Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, Welcome& Opening Remarks

Welcome Itzhak Tserruya2 HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, 2010 On behalf of Physics Faculty Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

The Weizmann Institute -the flagship of Israeli science- is a research institution in all areas of natural and exact science OVERVIEW Institute’s main entrance

Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, Weizmann Institute "I trust and feel sure in my heart that science will bring to this land both peace and a renewal of its youth, creating here the springs of a new spiritual and material life… I speak of both science for its own sake and science as a means to an end.“ In 1949 the Sieff Institute was renamed the Weizmann Institute of Science in his honor. Weizmann Institute of ScienceWeizmann Institute of Science Dr. Chaim Weizmann -a very successful chemist that would later become the first president of the State of Israel- founded in 1934 the Daniel Sieff Research Institute.

The Daniel Sieff Research Institute 1934 Today

: 13 Buildings 600 members of staff $4 million annual budget Today: Over 100 Buildings 2,500 members of staff $303 million annual budget Staff Budget Buildings 0 10 Buildings Overview: Numbers

400 administrative staff 1,000 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students 850 scientists with Ph.D. degree, engineers and technicians 250 professors Facts and Figures: Staff Total staff : 2500

Overview: Organizational Chart OVERVIEW Departments: Molecular Genetics Biological Chemistry Plant Sciences Departments: Immunology Molecular Cell Biology Biological Regulation Veterinary Resources Neurobiology Departments: Structural Biology Material and Interfaces Organic Chemistry Chemical Physics Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Departments: Particle Physics and Astrophysics Physics of Complex Systems Condensed Matter Departments: Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Mathematics Department : Science Teaching Technology transfer

Campus Landmarks Science Teaching Physics (~15 years ago) Biomedical Research

Art on campus Dani Karavan Menashe Kadishman Dina Recanati

Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, Welcome Chair, Hard Probes 2010 On behalf of the Organizing Committee David d’Enterria Peter Jacobs Sasha Milov Ilia Ravinovich Urs Wiedemann

Hard Probes 2010 in numbers 175 registrations (including 23 acc. persons) 56 students & post-docs 56 students & post-docs 30 plenary talks 2 Round Tables evening discussions 141 abstracts submitted 79 parallel talks 19 posters 12Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, 2010

Hard Probes 2010 Sponsors Hard Probes 2010 Sponsors Brookhaven National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory CNRS & IN2P3 RIKEN BNL and RIKEN NiSHiNA ExtreMe Matter Institute Centre Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire Albert Einstein Center of Theoretical Physics Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Faculty of Physics

Critical behavior (I)

Critical behavior (II): Abstract submission Deadline Deadline extended Number of Abstracts

Critical behavior (III) Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15,

Proceedings 17Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, 2010 The Proceedings of Hard Probes 2010 will be published by Elsevier in a special issue of Nuclear Physics A. The Proceedings will consist of all the plenary and all the parallel sessions oral contributions. Instructions for preparing the manuscripts are posted on the conference website at: Deadline for manuscript submission: December 1st, 2010.

Announcements 18Itzhak Tserruya HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, 2010 Please wear your badge at all times as a pass to the conference events. If lost or stolen report to the registration desk in Coral B. Free WiFi is available to all HP2010 participants in the public areas of the Dan Eilat Hotel. Free WiFi is also available in the guest rooms of the Dan Eilat Hotel using the login and password given to you at registration. Speakers: please upload your talk into the INDICO system, or bring it to the preview room (Coral B room) not later than 7:00 pm of the day preceding your talk. For last minute changes to the agenda refer to the INDICO system or to the daily program posted at the entrance of each hall.

Announcements Reservations for the optional Conference excursions on Wednesday must be made not later than Tuesday at 6:00 pm: Reservations for the optional Conference excursions on Wednesday must be made not later than Tuesday at 6:00 pm: - reserve your preferred tour on the sign sheets in front of Coral B. - reserve your preferred tour on the sign sheets in front of Coral B. - a company representative will collect your payment today and tomorrow between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. - a company representative will collect your payment today and tomorrow between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. For any other tour (accompanying persons tours and Petra tour on Saturday) see the Eilat Attractions reservation desk near the hotel reception. Bus(es) will depart from Dan Eilat Hotel on Friday at 2:00 pm to Jerusalem, Rehovot and Tel-Aviv. Pls sign sheets posted near the registration desk. Entrance to many public places is guarded by security personnel who may ask to inspect your bag. This is standard routine.

Itzhak Tserruya HP2010 Scientific Secretariat 20 HP2010, Eilat, October 10-15, 2010 Ana WekslerReut Hershenhoren I wish all and each one of us a most stimulating and enjoyable week