Program - Events open to the public
Thursday, 14 May 2009
| Conference: Education and University in Tel Aviv Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education Malka Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowicz Building of Law |
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| 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | Awarding of the Dr. Jaime Constantiner Prize in Jewish Education Prize recipient: Tichon Hadash High School, Tel Aviv Malka Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowicz Building of Law |
| 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. | Inauguration of the Gad Ya'acobi Conference for Society, Culture and Politics Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy Lecture: Sir Martin Gilbert, UK Israel and Britain's Relationship - A Current View Bar-Shira Auditorium |
| 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Awarding of the 2009 Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Israel In the presence of Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier Ambassador of Sweden Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt Auditorium Wolfson Building for Computer and Software Engineering |
| 8:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition:Tel Aviv: Contemporary Urban Landscapes By Maya Cohen Levy Recipient of the 2008 Michel Kikoïne Prize and Awarding of the 2009 Michel Kikoïne Prize Michel Kikoïne Foundation Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery and the Michel Kikoïne Foundation |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
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| 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon | The Ilse and Willi Rothschild Summer Youth University Closing ceremony of the winter semester, and presentation of the Summer Youth University's activities The Unit for Science Oriented Youth Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education Bar-Shira Auditorium |
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 |
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| Inauguration of the Argentina PhD Honors Program of the Smolarz Family Graduate School of Life Sciences Lectures: Dr. Gali Prag, Department of Biochemistry Decrypting Protein Sign Language Oded Rechavi, PhD student, Department of Neurobiology The Immune Cell Habit of Sharing Challenges: The Theory of Cell Autonomy Auditorium in Memory of Judy Langer-Gefter (02), Archie Sherman Building for Life Sciences George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences |
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| Inauguration of the Fabian-Cyril Boisson Auditorium in the Health Professions Gretl and Fred Raymond Building for Health Professions (106) Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
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| 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. | Awarding of Prizes in Computer Science: Celia and Marcos Maus Prizes and the Jorge Deutsch Prize Maus Multipurpose Computer Laboratory Wladimir Schreiber Building of Mathematical Sciences |
| 1:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Symposium: The Cosmic Microwave Background: Cosmology's Rosetta Stone with the participation of the 2009 Dan David Prize laureates for the Past Time Dimension Prof. Paulo de Bernardis Prof. Andrew E. Lange Prof. Paul Richards Boris and Lena Melamed Auditorium, Arieh and Rivka Shenkar Building of Physics |
| 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | 25th Anniversary of the Josef Buchmann Doctoral Fellowship Fund Lectures by former and current Buchmann Fellows: Prof. Daphna Joel, Department of Psychology, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences Compulsivity in Humans and Animals Nurit Paz-Yaacov, Cancer Research Center, Sheba Medical Center and Department of Human Genetics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine Cancer - Beyond Genetics Malka Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowicz Building of Law |
| 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | Symposium: Neuroimaging in Experimental Neuroscience Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for Computational Neuroimaging Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Biophysics Jack Green Building of Biotechnology (basement) MRI unit |
| 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | Conference: Israel and the Middle East Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies in collaboration with the French Friends of Tel Aviv University/Ceri Sciences-Po Chair of Middle East and Mediterranean at Sciences Po with the support of the French Embassy in Israel S.E. Hoffien Hall, Trubowicz Building of Law The conference continues on Monday 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Malka Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowicz Building of Law |
| 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Annual Awarding Ceremony of Scholarships in Music in Memory of Isaac (Iche) Baron Prize recipient: Tal Haim Samnon Clairmont Hall, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion on Leadership with the 2009 Dan David Prize laureate for the Present Time Dimension Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Arab and Jewish high school students in cooperation with the Unit for Science Oriented Youth Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt Auditorium, Wolfson Building for Computer and Software Engineering http://video.tau.ac.il/General/Dan_David/2009/ |
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
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| 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Annual symposium and presentation of the 2009 Prize of the Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection Prize recipient: Prof. Zahava Solomon Bob Shapell School of Social Work (001) |
| 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. | Awarding of the Deutsch Annual Prizes in Computer Science Wladimir Schreiber Building of Mathematical Sciences (309) |
| 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. | Awarding of the Sergio Grywac Prize for Jewish-Arab Relations in the State of Israel Dean's Office (305), Peretz Naftali Building of Social Sciences |
| 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | Unveiling Ceremony of the Chella and Moise Safra Gate (14) |
| 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. | 2009 Dan David Prize Young Researchers Scholarships and Name Your Hero Youth Competition Award Ceremony in the presence of the 2009 Dan David Prize laureates and the Mia Fischer Scholarship Award Ceremony Bar-Shira Auditorium |
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
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| 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. | Symposium: Challenges for a Healthier World with the participation of the 2009 Dan David Prize laureate for the Future Time Dimension, Prof. Robert C. Gallo and young researchers in the field of biomedicine Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium |
| 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. | The Tel Aviv Symposium in Organic Chemistry 2009 Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Chemistry Honoring the recipients of the 2009 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences - Chemistry Boris and Lena Melamed Auditorium, Arieh and Rivka Shenkar Building of Physics |
| 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | Inauguration of the Sieratzki-Korczyn Prize for Advances in Neuroscience in the framework of the Annual Symposium of the Adams Super-Center for Brain Studies Lectures: Prof. Michael Davidson, Prof. Ehud Gazit, Prof. Illana Gozes, Prof. Amos Korczyn, Prof. Daniel Michaelson, Prof. Beka Solomon Abraham Meerbaum Auditorium, Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
| 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Inauguration of the Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Faculty Clinic Lecture: Prof. Haim Tal, Head of the Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine Founded by the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity, incumbent of the Dr. Gerald A. Niznick Chair in Implant Dentistry Sigma Epsilon Delta Fraternity Auditorium Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine Founded by the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity |
| 4:00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. | Annual Lecture Abraham and Edita Spiegel Family Foundation Chair for European Jewish History Prof. Johannes Heil, Pro-Rector, Hochschule for Jewish Studies, Heidelberg The Paleo-History of Ashkenazi Jewry: Findings, Facts and Fantasies Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Center |
| 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Annual Zvi Meitar Fellowships Award Ceremony Malka Brender Hall of Justice, Trubowicz Building of Law |
| 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. | Spanish Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University Meeting with Ambassadors from Spain and Latin America Guided tour of campus Lecture: Prof. Raanan Rein, Director, S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies Venezuela Hall (527), Peretz Nafatali Building of Social Sciences Event will be held in Spanish |
| 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Awarding of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences Research Field for 2009:Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products Boris and Lena Melamed Auditorium, Arieh and Rivka Shenkar Building of Physics |
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 |
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| 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. | Annual Elga Cegla Prizes and Fellowships Ceremony Buchmann Faculty of Law Sonja Kosoi Meeting Room (307), Trubowicz Building of Law |
| 5:00 p.m.-7:00p.m. | Herman Robbins Lecture in Orthopaedics Sackler Faculty of Medicine Lecturers: John Herzenberg MD, FRCS, Head of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Director of the International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Keeping an Open Mind to Innovation in Orthopaedics - Lengthening in Dwarfism: Ethical, Medical and Orthopaedic Issues Lola Beer-Ebner Hall, Sackler Faculty of Medicine |