Tel Aviv University
Board of Governors 2015
PROGRAM
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Board of Governors Hospitality Desk on campus
George S. Wise Senate Building
Laura Schwarz-Kipp Rotunda
Tel Aviv University campus
Tel: 03–6407551; 6407552; 6407553
Board of Governors Hospitality Desk at the Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel
Official hotel of the 2015 Board of Governors
Design: Issi Dvir
205 Hayarkon St., Independence Park, Tel Aviv 6340506, ISRAEL
Tel: +972-3-520-2097/2098
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Inauguration of the Mia and Mile Pinkas
Accessible Learning Center
Itzhak Alfred Guttmann Administration
Building (308)
7:30PM
President’s Circle Gala Dinner
By invitation only
THURSDAY, MAY 14
8:45AM – 9:45AM
Campus Development and Maintenance
Committee
Rooftop, Porter School of Environmental
Studies Building
8:30AM – 10:00AM
Funds and Trusts Committee
Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Fredy
and Jetty Strauss Conference Room (101)
9:50AM – 10:40AM
Inauguration of the Human 3T MRI
Scanner and Renovation of the
Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for
Computational Neuro-Imaging
Neuro-Imaging at TAU
Prof. Galit Yovel, Sagol School of
Neuroscience; School of Psychological
Sciences, TAU
Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for
Computational Neuro-Imaging, Jack
Green Building of Biotechnology
10:00AM – 11:30AM
Finance Committee
Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Fredy
and Jetty Strauss Conference Room (101)
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10:50AM – 11:50AM
Symposium
Creating an Innovative Ecosystem:
How TAU Is Leading the Way
Chair: Prof. Aron Shai, Rector
The Venture Ecosystem: Messy, Fast and
Global
Prof. Yesha Sivan, Executive Director,
Coller Institute of Venture, TAU
Entrepreneurship in the Education System:
The 21st Century Revolution
Dr. Miri Yemini, Jaime and Joan
Constantiner School of Education, TAU
Bringing Innovation to Developing Nations
Dr. Aliza Belman, Director, Pears
Program for Global Innovation, Harold
Hartog School of Government and Policy,
TAU
Dan David Building, Room 301
12:00noon – 12:25PM Inauguration Ceremony for the Raya
and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Town Hall Meeting
Get Connected and Join Us for a Discussion
Led by TAU Governors
Chair: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman,
Board of Governors
• Passing the Torch – Preserving and
Enhancing the Passion for TAU among
the Next Generation
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Governors as TAU Leaders in Your
Home Communities: A Call to Action
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
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1:30PM - 2:25PM
Welcome Lunch
Hosted by the Chairman of the Board of
Governors and the President
Board of Governors Tent at the Sarita and
Noel Werthein Senate Plaza, adjacent to
the George S. Wise Senate Building
2:30PM – 3:30PM
First Assembly of the Board of
Governors
• Opening Remarks
Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman,
Board of Governors
• State of the University
◊ Prof. Joseph Klafter, President
◊ Dr. Giora Yaron, Chairman,
Executive Council
◊ Prof. Aron Shai, Rector
• TAU salutes its brave students who
fought in Operation Protective Edge
and our donors who supported them
through the Operation Protective
Edge Emergency Campaign
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
4:15PM – 5:00PM
Inauguration of the TAU-Zambian
Medical Partnership:
Zambian Jewish Community Public
Health Wing and Exchange Program
School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty
of Medicine
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Hall 927
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HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa and
Awarding of the George S. Wise Medal
6:45PM
Welcome Reception
Kuky and Sergio Grosskopf Family Foyer
8:00PM
Ceremony
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
2015 Recipients
Honorary Doctorate
Mrs. Bareket Buchmann, Germany
Mr. Lorry I. Lokey, U.S.A.
Mrs. Millie Phillips, Australia
Prof. Thomas Römer, Germany/
Switzerland
Maestro Vladimir Spivakov, Russian
Federation
Prof. Yakov Sinai, U.S.A.
Honorary Fellowship
Mr. William F. Cohen, U.S.A.
The Executive Directors of the Iron Dome
Air Defense System:
Dr. Danny Gold, Gold R&D Technology
and Innovation Ltd., Israel
Mr. Natan Barak, mPrest Systems, Israel
Mr. Yossi Drucker, Rafael Advanced
Defense Systems, Israel
Mr. Eyal Shapira, Israel Aerospace
Industries
The Israeli Opera directed by Mrs.
Hanna Munitz
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George S. Wise Medal
HE Aleksander Kwasniewski,
former President of Poland
Response on behalf of the recipients:
HE Aleksander Kwasniewski
Musical Interlude
• The Israeli Opera
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9:30PM
Students from the Buchmann-Mehta
School of Music
Dessert Reception
Dress code: Dark suit
Please present your invitation at the
entrance
Ceremony will be broadcast live:
http://video.tau.ac.il/Board-of-Governors-15
FRIDAY, MAY 15
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Student Affairs Committee
Dan David Building, Room 303
9:00AM – 9:45AM
Inauguration Ceremony
10:00AM – 11:15AM
Friends Associations Leadership
Meeting
By invitation only
Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Fredy
and Jetty Strauss Conference Room (101)
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11:30AM – 1:00PM
Geopolitical Symposium
Evolving Paradigms: International Relations
Today
Chair: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman,
Board of Governors
HE Aleksander Kwasniewski, former
President of Poland
Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Tel Aviv
University; New York University;
Brookings Institution
Mr. Ido Aharoni, Consul-General of
Israel in New York
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
1:05PM
Lunch
Board of Governors Tent at the Sarita and
Noel Werthein Senate Plaza, adjacent to
the George S. Wise Senate Building
2:15PM
Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Prize
in Economics for 2015
Prize Recipient: Mr. Rami Levy, Founder
and CEO, Hashikma Marketing Ltd.
Awarding of the Hugo and Valerie
Ramniceanu Scholarship in Economics
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
5:00PM – 6:00PM
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Kabbalat Shabbat Tel Aviv-Style
Cocktails on the balcony of the Hilton
Hotel
8:00PM
Shabbat Home Hospitality
Enjoy Shabbat dinner in an intimate Israeli
home atmosphere
(For overseas governors and guests only)
SATURDAY, MAY 16
Exceptional Excursions
Discover more of Israel with your Friends
Association
8:30PM
Music, Glorious Music
Concert performed by
The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
Symphony Orchestra
Celebrating 10 Years of the Buchmann-Mehta
School of Music at Tel Aviv University
Conductor: Zeev Dorman
J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B
Minor, BWV 1067
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Joan's Aria from The
Maid of Orleans "Da! Chas nastal"
(Farewell, Forests)
Soloists: Ranen Mintzer, flutist
Zlata Khershberg, mezzo-soprano
A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major,
Op. 88
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
Dress code: Smart casual
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SUNDAY, MAY 17
9:00AM – 10:30AM
The Annual John Gandel Symposium on
the Middle East
What's Next: ISIS, Cyber and Future
Challenges
Chair: Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Head,
Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science,
Technology and Security, TAU; Head,
Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber
Research Center, TAU; Chairman, Israel
Space Agency
Speakers:
Dr. Eviatar Matanya, Head, National
Cyber Bureau of the Israeli Prime
Minister’s Office
Prof. Asher Susser, Department of
Middle Eastern and African History,
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern
and African Studies, TAU
Dr. Uriya Shavit, Department of Arabic
and Islamic Studies, Moshe Dayan Center
for Middle Eastern and African Studies,
TAU
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
10:40AM – 12:25PM
Second Assembly of the Board of
Governors
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Launching the Kadar Family Award
for Outstanding Research and
Presentations by Award Recipients
Ms. Inbar Hochberg, Chairperson,
Student Union
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Committee Reports and Resolutions
Welcoming New Governors
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
12:35PM
Lunch at TAU’s New Student Hub
Chella and Moise Safra Court, Student
City
2:15PM – 3:10PM
Symposium
Social Issues Unplugged: Straight Talk
on Current Dilemmas
Game-Changing Factors in the Conflict
Between Career and Family
Dr. Rachel Gali Cinamon, Jaime and Joan
Constantiner School of Education
Smart Cities and Urban Sustainability: What
Next?
Dr. Orly Ronen, Porter School of
Environmental Studies
How Understanding Big Data Improves Our
Health
Prof. Varda Shalev, TAU Data Science
Center and Maccabitech
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
3:15PM – 4:00PM
Inauguration Ceremony: Claire Maratier
Estate, France
Commemorating a Champion of the
Humanities, Sciences and Arts
David and Yolanda Katz Faculty of the
Arts, Mexico Building of the Arts (200)
4:00PM – 4:30PM
Inauguration Ceremony (TBD)
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THE 2015 DAN DAVID PRIZE RECEPTION AND
AWARD CEREMONY
6:45PM – 8:00PM
Reception
Kuky and Sergio Grosskopf Family Foyer
8:00PM – 10:00PM
Award Ceremony
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
Laureates:
Past Time Dimension – Retrieving the
Past: Historians and Their Sources
Prof. Peter R. Brown, Princeton
University, U.S.A.
Prof. Alessandro Portelli, University of
Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Present Time Dimension – The
Information Revolution
Mr. Jimmy Wales, Founder Wikipedia,
Wikimedia Foundation, U.S.A.
Future Time Dimension – Bioinformatics
Dr. Cyrus Chothia, MRC Laboratory of
Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.
Prof. David Haussler, University of
California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
Prof. Michael S. Waterman, University of
Southern California, U.S.A.
Dress code: Dark suit
By invitation only
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MONDAY, MAY 18
Follow Your Passion
Meet and connect with our leading
researchers in fields you care about
Dan David Symposium
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
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