Armenia Risks Forum 2025
The Global Risks Forum – National Engagement Series: Armenia is a hybrid national initiative organized by NWG Armenia, an independent, multidisciplinary coalition of researchers, youth leaders, technologists, and policy practitioners. Free from governmental or political affiliation, NWG Armenia creates a neutral space for evidence-informed dialogue and innovation in the areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk finance (DRF), and disaster risk intelligence (DRI), tailored to Armenia’s unique geopolitical, environmental, and developmental context.
As part of the broader framework of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and the Global Risks Forum (GRF), this series enhances local-global cooperation on complex and systemic risks. Through its alignment with the quintuple helix model—government (as stakeholder), academia, civil society, the private sector, and international partners—the Forum supports cross-sector co-creation and long-term resilience strategy development.
Strategic Purpose
The Armenia edition is designed to:
- Support Armenia’s capacity for multi-hazard risk assessment, forecasting, and mitigation;
- Explore the intersection of conflict risk, climate resilience, and sustainable development;
- Strengthen institutional coordination and anticipatory finance for disaster response;
- Connect local knowledge and diaspora expertise to transdisciplinary innovation in risk governance.
The Forum emphasizes action-oriented outcomes, including co-developed response frameworks, data-driven contingency planning, and ethical technology deployment to advance resilience in Armenia’s urban, rural, and borderland regions.
Technical Foundation: Nexus Ecosystem Integration
The event is powered by the Nexus Ecosystem, an AI- and simulation-enabled infrastructure built to support collaborative decision-making and dynamic risk management. Key technical integrations include:
- AI/ML-based forecasting and multi-risk scenario planning for seismic, climate, and security risks;
- Geospatial mapping and Earth Observation tools for territorial resilience and resource monitoring;
- Blockchain-driven disaster risk finance tools such as tokenized insurance and smart contract systems;
- Digital twin simulations for planning resilient infrastructure in high-risk zones;
- Standardized multi-hazard indexing through the Nexus Protocol for data quality and ethical governance;
- Quantum-cloud hybrid platforms for high-performance modeling and secure, distributed data processing.
These capabilities ensure that Armenia’s risk governance efforts are not only data-informed, but also scalable, anticipatory, and ethically designed.
Governance and Participation
All NWG Armenia activities are independently governed, adhering to the strategic guidelines of GRA and GRF while remaining free from influence by any government or political entity. This ensures that all deliberations, partnerships, and policy innovations remain impartial, inclusive, and anchored in scientific integrity and systems thinking.
Participation is open to professionals and institutions across sectors: from environmental scientists and civil engineers to Indigenous knowledge holders, youth innovators, and regional development agencies. The series is built to enable horizontal learning, cross-sector foresight, and collaborative systems design rooted in Armenia’s realities and aspirations.
Join the Movement
We invite thought leaders, technologists, policymakers, diaspora innovators, and community-based actors to engage in the Global Risks Forum – Armenia Series as speakers, contributors, and partners. This platform offers a timely opportunity to co-create solutions for seismic resilience, ecological security, and risk-informed development—connecting Armenia’s strengths to a global alliance committed to building a safer, more just future.
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- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Aug 22 - 31 2029
- Time: All Day
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