BMI Conference:Research, Innovation and Global Policy
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019, Conference room, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Herzliya
16:30 Opening remarks Prof. Itai Sened, Head of BMI
16:40 -18:30 BMI Research Symposium – Part 1: The Global Challenge of Conflict Resolution
Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal, School of Education, TAU (Emeritus)
Dr. Sami Miaari, Head of the BMI Conflict Resolution lab, TAU View Presentation
Dr. Nimrod Rosler, Department of Public Policy, TAU View Presentation
Amit Loewenthal, Ph.D. student, Department of Public Policy, TAU (postponed to Thursday, May 16th, 2019) View Presentation
Thursday, May 16th, 2019, Tel Aviv University
11:00 -11:15 Awarding of the 2019 Boris Mints Institute Prize in the field of Water Research to Dr. Peter H. Gleick, Co-Founder and President Emeritus, The Pacific Institute for studies in Development, Environment and Security By: Prof. Joseph Klafter, President of Tel-Aviv University
11:15 -12:30 BMI Research Symposium – Part 2: The Global Challenge of Water
Prof. Hadas Mamane-Steindel, Head of the Environmental Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, TAU View Presentation Prof. Dror Avisar, Head of the Water Research Center, TAU Engineers Without Borders – TAU Student Delegation to Tanzania
14:00 - 14:15 Address of BMI Founder and President: Dr. Boris Mints Read
14:15 - 15:30 Lecture by BMI Prize Laureate
Dr. Peter H. Gleick, Co-Founder and President Emeritus , The Pacific Institute for studies in Development, Environment and Security Towards a Sustainable Future for Water View Presentation
16:00 - 17:00 Research Presentations by BMI Fellows
(1) Social and Economic Impacts of Irrigation on Smallholder Agriculture in India Yoav Rothler, Ph.D. student, Department of Public Policy, TAU View Presentation
(2) Refugees in town: assessing the "local turn" of forced migrants’ integration Nora Meissner, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, TAU
(3) The Impacts of Small-Grid Connected PV System on Distribution Networks in Household Clusters Eng. Aviram Ohad, BMI Fellow, Department of Public Policy, TAU
