9:30 – 11:30

First Session: Political and Social Change

Chairperson: Dr. Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv University)
Greetings: Dr. Lars Hänsel (Director, Israel office, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
Prof. Eyal Zisser (Director of the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University)

• “Stand tall generation” Youngsters bow their heads: The social and mental encounter with the Israeli society
  Dr. Khawla Abu Baker (The Max Stern Emek Yzrael Academic College)
  

• Arab youth in Israel: Caught in the turbulence of social and cultural change
  Dr. Khaled Abu Asbeh (Massar Institute for Research, Planning and Social Consulting)
  

• The national and political worldview of Arab youth in Israel
  Dr. Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv University)
  

11:30 – 13:30

Second Session: Education, Dropout and Employment

Chairperson: Mr. Nabeh Abu Saleh (The Follow-up Committee on Arab Education)

• Dilemmas and challenges of civic education in Arab schools
  Dr. Ayman Agbaria (University of Haifa and Beit Berl College)
  
• Arab-Jewish youth encounters: Impact over time
  Mr. Lee Perlman (The Abraham Fund Initiatives)
  
• Overt and covert dropout from the Arab educational system
  Ms. Amira Karakra-Ibrahim (Massar Institute for Research, Planning and Social Consulting)
  
• Arab youth employment in the labor market
  Mr. Beni Fefferman (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor)
  

14:30 – 16:00

Third Session: Family and Leisure Time

Opening remarks: Mr. Ghaleb Majadele (Minister of Science, Culture and Sport)

Chairperson: Prof. Jack Haviv (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)

• Family relations between Arab youth and their parents
  Ms. Paula Kahan-Strawczynski (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)
  
• Leisure activities and informal education
  Ms. Miriam Cohen-Navot (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)
  
• Distress and challenges in the daily life of Arab youth
  Ms. Talal Dolev (Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute)
  

16:30 – 18:00

Fourth session: Crime and Violence

Chairperson: Prof. Aryeh Rattner (University of Haifa)

• Exposure of Jewish and Arab youth to community violence
  Dr. Beck Leshen (Achva College and Hebrew University) and Prof. Muhammad Haj-Yahia (Hebrew University)
  
• An ecological view of student violence in Arab schools
  Dr. Mona Khoury-Kassabri (Hebrew University)
  
• Arab school students' consumption of psychoactive substances
  Prof. Faisal Azaiza (University of Haifa)
  

Simultaneous Hebrew-English translation will be available