Event OPENING PLENARY
Marking the Successful End of the $1 B. Global Campaign
Chair: Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad, Chairwoman of the Board of Governors
MC: Ms. Mika Almog
We Remember
Welcoming New Governors
Making Every Dollar Count – Using TAU’s Budget and Philanthropic
Donations Wisely
Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad
Greetings
Mr. Eli Gelman, Chairman of the Executive Council, TAU
State of the University in Israel’s 75th Year
Prof. Ariel Porat, President
Open Discussion
Realizing our Campaign Dreams: Raise your glasses to salute our group
success!
Dr. Anita Friedman, Campaign Chair
Event GANDEL FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Our renowned annual event presenting the latest happenings in the region
Chair: Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and
African Studies
Keynote Speaker: Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Danny Gold, head of the Defense Ministry’s
Directorate of Research and Development, co-inventor of the Iron Dome and TAU alumnus
Event ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM: ISRAEL@75 – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE In memory of Yehiel Ben-Zvi
In memory of Yehiel Ben-Zvi
Prepare to be surprised by new views on health, work and school.
Chair: Prof. Mark Shtaif, Rector
PAST
Your Teeth over Time: An Evolutionary Perspective of Modern Health
Prof. Rachel Sarig, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Dan David Center for Human
Evolution and Biohistory Research, Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute
PRESENT
Worker Power? A New Labor Law for Supply Chain Capitalism
Prof. Hila Shamir, Buchmann Faculty of Law
FUTURE
Who Needs Lectures? Bringing Value to Campus Learning in the
Digital Age
Prof. Liat Kishon-Rabin, Dean of Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Bar-Shira Auditorium
Session recording on YouTube
Event ANNUAL GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM: THE FRENKEL-ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ECONOMICS
Moderator: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman Emeritus of the TAU Board of Governors,
Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
Keynote Speaker: Senior Minister (SM) Tharman Shanmugaratnam,
Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Singapore
Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Deputy Chairman, GIC
Event 2023 HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
GEORGE S. WISE MEDAL
Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore
Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies
HONORARY DOCTORATE
Prof. Antoine Compagnon, France
Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Collège de France and Columbia University
Prof. Barbara Engelking, Poland
Historian of Polish Jewry during the Holocaust
Mr. Tamir Gilat, Israel
Chairman, Israel Cancer Research Fund
Mr. Morris Kahn, Israel
Entrepreneur and philanthropist
Mr. Atallah Mansour, Israel
Author and journalist
Prof. Nicholas A. Peppas, USA
Chemical and biomedical engineer, University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Pavel A. Pevzner, USA
Computational biologist, University of California San Diego
Ms. Sandra & Mr. Vlad Shmunis, USA
Entrepreneurs and philanthropists
Ms. Olga Tokarczuk, Poland
Writer, activist and public intellectual; Nobel Prize laureate
Event CELEBRATING AN ISRAELI BUSINESS TITAN: AWARDING OF THE 2023 HUGO RAMNICEANU PRIZE IN ECONOMICS
A special ceremony marking 75 years of Israeli economic growth,
which will include the awarding of the Hugo and Valerie Ramniceanu
Scholarship in Economics
Prize Recipient:
Prof. Amnon Shashua, Israeli computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert, serial
entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Mobileye and other successful startups
Event SECOND PLENARY PART I KADAR FAMILY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH
Presentations by the 2023 Award recipients
Chair: Prof. Dan Peer, Vice President for Research and Development
2023 Award Recipients:
Prof. Marek Karliner, Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy,
Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Prof. Ron Harris, Buchmann Faculty of Law
Dr. Uri Ben-David, Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Ella Daniel, Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education, Entin Faculty of
Humanities
Event SECOND PLENARY PART II
Chair: Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad, Chairwoman of the Board of Governors
MC: Ms. Mika Almog
Committee Reports and Resolutions
State of the Student Union
Ms. Daniel Zilber, Chairperson of the Student Union
TAU: A Bridge between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora
Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad
Open Discussion