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| − | Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for | + | *Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon]], Former IDF Chief of Staff |
| − | Strategic Studies (IISS) | + | *Mr. [[Glenn Carle]], Former US Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational |
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| − | Mr. Matthew Mark Horn | + | open discussion |
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| − | + | 10:00-11:30 '''Coping with Hamas: Lessons from Operation "Cast Lead"''' | |
| − | 10:00-11:30 Coping with Hamas: Lessons from | ||
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| − | + | *Chair: Prof. [[Martin Kramer]], Senior Fellow, [[Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies]], Shalem Center | |
| − | Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center | + | *Prof. Avraham Sela, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| − | + | *MK Brig. Gen. (res.) [[Effie Eitam]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee | |
| − | Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | + | *Dr. [[Anat Kurtz]], Senior Research Associate, [[Institute for National Security Studies]] |
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| − | MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam | + | *MK Dr. [[Yuval Steinitz]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee |
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| − | Dr. Anat Kurtz | ||
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| − | Former Head of the IDF International Law Department | ||
| − | MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz | ||
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| − | 11:45-13:15 Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for | + | |
| − | Advocacy | + | 11:45-13:15 '''Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy''' |
| − | + | *Chair: Mr.[[Gidi Mark]], C.E.O [[Taglit-Birthright Israel]] | |
| − | + | *Mr. [[Isaac (Buji) Herzog]], Minister of Welfare and Social Services and Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism | |
| − | + | *Mr. [[Ben-Dror Yemini]], [[Maariv]] | |
| − | Minister of Welfare and Social Services and Minister of the | + | *Dr. [[Boaz Mourad]], [[Insight Research Group]] |
| − | Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism | + | *Prof. [[Leonard Saxe]], Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University |
| − | Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini | + | *Amb. [[Ron Prossor]], Ambassador of Israel to the UK |
| − | + | *Mr. [[David Horovitz]], Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post | |
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| − | Insight Research Group | + | 08:15-09:45 '''Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the Digital Revolution Change the Educational Reality?'' |
| − | + | *Chair: Dr. [[Shimshon Shoshani]], Former Director General of the Ministry of Education | |
| − | Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis | + | *Ms. [[Gila Ben-Har]], Director, Center for Educational Technology |
| − | University | + | *Mr. [[Yoram Yaacovi]], CTO, Microsoft Israel Development Center |
| − | + | *Mr. [[Meir Brand]], Google Israel Country Director | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Michal Yerushalmy]], Faculty of Education, Haifa University | |
| − | Ambassador of Israel to the UK | + | *Prof. [[Yuli Tamir]], Minister of Education |
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| − | Mr. David Horovitz | + | |
| − | Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post | + | 09:45-11:00 '''Economic Concepts for Higher Education''' |
| − | + | *Chair: Mr. [[Dror Strum]], President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Yaacov Sheinin]], CEO, Economic Models | |
| + | *Mr. [[Avraham Shochat]], Former Minister of Finance; Chairman of the Shochat Commission on Higher Education | ||
| + | *Prof. [[Hagit Messer-Yaron]], President, The Open University | ||
| + | *Maj. Gen. [[Avi Zamir]], Head of Personnel Branch, IDF | ||
| + | *Prof. [[Yuli Tamir]], Minister of Education | ||
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| − | + | 11:20-12:35 '''R&D National Policy: Higher Education – Moving from Basic Science to R&D''' | |
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| − | + | *Chairs: Prof. [[Oded Abramsky]], Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Menahem Yaari]], President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities | |
| − | + | *Moderator: Prof. [[Rivka Carmi]], President, Ben-Gurion University | |
| − | + | *Mr. [[Guri Zilka]], Advisor, National Council for Research and Development; Former Director of Council for Higher Education | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Mina Teicher]], Chair, National Committee for International R&D Relations, National Council for Research and Development | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Lea Nass]], Former Chair of the Science and Technology committee | |
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| − | 14:00-15:15 Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian | + | 14:00-15:15 '''Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Economic Initiatives and Political Derivatives''' |
| − | Process: Economic Initiatives and Political | + | *Chair: Sir [[Ronald Cohen]], Chairman, The [[Portland Trust]] |
| − | Derivatives | + | *Dr. [[Robert Danin]], Head of Mission, Quartet Representative to the Middle East |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Maher S. El-Kurd]], Chairman of the [[PLO Economic Committee]] | |
| − | + | *Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Danny Rothschild]], President, [[Council for Peace and Security]] | |
| − | + | *Amb. [[Irit Ben-Abba]],Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Shavit Matias]], Deputy Attorney General, in charge of International Issues | |
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| − | Amb. Irit Ben-Abba | ||
| − | Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign | ||
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| − | + | 15:30-17:00 '''A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries''' | |
| − | 15:30-17:00 A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish | + | *Chair: Dr. [[Avi Bitzur]], Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University |
| − | Refugees from Arab Countries | + | *Mr. [[Raffi Eitan]], Minister for Pensioners' Affairs, also in charge of Restitution of Jewish Rights and Assets |
| − | + | *Ms. [[Rachel Machtiger]], Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; [[Atlantic Forum of Israel]] | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Zvi Zameret]], Director, The Ben Zvi Institute | |
| − | Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home | + | *Mr. [[Edwin Shuker]], President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries |
| − | Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University | + | open discussion |
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| − | + | 13:20-14:45 '''From R&D to Commercial and Economic Application as Part of National Policy''' | |
| − | Minister for Pensioners' Affairs, also in charge of Restitution of Jewish | + | *Chairs: Prof. [[Oded Abramsky]], Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development |
| − | Rights and Assets | + | *Prof. [[Menahem Yaari]], President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| − | + | *Moderator: Prof. [[Leah Boehm]], Member, National Council for Research and Development; Chief Scientist, [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Moshe Oron]], Chief Scientist, KiloLambda, National Council for Research and Development | |
| − | Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC | + | *Dr. [[Eli Opper]], Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor |
| − | Herzliya; Atlantic Forum of Israel | + | *Prof. [[Zvi Eckstein]], Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel |
| − | + | *Mr. [[Yigal Erlich]],Deputy Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development; President, Yozma | |
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| − | + | *Mr. [[Ghaleb Majadle]], Minister of Science, Culture and Sports | |
| − | Mr. Edwin Shuker | ||
| − | President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries | ||
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| − | + | 15:00-16:30 '''Global Jewish Peoplehood: Metrics and Policies''' | |
| − | + | *Chair: Mr. [[Leonid Nevzlin]], Chairman, Nadav Fund | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Yoav Shoham]], Stanford University | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Ephraim Ya'ar]], Head of the Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Steven M. Cohen]], Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Shlomi Ravid]], Director, International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies, Beit-Hatefutsot | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Yehezkel Dror]], Former Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Misha Galperin]], Executive Vice President and CEO, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | |
| − | + | *Prof. [[Na'ama Sabar Ben-Yehoshua]], Head of the unit for Jewish peopelhood studies, School of Education, Tel Aviv University | |
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| − | Prof. Ephraim Ya'ar | ||
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| − | Prof. Steven M. Cohen | ||
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| − | Dr. Shlomi Ravid | ||
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| − | 17:15-18:00 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address" | + | 17:15-18:00 '''Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"''' |
| − | + | *Chair: Prof. [[Alex Mintz]], Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC | |
| − | + | *Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Ehud Barak]], Minister of Defense and Former Prime Minister | |
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| − | Lt. Gen. (res.) Ehud Barak | ||
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| − | 18:00-19:30 The Syrian Tier and Regional Statecraft | + | 18:00-19:30 '''The Syrian Tier and Regional Statecraft''' |
| − | + | *Chair: Dr. [[Israel Elad-Altman]], Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya | |
| − | + | *Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Dani Yatom]], Former Head of the [[Mossad]] | |
| − | Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya | + | *Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Giora Eiland]], Former Head of the [[National Security Council]] |
| − | + | *Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Yaakov Amidror]], Deputy President, [[Lander Institute ]] | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Shmuel Bar]], Director of Studies, The Institute of Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Dan Schueftan]], Deputy Director, National Security Studies Centre, Haifa University | |
| − | + | *Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Amos Gilead]], Head, Politico-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense | |
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| − | 20:30-22:00 Europe on the World Stage | + | 18:00-19:30 '''National Sustainability and Israel's Green Safety Net''' |
| − | + | *Chair: Mr. [[Effi Stenzler]], Chairman of the Board, [[Jewish National Fund]] | |
| − | Chair: Amb. Michael Zantovsky | + | *Prof. [[Uri Shani]], Director, Water Authority |
| − | Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel | + | *Prof. [[Yakov Karni]], CTO, HelioFocus Ltd. |
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| − | Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for | + | 20:30-22:00 '''Europe on the World Stage'''' |
| − | Strategic Studies (IISS) | + | *Chair: Amb. [[Michael Zantovsky]], Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel |
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| − | + | *Dr. [[John Chipman]], Director General and Chief Executive, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS) | |
| − | Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit | + | *Dr. [[Josef Joffe]],Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]] |
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===W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 0 9=== | ===W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 0 9=== | ||
Revision as of 02:30, 22 May 2012
The Ninth Herzliya Conference took place at the IDC Herzliya on 2-4 February 2009.[1]
Contents
Program
Monday , February 2, 2009
08:15-09:30 The Security Dimension
- Chair: MK Tzachi Hanegbi, Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee
- Mr. Dan Meridor ,Former Member of the Cabinet; Chairman of the National Security Doctrine Commission
- Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Former Deputy Minister of Defense
- Prof. Uzi Arad, Chairman, Herzliya Conference
open discussion
09:30-11:00 The Foreign Relations Dimension
- Chair: Mr. Aaron Abramovich
- Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amb. Yossi Gal
- Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Naor Gilon, Director, Bureau for International Affairs, Center for Policy Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Eran Etzion, Director, Policy Planning Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
open discussion
08:15-09:45 The Societal Dimension
- Chair: Col. (res.) Ahuva Yanai, CEO, Matan
- Mr. Isaac (Buji) Herzog, Minister of Welfare and Social Services and Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism
- Mr. Nahum Itzkovich, Director General, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services
- Prof. Mooli Lahad, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tel-Hai Academic College
open discussion
09:45 -10:00 Mr. Eliyahu Yishai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
10:00 -11:00 The Economic Dimension
- Chair: Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Chairman, Board of Directors, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya
- Dr. Karnit Flug, Director, Research Department, Bank of Israel
- Mr. Roni Bar-On, Minister of Finance
open discussion
The Balance of Israel' s National Security 11:15-12:45 Formal Opening
- Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad, Chairman, Herzliya Conference
- Greetings: Prof. Uriel Reichman,President, IDC Herzliya
- Ms. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya
- Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
The Balance of Israel's National Security and the 2009 "Herzliya Indices"
- Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya
- Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Head, School of Political Sciences, Haifa University
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, President, Sderot Conference for Society
13:30-15:00 The Negev as the New Frontier: Re-prioritizing its Development
- Chair: Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress
- Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
- Prof. Avishay Braverman, Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
- Mr. Eitan Wertheimer, Chairman of the Board, "Daroma"
- Mr. Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive Jewish Agency for Israel and the WZO
- Mr. Ofer Isseroff, Director, "Daroma"; Regional Director, Jewish Agency for Israel
open discussion
15:15-17:00 Perspectives on the Changing Global Landscape
- Chair: Sir Michael Pakenham, Former Chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee
- Amb. Igor S. Neverov, Director, North American Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Prof. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
- Amb. John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations
- Mr. Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Senior Director for Policy Programs, German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Amb. Zalman Shoval
- Chairman, Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US
open discussion
15:00-16:30 Are Mixed Cities the Face of the Future for Israel?
- Chair: Prof. Aliza Shenhar
- President, Emek Yezreel College
- Mr. Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu, Co-Executive Director, Abraham Fund
- Prof. Rassem Khamaisi, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa University
- Mr. Kamel Agbaria, Chairman, Neighborhood Committee, Jaffa Arab Quarter
- Mr. Shimon Gafsou, Mayor, Nazareth-Ilit
- Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, IDC Herzliya
open discussion
17:15-18:00 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"
- Chair: Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
- Ms. Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
18:00-19:30 Can European-Israeli Relations be Decoupled from the Palestinian Issue?
- Chair: Amb. Raphael Barak, Deputy Director General for Western Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Tomas Pojar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
- Mr. Thomas Oppermann, MdB, Deputy Chairman, SPD Parliamentary Group, Germany
- Dr. Liam Fox, MP, Shadow Defense Secretary, United Kingdom
- Amb. Avi Primor, Director, Center for European Studies, IDC, Herzliya
- Amb. Marc Otte, European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
open discussion
18:00-19:15 Multi-Faceted Jerusalem
- Chair: Dr. Gavriel Barkay, Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University
- Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custos of the Holy Land
- Prof. Yossi Shilhav, Department of Geography, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Mr. Hanna Siniora, Co-CEO IPCRI
open discussion
19:15-19:30 MK Avigdor Liberman, Chairman, Yisrael Beitenu
20:30-22:30 Change of Guard and the Future of US World Leadership
- Chair: Prof. Herbert London, President, Hudson Institute
- Amb. John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations
- Mr. R. James Woolsey, Venture Partner with VantagePoint; Former US Director of Central Intelligence
- Mr. Richard Gordon, President, American Jewish Congress
- Amb. Alfred H. Moses, Chair, UN Watch; Partner & Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; Honorary President, American Jewish Committee
open discussion
Conversation between:
- Mr. Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Dr. Josef Joffe, Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit
Tuesday , February 3, 2009
08:15-10:00 Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic Terrorism
- Chair: Dr. John Chipman, Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Prof. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
- Dr. Jamie Patrick Shea, Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
- Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, Former IDF Chief of Staff
- Mr. Glenn Carle, Former US Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational
Threats
- Mr. Matthew Mark Horn, Co-Executive Director, American Jewish Congress
open discussion
10:00-11:30 Coping with Hamas: Lessons from Operation "Cast Lead"
- Chair: Prof. Martin Kramer, Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center
- Prof. Avraham Sela, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
- Dr. Anat Kurtz, Senior Research Associate, Institute for National Security Studies
- Col. (Res.) Daniel Reizner , Former Head of the IDF International Law Department
- MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
open discussion
11:45-13:15 Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy
- Chair: Mr.Gidi Mark, C.E.O Taglit-Birthright Israel
- Mr. Isaac (Buji) Herzog, Minister of Welfare and Social Services and Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism
- Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini, Maariv
- Dr. Boaz Mourad, Insight Research Group
- Prof. Leonard Saxe, Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
- Amb. Ron Prossor, Ambassador of Israel to the UK
- Mr. David Horovitz, Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
open discussion
08:15-09:45 'Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the Digital Revolution Change the Educational Reality?
- Chair: Dr. Shimshon Shoshani, Former Director General of the Ministry of Education
- Ms. Gila Ben-Har, Director, Center for Educational Technology
- Mr. Yoram Yaacovi, CTO, Microsoft Israel Development Center
- Mr. Meir Brand, Google Israel Country Director
- Prof. Michal Yerushalmy, Faculty of Education, Haifa University
- Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education
open discussion
09:45-11:00 Economic Concepts for Higher Education
- Chair: Mr. Dror Strum, President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
- Dr. Yaacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models
- Mr. Avraham Shochat, Former Minister of Finance; Chairman of the Shochat Commission on Higher Education
- Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President, The Open University
- Maj. Gen. Avi Zamir, Head of Personnel Branch, IDF
- Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education
open discussion
11:20-12:35 R&D National Policy: Higher Education – Moving from Basic Science to R&D
- Chairs: Prof. Oded Abramsky, Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development
- Prof. Menahem Yaari, President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Moderator: Prof. Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University
- Mr. Guri Zilka, Advisor, National Council for Research and Development; Former Director of Council for Higher Education
- Prof. Mina Teicher, Chair, National Committee for International R&D Relations, National Council for Research and Development
- Dr. Lea Nass, Former Chair of the Science and Technology committee
open discussion
14:00-15:15 Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Economic Initiatives and Political Derivatives
- Chair: Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, The Portland Trust
- Dr. Robert Danin, Head of Mission, Quartet Representative to the Middle East
- Dr. Maher S. El-Kurd, Chairman of the PLO Economic Committee
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, President, Council for Peace and Security
- Amb. Irit Ben-Abba,Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Shavit Matias, Deputy Attorney General, in charge of International Issues
open discussion
15:30-17:00 A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
- Chair: Dr. Avi Bitzur, Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University
- Mr. Raffi Eitan, Minister for Pensioners' Affairs, also in charge of Restitution of Jewish Rights and Assets
- Ms. Rachel Machtiger, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Atlantic Forum of Israel
- Dr. Zvi Zameret, Director, The Ben Zvi Institute
- Mr. Edwin Shuker, President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries
open discussion
13:20-14:45 From R&D to Commercial and Economic Application as Part of National Policy
- Chairs: Prof. Oded Abramsky, Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development
- Prof. Menahem Yaari, President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Moderator: Prof. Leah Boehm, Member, National Council for Research and Development; Chief Scientist, Israel Aerospace Industries
- Prof. Moshe Oron, Chief Scientist, KiloLambda, National Council for Research and Development
- Dr. Eli Opper, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
- Prof. Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel
- Mr. Yigal Erlich,Deputy Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development; President, Yozma
open discussion
- Mr. Ghaleb Majadle, Minister of Science, Culture and Sports
15:00-16:30 Global Jewish Peoplehood: Metrics and Policies
- Chair: Mr. Leonid Nevzlin, Chairman, Nadav Fund
- Prof. Yoav Shoham, Stanford University
- Prof. Ephraim Ya'ar, Head of the Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University
- Prof. Steven M. Cohen, Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College
- Dr. Shlomi Ravid, Director, International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies, Beit-Hatefutsot
- Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Former Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute
- Dr. Misha Galperin, Executive Vice President and CEO, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
- Prof. Na'ama Sabar Ben-Yehoshua, Head of the unit for Jewish peopelhood studies, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
open discussion
17:15-18:00 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"
- Chair: Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC
- Lt. Gen. (res.) Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense and Former Prime Minister
18:00-19:30 The Syrian Tier and Regional Statecraft
- Chair: Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Dani Yatom, Former Head of the Mossad
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, Former Head of the National Security Council
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, Deputy President, Lander Institute
- Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, The Institute of Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
- Dr. Dan Schueftan, Deputy Director, National Security Studies Centre, Haifa University
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Head, Politico-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense
open discussion
18:00-19:30 National Sustainability and Israel's Green Safety Net
- Chair: Mr. Effi Stenzler, Chairman of the Board, Jewish National Fund
- Prof. Uri Shani, Director, Water Authority
- Prof. Yakov Karni, CTO, HelioFocus Ltd.
- Prof. Yael Moriah, Faculty of Architecture, The Technion Institute
- Mr Shamai Assif, Head of the Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
open discussion
20:30-22:00 Europe on the World Stage'
- Chair: Amb. Michael Zantovsky, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel
- President José María Aznar, Former Prime Minister of Spain
- Dr. John Chipman, Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Dr. Josef Joffe,Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit
open discussion
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T h e D a v i d S l i n g P r o j e c t
8:15-10:15 Iran on the Nuclear Threshold – Feasability of Prevention and of Deterrence
Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry
President, Boeing Israel; Former Head of the National Security Council
Prof. Scott Sagan
Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University
Amb. Yossi Gal Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Bruno Tertrais
Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique (FRS)
Dr. Michael Makovsky Foreign Policy Director, Bipartisan Policy Center
MK Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee open discussion
10:30-12:15 Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Initiatives
Chair: Dr. Ariel Levite
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mr. Jonathan S. Paris
Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute
Dr. Oded Brosh Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
Mr. Sverre Lodgaard
Senior Research Fellow, NUPI and former Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin
Principal Researcher, IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences Amb. David Danieli Deputy Director General for Policy, Israel Atomic Energy Commission
open discussion
8:15-10:00 Energy, Security and Global
Geopolitics
Chair: Dr. Sass Somekh Founder, Musea Ventures Dr. Ed Morse Managing Director and Chief Economist, LCM Commodities Mr. R. James Woolsey
Venture Partner with VantagePoint; Former US Director of Central Intelligence
Dr. Jamie Patrick Shea
Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Dr. Brenda Shaffer Energy Management and Policy Program, University of Haifa Dr. David Wurmser
Director, Delphi Global Analysis; Former Senior Advisor on National Security Affairs to the US Vice President
Mr. Yossie Hollander
Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
open discussion
10:30-12:15 The World Economic Crisis: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation
Chair: Mr. L. Jack Staley President, Stanford Group (Suisse) Prof. Jacob Frenkel
Former Governor of the Bank of Israel; Chairman, Group of Thirty (G-30); Vice Chairman, American International Group (AIG)
Mr. Michael G. Oxley
Vice Chairman, NASDAQ Stock Market; Former Chairman of the US House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee
Dr. Stephen J. Canner Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, US Council for International Business
Ms. Joanne Thornton Senior Vice President, Policy Research, Stanford Group Company
open discussion
13:00-14:30 Israel's Financial Governance: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation Chair: Mr. Shlomo Zohar
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Discount Bank Prof. Amir Barnea Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya Mr. Rony Hizkiyahu Supervisor of the Banks, Bank of Israel Mr. Yadin Antebi
Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings, Ministry of Finance
Mr. Zvi Ziv
CEO, Bank Hapoalim
Mr. Zvi Lubetzky
Chairman, IBI Investments House
open discussion
14:45-17:00 Weathering the Storm: Israel and the World Economic Crisis
Chair: Mr. Yossie Hollander
Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office
Dr. Yaacov Sheinin
CEO, Economic Models
Prof. Avishay Braverman
Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
Mr. Yarom Ariav Director General, Minister of Finance
Mr. Israel Makov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Mr. Gidi Grinstein President, Reut Institute
open discussion
Prof. Stanley Fischer Governor, Bank of Israel
13:00-14:45 Risk Sharing: Bolstering Israel's Strategic Partnerships
Chair: Amb. Dr. Oded Eran Director, Institute for National Security Studies; Atlantic Forum of Israel
Dr. Bruno Tertrais Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, (FRS)
Mr. Christian Schmidt, MdB Parliamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry for Defense, Germany
Mr. Ralf Fuecks
President, Heinrich Boll Foundation
Mr. Rafael Bardají Director of International Policy, FAES Fundacion Mr Tommy Steiner Senior Research Fellow , The Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya open discussion
Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Road Safety;
Responsible for the Strategic Dialogue
15:00-16:30 Passive and Active Defense Options to Cope with Strategic Threats
Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzle Bodinger
Chairman of the Board, IMDA; Former Commander of the Israeli
Air Force
Mr Uzi Rubin CEO, Rubinkon Brig. Gen. (res.) Yair Dori Former Commander, Anti-Aircraft Warfare Mr. Michael D. Brown
Former US Under Secretary of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response Dr. Avi Bitzur Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University Dr. Max Singer Senior Research Fellow, BESA Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai
Deputy Minister of Defense
open discussion
17:00-17:45 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"
Chair: Amb. Zalman Shoval
Chairman, Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US
Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu
Head of the Opposition and Former Prime Minister
18:00-19:30 Reconnecting Israel with its Expatriates Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amira Dotan Chairperson, Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy
Mr. Erez Halfon Director General, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
Prof. Zaki Shalom The Zionist Council In Israel Ms. Shulamit Aloni Former Minister of Education and Culture Prof. Moshe Oron Chief Scientist, KiloLambd; National Council for Research and Development
MK Avshalom (Abu) Vilan Member, Internal Affairs and Environment Committee Mr. Mano Geva CEO, Midgam Research and Consulting; Chairman of Israel Research Institues Association open discussion
18:00-19:30 The Imperative for Government Reform
Chair: Gad Zeevi
CEO, Japan Auto
Prof. Uriel Reichman
Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
Mr. Dror Strum
President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
Mr. Haim Ramon
Vice Premier and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
MK Gideon Sa'ar
Chairman, Likud Parliamentary Group
Mr Raanan Dinur
Director General, Prime Minister's Office
Mr. Sami Friedrich
Chairman, Shaldor Inc.
open discussion
20:15-22:00 Concluding Session
Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman Founder and President, IDC Herzliya Amb. Ronald S. Lauder President, World Jewish Congress Prof. Uzi Arad
Chairman, Herzliya Conference Prof. Shlomo Ben-Ami
IDC Herzliya Prof. Ruth Gavison Founding President, Metzilah Center[2]
Notes
- ↑ Conference Conclusions: The Ninth Herzliya Conference, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, p.58.
- ↑ Program, the 9th herzliya Conference 2009, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 21 May 2012.
