Sunday, May 13, 2012
6:30 p.m.              Dedication of the Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr. Family Foundation
                                  Entrance Plaza
                            in the presence of Roberta and Ernest Scheller, Jr., USA
                            Diane and Guilford Glazer Building
 
 
Monday, May 14, 2012                  
 
9:00 a.m.                Finance Committee Meeting
                             Chairpersons: Eric Charles, UK; Micha Dapht, Israel
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
 
10:30 a.m.              Opening Plenary Session of the 42nd Annual Board of Governors Meeting
                             Guest of Honor: Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Jewish Agency
                             Addresses:
                             Roy J. Zuckerberg, Outgoing Chairman of the Board of Governors
                             Prof. Rivka Carmi, President
                             Prof. Zvi HaCohen, Rector
                             Greetings: Ruvik Danilovich, Mayor of Beer-Sheva
                             Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium
 
12:30 p.m.              Panel Discussion: The Arab Spring – Interim Report 
                            Chair: Dr. Iris Agmon, Department of Middle East Studies
                            Participants:
                            Dr. Ronen Bergman, journalist at Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper
                            Prof. Yoram Meital, Director, Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies
                            and Diplomacy, BGU
                            Prof. Haggai Ram, Department of Middle East Studies
                            Dr. Walid Salem, Director of Panorama – Center for Dissemination 
                            of Democracy and Community Development
                            Professor Emeritus Emmanuel Sivan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
                            Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt Auditorium
 
 
4:00 p.m.                Lecture by The Baroness Deech, D.B.E., Chair, Bar Standards Board, UK
                             Restoring our History: Poland and Jewish Property
                             Moderator: Harold Paisner, President, Ben-Gurion University Foundation, UK
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
                            
5:00 p.m.                Inauguration of the Toby Mower Presidential Development Chairs in
                                    Addiction Prevention and Treatment
                             Incumbents: Miriyam Farkash and Dr. Orli Grinstein-Cohen, 
                             Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions
                             in the presence of Toby and Dr. Morton Mower, USA
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
 
6:00 p.m.                Welcome ceremony for new members of the Ben-Gurion Society 
                                    and recognition of the University's most loyal supporters
                             Plaza adjacent to the Ben-Gurion Wall
 
 
 
 
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
 
9:00 a.m.                Annual Zlotowski Event
                             in the presence of Suzanne Zlotowski, UK, and Adelene Zlotowski, Israel
                             Presentation of the Zlotowski Admission Awards for Outstanding Students
                             Recognition of brain research at BGU upon dedication of the 3T MRI scanner
                             Panel Discussion: Looking Into the Brain
                             Participants:
                             Dr. Galia Avidan, Department of Psychology
                             Dr. Ilan Dinstein, Department of Psychology
                             Prof. Avishai Henik, Department of Psychology
                             Dr. Ronen Segev, Department of Life Sciences
                             Dr. Ilan Shelef, Department of Radiology
                             Moderator: Prof. Alon Friedman, Director, Zlotowski Center for Neurosciences
                             in the presence of Suzanne Zlotowski, UK, and Adelene Zlotowski, Israel
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
                     
11:00 a.m.              Presentation of the University’s Year in Review to the Board of Governors 
                                    with a focus on its energy initiative
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
 
1:00 p.m.                Lunch for Board members with President Rivka Carmi
                             (by invitation only)
 
3:00 p.m.                Lecture by Dr. Debrework Zewdie, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program 
                             for the World Bank
                             Global Solidarity: The Fight Against AIDS
                                     Moderator: Prof. Mark Clarfield, Director, Medical School for International Health
                              in collaboration with Columbia University Medical Center
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
 
4:00 p.m.                Irene and Hyman Kreitman Annual Memorial Lecture
                             The Impact of the Eichmann Trial: A Perspective After Fifty Years
                             by Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish 
                             and Holocaust Studies, Emory University, USA
                             Moderator: Professor Emeritus Shimon Glick, BGU
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall

5:30 p.m.                Lecture by Supreme Court President (Emeritus) Dorit Beinisch 
                                    Moderator: Prof. Ayala Malach-Pines, Dean, 
                             Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
                             (* The lecture is in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation to English)
 
7:30 p.m.                Conferment of Honorary Doctoral Degrees
                             Recipients: Justice Dorit Beinsich, Israel;
                             Prof. Howard (Haim) Cedar, Israel; The Baroness Deech, D.B.E., UK;
                             Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, USA; Prof. Jesse Roth, USA;
                             Dr. Debrework Zewdie, Ethiopia     
                             Kreitman Plaza
                             The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Udi Garden
 
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
 
9:00 a.m.                Panel Discussion: The Negev Is Now – Developing the Desert
                             Guest of Honor: M.K. Prof. Avishay Braverman
                             Participants: Major General Orna Barbivai, Head of the IDF Personnel 
                             Directorate; Prof. Zvi HaCohen, BGU Rector; Orna Hozman-Bechor, 
                             Director-General, Ministry for Development of the Negev and the Galilee; 
                             Shmuel Rifman, Mayor, Ramat Hanegev Regional Council
                             Moderator: Danny Kushmaro, TV Reporter, Channel 2
                             W.A. Minkoff Senate Hall
 
11:30 a.m.              Overview of research activities at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes
                                    for Desert Research
                             by Prof. Pedro Berliner, Institutes Director
                             Presentation: Desert Architecture and the Built Environment
                             by Prof. David Pearlmutter and Dr. Aviva Peeters, Swiss Institute for Dryland
                             Environmental and Energy Research
                             George Evens Family Auditorium, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research

                                     The presentation will be followed by a tour of The Desalination
                                     and Water Treatment Pilot Plant
                              with Prof. Yoram Oren and Dr. Moshe Herzberg, Zuckerberg Institute 
                              for Water Research 
8:30 p.m.                Gala Evening in honor of outgoing Chairman of the Board Roy J. Zuckerberg
                             (by invitation only)