BOG26_PROG

PROGRAM

WELCOME

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CONTACT PEOPLE

YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION LIAISONS ARE AT YOUR SERVICE: Australia and Canada

Anat Yitzhaki

anatyk@tauex.tau.ac.il

French Speaking Countries, Italy and UK

Ilana Papo

ilanapen@tauex.tau.ac.il

German Speaking Countries and the Netherlands

Ilanit Kessel

ilanitk@tauex.tau.ac.il

Israeli Friends of Tel Aviv University

Tomer Spector

yedidim@tauex.tau.ac.il

Latin America, Spain and Portugal

Marianne Cucher Feller cucher@tauex.tau.ac.il

Russian Speaking Countries

Haim Ben Yakov

haimby@tauex.tau.ac.il

Pacific

Eliann Bar

eliann@tauex.tau.ac.il

US

Dahna Varona

dahnav@tauex.tau.ac.il

Director of Community Relations and Special Projects

Tamar Peer

tamarpeer@tauex.tau.ac.il

Board of Governors Liaison

Anat Nevo

anatne@tauex.tau.ac.il

Board of Governors Coordinator

Alona Eshel Biran

alona1971@tauex.tau.ac.il

Board of Governors Hospitality Desk on campus Laura Schwarz-Kipp Rotunda George S. Wise Senate Building Tel: TBD

Board of Governors Hospitality Desk at the Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel Official hotel of the 2026 Board of Governors 205 Hayarkon St., Independence Park, Tel Aviv 6340506 Tel: TBD 5

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIA AND MILE PINKAS ACCESSIBLE LEARNING CENTER: EMPOWERING SUCCESS, OVERCOMING CHALLENGES ELIAS SOURASKY CENTRAL LIBRARY, MAIN FLOOR. BY INVITATION ONLY

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PLAQUE UNVEILING CEREMONY FOR THE WAVERMAN-KLEIN PROGRAM FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MEMORY OF SOLOMON WAVERMAN AND HELEN ROTH TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER (LOCATED BETWEEN THE GILMAN HUMANITIES BUILDING AND THE LOWY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE)

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM MINDUCATE: ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING CELEBRATING THE GENEROUS FIVE-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE DR. GARRY RAYANT AND DR. KATHY FIELDS-RAYANT MINDUCATE LEARNING INNOVATION RESEARCH FUND ROOM 008, 2ND FLOOR, THE NEW BUCHMANN BUILDING, BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

IMPROVING LIFE THROUGH SCIENCE: THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ARGENTINEAN FRIENDS OF TAU AND THE GEORGE S. WISE FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES GEORGE S. WISE FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES, TBD

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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

INAUGURATION OF THE JULIETTE AND RAOUL DANON AUDITORIUM AND LAUNCH OF THE JULIETTE AND RAOUL DANON PROGRAM FOR URBAN DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP THE NEW BUCHMANN BUILDING, BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

NEW BOG MEET AND GREET HOSTED BY: MS. DAFNA MEITAR NECHMAD, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS By invitation only

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 9:00 AM

FESTIVE OPENING EVENT – CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY IN HONOR OF THE UNIVERSITY’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY, A BOARD OF GOVERNOR'S GROVE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND EACH ASSOCIATION WILL PLANT A TREE AS A SYMBOL OF OUR STRONG FOUNDATIONS AND OUR SHARED PATH FORWARD MEETING POINT: ENTRANCE TO THE BOB SHAPELL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, NEXT TO GATE 17

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM FINANCE COMMITTEE YEHIEL BEN-ZVI PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE ROOM, ROOM 308 GUTTMANN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM STUDENTS COMMITTEE EITAN BERGLAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS BUILDING, ROOM 101

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM FUNDS AND TRUSTS COMMITTEE YEHIEL BEN-ZVI PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE ROOM, ROOM 308 GUTTMANN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM EQUITY AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE EITAN BERGLAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS BUILDING, ROOM 101

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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

CAMPUS AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE GUTTMANN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE YEHIEL BEN-ZVI PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE ROOM, ROOM 308 GUTTMANN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MAX PERLMAN CENTER FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS COLLER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, TBD

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM

LEADERSHIP MEETING – FRIENDS ASSOCIATION LEADERS By invitation only

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

AWARDING OF THE SERGIO GRYWAC ANNUAL PRIZE FOR JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL GERSHON H. GORDON FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, PERETZ NAFTALI BUILDING, ROOM 021

7:00 PM

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE DINNER By invitation only

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 9:00 AM

GOOD MORNING GATHERING LAURA SCHWARZ-KIPP ROTUNDA, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

9:30 AM

OPENING PLENARY CHAIR: MS. DAFNA MEITAR NECHMAD, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WE REMEMBER WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WELCOMING NEW GOVERNORS OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CAMPAIGN CHAIR DR. ANITA FRIEDMAN RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

10:15 AM

BREAK

10:45 AM

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY PROF. ARIEL PORAT, PRESIDENT OPEN DISCUSSION RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

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11:45 AM

LAB TOURS: SEE OUR RESEARCH UP CLOSE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE LABORATORIES AND SEE CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE IN ACTION * Please bring comfortable shoes for walking around campus DEPARTURE FROM THE GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

1:45 PM

LUNCH SARITA AND NOEL WERTHEIN SENATE PLAZA, ADJACENT TO THE GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

3:00 PM

70 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF YEHIEL BEN-ZVI HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST PIONEERING AND HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH BEING PURSUED ON CAMPUS RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

4:15 PM

INAUGURATION OF THE SYLVAN ADAMS SPORTS SCIENCES BUILDING SYLVAN ADAMS SPORTS SCIENCES BUILDING

4:30 PM

ANNUAL FRENCH FRIENDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDING CEREMONY THE DAN DAVID BUILDING, ROOM 003

5:30 PM

INAUGURATION OF THE ENRICO MACIAS FUND FOR THE SUPPORT OF TRAUMA VICTIMS THE DAN DAVID BUILDING, ROOM 003

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5:30 PM

ANNUAL IRWIN COTLER INSTITUTE DEMOCRACY FORUM RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

7:00 PM

FREE EVENING – LOCAL FRIENDS ASSOCIATIONS GATHERING

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 8:30 AM

GOOD MORNING GATHERING LAURA SCHWARZ-KIPP ROTUNDA, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

9:00 AM

CAMPUS TOUR: SECRETS BEHIND CAMPUS ART & ARCHITECTURE JOIN US FOR A STORYTELLING TOUR OF THE BUILDINGS AND SCULPTURES ACROSS CAMPUS AND LEARN ABOUT BOTH TAU’S PAST AND ITS VISION FOR THE FUTURE STARTING AT THE RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING * The tour will be conducted primarily by golf cart, with some walking included. Please wear comfortable shoes.

12:00 PM

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12:30 PM

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: STUDENT STORIES THREE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS WILL BE RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY TO ENABLE YOU TO HAVE UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL TALKS WITH THE STUDENTS DAN DAVID BUILDING – AUSTRIA FLOOR (2ND FLOOR): ROOM 202 | ROOM 209 | ROOM 212

1:30 PM

LUNCH SARITA AND NOEL WERTHEIN SENATE PLAZA, ADJACENT TO THE GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

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2:45 PM

INAUGURATION OF THE “OPEN MEMORY SPACE” A PLACE FOR REFLECTION, REMEMBRANCE, AND COMMUNITY, DEDICATED TO HONORING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACK AND THE WARS THAT FOLLOWED THE OPEN MEMORY SPACE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GRAY FOUNDATION THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AS PART OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY’S ANNUAL OCTOBER 7 MEMORIAL EVENT THE MEMORIAL SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE ISAAC AND ROSA GILMAN BUILDING AND THE LEON RECANATI BUILDING, CLOSE TO THE MAIN CAMPUS LAWN https://maps.app.goo.gl/6WmYCwxQU8xVh6WV6

4:00 PM

INAUGURATION OF THE NEW HOME OF THE LOWY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SHIRLEY LOWY THE LOWY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BUILDING

4:00 PM

THE MICHEL GELRUBIN PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE 2026 AWARD CEREMONY ROOM 003, DAN DAVID BUILDING

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5:15 PM

UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE IN HONOR OF HUBERT AND GINA HEILBRONN AT THE WIENER LIBRARY AND INAUGURATION OF THE ANNUAL HUBERT AND GINA HEILBRONN WORKSHOP FOR THE STUDY OF NAZISM AND ANTISEMITISM WIENER LIBRARY, WIENER–GRUSS BUILDING

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HONORARY DEGREES CONFERMENT CEREMONY 2026 7:30 PM

RECEPTION KUKY AND SERGIO GROSSKOPF FAMILY FOYER

8:30 PM

CEREMONY MIRIAM AND ADOLFO SMOLARZ AUDITORIUM

LAUREATES GEORGE S. WISE MEDAL MR. STEVEN CHARLES WITKOFF, USA US Special Envoy for Peace Missions; founder of the Witkoff Group

HONORARY DOCTORATE PROF. JOANNA AIZENBERG, USA Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University MS. NINA AVIDAR WEINER, ISRAEL Co-founder and Chairperson Emerita of ISEF – Israel Scholarship Education Foundation MS. MINDY GRAY & MR. JON GRAY, USA Philanthropists and founders of the Gray Foundation 28

PROF. MICHAL LIPSON, USA/ISRAEL Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University MR. ENRICO MACIAS, FRANCE Singer, songwriter and musician MS. JEANETTE LERMAN-NEUBAUER & MR. JOSEPH NEUBAUER, USA Philanthropists and founders of the Neubauer Family Foundation MS. RACHEL SHAPIRA, ISRAEL Songwriter & poet MS. EINAV ZANGAUKER, ISRAEL Mother of a returned hostage & activist with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum 29

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 8:30 AM

GOOD MORNING GATHERING LAURA SCHWARZ-KIPP ROTUNDA, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

9:00 AM

AWARDING OF THE 2026 HUGO RAMNICEANU PRIZE IN ECONOMICS PRIZE RECIPIENTS: FOUNDERS WHO HAVE LED THRIVING, RESILIENT BUSINESSES ALONGSIDE THEIR RESERVE DUTY STUDYWISE – GUY ARONSON, ORI NURIELI & CHEN BERGER A GROUNDBREAKING EDTECH STARTUP FOUNDED DURING THE WAR BY THESE THREE ACTIVE RESERVE OFFICERS WHOSE AI-DRIVEN PLATFORM STREAMLINES LEARNING AND EXAM GRADING, REDUCES TEACHERS’ WORKLOAD, AND IMPROVES STUDENT OUTCOMES. BASE44 – MAOR SHLOMO A BREAKTHROUGH PLATFORM DEVELOPED BY THIS RESERVIST AND ENTREPRENEUR, WHICH GIVES SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES EASY ACCESS TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY, AND DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION IN ISRAEL RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

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10:15 AM

GANDEL FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MR. STEVE WITKOFF JOIN US FOR A RARE, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH THE RENOWNED US SPECIAL ENVOY WHO WILL SHARE HIS INSIGHTS ON THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES CURRENTLY FACING ISRAEL AND THE REGION RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

11:15 AM

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11:45 AM

LEADING THE FUTURE: WOMEN SHAPING TOMORROW RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

12:45 PM

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1:15 PM

SECOND PLENARY CHAIR: MS. DAFNA MEITAR NECHMAD, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS STATE OF THE STUDENT UNION MS. GAL SCHOENWETTER, CHAIRPERSON OF THE STUDENT UNION COMMITTEE REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS RAYA AND JOSEF JAGLOM AUDITORIUM, GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

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1:45 PM

KADAR FAMILY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH CELEBRATING TWELVE YEARS OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTATIONS BY THE 2026 AWARD RECIPIENTS CHAIR: PROF. DAN PEER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 2026 AWARD RECIPIENTS: PROF. AVRAHAM TABBACH, BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW PROF. CARMIT LEVY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY, GRAY FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES DR. ELLA KAREV, JACOB M. ALKOW DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CULTURES, LESTER AND SALLY ENTIN FACULTY OF HUMANITIES PROF. MOSHE BEN SHALOM, SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, RAYMOND & BEVERLY SACKLER FACULTY OF EXACT SCIENCES

2:30 PM

LUNCH SARITA AND NOEL WERTHEIN SENATE PLAZA, ADJACENT TO THE GEORGE S. WISE SENATE BUILDING

7:30 PM

BOG FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER ENJOY FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER WITH YOUR FELLOW GOVERNORS TRANSPORTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE HILTON HOTEL

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 8:00 PM

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY AT 70: CELEBRATING NATION-SHAPING EXCELLENCE AND RECOGNIZING MAJOR BENEFACTORS BESTOWAL OF THE TAU 70TH ANNIVERSARY DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD FOLLOWING THE AWARD CEREMONY, JOIN US FOR A GROOVY 70s-THEMED PARTY CELEBRATING THE UNIVERSITY’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY! EXPECT GREAT MUSIC, RETRO VIBES, AND A DANCE FLOOR READY FOR YOUR BEST VINTAGE MOVES! COME DRESSED IN YOUR BEST ’70S LOOK WITH THE ACCESSORIES TO MATCH THE SAM MALLAH PALM TREE GARDEN (LOCATED BETWEEN CYMBALISTA JEWISH HERITAGE CENTER AND SHENKAR PHYSICS BUILDING) * Please bring comfortable shoes

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 8:00 AM

POST-BOG TRIP AS PART OF THE TOUR, WE WILL VISIT A CLASSIFIED MILITARY UNIT, WHERE WE WILL GAIN INSIGHT INTO ITS OPERATIONS AND MEET THE SOLDIERS WHO SERVE THERE. MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE REMAINDER OF THE TOUR WILL BE SHARED SOON The tour is intended for Governors only. Space is limited, and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

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NOTE: ALL INFORMATION IN THIS ITINERARY IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, BUT CHANGES CAN AND DO OCCUR. THIS MAY BE DUE TO OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS SUCH AS SCHEDULE CHANGES, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, OR AVAILABILITY. 39

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