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Mr. Itamar Ben David

Visiting Associate Professor

Urban and Regional Planning Track


Urban and Regional Planner, his last public position (2017-2022) has been Chairman of the Haifa District Planning Committee (Housing Headquarters – Ministry of Finance and Planning Headquarters – Ministry of Interior). During Technion studies, he started to work in a vriety of public sector planning positions (Planning Authority planner - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Director of  Strategic Long Term Planning Department - Planning Administration Ministry of Interior, Director of Planning Department - Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel – SPNI). In all  public positions mentioned, he experienced membership as representative of different stakeholders in a variety of local, district and national planning committees. He holds a BA in Geography from Bar-Ilan University (1995-1997) and an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning,  Technion (1997-2000). Since 2023 He work as Senior Planning Consultant (Urban and regional Planning, Real Estate Development, Environmental Planning and Climate Change issues) and leading and developing of  "Ulpan 1 – Urban Planning studio" and "Ulpan 2 - Neighborhood Planning studio", Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion. He sees his work at the Technion as a great opportunity to continue leading a multigenerational trend in Israeli planning - which strives to create from the State of Israel a good and pleasant  sustainable place to live in this generation and for future generations.


Itamar Ben David