BOG 2016 Program
Friday, June 3 |
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| 8:15 am – 4:30 pm | Pre-Board Academic Committee Meeting Senate Chamber, 5th floor, Senate Building |
| 8:30 am – 2:00 pm | Technion Societies Get Together (by invitation only) Strategic Discussion of the Technion Campaign |
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8:00 pm |
Erev Shabbat Dinner for Overseas Guests with the King David Hall, Dan Carmel Hotel |
Saturday, June 4 |
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| 10:00 am | Shabbat Science: Women at Technion King Solomon Hall, Dan Carmel Hotel Moderator: Prof. Ayellet Tal, Viterbi Faculty of Electrical EngineeringParticipants:
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| 9:00 pm | Reception Hosted by the President of the Technion, Prof. Peretz Lavie and Dr. Lena Lavie, in honor of the Members of the Board of Governors and a Tribute to Professor Emeritus Moussa B.H. Youdim and Professor Emeritus John P.M Finberg – Pioneers of the Parkinson’s Drug Azilect®(by invitation only) Bikta BaYa’ar, Kibbutz Beit Oren Open-air event, please dress accordingly |
Sunday, June 5 |
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| 8:15 am | Carol B. Epstein Kindergarten Classroom/Playground Dedication Stanley Shalom Zielony Graduate Student Village |
| 9:00 am | Opening Plenary Auditorium 1, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 10:45 am | BizTEC Fair: Presentations by BizTEC Start-Ups under the auspices of the Bronica Entrepreneurship Center Auditorium 1, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 12:30 pm | Harvey Prize Ceremony Jay Kogan Advanced Technology Conference Center, 2nd floor, Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering Recipients: • Prof. Immanuel Bloch, Germany • Prof. Marc W. Kirschner, USALunch reception following ceremony Joseph and Edith Fischer Multi-Purpose Hall, 3rd floor, Stanley Shalom Zielony Student Union Building |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Academic Committee Meeting Room 013, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Physical Development Committee Meeting Room 337, 3rd floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 4:00 pm | Leonard Sherman Fellows Event (by invitation only) Forchheimer Faculty Center |
| 4:00 pm | Plaque Unveiling Ceremony – Exercise Area in Memory of Avraham Kaplan, Technion Canada Adjacent to the Stanley Shalom Zielony Student Union Building |
| 7:00 pm | Festive Opening of the Board of Governors and Awarding of Honorary Fellowships Churchill Auditorium Recipients: • Dr. George J. Elbaum, USA • Rita Emerson, USA • Robert Hanisee, USA • Zeev Holtzman, Israel • Eyal Kaplan, Israel • Stephen B. Klein, USA • Dr. Shlomo Markel, Israel • Julia Ruch and Joshua Ruch, USASpecial Performance by David D’Or Dinner reception following ceremony |
Monday, June 6 |
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| 08:15 – 09:00 am | Leesa Steinberg Control Room in the Wind Tunnel Complex, Plaque Unveiling Ceremony – Technion Canada Faculty of Aerospace Engineering |
| 9:15 – 10:45 am | Awards Ceremony: Shirley and Manny Ravet Auditorium, ground floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building • Inauguration of the Ruth and Robert Magid Family Fund for Applied Research • Cooper Awards for Excellence in Research • Uzi and Michal Halevy Innovative Applied Engineering Award and Research Grants • Hilda and Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Awards • Diane Sherman Prizes for Medical Innovations for a Better World • Norman Seiden Prize for Academic Excellence • Henry Taub Prizes for Academic ExcellenceGuest Speaker: Haim Shani, Former Director General of the Israeli Finance Ministry “New Opportunities for the Israeli High-Tech Industry” |
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Innovation Panel Discussion Shirley and Manny Ravet Auditorium, ground floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building Moderator: Mooly Eden, Senior Consultant to Bank Hapoalim Former Senior VP of Intel Corporation and President of Intel Israel Participants: • Dov Moran, entrepreneur, inventor and investor Former CEO and founder of M-Systems • Eyal Waldman, President and CEO of Mellanox Technologies • Dr. Orna Berry, Corporate VP of Innovation, EMC Centers of Excellence and R&D Centers Former Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch for All Main Entrance Foyer, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Student Affairs Committee Meeting Faculty Council Room, room 217, 2nd floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building |
| 1:15 – 2:00 pm | Classroom Dedication – Mexican Technion Society Project Room 508, 5th floor, Yitzhak Rabin Building Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2:15– 3:45 pm | Public Relations Committee Meeting Andrew Davidovits Auditorium, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building |
| 2:15– 3:45 pm | Finance Committee Meeting Faculty Council Room, room 217, 2nd floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building |
| 3:45– 4:45 pm | Steering Committee Meeting Faculty Council Room, room 217, 2nd floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building |
| 7:00 pm | Cocktail Reception in Honor of the Honorary Doctorate Recipients (by invitation only) Carl Alpert Technion Employees Center |
| 8:00 pm | Honorary Doctorate Conferment Ceremony Churchill Auditorium Recipients:
Festive Dinner reception following ceremony |
Tuesday, June 7 |
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| 8:30 am – 12:30 pm | Site Visit to Rafael – Leshem Campus |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch at Ohel Yael Opposite ancient Tel Yodfat |
| 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Adelis Foundation Brain Research Award Ceremony Shirley and Manny Ravet Auditorium, ground floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building Guest Speaker: Prof. Samuel Weiss, University of Calgary, Canada “Adult Neural Stem Cells: From Basic Science to Therapeutic Applications” |
| 7:30 pm | ATS 75th Anniversary Celebration Event Samuel and Bessie Farkas Courtyard, 1st floor, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Mechanical Engineering Building Open-air event, please dress accordingly |
Wednesday, June 8 |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Inauguration of the Chil and Berta Weissmann Chair in Precision Medicine Auditorium 1, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 noon | Closing Plenary Auditorium 1, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Yitzhak Modai Annual Lecture on Technology and Economics Auditorium 1, ground floor, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center, Faculty of Computer Science Guest Speaker: Ambassador Dennis B. Ross “Where’s the Middle East Headed?” |
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Lunch for All |