OPENING PLENARY PART I, WEDNESDAY MAY 21

We Remember

 

Greetings from the Chairwoman of the Board of Governors, Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad

 

Welcoming New Governors

 

Greetings from the Campaign Chair, Dr. Anita Friedman

 

 

OPENING PLENARY PART II, WEDNESDAY MAY 21

State of the University

Prof. Ariel Porat, President

IS SPARKING IDEAS ENOUGH? TAU'S SURPRISING APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

MC: Prof. Moshe Zviran, Chief Entrepreneurship and Innovation Officer, Head of the Bloomberg Sagol Initiative for City Leadership, Coller School of Management, TAU

 

Ms. Tami Bronner, General Partner at Vertex Ventures Israel, TAU Alumna

 

Mr. Dan Holzmann, Entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist

 

Ms. Hilla Ovil-Brenner, Founder and CEO of “Yazamiyot” – Women Entrepreneurs; Investor and Mentor

2025 HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY, THURSDAY MAY 30

HONORARY DOCTORATE 2025

 

Dr. Yael Admi, ISRAEL

Co-founder of Women Wage Peace

 

Ms. Dana Azrieli, ISRAEL/CANADA

Chair of the Azrieli Group and of the Azrieli Foundation Israel

 

Mr. Thomas Friedman, USA

Author, reporter and New York Times columnist

 

Mr. Jonathan R. Goodman, CANADA

Executive Chairman, Knight Therapeutics Inc.

 

Mr. Yair Hamburger, ISRAEL

Chairman, Harel Insurance & Finance Group

 

Mr. Gideon Hamburger, ISRAEL

President, Harel Insurance & Finance Group

 

Mr. Dan Holzmann, SWITZERLAND

Entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist

 

Prof. Stephen (Steve) Quake, USA

Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

 

Prof. Miranda Schreurs, GERMANY

Professor of Environmental and Climate Policy, Technical University of Munich

 

 

HONORARY FELLOWSHIP

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 

GREENER FUTURE: AN EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY INTO ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION

Enjoy a hands-on encounter with some of TAU’s most exciting research on the environment, climate change, and sustainability

HOW SHOULD ISRAEL NAVIGATE A POST-OCT. 7TH WORLD?

Mr. Thomas Friedman, internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist; Recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes, TAU Honorary Doctor

AWARDING OF THE 2025 HUGO RAMNICEANU PRIZE IN ECONOMICS, THURSDAY MAY 22

Prize Recipients:

Manufacturers located on Israel’s northern border

 

Plasan Sasa

A global leader in the development and manufacture of ballistic protection systems for vehicles, aircraft and ships

 

Shimoni Michael Mechanical Metal Systems

A leading Israeli metalworking company providing solutions for integrated and technologically complex projects

 

INAUGURATION OF THE GOODMAN FELLOWS PROGRAM: AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE UNIVERSITY ACCESS FOR ISRAELIS OF ETHIOPIAN DESCENT. 

LED BY THE MORRIS & ROSALIND GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, CANADA

FEATURING BREAKING BOUNDARIES THROUGH EDUCATION: A CONVERSATION ON TAU’S

ISRAELI-ETHIOPIAN STUDENT COMMUNITY

 

Moderator: Ms. Yaffa Tegegne, Human Rights Advocate and Tel Aviv University Board of Governor

 

Opening Remarks: Mr. Gideon Belete, TAU Alumni

 

Mr. Jonathan Ross Goodman, Executive Chairman, Knight Therapeutics Inc.

 

Professor Neta Ziv, Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Community at TAU

 

The Hon. Pnina Tamano-Shata, Member of the Knesset and former Minister of Immigrant Absorption

 

Mr. Shlomo Vobgan, TAU Student

 

GANDEL FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST, FRIDAY MAY 23

This renowned annual event will analyze the fallout, lessons learned, and anticipated future of Israel following the war in Gaza and Lebanon

SECOND PLENARY, FRIDAY MAY 23

PART I

 

KADAR FAMILY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH

Presentations by the 2025 Award Recipients

Chair: Prof. Dan Peer, Vice President for Research and Development

 

2025 Award Recipients:

 

Prof. Gal Oestreicher-Singer, Coller School of Management

 

Dr. Doron Shabat, School of Chemistry, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences

 

Prof. Pavel Ginzburg, School of Electrical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering

 

Prof. Liad Mudrik, School of Psychological Sciences, Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, and Sagol School of Neuroscience

 

 

PART II

 

Chair: Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad, Chairwoman of the Board of Governors

 

Committee Reports and Resolutions

 

State of the Student Union

 

Ms. Daniel Zilber, Chairperson of the Student Union

 

XXX

 

Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad

 

Open Discussion

CREATIVITY IN ISRAEL AFTER OCT. 7: GIVING ARTISTIC SHAPE TO TRAUMA

Talks by leading artists:

Mr. Ziv Koren, Award-Winning Israeli Renowned Photojournalist

 

Mr. Guy Morad, Renowned illustrator, comic artist, and caricaturist

 

Mr. Yariv Mozer, Award-winning Filmmaker (“We Will Dance Again”) and alumnus of TAU’s Tisch School of Film and Television, Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts