Program:

Greetings
Dr. Vered Ariel-Nahai, CEO BaShaar
Prof. Irad Yavneh, BaShaar's Academic Forum & Director of Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research

Introduction
Prof. Gili Drori, BaShaar & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Gender and Faith Related Issues in US Higher Education
Prof. Sheldon Rothblatt, University of California, Berkeley
in conversation with
Prof. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, The Open University of Israel

Access and equity in higher education in post-apartheid South Africa
Prof. Gerald Wangenge Ouma, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Higher education in diverse societies – Singapore 
Prof. Bertil Andersson, Former President of, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Opening higher education to the Ultra-orthodox in Israel: accommodating idiosyncrasies, preserving academic values
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University, Former Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee; Director, Institute of National Security Studies (INSS)

Discussion