Watch 2019 BOG Highlights
Reception
4:30pm–5:00pm
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research and
Presentations by the 2021 Award Recipients
5:00pm–6:00pm
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Chair: Prof. Dan Peer, Vice President for Research and Development
2021 Award Recipients
Prof. Emilia Fridman, School of Electrical Engineering, Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
Professor Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Department of Biblical Studies, Entin Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Yossi Yovel, School of Zoology, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Head, Sagol School of Neuroscience
Prof. Domenico Agostini, Department of General History, Entin Faculty of Humanities
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Break
6:00pm–6:30pm
First Plenary of the Board of Governors
6:30pm–7:45pm
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Chair: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman of the Board of
Governors
Welcoming New Governors
Reflections, 2013-2021
Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel
State of the University
Prof. Ariel Porat, President
State of the Campaign
Dafna Meitar-Nechmad, Campaign Co-Chair, Chairperson-elect
Dr. Anita Friedman, Campaign Co-Chair
State of the Student Union
Lior Hazan, Chairperson of the Student Union
Let’s Hear from You
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Inauguration of the Sir Leslie Porter Square
3:00pm–3:45pm
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Reception
4:00pm–4:30pm
Academic Symposium in Memory of Yehiel Ben-Zvi
Between Climate Change, Space Research and Life under Extreme Conditions
4:30pm–5:30pm
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Chair: Prof. Mark Shtaif, Rector, Tel Aviv University
Moderator: Prof. Colin Price, Head, Environmental Studies Department, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Address: Ms. Tamar Zandberg, Minister of Environmental Protection
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Jessica Meir, NASA Astronaut
Dr. Ram Fishman, School of Social and Policy Studies
Tracking the Effects of Climate Change on the Global Poor on the Ground and from Space
Dr. Vered Blass, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Assessing the Impact of New Technologies on Sustainability
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Break
5:30pm–6:00pm
The Annual John Gandel Symposium on the Middle East
6:00pm-7:00pm
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Chair: Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Guest Speaker: Alon Ben-David, Senior Defense Correspondent Channel 13
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Break
7:00pm–7:15pm
Second Plenary of the Board of Governors
7:15pm – 8:30pm
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Chair: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman of the Board
of Governors
• Committee Reports and Resolutions
• Recognition of Prof. Frenkel’s service as Chairman of the Board of Governors
• Ratification of Proposal for Incoming Chairperson of the Board of Governors
• Greetings from Incoming Chairperson of the Board of Governors
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Auditorium
Celebration Welcoming New Chairperson
8:30pm
Guest artist: Marina Maximilian
Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics for 2021
5:00pm
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• Prize Recipient: Dr. Orna Berry, Computer Scientist and High-Tech Entrepreneur
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
For Recipients in Israel
Paula and Menachem Gottesdiener Square
Celebratory Reception
7:00pm
Bar-Shira Auditorium, Tel Aviv University
Ceremony
8:00pm
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Honorary Doctorates
Mr. Haim Be’er, Israel, Novelist
Adv. Hanina Brandes, Israel, Founding Partner, Naschitz Brandes Amir
Prof. Shafira (Shafi) Goldwasser, USA/Israel, Electrical Engineer and Computer Scientist, MIT; Mathematician, Weizmann Institute of Science
Ms. Hannah Zohar, Israel, Founder, Kav La’Oved
Honorary Fellowship
Joseph Bar Natan, Israel, Businessman and Philanthropist
Gesher Theater, Israel
Musical performance
Ha’neshamot Pinat Ramla
Assaf Israelof, Yael Poliakov and Oren Barzilay
Bar-Shira Auditorium, Tel Aviv University
Dress code: Dark suit
Ceremony will be broadcast live
All events will be held in accordance with Green Passport Guidelines
Launch of the new Dan David Prize – Keynote Lecture
7:00pm
Back to the Past – A New Direction for the Prize
Ariel David, Board Member of the Dan David Foundation
Inaugural Lecture: Prof. David Nirenberg, University of Chicago
“How the Long History of Race and Religion Helps us Think about the Present and Future”