INVITATIONS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
3:15pm – 4:00pm Inauguration of the Koret Foundation
Tel Aviv University–Bay Area Collaborative Initiative
George S. Wise Senate Building,Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
THURSDAY, MAY 3
11:00am – 12:30pm Symposium:
Stronger Society: Transforming TAU Academic Excellence
into Social Impact
George S. Wise Senate Building,Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
2:00pm – 2:45pm Inauguration of the Chaoul Center for Nanoscale Systems
George S. Wise Senate Building,Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
3:00pm – 3:45pm Inauguration of the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Fabian-Cyril Boisson Auditorium
Donated by Nathalie Kerber
4:00pm – 4:45pm Inauguration of the Yandex Machine Learning Initiative
Eitan Berglas School of Economics
Fredy and Jetty Strauss, Argentina, Conference Room (101)
HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY
Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa
7:00pm Welcome Reception
Kuky and Sergio Grosskopf Family Foyer
8:00pm Ceremony
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
FRIDAY, MAY 4
9:00am – 9:45am Inauguration of the Shlomo Shmeltzer Institute for Smart Transportation
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
10:00am – 10:45am Inauguration of the Zimin Institute for Engineering Solutions Advancing Better Lives
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
11:00am – 1:15pm Geopolitical Symposium:
Key Political and Economic Trends and the Evolving Eole of the
Media
Inauguration of the Jacob Frenkel and Mort Zuckerman Institute
for Global Economics
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
2:15pm – 3:15pm Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics for 2018
Prize Recipient: Dave Waiser, Founder and CEO of Gett
Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Scholarship in Economics for
2018
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
4:30pm – 6:00pm Sunset Cocktails by the Beach
Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel
SATURDAY, MAY 5
8:30pm Campus Party for Israel's 70th!
Dance the hora, savor local delights and soak up the Israeli spirit as we celebrate TAU's key contribution to the Israeli success story
Dress code: Blue and white
The Jacob and Shoshana Schreiber Square, TAU campus
SUNDAY, MAY 6
9:00am – 9:45am Symposium:
Science Fiction for Real: Adapting the Campus to the 21st Century
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
10:00am – 11:00am Annual John Gandel Symposium on the Middle East:
Maintaining Israel's Technological Supremacy
George S. Wise Senate Building
Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium
2:45pm – 3:30pm Inauguration of the Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute
Fabian-Cyril Boisson Auditorium Donated by Nathalie Kerber
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies
3:45pm – 4:30pm Inauguration of the Genomics Research Unit supported by the
Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for Computational Neuro- Imaging
Jack Green Building of Biotechnology
Ephraim Katzir Biotechnology Club (006)
MONDAY, MAY 7
7:30Am – 8:00pm Exclusive Tour: Treasures of the Dead Sea