Spain-Isrrael 30 years

The Latin American Unit at the Truman Institute,
The Department of Romance and Latin American Studies and
The European Forum at the Hebrew University
cordially invite you to the International Colloquium on
SPAIN - ISRAEL
30th ANIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
April 4 2016, from 9:30 to 19:00
Abba Eban Hall at the Truman Institute,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus.
(The event will be held partly in English and partly in Spanish)
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9.15-9.45: Recepción y café / Gathering and coffee
Miguel José Moro Aguilar, Encargado de negocios a.i.
de la Embajada de España en Israel.
9. 45-10.15: Salutaciones / Greetings
Moderadora/Chair: Ruth Fine
Charles Powell, Real Instituto Elcano.
D. Miguel José Moro Aguilar, Chargé d´affaires a.i. of
the Embassy of Spain in Israel.
Paloma Roman Marugan, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid.
Amb. Yossi Gal, Vice President for Advancement and
External Relations, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
Mauricio Dimant, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Carmen Álvarez, Director of the Cervantes Institute,
Tel Aviv.
15.00-16.30: Mesa redonda: Relaciones científicas y
académicas (en español).
Round table: Scientific and academic relations (in Spanish).
13.30-15.00: Almuerzo/Lunch.
Menahem Blondheim, Director of the Truman
Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
Moderador/Chair: Ruth Fine, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
Noam Shoval, Director of the European Forum at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Amb. Alon Bar, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de
Israel.
D. José Benarroch, President of the World Sephardic
Union.
Juan Villar, Consejero, Embajada de España en Israel.
Sonia Sánchez, Centro Sefarad-Israel, Spain.
Claudia Kedar, Director of the Iberian and Latin
American Section at the Department of Romance and
Latin American Studies, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
10.15-11.45: Israel and Spain: economic relations and
foreign policy (in English)
España e Israel: relaciones económicas y política exterior
(en inglés)
Moderadora/Chair: Claudia Kedar, the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
José María Blasco Ruiz, Economic and Trade
Counsellor, the Embassy of Spain in Israel.
Leonardo Senkman, Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén.
16.30-16.45: Café/Coffee
16.45-18.45: Round table: Israel and Spain in the
cultural arena (in English) .
Mesa redonda: Israel y España y las relaciones culturales
(en inglés).
Moderador/Chair: Florinda Goldberg, the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
Carmen Álvarez, Director of the Cervantes Institute,
Tel Aviv.
Ahuva Spieler, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Israel.
Alfred Tovias, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Yossi Benarroch, World Sephardic Union.
Gonzalo Escribano, Real Instituto Elcano, Spain.
Myriam Nahon, el Abanico de España en Israel.
Itay Zehorai, Head of Economic Research - The Israeli
Export & International Cooperation Institute.
Silvina Schammah Gesser, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
11.45-12.00: Café/Coffee
Martina Weisz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
12.00-13.30: El rol político de España en el conflicto
de Medio Oriente (en español)
Spain as a political player in the Middle East conflict (in
Spanish)
Moderador/Chair: Arie Kacowicz, the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
18.45-19.15: Clausura / Closure:
Alfred Tovias, Ruth Fine
19.15: Cocktail