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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