Activities
BMI Conference: BMI as a Global Player
4/5/2018
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
15:30-16:30 BMI Research Symposium – Part 1: Meeting Global Challenges through International Cooperation with ICIPE, Kenya
Opher Mendelsohn, BMI Fellow View Presentation
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
11:00-11:15 Awarding of the 2018 Boris Mints Institute Prize for Research of Strategic Policy Solutions to Global Challenges
To Prof. Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Dept. of Economics, Harvard University
By: Prof. Joseph Klafter, President of Tel-Aviv University
11:15-12:00 BMI Research Symposium – Part 2: Meeting Global Challenges through International Cooperation - California and India
Opening lecture: Prof. David Feldman, Chair – Department of Planning, Policy and Design, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine View Presentation
The BMI-TATA project – Students’ presentations View Presentation
14:00-14:15 Address of BMI Founder and President
Dr. Boris Mints Read
14:15-15:30 BMI Prize Laureat Lecture
Prof. Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Dept. of Economics, Harvard University View Presentation
15:30-16:00 BMI Research Symposium – Part 3: Meeting Global Challenges through International Cooperation - Malta
Dr. Paula Grech Bonnici, Executive Director for Compliance and Quality, Water Services Corporation, Malta
16:00-16:45 Emerging technology and the transportation sector revolution
Gil Barnea, Ph.D. student, Department of Public Policy, TAU View Presentation
17:00-18:00 Banking, Corporate Governance, and Inequality
Prof. Anat Admati, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics,
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University View Presentation
Friday, May 4th, 2018
09:30-11:00 Research Presentations by BMI Fellows:
A drone-mounted sonar system for accurate yield estimation
Prof. Yossi Yovel, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, TAU and Dr. Avital Bechar, Volkani Institute View Presentation
The Welfare of the Middle Class in OECD Countries
Sagit Azari-Viesel, Ph.D. student, Department of Public Policy, TAU View Presentation
Treatment of waste water using AOPs
Patricia Akao, Ph.D. student, Faculty of Engineering, TAU View Presentation
