On May 19th, a special symposium will be held to honor Prof. John Bahcall (web page), the 2003 Dan David Prize Laureate (web page).

John Bahcall has been a close friend of the Israeli astronomical community for over thirty years. This is our opportunity to honor him.

The symposium, which will be held at Tel Aviv University, consists of two parts:

1. An astronomical symposium - featuring speakers closely related to John Bahcall's activity over the years. 13:00-14:30 - Melamed Hall (The Faculty of Exact Sciences Building)

Speaker	Title
Prof. Tsvi Piran - HU	What have we learnt and what we could have learnt from the SN1987A neutrinos
Prof. Eli Waxman - Weizmann	The Highest Energy Particles
Prof. Dan Maoz - TAU	John's Quasars
Prof. Neta Bahcall - Princeton	The Dark Side of the Universe

2. A special physics colloquium (for all members of The Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences and guests from other universities). 14:45-16:00 - Lev Auditorium (The Faculty of Exact Sciences Building)

Prof. John Bahcall: Solar Neutrinos

Introduction by Prof. Yuval Ne'eman.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion.




Symposium organized by Prof. Hagai Netzer (web page).