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The Latin American Unit at the Truman Institute,The Department of Romance and Latin American Studies and The European Forum at the Hebrew Universitycordially invite you to the International Colloquium on

SPAIN - ISRAEL30th ANIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

April 4 2016, from 9:30 to 19:00 Abba Eban Hall at the Truman Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus. (The event will be held partly in English and partly in Spanish)

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9.15-9.45: Recepción y café / Gathering and coffee 9. 45-10.15: Salutaciones / GreetingsModeradora/Chair: Ruth Fine

D. Miguel José Moro Aguilar, Chargé d´affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Spain in Israel.

Amb. Yossi Gal, Vice President for Advancement and External Relations, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Carmen Álvarez, Director of the Cervantes Institute, Tel Aviv.

Menahem Blondheim, Director of the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Noam Shoval, Director of the European Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

D. José Benarroch, President of the World Sephardic Union.

Claudia Kedar, Director of the Iberian and Latin American Section at the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

10.15-11.45: Israel and Spain: economic relations and foreign policy (in English) España e Israel: relaciones económicas y política exterior (en inglés)

Moderadora/Chair: Claudia Kedar, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

José María Blasco Ruiz, Economic and Trade Counsellor, the Embassy of Spain in Israel.

Alfred Tovias, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Gonzalo Escribano, Real Instituto Elcano, Spain.

Itay Zehorai, Head of Economic Research - The Israeli Export & International Cooperation Institute.

11.45-12.00: Café/Coffee

12.00-13.30: El rol político de España en el conflicto de Medio Oriente (en español)Spain as a political player in the Middle East conflict (in Spanish)

Moderador/Chair: Arie Kacowicz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Miguel José Moro Aguilar, Encargado de negocios a.i. de la Embajada de España en Israel.

Charles Powell, Real Instituto Elcano.

Paloma Roman Marugan, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Mauricio Dimant, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

13.30-15.00: Almuerzo/Lunch.

15.00-16.30: Mesa redonda: Relaciones científicas y académicas (en español).Round table: Scientific and academic relations (in Spanish).

Moderador/Chair: Ruth Fine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Amb. Alon Bar, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel.

Juan Villar, Consejero, Embajada de España en Israel.

Sonia Sánchez, Centro Sefarad-Israel, Spain.

Leonardo Senkman, Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén.

16.30-16.45: Café/Coffee

16.45-18.45: Round table: Israel and Spain in the cultural arena (in English) .Mesa redonda: Israel y España y las relaciones culturales (en inglés).

Moderador/Chair: Florinda Goldberg, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Carmen Álvarez, Director of the Cervantes Institute, Tel Aviv.

Ahuva Spieler, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Israel.

Yossi Benarroch, World Sephardic Union.

Myriam Nahon, el Abanico de España en Israel.

Silvina Schammah Gesser, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Martina Weisz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

18.45-19.15: Clausura / Closure: Alfred Tovias, Ruth Fine

19.15: Cocktail