The Next Best Thing to Being There
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Enjoy the BOG from your own armchair

Unable to get to the 2012 Board of Governors meeting this year? You won't have to miss some of the most sought-after events, thanks to live Webcasts from the Tel Aviv University campus.

TAU will Webcast some of this year's proceedings, including the honorary doctorate ceremony and the presentation of the 2012 Dan David Awards. All you'll need is an Internet connection. All of the Webcasts will be available at the TAU Webcast site here:
http://video.tau.ac.il/Board-of-Governors-12

The current schedule of BOG event Webcasts is below:

• Thursday, June 7, 2012
  3:15 p.m. Israel time (8:15 a.m. New York time)
  Cornerstone laying of the Rothstein–Williamowsky Postgraduate Clinics at the Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine
  Watch the video of the ceremony here


• Thursday, June 7, 2012
  8:00 p.m. Israel time (1:00 p.m. New York time)
  Honorary Degrees Conferment Ceremony, honoring Prof. Ronald Raphael Coifman (USA), Yehoram Gaon (Israel), Prof. Dr. h.c. Jörg Hacker (Germany), Maureen Lipman (England), Miles S. Nadal (Canada), Miki Nevo (Israel), Prof. Robert D. Putnam (USA), Judge Saviona Rotlevy (Ret.) (Israel), Helen Sarah Steyer (Venezuela/USA), and Thomas Mark Steyer (Venezuela/USA)
  Watch the video of the ceremony here


• Sunday, June 10, 2012
  9:00 a.m. Israel time (2:00 a.m. New York time)
  The John Gandel Symposium: Analysis of the Current Middle East Situation
  With Meir Dagan, Former Director of the Mossad; Prof. Shimon Shamir, Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt; and Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of TAU's Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
  Watch the video of the symposium here


• Sunday, June 10, 2012
  8:00 p.m. Israel time (1:00 p.m. New York time)
  The 2012 Dan David Prize Award Ceremony
  This year's laureates include biographer Dr. Robert Conquest, historian The Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Gilbert, and artist William Kentridge

And don't worry if your schedule doesn't match the BOG's — all of the Webcasts will be archived for later viewing at the same site.