Patrons
Honorary Chairs
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Honorary Chair Tirgan 2017
Parisa Khosravi
Former CNN Senior Executive, Veteran Journalist
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Honorary Chair Tirgan 2015
Homa Sarshar
Writer, Journalist, Director, Producer, activist
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Honorary Chair Tirgan 2013
Anousheh Ansari
Enterpreneur - First Female Private Space Explorer
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Honorary Chair Tirgan 2011
Reza Moridi
Minister of Research and Innovation & Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
Patrons
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Afsaneh Alavi
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Toronto
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Ali Dolatabadi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering , Concordia University
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Ali G. Dizboni
Associate Professor of Politics, Royal Military College of Canada
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Ali Moayedian
Founder of Payvand.com
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Ali Nayeri
Assistant Professor of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Chapman University
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Ali Reza Montazemi
Professor of Information Systems, McMaster University
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Ali-Akbar Mahdi
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Ohio Wesleyan University
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Arzoo Osanloo
Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington
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Bagher Moazen
Iranian-Canadian classical guitarist and composer
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Behzad Razavi
Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California
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Bita Milanian
SVP, Global Marketing at Ribbon Communications & President, Butterfly Buzz
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Cyrus Bina
Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
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Ehsan Yarshater
Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Colombia University
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Farhad Azadifar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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Fariborz Haghighat
Professor, Graduate Program Director, Energy and Environment, Concordia
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Fariborz Mokhtari
Professor of Political Science, National Defense University in Washington DC
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Farrokh Bavar
CEO & Founder at International Institute for Strategic Studies in Iranian Architecture
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Farrokh Zandi
Professor of Economics, York University
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Firooz Naderi
Director for Solar System Exploration, NASA's Jet Propulstion Lab
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Gholamhossein Nami
Visual Artist
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Hadi Mahabadi
President, CanWin Consulting Inc.
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Haideh Moghissi
Professor of Sociology, York University
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Korosh Khalili
Associate professor, University of Toronto Hepatobiliary imaging lead, Department of
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Majid Ahmadi
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Windsor
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Mansoor Barati
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
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Mariam Khosravani
Founder & President, Iranian-American Women Foundation
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Mehdi Javanfar
Musician, University of Toronto
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Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Professor and Chair of Political Sciences Department, Syracuse University
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Minoo Derayeh
Associate Professor of Equity Studies, York University
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Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami
Professor of Persian Studies, New York University
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Mojdeh Baratloo
Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Colombia
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Mona Jarrahi
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles
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Nader Namazi
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Catholic University of America
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Nasrin Rahimieh
Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California
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Nasser Ashgriz
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
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Nazila Fathi
Reporter at New York Times
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Negin Zand
Celebrity Colorist
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Nima Naghibi
Associate Professor of English, Ryerson University
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Niyayesh Afshordi
Assistant Professor of Astrophysics, University of Waterloo
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Pardis Minuchehr
Assistant Professor of Persian Studies, George Washington University
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Pardis Sabeti
Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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Payam Akhavan
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
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Ramin Jahanbeglooo
Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
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Saeed Rahnema
Professor, York University
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Shahla Haeri
Associate Professor, Boston University
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Shahram Yousefi
Professor and Acting Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University
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Sheldon Levy
President, Ryerson University
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Sohrab Behdad
Professor of Economics, Denison University
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Touraj Daryaee
Professor of History, University of California
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Yahya Kamalipour
Professor and head, Department of Communication, Purdue University Calumet
