IASEI Annual Conference | 20.10.2022
The deadline to register to attend the IASEI 30th Anniversary Conference is Tuesday 18 October at 12.00. The conference takes place on Thursday, October 20, 2022, 08:30-19:00, Benin Law Building 306, Room 200.
PROGRAM:
08:30: Registration, coffee & pastries
09:00: Welcome Greetings: Dr. Rachel Frid de Vries, Co-President IASEI, Ono Academic College
Prof. Emeritus Chava Landau, Co-Founder of the Association
Prof. Michal Alberstein, Dean, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University
09:30: Roundtable: Implications of the Ukraine War for Europe and Israel
Chair: Dr. Rachel Frid de Vries, Ono Academic College
Prof. Shlomo Shpiro, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Toby Greene, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Elizabeth Sheppard Sellam, University of Tours
Dr. Yaacov Falcov, Reichman University
10:30: Roundtable: EU-Israel cooperation in science, technology and innovation
Chair: Maayan Sharon, Business Creation Manager, EIT Hub Israel
Sarit Kimhi, Director, Business Development & Financial Instruments, ISERD
Tal Vardi, Central Eastern Europe Biome Lead, Novartis
Adina Be’er, Communications Manager, EIT Hub Israel
11:30: Coffee Break
11:45: Dimiter Tzantchev, EU Ambassador to Israel
12:00: Roundtable: EU-Israel Relations in light of Convening the Association Council – What Next?
Chair: Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, Hebrew University
Talia Lador Fresher, Head, Bureau for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lena Zeiger, Foreign Trade Administration, Ministry of Economy
Dan Catarivas, President, Israel EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Marc Luban, Director, Int’l Affairs, Chief Economist Dep’t, Ministry of Finance Tahel Yashfe, International Relations Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Orit Ganor, Director – International Department, Ministry of Energy
Deputy Ambassador to the EU
13:15: Lunch Break
14:15: Europe’s hegemon? The past, present and future of German power (Parallel session, Room 200)
Chair: Prof. Gisela Dachs, Hebrew University
Dr. Mor Mitrani, Bar Ilan University: Is It Friendship? An Analysis of Contemporary German–Israeli Relations
Dr. Or Honig, Tokyo International University: The Evolution of Germany’s Soft Power policies in the Middle East
14.15: Explaining the challenges and opportunities in EU-Israel relations (Parallel session, Room 110)
Chair: Dr. Toby Greene, Bar Ilan University
Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, Hebrew University: The lost decade: EU-Israel relations 2010-2020 and the year of reconstruction
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Bar Ilan University: From low level friction to major confrontation: Israel, Europe and the Conflict over NGO Terror designations
Dr. Emmanuel Navon, Tel Aviv University: The Abraham Accords and the War in Ukraine: New Opportunities for Trilateral Cooperation between the EU, Israel, and Arab countries
15:20: Break
15:30: The Capacity of EU Institutions in Question
Chair: Prof. Arie Reich, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Tal Sadeh, Tel Aviv University: The Doom Loop and Democratic Legitimacy in the Euro Area
Prof. Yoram Haftel, Hebrew University: The Growing Pains of Actorness: The European Union in Global Investment Governance
Dr. Tal Dingott Alkopher, Hadassah Academic College: Humanitarian public diplomacy in comparative perspective
16:45: Coffee Break
17:00: Roundtable: The impact of the energy crisis in the EU on its relations with Israel and its Mediterranean neighbors
Chair: Prof Alfred Tovias, Hebrew University
Prof. Arie Reich, Bar Ilan University
Dr. Lior Herman, Hebrew University
Dr. Yossi Mann, Bar Ilan University
Closing Remarks: Prof. Tal Sadeh, Co-President IASEI, Tel-Aviv University
18:15: IASEI General Assembly
Organizing Committee: Alfred Tovias, Arie Reich, Rachel Frid de Vries, Toby Greene