• Festive Opening and presentation of Honorary Fellowships on June 12, performance by Israeli singers Shlomit Aharon and the Three Tenors.
• Honorary Doctorates conferred on eminent international scientists and public figures.
• In the Beginning: Celebrating our Genesis-Gala event at the Haifa City Museum, housed in the Templer Movement’s 19th century public buildings in the picturesque German Colony, includes a tour of the exhibition “War of the Languages: Founding of the Technion/Technikum.”
• Dedication of the Canadian Student Residence in the Stanley Shalom Zielony Graduate Student Village.
• What’s cooking? Showcasing the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering: interactive program with faculty and students; Land of Milk and Honey field visits to Strauss Dairy and Elite Chocolate Factory, with tours of the production facilities and meetings with alumni.
• Outstanding faculty recognition: Hershel and Hilda Rich Technion Innovation Awards and the Henry Taub Prizes for Academic Excellence. “The Technion: A Human Capital Venture with panel of prominent speakers: Inbal Kreiss, Technion alumna and project director for the Arrow 3 Missile, Israel Aerospace Industries; Prof. Emeritus Shlomo Maital, senior research associate, Samuel Naman Institute; and Dr Ed Mlavsky, founding partner, Gemini Israel Funds.
• Walk Tall when Technion alumnus and inventor, Dr Amit Goffer, presents ReWalk™ -the device that enables a paralyzed person, confined to a wheelchair, to stand up and walk.
• Prof. Ruth Arnon, president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, delivers the Yitzhak Modai Annual Lecture on Technology and Economics.
• Norman and Barbara Seiden Family Prizes awarded for multidisciplinary undergraduate projects in optoelectronics, microelectronics, and nanosciences.
• Subject to demand, a behind-the-scenes guided tour of Technion City led by former Technion Architect Aurelia Kirmayer.
• Spectator special, June 15, student creative engineering contest: Dr. Bob’s TechnoBrain Competition-Yo-Yo Gum.

All details correct to May 1, 2011.