The CONTACT CENTER´s 5th Annual MEETING
REINTEGRATION INTO ISRAEL´S ACADEMIA
Sunday, December 28, 2014
at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
43 Jabotinsky Street, Jerusalem
(Next to the President´s House and the Van Leer Institute)
9:30-10:00 GATHERING and REFRESHMENTS in the lobby
10:00 MEETING in the Auditorium Chaired by Dr. Meir Zadok, Executive Director of the Academy
10:00 - 10:10 Professor Ruth Arnon, Academy President, Greetings
10:10 - 10:30 Ms. Noa Binstein, Acting Director, The Department of Planning and Budgeting Projects, The Council for Higher Education, on Absorption in the Higher Education System
10:30 - 10:50 Dr. Nurit Eyal, Director, Israel National Brain Gain Program, on Services for those Returning to Academia
10:50 - 11:15 Mr. Omri Ingber, Director of the Center for Absorption in Science, The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, on Services for Returning Researchers
11:15 - 11:40 Ms. Smadar Hirsh, Director of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions; ERC; and Social Sciences, ISERD - The ISrael-Europe R&D Directorate on program benefits
11:40 - 12:05 Ms. Monika Lev-Cohen, CEO of BioAbroad, The forum of all Israeli scientists abroad on BioAbroad - Bring back talent and keep ties!
12:05 - 12:30 Ms. Rochelle Avitan, Fellowship Program Manager of The Azrieli Foundation, on the new Azrieli Faculty Fellowships for Reintegration into Academia
12:30 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK in Lobby
13:00 - 19:00 ACADEMIC CAREER FAIR
REGISTER BY E-MAIL AT
contact-center@academy.ac.il Stating your name, year of PhD, current position, academic disciplines & if you are willing to have your name disclosed to academic institutions
The meeting will be broadcast live and videos will be available on YouTube
Public parking is available on the adjacent streets
Telephone for Inquiries 972-2-5676207