Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University of Israel - Challenges and Opportunities in Structuring and Implementing Science Policy.

Prof. Oren Perez, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University - Science, Politics and Transnational Regulation: the Institutionalization of Epistemic Authority.

Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University - Expert Knowledge vs. Local knowledge- Assessing the Health Risks from Ramat Hovav Industrial Zone.

Dr. Orr Karassin, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, Open University - Institutional Aspects of Risk Management by International Climate Change Funds.

Prof. Yoram Kirsh, Department of Natural Sciences, Open University - The case of allocating resources to capital intensive pure research: Social and economic viewpoints.

Prof. Elazar Weinryb, Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish studies - Some Thoughts about Equality.

Prof. Aviva Geva, Department of Management and Economics, Open University - Justice as business case.

Dr. Mordechai Schwarz, Department of Management and Economics - Might Makes (Contingent) Right: Equilibrium in the Stochastic Jungle.

Coping with Risk Perceptions: Integrating Stakeholder Concerns in Risk Governance - Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn, Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Risk Governance and Sustainable Technology Development (ZIRN) at the University of Stuttgart.