icipe Visit at BMI
Boris Mints Institute has an ongoing research collaboration with icipe, a prominent research institute in Nairobi, Kenya. Following Prof. Itai Sened's visit to icipe on July 2019, a delegation of icipe leadership visited TAU on January 2020 for a week of meetings, discussions, presentations and tours, in order to deepen and enhance the collaborative relationship between the two institutes (see agenda attached).
Agenda
Monday, 13.1.20
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel-Aviv University
09:00 Opening Statements – Conference room
Prof. Yaron Oz, TAU Rector
Prof. Itai Sened, Head, BMI; Founding Head, School of Social and Policy Studies, Tel-Aviv University
Dr. Segenet Kelemu, Director General, icipe
Mrs. Joelle Aflalo, Co-Chair, Matanel Foundation
09:30 Museum tour, with Prof. Tamar Dayan, the Steinhardt Museum Chair
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Research presentations – TAU researchers
Dr. Neta Dorchin, School of Zoology and Chief Curator of Entomology, the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History View Presentation
Dr. Gideon Pisanti, Hymenoptera Collection Manager, the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History View Presentation
Dr Malkie Spodek, Hemiptera Collection Manager, the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
Dr. Opher Mendelsohn, Department of Public Policy View Presentation
ilad Ben-Zvi, Manager, the Entomological Laboratory for Applied Ecology, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
12:40 TAU Branch of Engineers Without Borders – Tanzania project
14:00 Activity presentations – icipe
Dr. Moses Osiru, Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) Manager View Presentation
Dr. Sunday Ekesi, Director of Research and Partnerships View Presentation
Dr. Menale Kassie, Head of Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit (SSIA). View Presentation
Dr. Robert Skilton, Head of the Capacity Building and Institutional Development Programme View Presentation
15:00 Discussion
Tuesday, 14.1.20
10:00 Visit to Kayma Farm
12:00 Tour in Jerusalem
Wednesday, 15.1.20
10:00 Visit to Biobee + Biofly, Sde Eliyahu Kibbutz – Dr. Shimon Shteinberg, CSO
13:30 Visit to Emek Ha-Maayanot Agricultural R&D
Thursday, 16.1.20
11:00-12:00 Meeting with Professor Tamar Ronen Rosenbaum, Dean of the Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Itai Sened, Head of the School of Social and Policy studies and Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy – TAU MA Program for the Developing Countries – Social Sciences Dean’s office
15:00 Guest lecture: Dr. Segenet Kelemu, Director General, icipe – Naftali building, Segal Hall (003)
