Conference Organizing Committee

Prof. Uri Minglegrin, Israel Agricultural Research Organization, past chief scientist, Ministry of Environment
Prof. Uriel Safriel, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Focal Point, UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Dr. Daphne Goldman, Chair, Department for Environmental Studies and Agriculture, Beit Berl Academic College
Dr. Elli Groner, Director, Long Term Ecological Research, Israel
Dr. Naftali Lazarovich, Ben Gurion University, Department of Desert Agriculture, Israel
Dr. Tamar Golan, Director, Africa Center Ben Gurion University
Ms. Maya Negev, Environmental Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Arnon Karnieli, Head of the Remote Sensing Laboratory, BIDR, Ben Gurion University
Prof. Avigad Vonshak, Director of the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University
Prof. Yossi Steinberger, Geography Department , Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Moshe Schwartz, Human and Dryland Deparment, Ben Gurion Gurion University
Dr. Pnina Mutsafi-Haller, Director of Gender Program, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University
Prof. Yizkhak Meir, Director of Human and Dryland Department, Ben Gurion University
Ms. Abby Lutman, Research Department, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Mr. Oded Halamit, Cinatco
Dr. Hanan Ginat, Director of the Dead Sea and Arava Research and Development Center
Dr. Eli Ben-Tura, Foreign Ministry, Arbel
Dr. Noam Weisbrod, Zuckerberg Institute of Water Research, Desert Research Institutes
Ms. Irit Shavit, International Agency Division Israel Minsitry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Simona Halperin, Deputy Director of the International Agency Division, Israel Minsitry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Haim Divon, Deputy Director, Israel Ministry of Foreign Afairs
Prof. Moshe Shachak, Department of Desert Ecology, Ben Gurion University
Ms. Beth Eden Kite, Deputy Director Moshav Division, Israel Minsitry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Tania Berg-Refaeli, Israel Foreign Ministry, Mashav Division
Dr. Alon Ben-Gal, Gilat Agricultural Research Center
Dr. Nadav Davidovich, Ben Gurion University School of Medicine
Dr. David Bonfil, Gilat Agricultural Research Center
Mr. Amir Rosenblit, Spokesman, Ben Gurion University
Dr. Eli Zaadi, Gilat Agricultural Research Center
Dr. Uri Shanas, Chairman of Department of Biology, Haifa University
Mr. Dani Bar-Elli, Chair Israeli Committee for UNESCO
Mr. Yizhak Moshe, Deputy Director for Forestry, KKL Southern Region
Dr. Yeshayahu Bar-Or, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Dr. Yehoshua Shkedy, Chief Scientist, Israel National Parks and Nature Reserves Authority
Mr. Nati Barak, Head of. Sustainable Development, Netafim Corporation
Mr. Raz Arbel, Head Tourism Department, Ramat Hanegev Regional Council
Ms. Hila Ackerman, Director of Environmental Department, Ramat Hanegev Regional Council
Mr. Asaf Raz, Director of Southern Region Environment and Community, Shatil
Prof. Tamar Dayan, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Chair, Society for Protection of Nature in Israel
Prof. Yona Chen, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriclure The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Mr. Uri Mintzker, Candidate, Ph.D. Ben Gurion University
Ms. Faye Bitker, Director Public Relations Department, Ben Gurion University
Dr. Israel Eliashiv, former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York
Dr. Clive Lipkin, Director of Research, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Prof. Dan Yakir, Department of Environmental Sciences & Energy Research. Weizman Institute
Professor Alon Tal, BIDR, Ben Gurion University, JNF International Board
Ms. Hannah Sivan, Environmental High School, Midreshet Sde Boqer