Festive event of the Israeli Friends Association

The Israeli Friends’ annual on-campus event took place on May 22 in the garden of the newly renovated Weizmann House, home of the late Dr. Chaim Weizmann, founder of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the first President of the State of Israel.

Weizmann Institute alumnus Prof. Amnon Shashua (above, right) was the honoree and keynote speaker. Prof. Shashua is the founder and chairman of Mobileye, which was recently acquired by Intel in a multi-billion dollar deal. Prof. Shimon Ullman of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (above, left)—a 2015 Israel Prize winner and Prof. Shashua’s masters’ advisor at the Institute—introduced Prof. Shashua. Prof. Shashua spoke about Mobileye’s field of autonomous driving and the impact it is expected to have on society in the near future.

The event included a concert performed by Danny Basan and Yoshi Sade, two members of Tislam, one of Israel’s top 1980s rock 'n' roll bands.