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International Board 2021 Program

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Sunday, November 7
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17:00	International Board meeting: Session I Closed session, International Board members only Greetings and opening remarks: Cathy Beck, Chair, International Board Prof. Alon Chen, President Report on the Activities of the Executive Board: Shimshon Harel, Chair, Executive Board Report of the Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee (SAAC): Prof. Carol Prives and Prof. Serge Haroche, co-Chairs of the SAAC Live via Zoom	Add the event International Board meeting - Session 1 to calendar
Catherine Beck Prof. Alon Chen Shimshon Harel Prof. Serge Haroche Prof. Carol Prives
20:15	Opening Event of the 73^rd Annual General Meeting of the International Board Guest of Honor: H.E. Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel Greetings: Cathy Beck, Chair, International Board Prof. Alon Chen, President MC: Yael Goren-Wegman, Executive Director, Israeli Friends Association of the Weizmann Institute of Science Honoring The Azrieli Foundation for its visionary support of world-class science Speakers: Dr. Naomi Azrieli from Montreal Danna Azrieli from Rehovot Special appearance: Prof. Neri Oxman, Founder and CEO, OXMAN and Head, Mediated Matter Group, MIT In conversation with: Prof. Ron Milo, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Prof. Elad Schneidman, Department of Brain Sciences Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson, Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science	Add the event Opening Event to calendar
Isaac Herzog Catherine Beck Prof. Alon Chen Yael Goren-Wegman Dr. Naomi Azrieli Danna Azrieli Prof. Neri Oxman Prof. Ron Milo Prof. Elad Schneidman Dr. Sivan Refaely-Abramson

Monday, November 8
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18:00	International Board meeting: Session II Open Session Chair's Address: Cathy Beck President's Report: Prof. Alon Chen MC: Sima Tamir, Secretary of the Weizmann Association	Add the event International Board meeting: Open Session to calendar
Catherine Beck Prof. Alon Chen
19:30	Ceremony for the conferment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa upon: Dr. Mark Alexander, United States Prof. Mary-Claire King, United States Prof. Philip Pincus, United States Sir András Schiff, United Kingdom Dr. John L. Schwartz, United States Mrs. Vera Schwartz, United States Prof. Otmar D. Wiestler, Germany Keynote Address: Prof. Otmar D. Wiestler, Germany	Add the event Ceremony for the conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa 2021 to calendar
Dr. Mark A. Alexander Prof. Mary-Claire King Prof. Philip Pincus Sir András Schiff Dr. John L. Schwartz Vera Schwartz Prof. Otmar D. Wiestler

Tuesday, November 9
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18:00	Clore Ceremony Honoring Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE and the Clore Israel Foundation Conferment of the Sir Charles Clore Prize upon Dr. Orly Laufman, Department of Molecular Genetics Presentation of the Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellowships by Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE Moderator: Prof. Maya Schuldiner, Department of Molecular Genetics; Vice Chair, Scientific Council Greetings: Prof. Alon Chen, President In Dialogue: Weizmann Institute President Prof. Alon Chen and Yossi Cohen, Immediate Past Director, Mossad	Add the event Clore Ceremony to calendar
Prof. Alon Chen Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE Dr. Orly Laufman Yossi Cohen
19:00	Smart Science: The Era of Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Prof. Roee Ozeri, Vice President for Development and Communications Science: Prof. Eran Segal, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and Department of Molecular Cell Biology Prof. Yonina Eldar, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics	Add the event Smart Science: The Era of Artificial Intelligence to calendar
Prof. Roee Ozeri Prof. Eran Segal Prof. Yonina Eldar

Wednesday, November 10
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18:00	Extending the Borders of Excellence Introduction: Prof. Ziv Reich, Vice President Presentation of the Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation to Prof. Irit Dinur, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and Prof. Leeor Kronik, Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Presentation of the André Deloro Prize for Scientific Research to Prof. Rotem Sorek, Department of Molecular Genetics	Add the event Extending the Borders of Excellence to calendar
Prof. Ziv Reich Prof. Irit Dinur Prof. Leeor Kronik Prof. Rotem Sorek
18:30	The Journey from the Lab to the Clinic Greetings: Prof. Alon Chen, President Inauguration of The David Lopatie Institute of Comparative Medicine Establishment of the Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Weizmann Institute-Schneider Hospital Fund for Clinical Breakthroughs through Scientific Collaborations Celebrating a century of life with Luis and Miriam (Buba) Stillmann Science: Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Department of Biomolecular Sciences Dr. Dror Shouval, Director, IBD Center, Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel	Add the event The Journey from the Lab to the Clinic to calendar
Prof. Alon Chen Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval Dr. Dror Shouval
19:15	Spotlight on Brain Science Celebrating the Launch of the Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences Moderator: Prof. Rony Paz, Head, Department of Brain Sciences Science: Prof. Yadin Dudai, Department of Brain Sciences Honoring: Gladys Monroy and Larry Marks for the establishment of the Monroy-Marks Integrative Center for Brain Disorder Research Sami and Tova Sagol for the establishment of the Sagol Center for Research on the Aging Brain Mike and Valeria Rosenbloom Foundation for establishing the Mike and Valeria Rosenbloom Center for Research on Positive Neuroscience The Swiss Society of Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science for establishing the Swiss Society Center for Research on Perception and Action The Latin American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science for establishing a Hub for New Scientists	Add the event Spotlight on Brain Science to calendar
Prof. Rony Paz Prof. Yadin Dudai

Thursday, November 11
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18:00	Investing in the Scientists of Tomorrow Moderator: Prof. Gilad Perez, Dean, Feinberg Graduate School Featuring: Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Camila Pinto Da Cunha (Brazil), group of Prof. Yuval Eshed, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences PhD Student Fadi Sheban (Israel), group of Prof. Ido Amit, Department of Immunology Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Vishnu Mohan (India), group of Prof. Tamar Geiger, Department of Molecular Cell Biology PhD student Velmoed van Zuiden (the Netherlands), group of Prof. Eran Hornstein, Department of Molecular Genetics Celebrating the establishment of the Pennie and Gary Abramson Family International Residence Honoring: Pennie and Gary Abramson Richard and Mica Hadar Ellen Merlo and the Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation David Teplow and the Stone/Teplow Families Charitable Fund	Add the event Investing in the Scientists of Tomorrow to calendar
Prof. Gilad Perez Dr. Camila Pinto da Cunha Fadi Sheban Dr. Vishnu Mohan Velmoed van Zuiden
18:30	Event Concluding the 73^rd Annual General Meeting of the International Board Celebrating the Frontiers of the Universe Flagship Project Moderator: Prof. Eli Waxman, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics; Principal Scientist, ULTRASAT Prof. Eran Ofek, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Dr. Shikma Bressler, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Honoring: Dr. Mark Alexander and the Norman E. Alexander Family M Foundation, USA Martin and Miriam Kushner, Mexico Dr. John and Mrs. Vera Schwartz, United States Concluding Remarks: Prof. Alon Chen, President	Add the event Event Concluding the 73rd Annual General Meeting of the International Board to calendar
Prof. Eli Waxman Prof. Eran Ofek Dr. Shikma Bressler Prof. Alon Chen