Feeding the Drylands
Challenges in Changing Environment
The 7th International
Conference
November
15-19, 2020
5 days of over 80 scientific and policy sessions, workshops & tours
addressing 5 major themes, in view of the substainable development goals (SDGs)
addressing 5 major themes, in view of the substainable development goals (SDGs)
Choose a
theme to see it's sessions:
Sunday
15 November 2020
8:00-15:00
Trip to Jerusalem
(optional)
Shuttles to SB From airport/TA
Shuttles to SB From airport/TA
17:00-18:30
19:00
African Evening -Welcome Cocktail & Open Plenary Talk
Monday
16 November 2020
9:00-10:30
Plenary Session - Prof. Daniel A. Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
11:00-13:00
Parallel Sessions
Open Campus Lunch
14:30-16:30
Parallel Sessions
17:00-18:45
Parallel Sessions
19:00
Wine Tasting/ &
Poster Session – Part of Vineyard Ecosystems Sessions
Tuesday
17 November 2020
9:00-18:30
Full Day Professional
Field Trips- At least one per theme
19:00
Social Event: Bedouin
Style Dinner
Wednesday
18 November 2020
9:00-10:30
Plenary Session - Workshop – Desertification/Public Health
10:30-12:30
Parallel Sessions
Open Campus Lunch
14:30-16:30
Parallel Sessions
17:00-18:30
Parallel Sessions
19:00
Social Event
Thursday
19 November 2020
9:00-10:30
Plenary Session -
11:00-12:30
Parallel Sessions
Lunch & Poster
Session
14:00-16:30
Parallel Sessions
17:00-18:30
Parallel Sessions
19:00
Departures Shuttles to BS/Airport/Eilat
Post Conference Tour – Israel/Jordan
20-23 November 2020 (dates
may change)
Optional Trip: Dead Sea, Ketura,
Eilat, Jordan – to focus on challenges of desertification
(Note dates may change)
(Note dates may change)
Conference Venue
The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research are located at the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Situated at the edge of a scenic cliff overlooking the Biblical “Zin Valley" and adjacent to several spectacular national parks and nature reserves, the campus makes a breathtaking venue for an academic gathering.