Invitations

Shabbat Home Hospitality
Friday, May 15
Israeli TAU Board members and friends welcome you to celebrate Shabbat dinner at their homes

Festive Concert - All-Beethoven Program
Saturday, May 16
Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium
The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Zeev Dorman
Soloists: Hadar Rimon -Violin, Oded Hadar -Cello, Asaf Kleinman -Piano
Program:
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 56
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Soloists were selected by Maestro Zubin Mehta.

Dan David Prize
Sunday, May 17
Three prizes of US$ 1 million each are annually awarded for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world. Each year fields are chosen within the three Time Dimensions - Past, Present and Future.

The 2009 Dan David Prize laureates, in the Past, Present and Future Time Dimensions, are:

Past - sharing the prize in the field of "Astrophysics - History of the Universe":

  • Paolo de Bernardis (University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy), Andrew Lange (Caltech, USA) and Paul Richards (UC Berkeley, USA) are awarded the 2009 Dan David Prize for their discoveries concerning the geometry and composition of our Universe with the BOOMERanG and MAXIMA experiments. The publication of their data in 2000 provided the first undisputed evidence that the Universe has a flat geometry.

Present - in the field of "Leadership":

  • Tony Blair (former Prime Minister of Great Britain) for his exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict

Future -in the field of "Global Public Health":

  • Robert C. Gallo (Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA) for his research of the HIV and T cell leukaemia viruses and especially for the development of a robust, simple blood test to detect the HIV virus, the importance of which for the epidemiology of this huge pandemic cannot be overestimated.

To Dan David site

Honorary Degrees Conferment Ceremony
Monday, May 18

Encounter with TAU Researchers
Monday, May 18

  • Presentation of Ramot at Tel Aviv University: Innovation and Excellence in Technology Transfer

    Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd. manages all activities relating to the patenting and commercialization of inventions and discoveries made by faculty, students and other researchers of TAU. Ramot provides a dynamic interface connecting local and international industry to leading edge science and innovation, creating new business opportunities in a wide variety of emerging markets.

  • Lab Tour: Research in Its Natural Habitat

    Following the great success of the Lab Tour at past Board meetings, this event offers you an inside view of the research being conducted at some of our leading laboratories presented by the researchers themselves.

  • Young Faculty Recruits: Meeting TAU's Newest Rising Stars

    TAU has set itself the goal of recruiting 30 new young faculty members each year for the next five years at a cost of $3.6 million per year. This event will enable you to meet some of our most recent recruits as they embark on promising research careers across the campus.


Gandel Forum
Tuesday,May 19
Acclaimed annual briefing on the current Middle East situation
by experts from Tel Aviv University and the Israeli political scene

Plenary Sessions
"Branding TAU" - Amos Shapira, President, Israeli Friends of TAU
Ehud Or, Vice Director-General for Strategic Planning and Marketing
Sunday, May 17

"TAU Goes Global"
A presentation of TAU international programs and a discussion on future goals of internationally-oriented programs
Chaired by Prof. Raanan Rein
Tuesday, May 19

Tel Aviv 100 -Tours

  • Tel Aviv Tour: A Tel Aviv Shabbat
    Saturday, May 16, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Walking tour of Tel Aviv. Sites will include the Tel Aviv coastline; the home of Haim Nachman Bialik, the national poet of the Jewish people; Neve Tzedek; and some of the city's most impressive Bauhaus buildings.
    Departure from the Hilton Hotel, Independence Park, Tel Aviv
    Pre-registration required

  • Tel Aviv Research Zoo at TAU
    Sunday, May 17, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Tel Aviv boasts one of the world's most unique zoological research, conservation and teaching facilities - and it's right here at Tel Aviv University. The I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research houses the largest collection of Israeli indigenous wildlife, several conservation projects and a wide variety of educational programs. We will be introduced to the animals and hear about the zoo's tremendous impact on science and the environment. Please wear comfortable shoes.

  • Tel Aviv Is for Lovers - no more places available
    Tuesday, May 19, 2 p.m.- 5 p.m.
    We will spend the afternoon hearing some of the love stories of Tel Aviv - those that stand alone and those that are intertwined with key moments in Tel Aviv's first hundred years. We will be introduced to some of Tel Aviv's most famous characters as well as to the love between the early pioneers who helped create the first Hebrew city and the land they embraced. Sites include the Reuven Rubin Museum, the Trumpeldor Street cemetery and Matzitzim Beach. The day will end at the Namal, Tel Aviv's old port. Please wear comfortable shoes.

  • The Tel Aviv Identity - no more places available
    Wednesday, May 20, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    How does the identity of a city and its inhabitants develop? Is it the result of official decisions or does identity have a life of its own beyond the reach of formal nation building? We will walk along Rothschild Boulevard, Ahad Ha'am Street, Shenkin Street and Bialik Street to unravel just how the identity of a society comes into being. The day will end at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Neve Tzedek. Please wear comfortable shoes.

  • Bird Watching in Tel Aviv - no more places available
    Wednesday, May 20, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    On the occasion of Tel Aviv's 100th anniversary, the Tel Aviv Municipality has agreed to develop a bird study site called Rosh Zipor ("the head of the bird") near the Yarkon River. We will visit the site and see how scientists band birds for tracking. We will also visit the old Beit Schiff building, which has been restored and turned into a museum with the support of Bank Discount, and hear the story of how the swift - the symbol of Tel Aviv - nests in the city's old buildings.