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Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration 2024 Annual Conference

מקום האירוע = אוניברסיטת תל אביב, בנין נפתלי
שעת התחלה = 8:30
שעת סיום = 18:15

The Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration (IASEI)
in cooperation with
The EU studies program at the School of Political Science, Government and
International Affairs, Tel Aviv University
and
The Frances Brody Institute for Applies diplomacy
cordially invite you to the
Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration 2024 Annual Conference
Thursday | December 5, 2024 | 08:30-19:00 | Naftali Building

(attending participants in bold font)

08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Welcome Greetings:
Prof. Tal Sadeh, President IASEI, EU studies program, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Emeritus Alfred Tovias, Co-Founder of the Association, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Milette Shamir, Vice President, International, Tel Aviv University
09:15 Panel I: The Role of the East Mediterranean for EU’s Energy Security (parallel session, Hall 003)
Chair: Prof. Lior Herman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Elai Rettig, Bar Ilan University: The East Mediterranean’s Role in EU Energy Security Following the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza
Prof. Arie Reich and Igor Klotsman, Bar Ilan University: The East Mediterranean Gas Forum as a Platform for a Regional Energy Treaty
Dr. Yossi Mann, Bar Ilan University: Energy Security: The Case of the “Swords of Iron” War
Discussant: Prof. Lior Herman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:15 Panel II: Political Economy Issues (parallel session, room 206)
Chair: Prof. Arie Krampf, Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo
Prof. Tal Sadeh, Gal Bitton and Yuval Hirshorn, Tel Aviv University and Benjamin Dassler Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich: Bank-Supervision and blame avoidance in Germany
Dr. Hila Levi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Ideologist Technocrats: Reconciling the Contradictory Concepts of Ideology and Technocracy: Evidence from the European Central Bank Staff Members
Dr. Rachel Frid, Ono Academic College: EU Economic Sanctions and the Rule of International Trade Law
Discussant: Prof. Arie Krampf, Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo
10:30 Panel III: Israel’s Contemporary Environmental Challenges: Strategies and Solutions (parallel session, Hall 003)
Chair: Dr. Hila Levi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tamar Zandberg, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Israel's Role in East Mediterranean Shared Climate Action
Maya Jacobs, Climate Net: From Devastation to Opportunity: Implementing Climate Solutions in the Reconstruction of War Torn Communities
Adam Schalimtzek, Ministry of Environmental Protection: European Integration: Aligning Israel’s Environmental Licensing with EU Standards
Discussant: Dr. Roee Kibrik, Yezreel Valley College and the Mitvim Institute
10:30 Panel IV: Presentation of Two New Books on the EU (parallel session, room 206)
Chair: Prof. Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
This is Indeed Europe: Israel and the European Union (in Hebrew)
Dr. Hila Zahavi, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and The Open University of Israel
Ambassador Aharon (Ronny) Leshno-Yaar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The European Union as a Normative Power: The Role of the CJEU
Dr. Yuval Reinfeld, Reichman University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Discussant: Prof. Sara Kahn-Nisser, The Open University of Israel
12:00 Coffee Break
12:15 Keynote speech (Hall 003)
Prof. Emeritus Assaf Razin, Tel Aviv University, affiliated with NBER (USA), CEPR (Europe) and CESifo (Germany)
The Transition to Illiberal Democracy: Economic Drivers and Consequences
13:15 Lunch Break
14:15 Roundtable: Whither European-Israeli Relations? (Hall 003)
Chair: Prof. Emeritus Gerald Steinberg, Bar llan University
Dr. Roby Nathanson, Macro Center for Political Economics
Ohad Cohen, former head of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy
Prof. Guy Harpaz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Maya Sion Tzidkiyahu, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Mitvim Institute
Dr. Hila Zahavi, Ben-Gurion University and the Open University of Israel
16:15 Coffee Break
16:30 Panel V: Historical Research on the EC and the EU (parallel session, Hall 003)
Chair: Prof. Gadi Heimann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Emeritus Alfred Tovias, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: European Integration and Raison d’Etat: Overcoming Public Sentiment in Dealing with West Germany after 1949
Prof. Sharon Pardo, Ben Gurion-University of the Negev and Dr. Hila Zahavi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Open University of Israel: The History and Importance of European Integration Studies in Israel
Naama Barak, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Why the European Community found itself in trouble over the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
Discussant: Prof. Gadi Heimann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16:30 Panel VI: Governance Issues at the International, European, National and Municipal Levels (parallel session, room 206)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Wajner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Eyal Rubinson, Ariel University and Dr.Tal Dingott, Hadassah Academic College: Signaling Virtue: The Role of Legitimacy and Reputation in NATO’s Enlargement Strategies
Dr. Emmanuelle Blanc and Yuval Finkel University of Haifa, and Dr. Steffen Hagemann, Technical University Kaiserslautern: Unpacking Constructive Criticism: The Case of the European Response to Democratic Backsliding in Israel
Einat Elazari, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Mapping Essential Components of UrbanClimate Experiments-The Cases of Vienna’s Graetzlmarie and Stockholm’s Congestion Tax
Discussant: Dr. Daniel Wajner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:00 Concluding remarks (Hall 003)
Prof. Emeritus Alfred Tovias, Co-Founder of the Association, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:15 IASEI General Assembly (Hall 003)

Program Committee: Prof. Alfred Tovias, Prof. Tal Sadeh, Prof, Lior Herman, Dr. Hila Levi

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