TAU-UCI Workshop: Water Management Challenges in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Based on a series of MOU agreements between Tel-Aviv University and UCI, BMI hosted a workshop, which dealt with the global challenge of water management. Researchers from both universities presented their research, exchanged ideas and laid the path for future cooperation.
Agenda
08:30 Greetings:
Prof. Raanan Rein, Vice President of Tau Prof. Itai Sened, Chair of the Department of Public Policy, Founding Head of the School of Social Studies and Sustainability
09:00 Presentations:
Prof. Sened View Presentation
and
Prof. David Feldman, Chair – Department of Planning, Policy and Design, School of Social Ecology, UCI
10:00 Presentations:
Prof. Pinhas Alpert, Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, The Mikhael M. Nebenzahl and Amalia Grossberg & Chair Professor in Geodynamics, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, TAU View Presentation
and
Prof. Gudrun Magnusdottir, Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences, UCI
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Presentations:
Prof. Marcelo Sternberg, Department of Molecular Biology & Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences, TAU
and
Prof. Timothy J. Bradley, School of Biological Sciences, UCI View Presentation
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Presentations:
Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy, TAU
and
Prof. Stanly B. Grant, The Henri Samueli School of Engineering, UCI
15:00-16:00 Round table discussion I: Models and routs for future collaborations