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09:00 - 10:45
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Session 5:
Labor Immigration & Refugees: The latest Challenges
Chair:
Prof. Yinon Cohen, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia
University, USA
Keynote Address:
Prof. Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel
Speakers:
Mr. William Tall - UNHCR Representative in Israel
Mr. Amnon Ben-Ami, Director General of the Population,
Immigration, Israel and Border Authority, Israel
Prof. Lea Achdut, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Ms. Hanny Ben Israel, LL.M, Kav LaOved ("Worker's
Hotline"), Israel
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10:45 - 11:00
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Coffee Break
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11:00 - 12:30
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Session 6:
Immigration and Health
Chair:
Prof. Ada Zohar, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Speakers:
Ms. Jacqueline Weekers, Senior Migrant Health Officer, WHO ,
Geneva
Prof. Alex Leventhal, Ministry of Health, Israel
Prof. Morton Beiser, Ryerson University, Canada
Dr. Rafi Youngman, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel |
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12:30 - 12:45
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Coffee Break
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12:45 - 14:15
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Session 7:
Immigrants and the Economic Arena
Chair:
Dr. Sibylle Heilbrunn, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Speakers:
Prof. Yitchak Haberfeld, Tel Aviv Univrsity, Israel
Dr. Anastasia Gorodzeiskaya, Juan March Institute, Spain
Mr. Erez Halfon, Israel Chairman - Nefesh B'Nefesh
Dr. Sigal Shelach, JDC-Israel TEVET Employment Initiative,
Israel |
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14:15 - 15:00
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Lunch Break
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15:00 - 16:30
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Round Table:
Immigrant discussing Immigration
Moderator:
Mr. Amir Mizroch, Executive Editor, The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Speakers
MK Avraham Michaeli, Knesset, Israel
Mr. Dmitry Apartsev, Director General, Ministry of Immigrant
Absorption, Israel
Mrs. Nino Abesadze, Journalist, Israel
Mr. Takele Mekonen, Program Coordinator, Ruppin Academic
Center, Israel
Mr. Danny Oberman, Executive Vice President of Israel Operations,
Nefesh B'Nefesh, Israel
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16:30 - 16:45
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Coffee Break
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16:45 - 17:30
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Closing remarks and farewell
From academic knowledge to social policy- an open discussion:
Prof. Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv University, Chairman of the
Academic Committee, Ruppin International conference
Farwell Address:
Prof. Shosh Arad, President, Ruppin Academic Center |
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