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Plenary Session 1 (Presidential Session):
Crossroads in Contemporary Sociology
Chair: Björn Wittrock
Speakers: Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia; Aram Simonyan, Rector of YSU;
Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Science and Education; Michel Wieviorka, President of the ISA

Plenary Session 2:
Societies at the Crossroads: Interpreting Change 
Chair: Björn Wittrock
Speakers: Craig Calhoun, Huang Ping, Michel Wieviorka

Plenary Session 3:
The Dynamics of (Unresolved) Global Crisis: Thirty Years Later.
In Honour of Immanuel Wallerstein

Chair: Craig Calhoun
Speaker: Immanuel Wallerstein
Commentator: Georgi Derlugian

Plenary Session 4:
Cultures, States and Civilizations

Chair: Lyudmila Harutyunyan
Speakers: Edward Tiryakian, Margaret S. Archer

Plenary Session 5:
Network Science and Modern Sociology
Chair: Peter Hedström
Speakers: Balazs Vedres, Ferenc Jordan

Plenary Session 6:
The Global Crisis II: Possible Futures.
Chair: Craig Calhoun and Georgi Derlugian
Speakers: Vadim Volkov, Dan Chirot, Manuel Montes, Jomo K.S.

Plenary Session 7:
Diasporas and Imaginations of the Homeland
Chair: Shalini Randeria
Speakers: Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Seteney Shami, Ewa Morawska


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