2014 Board of Governors Meeting Highlights
Conferral by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the
Prime Minister's Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Honorary Degrees Conferment Ceremony
2014 Honorary Doctors:
- HE Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil
- Mr. Ronnie C. Chan, Hong Kong
- Ms. Agi Mishol, Israel
- Ms. Paulina Luisa Mizrahi de Deutsch, Argentina
- Prof. David Sankoff, Canada
- Mr. Gil Shwed, Israel
- Prof. Paul Zimmet, Australia
Honorary Fellowship
- Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv
Response on behalf of the recipients:
HE Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil
Award ceremony to be followed by a festive reception
The Annual John Gandel Symposium on the Middle East
Iran: A Multicolored Actor in the Middle East - What you see and what you don't
Key Note Lecture:
General Benny Gantz, Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Forces
Panel Discussion:
- MK Shaul Mofaz, Former Israeli Minister of Defense
- Ms. Sima Shine, Head of the Strategic Division at Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs
- Dr. Liora Hendelman-Baavur, TAU Department of Middle Eastern and African History
Moderator: Prof. Meir Litvak, Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies
Gala Opening: The Porter School of Environmental Studies Building
Economic Symposium
- Moderator: Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman, Board of Governors Tel Aviv University; Former Governor, Bank of Israel
- Panel: Prof. Manuel Trachtenberg, Chair of the Planning & Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel
- Mr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman of Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties, Hong Kong
- Mr. Gil Shwed, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Awarding of the Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics for 2014
Recipients: Noam Bardin, Uri Levine, Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, Founders and Developers of Waze Ltd.
Sunset Cocktail Reception by the Beach
Shabbat Home Hospitality
Shabbat dinner in an intimate Israeli home atmosphere for overseas Governors and guests
Dan David Prize
Award ceremony for achievements that made an outstanding impact in our world
2014 Recipients:
Past Time Dimension – History and Memory
- Mr. Krzystzof Czyzewski, Boerderland Foundation, Poland
- Mr. Pierre Nora, Editions Gallimard, France
- Prof. Saul Friedlander, UCLA, USA
Present Time Dimension – Combatting Memory Loss
- Prof. John A. Hardy, University College, England
- Prof. Peter St. George-Hyslop, University of Cambridge, England
- Prof. Brenda Milner, McGill University, Canada
Future Time Dimension – Artificial Intelligence, The Digital Mind
- Prof. Marvin Minsky – MIT, USA
Inauguration Ceremonies
Plenary Sessions
Year in Review & Plans for the Future
TAU Talks: Our top scholars inspire us with their scientific journies
Committee Reports and Resolutions
Finance, Funds and Trusts Committee Meetings
Note: All Board events are held in English unless otherwise indicated