{"id":74,"date":"2025-11-15T20:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:22:18","slug":"plenary-and-invited-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/plenary-and-invited-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenary and Invited Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #d2421b;\">Plenary Speakers:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: 170%; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #ffffff;\">This year we will host the following distinguished <b>plenary speakers<\/b> (confirmed)<\/p>\n<p><!-- PLENARY 1: --><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/04\/Benjamin-Geiger.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Prof. Benjamin Geiger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/dept\/irb\/geiger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prof. Benjamin Geiger<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Weizmann Institute of Science,<br \/>\nRehovot, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- PLENARY 2: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/04\/Boaz-Pokroy.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Prof. Boaz Pokroy\" href=\"https:\/\/pokroylab.net.technion.ac.il\/group-leader-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prof. Boaz Pokroy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Technion &#8211; Israel Institute of Technology,<br \/>\nHaifa, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #d2421b;\" width=\"70%\">Invited Speakers (confirmed)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: blue;\" align=\"right\" width=\"30%\">Materials Science sessions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- MS 1: --><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Yevgeny-Rakita.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Asst. Prof. Yevgeny Rakita\" href=\"https:\/\/cris.bgu.ac.il\/en\/persons\/yevgeny-rakita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asst. Prof. Yevgeny Rakita<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ben-Gurion University,<br \/>\nBeer-Sheva, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- MS 2: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Angelica-Elkan.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Asst. Prof. Angelica Elkan\" href=\"https:\/\/en-engineering.tau.ac.il\/profile\/angelic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asst. Prof. Angelica Elkan<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tel-Aviv University,<br \/>\nRamat Aviv, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- MS 3: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Alexandra-Tayar.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Prof. Alexandra Tayar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/chembiophys\/tayar\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prof. Alexandra Tayar<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Weizmann Institute of Science,<br \/>\nRehovot, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- MS 4: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Oren-Lahav.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Dr. Oren Lahav\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dr. Oren Lahav<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">KLA, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #d2421b;\" width=\"70%\">Invited Speakers (confirmed)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: blue;\" align=\"right\" width=\"30%\">Life Sciences sessions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- LS 1: --><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Shifra-Lansky.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Asst. Prof. Shifra Lansky\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/csb\/lansky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asst. Prof. Shifra Lansky<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Weizmann Institute of Science,<br \/>\nRehovot, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- LS 2: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/02\/Dvir-Harris.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Asst. Prof. Dvir Harris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dvirharrislab.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asst. Prof. Dvir Harris<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Technion &#8211; Israel Institute of Technology,<br \/>\nHaifa, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- LS 3: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/02\/Liron-David.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Asst. Prof. Liron David\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgu.ac.il\/en\/researcher\/liron-david\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asst. Prof. Liron David<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ben-Gurion University,<br \/>\nBeer-Sheva, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- LS 4: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Natan-T.-Shaked.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Prof. Natan Tzvi Shaked\" href=\"https:\/\/english.tau.ac.il\/profile\/nshaked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prof. Natan Tzvi Shaked<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tel-Aviv University,<br \/>\nRamat Aviv, Israel.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #d2421b;\" width=\"70%\">Invited Speakers (confirmed)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: blue;\" align=\"right\" width=\"30%\">Frontiers in Instrumentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- FI 1: --><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2016\/files\/2015\/11\/male_guest.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Prof.\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TBA<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- FI 2: --><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"jbox white\" ><div  class=\"jbox-content\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" style=\"border-radius: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/04\/Ofer-Kfir.png\" alt=\"Apps-user-info-icon\" width=\"100\" data-id=\"782\" \/><a title=\"Dr. Ofer Kfir\" href=\"https:\/\/kfir.sites.tau.ac.il\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dr. Ofer Kfir<\/strong><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tel-Aviv University,<br \/>\nRamat Aviv, Israel.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plenary Speakers: This year we will host the following distinguished plenary speakers (confirmed) Invited Speakers (confirmed) Materials Science sessions Invited Speakers (confirmed) Life Sciences sessions Invited Speakers (confirmed) Frontiers in Instrumentations<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/plenary-and-invited-speakers\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}