BMI’s 10th Annual Conference: Addressing Crisis on all Fronts

BMI’s 10th Annual Conference: Addressing Crisis on all Fronts

Tel-Aviv University, May 18th-19th, 2025

Sunday, May 18th, 2025

13:00 – 13:15

Opening Remarks

Dr. Boris Mints, Founder and President, BMI

Prof. Itai Sened, Head of BMI, Dean Emeritus, TAU

Naftali 001, Naftali Building

13:15 – 14:45

Opening Keynote Lecture: National Security Outlook

Mr. Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad

Efter Hall, Naftali  001, Naftali Building

14:45-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:30

War & Peace in the 21st Century

Moderator: Prof. Udi Sommer, Head of Barak Leadership Center, TAU

Participants:

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center

Dr. Amos Nadan, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center, TAU

Mr. Petr Pesov, BMI Fellow

Mr. Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad

Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building

16:30 – 16:45

Coffee Break

16:45 – 18:15

Legitimization & Influence as means of War

Moderator: Prof. Itai Sened, Head of BMI, Dean Emeritus, TAU

Col. (Res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, INSS

Prof. Eyal Benvenisti, Faculty of Law, TAU

Prof. Julie E. Cooper, Department of Political Science, TAU

Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building

Monday, May 19th, 2025

10:00-11:00

Esteemed Guest Lecture: Trust within Communities

Prof. Robert D. Putnam, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Efter Hall, Naftali 001, Naftali Building

11:00 -12:00

Opening Keynote Lecture: Heritage and the Metropolis to manage polycrises

Prof. Arch. Michael Turner, UNESCO Chairholder in Urban Design and Conservation Studies

Efter Hall, Naftali 001, Naftali Building

12:00 – 12:45

Welcoming Honorary PhD: Future of Europe amidst multidimensional Conflicts

Prof. Miranda Schreurs, TUM

Efter Hall, Naftali 001, Naftali Building

12:45 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Culture & Conflict Resolution

Moderator: Petr Pesov, BMI Fellow

Prof. Astrid von Busekist, Science Po Paris

Prof. Eran Halperin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Prof. Nurit Schnabel, School of Psychological Sciences, TAU

Mr. Andres Casas, BMI Fellow

Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building

15:00 -15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 -16:45

Welfare, Inequality and Democracy

Moderator: Prof. Itai Sened, Head of BMI, Dean Emeritus, TAU

Prof. Sebastian Galiani, University of Maryland

Dr. Roee Levy, Berglas School of Economics, TAU

Dr. Oren Danieli, Berglas School of Economics, TAU

Prof. Vladimir Mau, Department of Public Policy, TAU

Green Naftali meeting room (Floor -1), Naftali Building

16:45-17:00

Closing Remarks

Prof. Itai Sened, Head of BMI, Dean Emeritus, TAU