Event OPENING PLENARY
OPENING PLENARY
Chair: Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad Chairwoman of the Board of Governors | MC: Ms. Mika Almog
• We Remember
• Welcoming New Governors
• TAU’s Board of Governors: Moving Forward | Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad | Chairwoman of the Board of Governors | Open Discussion
• State of the University | Prof. Ariel Porat, President | Open Discussion
• State of the TAU Global Campaign | Dr. Anita Friedman, Campaign Chair | Open Discussion
Event GOVERNOR IMPACT
GOVERNOR IMPACT
How Scholarships Change Lives | Meet inspiring students and hear their stories of resilience and success
MC: Ms. Mika Almog
Mrs. Linda Streit Co-Chair, Student Affairs Committee
Prof. Drorit Neumann Dean of Students, Co-Chair, Student Affairs Committee
Prof. Lihi Adler-Abramovich Department of Oral Biology, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Keren Bastaker MBA Student
David Bodenheim Master’s Student in Law
Hodaya Levy Nursing Student
Event LEADING THE CHARGE: A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO HOW POWERFUL WOMEN BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
LEADING THE CHARGE: A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO HOW POWERFUL WOMEN BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
MC: Prof. Milette Shamir, Vice President, International
Prof. Cornelia (Cori) Bargmann, Neurobiologist and Geneticist, Rockefeller University; Head of Science, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Ms. Jodi Kantor, Journalist and Author
Prof. Katalin Karikó, Biochemist and Senior Vice President of BioNTech
Event THE 2022 DAN DAVID PRIZE RECEPTION AND AWARD CEREMONY
THE 2022 DAN DAVID PRIZE RECEPTION AND AWARD CEREMONY
2022 DAN DAVID PRIZE WINNERS
Dr. Mirjam Brusius, UK, Germany Historical Institute London
Dr. Bartow Elmore, USA, Ohio State University
Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman, USA, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI
Dr. Verena Krebs, Germany, Ruhr-University Bochum
Dr. Efthymia Nikita, Cyprus, The Cyprus Institute
Ms. Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Ghana, ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge
Dr. Kristina Richardson, USA, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Natalia Romik, Poland, Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, Paris
Dr. Kimberly Welch, USA, Vanderbilt University
Event GANDEL FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST
GANDEL FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST
MC: Mr. Zvi Yehezkeli Israeli Journalist and Documentarian, Arab Affairs Correspondent and Head of the Arab Desk, Israeli TV Channel 13
Guest Speaker: Dr. Eyal Hulata Head of the Israel National Security Council
Event AI AND DATA SCIENCE AT TAU: SHAPING THE FUTURE
AI AND DATA SCIENCE AT TAU: SHAPING THE FUTURE
Academic Symposium in memory of Yehiel Ben-Zvi
Chair: Prof. Mark Shtaif, Rector
Prof. Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering & Research at Google; founding Managing Director of Google Center, Israel; TAU Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Dr. Dorit Dor, Chief Product Officer at Check Point Software Technologies
Prof. Lior Wolf, Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Event THE URBAN REVOLUTION The Future Design of Cities and Campuses
THE URBAN REVOLUTION The Future Design of Cities and Campuses
MC: Prof. Irad Ben-Gal, Head, Laboratory of AI Business and Data Analytics Department of Industrial Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
• Greetings | Asi Shmeltzer, Chairman of Shlomo Group
• Israel’s Transportation Revolution | Merav Michaeli, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety
• Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Cities of the Future | Prof. Tali Hatuka, Founding Head of the Laboratory of Contemporary Urban Design, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
• TechKnowledge in the City How AI Will Change the Way We Live & Reimagining the Academic Environment Via the “Cloud Campus” | Zehavit Spitzer Zohar, Architect, Owner and Partner, Dunsky Zohar Architects and Town Planners
• Transformation of the University Campus and the Urban Experience in the United States | Mr. Eric Gertler, Executive Chairman, U.S. News & World Report; Former President & CEO, Empire State Development, New York State; Trustee of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Institute and Family Foundation; and Author
• Putting Ideas into Action The Next Generation Takes Over | TAU Architectural Students Shira Livne & Guy Peretz
• TAU Campus What's in the Pipeline | Gadi Frank, Director-General, Tel Aviv University
Event HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
GEORGE S. WISE MEDAL | Mark J. Carney OC, Canada/United Kingdom United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Former Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada
HONORARY DOCTORATE
Prof. Cornelia (Cori) Bargmann, USA, Neurobiologist and Geneticist, Rockefeller University; Head of Science, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry, UK, Theoretical Physicist, University of Bristol
Prof. Barbara Engelking, Poland, a courageous Polish historian of the Jews of Poland during World War II and the Holocaust
Mr. Eric Gertler, USA, Executive Chairman, U.S. News & World Report; Former President & CEO, Empire State Development, New York State; Trustee of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Institute and Family Foundation; and Author
Mr. James Gertler, USA, Philanthropist, Trustee of the Mortimer
B. Zuckerman Institute and Family Foundation, CEO of Drew Lane Capital, LLC, and Vice Chairman of Legacy Partners
Prof. Bernd Huber, Germany, President, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ms. Jodi Kantor, USA, Journalist and Author
Prof. Katalin Karikó, Hungary/USA, biochemist and Senior Vice President of BioNTech
Mr. Solomon Lew, Australia, Philanthropist and Chairman of Just Group Ltd and of Premier Investments; Executive Chairman Century Plaza Group of Companies
Prof. Jehuda Reinharz, Israel/USA, historian and President of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Prof. Jürgen Renn, Germany, Historian of Science; Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
HONORARY FELLOWSHIP
Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York, USA
Event AWARDING OF THE HUGO RAMNICEANU PRIZE IN ECONOMICS FOR 2022
AWARDING OF THE HUGO RAMNICEANU PRIZE IN ECONOMICS FOR 2022
Prize Recipient: Julia Zaher Israeli-Arab Businesswoman, Social Activist and Philanthropist; Owner and CEO of Al Arz Tahini
Event THE FRENKEL-ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ECONOMICS
THE FRENKEL-ZUCKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ECONOMICS
Annual Geopolitical Economic Symposium
Moderator: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel Chairman Emeritus of the TAU Board of Governors, Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
Mark J. Carney OC United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Former Governor of the Bank of England, Vice Chairman and Head of Impact Investing at Brookfield Asset Management
Jean-Claude Trichet Vice-Chairman of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Former President of the European Central Bank, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France, Honorary President of the French Friends Association of TAU
Event WHY IS ANTISEMITISM ON THE RISE?
WHY IS ANTISEMITISM ON THE RISE?
Prof. Uriya Shavit Head, Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Dina Porat Founding Head, Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and Chief Historian of Yad Vashem
Event FESTIVE CEREMONY INAUGURATING THE SAGOL CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
FESTIVE CEREMONY INAUGURATING THE SAGOL CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Celebrating with the Sagol Family
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Katalin Karikó
Biochemist and Senior Vice President of BioNTech
Event SECOND PLENARY PART I
SECOND PLENARY PART I
Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research
Chair: Prof. Dan Peer Vice President for Research and Development
2022 Award Recipients
Prof. Michal Feldman, Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Prof. Leo Corry, Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science, Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Jonathan Berant, Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Dr. Roy Tzohar, Department of South and East Asian Studies, Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Event SECOND PLENARY PART II
SECOND PLENARY PART II
Chair: Ms. Dafna Meitar-Nechmad Chairwoman of the Board of Governors
• Committee Reports and Resolutions
• Philanthropy: Trends and New Options | Open Discussion
• State of the Student Union | Lior Hazan Chairperson of the Student Union