Highlight Event by MOST

Festive Events in the framework of the German-Israeli Year of Science and Technology 2008
FROM BASIC TO APPLIED RESEARCH
16-17 November 2008

 

Sunday 16.11.08

Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Yemin Moshe Quarter, Jerusalem 19:00 - 19:05   Welcome address
Mr. Galeb Majadle, Minister of Science, Culture and Sport, MOST, Israel
19:05 - 19:10   Opening address
Dr. Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and Research, BMBF, Germany. 19:15 - 19:45  Keynote speech
Nobel Laureate Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Technion, Haifa: "The Importance of Collaboration as a Catalyst of Scientific Achievements."*
 
19:45 - 20:00   Musical interlude. 20:00-20:30  Awarding of Federal Crosses of Merit by Dr. Annette Shavan, BMBF, Federal Minister of Education and Research
 
20:30 - 22:00  Festive Dinner hosted by Mr. Galeb Majadle, Minister of
Science Culture and Sport, MOST, Israel    
*Tentative Title

 

Monday 17.11.08

Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Yemin Moshe Quarter, Jerusalem 09:00 - 09:10   Welcome Address
Mr. Galeb Majadle, Minister of Science, Culture and Sport, MOST, Israel. 09:10 - 09:30  Key Note Address
Dr. Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and 
Research, BMBF, Germany.
09:30 - 09:40  Followed by:
- Awarding of the ARCHES Price
- Announcement of new Minerva Cross Cultural Center 09:40 - 09:50  Address by Prof. Menachem Yaari, President of the Israel Academy of Sciences. 09:50 - 10:00 Address by Prof. Oded Abramsky, Chairman, National Council for Research and Development.
 
10:00 - 10:15  Musical interlude. 10:15 - 10:30   Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:20  German-Israeli cooperation projects in the Social Sciences and Humanities
10:30 - 10:50  Prof. Zohar Shavit, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University: "Haskalah corner Herzl Street"
10:50 - 11:10 Prof. Gerhard Wolf, Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz, Institute of Art History Florence / Max Planck Institute *
11:10 - 11:20  Discussion 11:20 - 12:50 German-Israeli cooperation projects in the Exact Sciences and Technology
11:20 - 11:40 Prof. Nir Davidson, Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot: "Many body excitations in Bose Einstein condensation".
*Title to be followed
11:40 - 12:00 Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel-Aviv University: "The Dead Sea fault: a unique global site"
12:00 - 12:20  Prof. Joachim Wagner, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid- State Physics: "Infrared semiconductor lasers: from basic research to applications"
12:20 - 12:40 Prof. Klaus Beheng, Institute for Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe: "Numerical Studies on the importance of aerosol effects to the precipitation dynamics of clouds in the Israeli coastal region"
12:40 - 12:50   Discussion
14:00 - 15:30  German-Israeli cooperation projects in the Life Sciences and Medicine
14:00 - 14:20  Prof. Gal Richter-Levin, Haifa University *
14:20 - 14:40  Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Bar - Ilan University *
14:40 - 15:00  PD Dr. Philipp Beckhove, DKFZ: "Human heparanase - a
  promising target for the development of therapeutic strategies
  in cancer"
15:00 - 15:20 Dr. Michael R. Kreutz, Department of Neurochemistry, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology: "Maintaining memories among biological constrains"
15:20 - 15:30   Discussion
15:30 - 15:45   Coffee Break
15:45 - 18:00 Round Table Discussion: Academy-Industry Relations in Germany and Israel - Targets and Orientation. Chairperson: Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President, Open University.
 
18:00 -    End of Conference
In Parallel:
15:00 -  Opening of the 29th GIF Meeting on Migration supported by DFG at Kibutz Tsuba Guesthouse -
  17-20 November 2008
"Understanding Contemporary Migration: Challenges to Society" at Kibbutz Tsuba, supported by the DFG, welcome of participants by State Secretary Thomas Rachel, BMBF
(Please see page 11 for complete program)
19:00 -  Informal dinner at Mount Zion Hotel