Israel in 3D - One Day University 2014

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room, UCLA Campus

200 DeNeve Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095

PROGRAM & SCHEDULE

8:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m.	Registration & Light continental breakfast (coffee, juice, breakfast pastries)

9:00 a.m	Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m - 10:40 a.m.	SESSION ONE
	*"Start-Up Nation": Is the Success Sustainable?* Read Description

	Shmuel Abramzon, Assistant Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation; Graduate Fellow, Pardee RAND Graduate School
	Mor Assia, Founding Partner, iAngels
	David "Dedi" Schwartz, Vice President for Product Development and the App Market, Wix
	Yael Vizel, Co-Founder and CEO, Zeekit
	Moderator: Neil Netanel, Interim Director, Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studiesl; Pete Kameron Professor of Law, UCLA
10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.	Break

10:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	SESSION TWO
	*Israeli Arts & Entertainment: Now Playing on the Global Stage* Read Description

	Alon Aranya, Television and Film Writer/Producer; Partner, Scripted World
	Adam Berg, Visual Artist (video, painting, sculpture)
	Idan Cohen, Independent Choreographer and Dancer; Schusterman Israeli Artist in Residence, UC Irvine
	Dvir Tzur, Novelist; Y&S Nazarian Center Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCLA
	Moderator: Anat Gilboa, Visiting Professor of Art History, Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, UCLA

12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	LUNCH * (Please see note below)

1:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.	KEYNOTE ADDRESS
	*"Turmoil in the Middle East: Can an Israeli-Palestinian Deal Emerge?"*

	Ambassador Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Distinguished Fellow, Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, UCLA

	followed by a conversation with Dalia Dassa Kaye, Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy and Senior Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation

2:25 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Break

2:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.	SESSION THREE
	"Israeli Judaism": The Jewish Renewal Movement in Israel Read Description

	Mordechai Bar-Or, Founder and Director, Kolot
	Daniel Bouskila, Director, Sephardic Education Center (Jerusalem & Los Angeles)
	Shraga Bar-On, research fellow and faculty member, Shalom Hartman Institute, and Gruss Scholar-in-Residence, NYU law school.
	Moderator: David Suissa, President, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
3:55 - 4:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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$36 per person general admission. Free for students with valid I.D.

* PLEASE NOTE: This will be a buffet lunch with gourmet sandwiches and salads, and will include many vegetarian and fish options; however, it is not kosher. We will also provide nice disposable plates and silverware as an option. If you would prefer a kosher lunch (with similar though somewhat more limited choices) please check the box on your registration form.