavi

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