Sunday, June 5, 2016
4:30 p.m.
Finance Committee Meeting
Chairpersons: Eric Charles, UK; Micha Dapht, Israel
W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
8:00 p.m.
Student Evening
Sponsored by AABGU members Eric Benhamou, Andrea and Robert Colton, Dvora Ezralow,
Brooke Kroeger and Alex Goren, Edward and Marilyn Kaplan, Maribeth and Steve Lerner, Shelly and
Marge London, Al Newman, Joel Reinstein, and Aileen Whitman
(For registered participants)
Suzanne Zlotowski Garden
(Warm clothing recommended)
Monday, June 6, 2016
10:00 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session of the 46th Board of Governors Meeting
Addresses:
Alexander M. Goren, Chairman of the Board of Governors
Prof. Zvi HaCohen, Rector
Ori Rath, Chairman of the Student Union
Announcement of the recipients of the Sixth Goldstein-Goren International Prize for the Most Important Book in Jewish Thought 2013-2015
Unveiling of BGU's 2020 Campaign
Prof. Rivka Carmi, President
Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium
12:00 p.m.
Working Lunch for Board Members with President Prof. Rivka Carmi
Barkan Conference Hall, Zlotowski Student Administration Building
(For Board members only)
2:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Concert, in Memory of Dr. H.H. Deichmann
Performed by Members of the Chamber Music Performance Course at BGU
Guided by Daniel Lachish
Selected movements from:
Kaspar Kummer, Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32
Carl Maria von Weber, Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 63
Edvard Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 45
Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium
3:00 p.m.
Annual Zlotowski Lecture
What We Have Learned in Recent Years about the Universe
Professor Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Institute of Astronomy,
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Presentation of the Zlotowski Admission Awards for Outstanding Students
in the presence of Adelene and Louis Zlotowski, Israel
Moderator: Prof. Steve Rosen, Vice-President for External Affairs
W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
4:15 p.m.
Dedication of the Stephen and David Breslauer Archaeological Laboratory Building
in the presence of Stephen and David Breslauer, USA
Moderator: Prof. Steve Rosen, Vice-President for External Affairs
7:00 p.m.
Dedication of the CDI Jim Breslauer Pavilion
The Breslauer-Soref Foundation; Liz and Jim Breslauer; Frank Parlato
in the presence of Liz & Jim Breslauer and Frank Parlato, USA
American Associates of Ben-Gurion University Reception
Center for Digital Innovation (CDI), Building 1, 4th floor, Advanced Technologies Park
8:00 pm.
Secrets of the Human Mind: Science and Entertainment Meet
in a Celebration of the 2020 Campaign
Gala Dinner
Dr. Shelly Levy-Tzedek, Head of the Cognition, Aging and Rehabilitation Lab:
Brain Tech Meets Hi-Tech: How Fun Games with Robots Can Improve Our Quality of Life, at Any Age
Nimrod Harel, Perception Artist
Cummings Plaza
(For registered participants)
(warm clothing recommended)
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
9:00 a.m.
Ceremony Recognizing the University's New and Most Loyal Supporters
In front of the Zalman Aranne Central Library
10:30 a.m.
Always in Our Hearts: A Tribute to Lottie Marcus and Edgar de Picciotto
11:00a.m.
Presentation of the University’s Achievements to the Board of Governors
W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
1:00 p.m.
Lunch: Meet the People Behind the Research
(For registered participants)
3:00 p.m.
Dedication of the Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Multidisciplinary Research
Laboratory Building
and
Inauguration of the Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Chair
in Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology
Incumbent, Ron Folman
In the presence of Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy, USA
Moderator: Dr. Sigal Abramovich, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology
4:15 p.m.
Celebration of the Keren Moshe Leadership Training Program's 20th Anniversary,
in Memory of the Late Michel Halpérin of Switzerland
in the presence of Esther and Lionel Halpérin, Switzerland
Moderator: Stav Barbi, student and coordinator in the Program
Guest Speaker: Benny Gantz, Former Chief of General Staff, IDF
Leadership From a Different Angle
W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
5:30 p.m.
Irene and Hyman Kreitman Annual Memorial Lecture
Pursuing Justice: Defending political Prisoners –
from Sharansky, to Mandela, to Badawi
Prof. Irwin Cotler, Former Canadian Minister of Justice
Moderator: Prof. David Newman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
7:30 p.m.
Conferment Ceremony of Honorary Doctoral Degrees upon
Prof. Irwin Cotler, Canada
Prof. Harvey V. Fineberg, USA
Prof. Valerie Mizrahi, South Africa
Ernest Scheller, Jr., USA
Prof. Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Mexico
Prof. Jeffrey D. Ullman, USA
Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium
Ceremony will be followed by a Reception in the Udi Garden
Warm clothing recommended
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
10:15 a.m.
Dedication of the Woodman-Scheller Israel Studies International Program
in the presence of Wayne Woodman & Lisa Scheller and Roberta & Ernest Scheller, Jr., USA
Moderator: Dr. Paula Kabalo, Director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute
for the Study of Israel and Zionism
George Evens Family Auditorium
11:00 a.m.
Overview of Research Activities at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Prof. Boris Zaltzman, BIDR Director and
Students and Supervisors, The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
Moderator: Dr. Nurit Agam, The French Associates Institute
for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands
George Evens Family Auditorium
12:00 noon
Tours of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism
1:30 p.m.
Negev Artists and Artisans Fair
Beresheet Hotel lobby
8:30 p.m.
Starry Night in Makhtesh Ramon: Wine, Music and Stargazing in the Desert
Mitzpe Ramon
(For registered participants)
Warm clothing recommended
Additional Events on and off campus
Sunday, June 5, 2016
4:30 p.m.
Tour of the Marcus Family Campus
Departure from the George Shrut Visitors Center, Samuel and Milada Ayrton University Center
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
7:00 a.m.
AABGU National Board Meeting
1:00 p.m.
Chairman's Council Meeting
Rotem Meeting Room, Zlotowski Student Administration Building
(For registered participants)
Thursday, June 9, 2016
12:00 noon
Optional Activities in Mitzpe Ramon and Surrounding Area
(Pre-registration and payment required):
Unique Workshops with Local Artisans
Lunch and Winetasting at a Desert Vineyard
3:30 p.m.
Departure towards Beer-Sheva, Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion Airport
Ongoing Art Exhibition:
"Guides: Field Guides in the Mirror of Contemporary Israeli Art"
Curated by Prof. Haim Maor and students of the Curatorship Course
in the Department of the Arts
George Shrut Visitors Center, Samuel and Milada Ayrton University Center,
Marcus Family Campus; and Trumpeldor Gallery, 19 Trumpeldor St., Old City, Beer-Sheva
Ongoing Art Exhibition:
"Objects in Transition,"
marking the launch of the BGU Project for Research and Education of Migrants'
Lives in Israel – MigLives.IL
Avraham Baron Art Gallery, Zalman Aranne Central Library, Marcus Family Campus
