
DPS@BGU Launch Event
Date: December 14, 2022
Time: 9:30 (gathering) - 17:30
Location: Senate Hall (71A on campus map)
Marcus Family Campus
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva
Registration form [Attendance is free but registration is required]
Keynote Speakers
Program
[Zoom links for all the sessions: here]
9:30 - 10:00: Gathering (coffee and pastries)
10:00 - 10:10: Opening remarks
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University
Dr. Oren Tsur, DPS Director
10:10 - 11:00: Keynote 1: Adv. Orly Ades, Director General,
Israel Central Elections Committee
11:00 - 11:50: Information and Election Interference
Prof. Anat Ben David, The Open University
Dr. Nir Grinberg, Ben Gurion University
11:50 - 12:00: Coffee break
12:00 - 13:15: Computational Methods and Political Theory
Prof. Yoav Goldberg, Bar Ilan University
Prof. Sharon Pardo and Dr. Oren Tsur, Ben Gurion University
13:15 - 14:15: Lunch (provided)
13:15 - 14:35: War and (social) Media: Iran, Ukraine & Israel
Dr. Emily Blout, Georgetown University
Mr. Shalom Boguslavsky, Writing on geopolitics and Eastern Europe
Dr. Ilan Manor, Ben-Gurion University
14:35 - 14:50: Coffee break
14:50 - 15:50: Keynote 2: Mr. Hillel Neuer, Executive Director, UN Watch
15:50 - 16:00: Closing Remarks