8/2023 | The Migration Conference 2023 | Hamburg, Germany | Is it just because of anti-migration border fences? Why do Israel’s border barriers work? Lilach Lev Ari and Arnon Medzini |
7/2022 | UGI-IGU | Rennes, France | The rising importance of cities in the integration of forced and undocumented immigrants: Urban Geography Teaching – The case of Tel Aviv |
7/2022 | UGI-IGU | Sorbonne, Paris | From punitive border policies to positive global mobility: Europe and Israel compared |
12/2020 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Haifa University | Forced migration policy towards Europe and Israel: Is border fences and walls are the only option? |
10.2019 | The 3rd International Conference on Geographic Naming and Geographical Education: | Northeast Asian History Foundation. Seoul - South Korea | Invited Speaker: The Role of Geographical Maps in Territorial Disputes between Japan and Korea: The Geographic Education Perspective |
6.2019 | The Migration Conference 2019 | Department of Political Science, Bari, Italy | From border walls to positive policy towards forced migrants: Europe and Israel compared Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini |
12/2019 | The 4th Asian Conference on Geography | Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China | Geographic maps as perceptual and propagandist weapons in geopolitical struggles for the formation of national identity and the justification of territorial claims |
07.2018 | Association for Borderlands Studies 2nd World Conference 2018 (ABS2018) | Vienna & Budapest | How effective is Israel's anti-migration border fence? Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini |
01.2018 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | The new European walls and border fences deterring the entry of forced migrants: From multiculturalism to extreme nationalism |
12.2017 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Ben Gurion University | Influence of Tribal Structure on Local Council Operations |
7.2017 | British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Conference 2017: Movement and Migration in the Middle East. | University of Edinburgh, UK | Can the New Border Fences Deter Middle East Refugees from Immigrating to Europe? Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini |
5.2017 | Encuentros Interculturales en Sociedades Multiculturales: Inmigiration, Multilinguismo y Multiculturalidad | University of Granada, Spain | Invited Speaker: New borders – New Policy: Can they prevent the entry of "them" – the illegal migrants? |
2.2017 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | Tribalism versus community organization: Political geography of a multi-tribal Bedouin locality in the Galilee. |
12.2016 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Tel-Aviv University | Globalization vs. Preserving National States: Can building barriers, fences and walls constitute a real solution for the problems of global migration? Arnon Medzini & Lilach Lev Ari |
9.2016 | EUROGEO 2016: Geographic Information: for a better world. | Malaga, Spain | The Role of Geographical Maps in Territorial Disputes between Japan and Korea: The Geographic Education Perspective. |
6.2016 | The third Annual International Conference on Demography and Population Studies, Panel on the Current Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean Basin | Athens, Greece | New borders – New Policy: Can they prevent the entry of forced migration? Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini |
5.2016 | The 4th Ruppin International Conference On Immigration and Social Integration: "The Changing Face of Migration: Future Challenges for Societies" | Ruppin Academic Center | Will Barriers, Fences and Walls Actually thwart Desperate Illegal Migrants in the Future? Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini |
5.2016 | 15th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) "Conference Cities, States and Borders: From the Local to the Global" | HafenCity University Hamburg and S?nderborg University in Denmark | Can Israel actually cope with illegal migration from Africa and with its implications for the city of Tel-Aviv? Arnon Medzini & Lilach Lev Ari |
2.2016 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | How maps work politically and influence our Understanding of the world |
1.2016 | EUBORDERSCAPES Conference III, "Borders capes and Beyond: Change and Continuities in Thinking, Writing, Making Borders" | Barcelona, Spain | The new borders: Walls, barriers and fences - Can they prevent the entry of desperate illegal migrants? Lev Ari Lilach & Medzini Arnon |
12.2015 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Hebrew University - Jerusalem | The use of maps as a tool for strengthening national identity in territorial struggles |
8.2015 | International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference | Moscow State University | Geographic maps as perceptual and propagandist weapons in geopolitical struggles for the formation of national identity and the justification of territorial claims |
8.2015 | International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference Lev Ari Lilach & Medzini Arnon | Moscow State University | Can massive barriers prevent the Immigration of hungry immigrants from Africa (and the Middle East) into Europe? |
4.2015 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | How border conflicts are made apparent in digital maps as compared to traditional maps |
12.2014 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | University of Haifa | Traditional Middle East vs. New Middle East: Why must we change the definition of the Middle East region in teaching geography |
7.2014 | MEITAL National Conference | Levinsky College of Education (+Meishar Tal, Hagit & Yael Sneh) | Educational fieldtrip integrating mobile technologies |
6.2014 | ABS (Association for Borderlands Studies) 2014 World Conference | Joensuu, Finland & St. Petersburg, Russia | Can massive border fences help make good neighbors? The impact of the separation barrier on residents of the Barta'a enclave demilitarized zone. |
4.2014 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | The Teaching of Geography vs. the "New Middle East" |
4.2014 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim Arnon Medzini, Yael Sneh, Hagit Meishar Tal | Oranim Academic College of Education | Developing mobile supported learning activities for educational trips |
12.2013 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Bar-Ilan University | Can massive border fences help make good neighbors? The impact of the separation barrier on residents of the Barta'a enclave demilitarized zone. |
8.2013 | International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education (IGU – CGE) | Kyoto, Japan | Use of Location-Based Technologies as Support Tools for Geography Field Trips. |
3.2013 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | The Smartphone as a tool for creating and utilizing geographic information in learning outside the classroom - Geolocation |
12.2012 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Ben Gurion University | The Smartphone as an Aid in Teaching Geography |
8.2012 | International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education (IGU – CGE) | Freiburg, Germany | The Smartphone as an Aid in Teaching Geography. |
10.2011 | Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | Khandala vs. Srulik as symbols of national identity. |
6.2011 | European Association of Geographers – EUROGEO | Athens, Greece | The War of the Maps: "Political Use of Maps and Atlases to Shape National Consciousness – Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority". |
12.2010 | Cartography and Map Discourse in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Tel-Aviv University | Maps and atlases as ideological tools: Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority |
12.2009 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | University of Haifa | Upgrading the attractiveness of geography studies using educational G.I.S. applications |
9.2008 | MEISAI: The Middle East & Islamic Studies Association of Israel | Ben Gurion University | Identity symbol: Khandala and Palestinian resistance |
5.2007 | Faculty of Advanced Studies, annual conference on Myth, Language and Memory in Shaping Consciousness in Israel | Oranim Academic College of Education | Cartographic use of maps and names in creating affinity for a place |
4.2007 | Association of American Geographers (AAG) | San Francisco, CA, USA | Can a massive separation wall create better neighboring relations? The case study of Israel's Separation Wall in the West Bank. |
12.2007 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Tel-Aviv University | Towards tagging geography studies as a leading discipline in the field of computerized education in Israel |
6.2005 | Annual Conference on International Relations | Ankara, Turkey | A Wall, a Fence, an Obstacle or a Seam Zone Area: A Political-Geographical Review of the Construction of the Dividing Fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority |
4.2005 | Seventh Annual Conference on Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim | Oranim Academic College of Education | Learning in a computerized environment: Research on the computerized classroom |
5.2004 | Israel Political Science Association (ISPSA) Topic: From Basel to Geneva: Nationalism, Identity and Sovereignty | Ben Gurion University | That's not how you build a wall: Historical, geographic, security and political survey of building the separation barrier |
12.2003 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Bar Ilan University | Wall, fence, barrier or seam line space: Geographic/political review of dividing Israel |
7.2003 | Annual Conference on International Relations | Ankara, Turkey | The Possibility of Shortage of Water among the Members of the Euphrates Drainage Basin |
4.2003 | MEITAL-Inter-University Center for e-Learning (IUCEL) Topic: Computerization in academic teaching | Bar Ilan University | Digital classroom project |
9.2002 | Middle Eastern Studies | Mainz, Germany | Evaluating water balances in Israel – rethinking” |
12.2001 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Tel-Aviv University | Electronic databases as tools in teaching geography. Jerusalem: a computerized geographical view |
12.2000 | AGWSE Annual Meeting | Las Vegas, USA (Medzini+ wolf) | A connection between the Litani and the Jordan? Research and implications across hostile borders |
5.2000 | American Water Resources Association | Anchorage, Alaska | The influence of extreme environment on Israel's water economy |
12.1999 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Hebrew University | Computerized course in climate theory |
12.1999 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Hebrew University | Means for improving geography teaching methods by building internet sites on topics of study |
5.1999 | Conference on: Water in Israel—Where is it headed? | Oranim Academic College of Education | The balance of water in Israel |
12.1998 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Bar Ilan University | Changes in the geography of the Middle East: The third river in Iraq—economic development program or strategic plot |
9.1998 | Rainwater Utilization | Xuzhou University, China | The Euphrates river: Managing water flow of a trans-boundary river |
9.1998 | Rainwater Utilization | Xuzhou University, China | Towards the 21st Century: Uncertainty, and water policy in Israel as an industrialized, semi-arid country |
12.1997 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Ben Gurion University | Use of databases for geography on the internet |
12.1996 | Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting | Tel-Aviv University | Teaching geography using the internet |
9.1995 | Water Policy: Allocation and Management in Practice | Cranfield University, England | Water conflicts in the Middle East |
6.1995 | Changing Patterns of Nomads in Changing Societies | University of Haifa, Israel | Bedouin settlement policy in Israel: 1964-1994 |
7.1993 | EUROMES Conference | Warwick University, England | Hydropolitics along the Euphrates River |