2015 Board of Governors Meeting, June 12 – 16 Tentative Program as of May 7, 2015

(* Program, times and venues subject to change)

Friday, June 12

8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Pre-board All-Day Academic Committee Meeting Senate Chamber, 5th floor, Senate Building

8:00 pm

Erev Shabbat Dinner for overseas guests, with the participation of students who served in Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. Rondo Room, Dan Carmel Hotel

Saturday, June 13

11:00 am

Shabbat Science: Space Research at the Technion

Moderator: Mr. Gary Goldberg, Canada

Participants:

• Brig. Gen. (Res.) Haim Eshed, former director of the Space Division of the Israel Ministry of Defense and three-time laureate of the Israel Defense Prize;
• Prof. Pini Gurfil, head of the Asher Space Research Institute and of the Samson Nanosatellite Project;
• Asst. Prof. Hagai Perets, Faculty of Physics.

King Solomon Hall, Dan Carmel Hotel

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 (by invitation only).

Madatech – National Museum of Science Technology and Space, Daniel and Matilde Recanati Center Historic Technion Building. 25, Shmariyahu Levine St., Hadar Hacarmel, Haifa

Sunday, June 14

8:30 am

Opening Plenary. Auditorium 1, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

10:30 am

All are invited to: Meeting of the Physical Development Committee Presentation of “Technion 21C”, master plan for the Technion campus by Prof. Shamay Assif, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, and head of the Philip & Ethel Klutznick Center of Urban and Regional Studies Auditorium 1, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

12:00 noon

Dr. Qanta Ahmed Unveiled: Dialogue with Dr. Qanta Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York (Stony Brook); observant Muslim woman, vigorous critic of radical Islam, and staunch supporter of Israel. Dr. Ahmed will be interviewed by Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie. Auditorium Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

1:00 pm

Lunch for all Main dining hall, Forchheimer Faculty Center

2:15 – 3:45 pm

Academic Committee Meeting Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center (room # TBA)

2:15 – 3:45 pm

Finance Committee Meeting Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center (room # TBA)

4:00 pm

Lady Davis Event, in memory of the late Neri Bloomfield (by invitation only) Visitors Center

4:00 pm

Leonard Sherman Event (by invitation only) Forchheimer Faculty Center

7:00 pm

Festive Opening of the Board of Governors and Awarding of Honorary Fellowships Recipients:

• Dr. Qanta Ahmed, USA/UK
• Harry J.F. Bloomfield QC, Canada
• Dr. Amit Goffer, Israel
• Robert Hanisee, USA
• Avi Kerbs, Israel
• Rebecca Boukhris, Israel/France
• Sonia Marschak, USA
• Allen Prince, USA

Response on behalf of the recipients: Dr. Amit Goffer, Founder and President of ReWalk Robotics Ltd., and a Technion alumnus.

Entertainment: Opera Meets Jazz: Leonid Ptashka (piano), Gil Shochat (piano) and Daniella Lugassy (soprano)

Festive dinner reception following ceremony Churchill Auditorium

Monday, June 15

8:30 – 10:00 am

Unveiling of Signatures of Nobel Laureates at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Wall of Fame With the participation the 2013 Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry, Prof. Arieh Warshel and Prof. Michael Levitt

Prizes and Awards Ceremony:

• Cooper Award for Excellence in Research
• Uzi and Michal Halevy Innovative Applied Engineering Awards
• Hilda and Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Awards
• Diane Sherman Prize for Medical Innovations for a Better World
• Norman Seiden Prize for Academic Excellence
• Henry Taub Prizes for Academic Excellence

Guest Speaker: Prof. Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California, 2013 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, and Technion alumnus. Lecture: “From Kibbutz to Nobel”

Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

10:15 – 11:45 am

Public Relations Committee Meeting Main topic: Fundraising aspects of Technion’s diverse and expanding global academic collaborations.

Presentations by:

• Ed Satell, a Technion Guardian from Newton Square, Pennsylvania
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheper, President of the German Technion Society

Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

10:15 – 11:45 am

Student Affairs Committee Meeting

Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Salute to Bernard M. Gordon and the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Systems Engineering Lunch

Joseph and Edith Fischer Multipurpose Hall, Stanley Shalom Zielony Student Union Building, , Stanley Shalom Zielony Student Union Building

1:30 – 2:45 pm

Cinema Nobel: The Secret Handshake – A personal documentary look at the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry From the new documentary series “The Nobelists” on Israeli Nobel Prize winners, produced by YES Doco and Uri Rosenwaks*:  Screening of the movie (35 mins.; in Hebrew and English with English subtitles)

Panel discussion with:

• Prof. Michael Levitt, 2013 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
• Prof. Arieh Warshel, 2013 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
• Uri Rosenwaks, director and producer of the series “The Nobelists”.

(*Courtesy of YES Doco, The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, and The Avi Chai Foundation)

Heller Cinema, Stanley Shalom Zielony Student Union Building

1:45 – 3:00 pm

Steering Committee Meeting Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Waterloo and the Technion for the establishment of a Collaborative Quantum Communications Satellite Project Signing by: Prof. Feridun Hamdullahpur, President, University of Waterloo Prof. Peretz Lavie, President of the Technion Second Floor Conference Room, Senate Building

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Committee Chairmen’s Meeting Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

7:00 pm

Reception in Honor of the Recipients of Honorary Doctorates (by invitation only) Carl Alpert Technion Employees Center

8:00 pm

Honorary Doctorate Conferment Ceremony

Recipients:

• Sandy Hittman, USA
• Prof. Michael Levitt, USA/Israel
• Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, USA
• Joel S. Rothman, USA
• Prof. Arieh Warshel, USA/Israel
• Sanford I. Weill, USA
• Prof. Charles Weissmann, Switzerland

Response on behalf of the recipients: Prof. Michael Levitt, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2013 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry

Festive Dinner reception following ceremony Churchill Auditorium

Tuesday, June 16

9:00 am

Unveiling ceremony: Florette and Henri Avram Dormitory Building Joel S. and Jeri J. Rothman Apartment Stanley Shalom Zielony Graduate Student Village 5

10:00 am

Closing Plenary Dedications of facilities in the Zielony Graduate Student Village: Florette and Henri Avram Dormitory Building Joel S. and Jeri J. Rothman Apartment Auditorium 1, Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family Science and Technology Center

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch at Technion Venue TBA 1:00 pm Departure by bus from the Technion to Jerusalem 3:00 – 8:30 pm

Visit to the Israel Museum: Exhibition of the Technion Nano Bible: “And Then There Was Nano” Exhibit and video generously supported by Joan and Arnold Seidel and Family, Beverly Hills, CA.

Presentations about the exhibition:

• Prof. Uri Sivan, Bertoldo Badler Chair in Physics and founding director of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute;
• Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Lizbeth and George Krupp Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book, The Israel Museum

Guided tours of the exhibition and museum

Entertainment program: Lior Suchard – Super Mentalist

Festive closing dinner The Israel Museum, Derech Ruppin 11, Jerusalem.