Research, Innovation and Global Policy
BMI’s 7th Annual Conference,
Tel-Aviv University, May 11th-12th, 2022
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
14:00 | The Garden Suite, Naftali Building
Opening Remarks
Prof. Itai Sened, Dean, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of BMI
15:45-17:00 | The Garden Suite, Naftali Building
BMI on the biggest challenge facing the globe – Part 1: No More War?
Moderator: Prof. Itai Sened, Dean of the G.H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences at TAU
Participants:
Prof. Miranda Schreurs, Professor of Environment and Climate Policy, School of Governance, Technical University of Munich
The European Energy Crisis Following the war in Ukraine
Mr. Seppo Remes, Co-Founder and Chairman of EOS Russia
Sanctions – who and what do they serve?
B, David R. Francis, Distinguished Professor and Director Emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University in St. Louis
Collective Memory in Eastern Europe
https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/82003191459
Thursday, May 12th, 2022
11:00-12:30 | Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building
BMI on the biggest challenge facing the globe – Part 2: No More War?
Moderator: Dr. Nimrod Rosler, Head of the INTL program of Conflict Resolution and Mediation, TAU
Participants:
Dr. Igor Lukšić, Associate Professor, UDG University, and Former Prime Minister of Montenegro
Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Former Ambassador of Israel in the USA and former TAU President
Prof. Shlomo Ben Ami, Co-founder & VP of the Toledo International Centre for Peace, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Minister of Internal Security of Israel
Prof. Evyatar Matanya, Head of Tel Aviv University's MA program in Security Studies, founder and former Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate
Q & A
https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/82003191459
14:00-15:00 | Yaakov Efter Hall (001), Naftali Building – ground floor
Address of BMI Founder and President: Dr. Boris Mints (15 min.)
mRNA technology and its impact on sustainable future
Prof. Katalin Karikó, Senior Vice President RNA Protein Replacement Therapies, BioNTech
Presented by: Inbal Hazan – Halevy, Ph.D., Manager of the Laboratory of Precision Nano-Medicine at TAU
16:15 –17:30 | Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building
BMI Research Symposium – Part 1: The Global Challenge of Water Treatment
Prof. Hadas Mamane, Head of the Environmental Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, TAU
Eitan Benson, BMI Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, TAU
Engineers Without Borders – TAU Student Delegation to Tanzania
Ariel Aviram, BMI Fellow, Developing Countries Program, TAU
16:15 –17:30 | |Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building
Research Presentations by BMI Fellows Part 2: The Global Challenge of Refugees
(1) Refugees in town: assessing the "local turn" of forced migrants’ integration
Nora Meissner, BMI Fellow, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, TAU
(2) Roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Towards an Escalatory Process Model
Petr Pesov, BMI Fellow, Conflict Resolution and Mediation Program, TAU
(3) Decentralized redistribution of wealth: A case study
Eve Guterman, BMI Fellow, Department of Public Policy, TAU
https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/82003191459