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Tel Aviv UniversityBoard of Governors 2015

PROGRAM

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Board of Governors Hospitality Desk on campus

George S. Wise Senate BuildingLaura Schwarz-Kipp RotundaTel Aviv University campusTel: 03–6407551; 6407552; 6407553

Board of Governors Hospitality Desk at the Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel Official hotel of the 2015 Board of Governors205 Hayarkon St., Independence Park, Tel Aviv 6340506, ISRAELTel: +972-3-520-2097/2098

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 133:00PM – 3:30PM Inauguration of the Mia and Mile Pinkas

Accessible Learning CenterItzhak Alfred Guttmann Administration Building (308)

7:30PM President’s Circle Gala DinnerBy invitation only

THURSDAY, MAY 14

8:45AM – 9:45AM Campus Development and Maintenance CommitteeRooftop, Porter School of Environmental Studies Building

8:30AM – 10:00AM Funds and Trusts CommitteeEitan 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-ImagingNeuro-Imaging at TAUProf. Galit Yovel, Sagol School of Neuroscience; School of Psychological Sciences, TAUAlfredo Federico Strauss Center for Computational Neuro-Imaging, Jack Green Building of Biotechnology

10:00AM – 11:30AM Finance CommitteeEitan Berglas School of Economics, Fredy and Jetty Strauss Conference Room (101)

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10:50AM – 11:50AM SymposiumCreating an Innovative Ecosystem: How TAU Is Leading the WayChair: 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 RevolutionDr. Miri Yemini, Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education, TAU

Bringing Innovation to Developing NationsDr. Aliza Belman, Director, Pears Program for Global Innovation, Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, TAUDan David Building, Room 301

12:00noon – 12:25PM Inauguration Ceremony for the Raya and Josef Jaglom AuditoriumRaya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium

12:30PM – 1:30PM Town Hall MeetingGet 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

• 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 PresidentBoard 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 MedicineSackler Faculty of Medicine, Hall 927

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HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa andAwarding of the George S. Wise Medal

6:45PM Welcome ReceptionKuky and Sergio Grosskopf Family Foyer

8:00PM CeremonyMiriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium

2015 Recipients

Honorary DoctorateMrs. Bareket Buchmann, GermanyMr. Lorry I. Lokey, U.S.A.Mrs. Millie Phillips, AustraliaProf. Thomas Römer, Germany/SwitzerlandMaestro Vladimir Spivakov, Russian FederationProf. Yakov Sinai, U.S.A.

Honorary FellowshipMr. 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, IsraelMr. Yossi Drucker, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, IsraelMr. Eyal Shapira, Israel Aerospace Industries

The Israeli Opera directed by Mrs. Hanna Munitz

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George S. Wise MedalHE Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland

Response on behalf of the recipients:HE Aleksander Kwasniewski

Musical Interlude• The Israeli Opera

• Students from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music

9:30PM Dessert Reception

Dress code: Dark suit Please present your invitation at the entranceCeremony will be broadcast live: http://video.tau.ac.il/Board-of-Governors-15

FRIDAY, MAY 15

9:00AM – 10:00AM Student Affairs CommitteeDan David Building, Room 303

9:00AM – 9:45AM Inauguration Ceremony

10:00AM – 11:15AM Friends Associations Leadership MeetingBy invitation onlyEitan 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

TodayChair: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman, Board of GovernorsHE Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of PolandProf. Itamar Rabinovich, Tel Aviv University; New York University; Brookings InstitutionMr. Ido Aharoni, Consul-General of Israel in New York Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium

1:05PM LunchBoard 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 2015Prize Recipient: Mr. Rami Levy, Founder and CEO, Hashikma Marketing Ltd.

Awarding of the Hugo and Valerie Ramniceanu Scholarship in EconomicsRaya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium

5:00PM – 6:00PM Kabbalat Shabbat Tel Aviv-Style Cocktails on the balcony of the Hilton Hotel

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8:00PM Shabbat Home HospitalityEnjoy Shabbat dinner in an intimate Israeli home atmosphere (For overseas governors and guests only)

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Exceptional ExcursionsDiscover more of Israel with your Friends Association

8:30PM Music, Glorious MusicConcert 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, flutistZlata Khershberg, mezzo-sopranoA. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz AuditoriumDress 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 ChallengesChair: 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 OfficeProf. Asher Susser, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, TAUDr. 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

• 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 GovernorsRaya 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 DilemmasGame-Changing Factors in the Conflict Between Career and FamilyDr. Rachel Gali Cinamon, Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of EducationSmart Cities and Urban Sustainability: What Next?Dr. Orly Ronen, Porter School of Environmental Studies How Understanding Big Data Improves Our HealthProf. Varda Shalev, TAU Data Science Center and MaccabitechRaya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium

3:15PM – 4:00PM Inauguration Ceremony: Claire Maratier Estate, FranceCommemorating 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 ReceptionKuky and Sergio Grosskopf Family Foyer

8:00PM – 10:00PM Award CeremonyMiriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium

Laureates:Past Time Dimension – Retrieving the Past: Historians and Their SourcesProf. Peter R. Brown, Princeton University, U.S.A. Prof. Alessandro Portelli, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Present Time Dimension – The Information RevolutionMr. Jimmy Wales, Founder Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, U.S.A.

Future Time Dimension – BioinformaticsDr. 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 suitBy invitation only

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MONDAY, MAY 18

Follow Your PassionMeet and connect with our leading researchers in fields you care about

Dan David SymposiumMiriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium