8:45 am Departure from hotel
Sde Boker Campus
9:00 am The Next Big Exit: BGU Shark Tank
Student entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of Board member “sharks”:
Laurence Ohayon, Director, Ohayon family businesses
Philippe Mauchard, Managing Partner, The Bridge Ventures; co-President, BeBGU
Dr. Shelly Gordon, Senior VP HR, Elbit Systems
Moderator: Dana Gavish, Head, Yazamut 3600 Entrepreneurship Center
George Evens Family Auditorium
10:00 am Pushing the Limit: From Israel to the International Space Station
A talk by Israeli space entrepreneur Eytan Stibbe
Moderator: Dr. Shimrit Maman, Director of the Earth and Planetary Image Facility
George Evens Family Auditorium
11:15 am Deep Dive Breakout Sessions
Choose a subject for immersion: autism research, Israel studies, desert viticulture, or the Ben-Gurion Archives
Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism Building and Ben-Gurion Archive
12:00 noon Lunch
French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands Building
1:30 pm The Future of Water Research at BGU
A conversation between Prof. Menachem Elimelech, Yale University and Prof. Amit Gross, Director, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research
George Evens Family Auditorium
2:00 pm A view of Israel’s Executive - Judiciary Relationship at 75
Halpérin Annual Event
A conversation between Justice Prof. Elyakim Rubinstein,
former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel,
and Adv. Tami Mund, BGU Legal Counsel
George Evens Family Auditorium
2:50 pm Return to hotel
6:40 pm Depart from hotel
7:00 pm After Party
Let loose and have fun with the BGU family
Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism Building and Ben-Gurion Archive
9:00 pm Bus departs for hotel