A conference in honor of Professor Menahem Yaari, President of the Academy, on the completion of his presidency
At the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Jerusalem
Date & Time: 04/07/2010
Sunday, July 4 2010
At the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Albert Einstein Square, 43 Jabotinsky St., Jerusalem
16:15 Gathering
16:30 Chair: Prof. Ruth Arnon
Vice President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Lectures and Greetings:
Prof. Stanley Fischer
Governor, Bank of Israel
Prof. Sari Nusseibeh
President, Al-Quds University
Prof. Avishai Margalit
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:30 Reception
19:30 Concert of the Ariel String Quartet
Gershon Gerchikov, violin; Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Sergey Tarashchansky, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello
Mozart: String Quartet in D major, K.499, "Hoffmeister"
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat major, op. 74, "Harp"
Monday, July 5 2010
At the Institute for Advanced studies of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Feldman Building, Givat Ram Campus
9:30 Gathering
10:00 Chair: Prof. Avner Shaked
Prof. Kenneth J. Arrow
Nobel Laureate, Stanford University
Opening Lecture
Prof. Hirofumi Uzawa
Member, The Japan Academy, University of Tokyo
Global Warming, Proportional Carbon Taxes, and International Fund for Atmospheric Stabilization
Prof. Kenneth G. Binmore
University College London
Experimental Economics: Where Next?
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Chair: Prof. Eric Maskin
Nobel Laureate, Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University
Prof. Herbert Scarf
Sterling Professor of Economics, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Production Sets with Indivisibilities: A Simple Theorem with an Elusive Proof
Prof. Sergiu Hart
Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Hebrew University
Comparing Risks by Acceptance and Rejection
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