Memorial Event for Prof. Asher Arian

	Event Date(s): 10/20/2010 - 10/20/2010
	Date Published: 9/6/2010	Last Updated: 12/29/2010
	Category: Events, The Guttman Center Surveys

On Thursday, October 21, 2010, the Israel Democracy Institute hosted a memorial event for Senior Fellow Prof. Asher Arian, who stood at the helm of IDI's flagship Political Reform Program and spearheaded the inclusion of The Guttman Center in IDI's activities. The event began with words of remembrance and continued with a roundtable discussion on "The State of Democracy in Israel Today," which was moderated by Prof. Tamar Hermann.

Memorial Event for Prof. Asher Arian
The Israel Democracy Institute
Thursday, October 21, 2010
4:30-7:30 p.m.

video icon This event was broadcast live on the IDI website. Full video coverage can be found below, in both the original Hebrew and dubbed into English.

PROGRAM

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm	Registration
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm	In Memoriam: Prof. Asher Arian Speakers: Dr. Arye Carmon, President of the Israel Democracy Institute Prof. Elihu Katz, Former Scientific Director of the Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research (via video conference) Prof. Gideon Doron, President of the Israeli Association of Political Science; Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University Ms. Daphna Guttman, Representative of the Guttman Family Mr. Aviv Arian, son of Prof. Asher Arian, z"l
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm	Musical Interlude: A selection of Prof. Arian's favorite music
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm	Roundtable Discussion: The State of Israeli Democracy Today Chair: Prof. Tamar Hermann, Senior Fellow, the Israel Democracy Institute; Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University Participants: Justice (Ret.) Dalia Dorner, Former Supreme Court Justice, President of the Israel Press Council Prof. Yitzhak Gal-Nur, Department of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rabbi Avi Gisser, Rabbi of Ofra and Chairman of the State-Religious Education Board Dr. Yousef Jabareen, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, The Technion Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Vice President of Research, The Israel Democracy Institute; Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Adv. Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy Mr. Yossi Sarid, Former Minister of the Environment and Minister of Education, Columnist for Haaretz, writer and poet Prof. Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research, The Israel Democracy Institute; Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University

ABOUT PROF. ASHER ARIAN

An international expert in public opinion surveys, Prof. Asher Arian was a Senior Fellow at IDI and one of the pillars of the Institute. A leading figure in political science in Israel, he pioneered the field of elections research based on election polls. He was one of the founders of the Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University and served as a full professor at the University of Haifa and as Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York.

Prof. Arian headed the Guttman Center for Applied Social Research at IDI from 1998 to 2010. During the course of his career, he published dozens of books, papers and articles about governance and regimes, elections, public opinion and political behavior in Israel, which compared the local findings with those of international settings.