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The [[Ninth Herzliya Conference]] took place at the [[IDC Herzliya]] on 2-4 February 2009.<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/_Uploads/2165executivesummary09.pdf 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.</ref>   
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The [[Ninth Herzliya Conference]] took place at the [[IDC Herzliya]] on 2-4 February 2009.<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/_Uploads/2165executivesummary09.pdf 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.</ref>
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==Program==
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===Monday , February 2, 2009===
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08:15-09:30 '''The Security Dimension'''
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*Chair: MK [[Tzachi Hanegbi]], Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee  
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*Mr. [[Dan Meridor]] ,Former Member of the Cabinet; Chairman of the National Security Doctrine Commission
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*Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. [[Ephraim Sneh]], Former Deputy Minister of Defense
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*Prof. [[Uzi Arad]], Chairman, Herzliya Conference
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open discussion
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09:30-11:00 '''The Foreign Relations Dimension'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Aaron Abramovich]]
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*Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amb. [[Yossi Gal]]
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*Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. [[Naor Gilon]], Director, Bureau for International Affairs, Center for Policy Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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*Mr. Eran Etzion, Director, Policy Planning Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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open discussion
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08:15-09:45 '''The Societal Dimension'''
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*Chair: Col. (res.) [[Ahuva Yanai]], CEO, [[Matan]]
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*Mr. [[Isaac (Buji) Herzog]], Minister of Welfare and Social Services and  Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism
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*Mr. [[Nahum Itzkovich]],  Director General, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services
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*Prof. [[Mooli Lahad]], School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tel-Hai Academic College
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open discussion
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09:45 -10:00  Mr. [[Eliyahu Yishai]], Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
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10:00 -11:00 '''The Economic Dimension'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Eli Hurvitz]], Chairman, Board of Directors, [[Teva Pharmaceutical Industries]]
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*Prof. [[Rafi Melnick]], Provost, IDC Herzliya
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*Dr. [[Karnit Flug]], Director, Research Department, Bank of Israel 
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*Mr. Roni Bar-On, Minister of Finance 
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open discussion
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'''The  Balance of Israel' s National Security'''
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11:15-12:45 Formal Opening
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*Chair: Prof. [[Uzi Arad]], Chairman, Herzliya Conference
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*Greetings:  Prof. [[Uriel Reichman]],President, IDC Herzliya
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*Ms. [[Yael German]], Mayor of Herzliya
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*Mr. [[Shimon Peres]], President of the State of Israel
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'''The Balance of Israel's National Security and the 2009 "Herzliya Indices"''' 
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*Prof. [[Rafi Melnick]],  Provost, IDC Herzliya 
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*Prof. [[Gabriel Ben-Dor]], Head, School of Political Sciences, Haifa University
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Uzi Dayan]], President, Sderot Conference for Society
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13:30-15:00 '''The Negev as the New Frontier: Re-prioritizing its Development'''
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*Chair: Amb. [[Ronald S. Lauder]], President, [[World Jewish Congress]]
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*Prof. [[Alex Mintz]], Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
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*Prof. [[Avishay Braverman]], Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
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*Mr. [[Eitan Wertheimer]], Chairman of the Board, "Daroma" 
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*Mr. [[Zeev Bielski]], Chairman of the Executive Jewish Agency for Israel and the WZO 
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*Mr. [[Ofer Isseroff]], Director, "Daroma"; Regional Director, [[Jewish Agency for Israel]]
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open discussion 
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15:15-17:00 '''Perspectives on the Changing Global Landscape'''
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*Chair: Sir [[Michael Pakenham]], Former Chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee
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*Amb. [[Igor S. Neverov]], Director, North American Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
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*Prof. [[Brahma Chellaney]], Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi 
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*Amb. [[John Bolton]], Former US Ambassador to the United Nations 
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*Mr. [[Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff]], Senior Director for Policy Programs, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]]
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*Amb. [[Zalman Shoval]], Chairman, [[Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy]], IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US
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open discussion 
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15:00-16:30 '''Are Mixed Cities the Face of the Future for Israel?'''
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*Chair: Prof. [[Aliza Shenhar]] 
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*President, [[Emek Yezreel]] College 
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*Mr. [[Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu]], Co-Executive Director, [[Abraham Fund]]
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*Prof. [[Rassem Khamaisi]], Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa University
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*Mr. [[Kamel Agbaria]], Chairman, Neighborhood Committee, Jaffa Arab Quarter
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*Mr. [[Shimon Gafsou]], Mayor, Nazareth-Ilit
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*Prof. [[Amnon Rubinstein]], IDC Herzliya
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open discussion 
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17:15-18:00 '''Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Israel Makov]], Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
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*Ms. [[Tzipi Livni]], Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
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18:00-19:30 '''Can European-Israeli Relations be Decoupled from the Palestinian Issue?'''
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*Chair: Amb. [[Raphael Barak]], Deputy Director General for Western Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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*Mr. [[Tomas Pojar]], Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
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*Mr. [[Thomas Oppermann]], MdB, Deputy Chairman, SPD Parliamentary Group, Germany
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*Dr. [[Liam Fox]], MP, Shadow Defense Secretary, United Kingdom
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*Amb. [[Avi Primor]], Director, Center for European Studies, IDC, Herzliya
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*Amb. [[Marc Otte]], European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
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open discussion
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18:00-19:15 '''Multi-Faceted Jerusalem'''
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*Chair: Dr. [[Gavriel Barkay]], Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University 
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*Father [[Pierbattista Pizzaballa]], Custos of the Holy Land
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*Prof. [[Yossi Shilhav]], Department of Geography, Bar-Ilan University 
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*Dr. [[Dore Gold]], President, [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]]
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*Mr. [[Hanna Siniora]], Co-CEO IPCRI
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open discussion
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19:15-19:30  MK [[Avigdor Liberman]], Chairman, [[Yisrael Beitenu]] 
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20:30-22:30 '''Change of Guard and the Future of US World Leadership'''
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*Chair: Prof. [[Herbert London]], President, [[Hudson Institute]]
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*Amb. [[John Bolton]], Former US Ambassador to the United Nations 
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*Mr. [[R. James Woolsey]], Venture Partner with VantagePoint; Former US Director of Central Intelligence
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*Mr. Richard Gordon, President, [[American Jewish Congress]] 
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*Amb. [[Alfred H. Moses]], Chair, [[UN Watch]]; Partner & Senior Counsel, [[Covington & Burling]] LLP; Honorary President, [[American Jewish Committee]]   
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open discussion
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Conversation between:
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*Mr. [[Thomas L. Friedman]], [[New York Times]] Columnist and Dr. [[Josef Joffe]], Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]]
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===Tuesday , February 3, 2009===
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08:15-10:00 '''Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic Terrorism'''
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*Chair:  Dr. [[John Chipman]], Director General and Chief Executive, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS) 
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*Prof. [[Brahma Chellaney]], Professor of Strategic Studies, [[Centre for Policy Research]], New Delhi
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*Dr. [[Jamie Patrick Shea]],  Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO 
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*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon]], Former IDF Chief of Staff 
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*Mr. [[Glenn Carle]], Former US Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational
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Threats
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*Mr. [[Matthew Mark Horn]], Co-Executive Director, [[American Jewish Congress]]
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open discussion
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10:00-11:30 '''Coping with Hamas: Lessons from Operation "Cast Lead"'''
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*Chair: Prof. [[Martin Kramer]], Senior Fellow, [[Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies]], Shalem Center       
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*Prof. Avraham Sela, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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*MK Brig. Gen. (res.) [[Effie Eitam]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
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*Dr. [[Anat Kurtz]], Senior Research Associate, [[Institute for National Security Studies]]
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*Col. (Res.) [[Daniel Reizner]] , Former Head of the IDF International Law Department
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*MK Dr. [[Yuval Steinitz]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee 
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open discussion
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11:45-13:15 '''Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy'''
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*Chair: Mr.[[Gidi Mark]], C.E.O [[Taglit-Birthright Israel]]
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*Mr. [[Isaac (Buji) Herzog]], Minister of Welfare and Social Services and  Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism
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*Mr. [[Ben-Dror Yemini]], [[Maariv]] 
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*Dr. [[Boaz Mourad]], [[Insight Research Group]]
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*Prof. [[Leonard Saxe]], Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
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*Amb. [[Ron Prosor]], Ambassador of Israel to the UK 
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*Mr. [[David Horovitz]], Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
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open discussion
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08:15-09:45 '''Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the Digital Revolution Change the Educational Reality?''
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*Chair: Dr. [[Shimshon Shoshani]], Former Director General of the Ministry of Education
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*Ms. [[Gila Ben-Har]], Director, Center for Educational Technology
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*Mr. [[Yoram Yaacovi]], CTO, Microsoft Israel Development Center
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*Mr. [[Meir Brand]], Google Israel Country Director
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*Prof. [[Michal Yerushalmy]], Faculty of Education, Haifa University
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*Prof. [[Yuli Tamir]], Minister of Education 
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open discussion
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09:45-11:00 '''Economic Concepts for Higher Education'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Dror Strum]], President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
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*Dr. [[Yaacov Sheinin]],  CEO, Economic Models
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*Mr. [[Avraham Shochat]], Former Minister of Finance; Chairman of the Shochat Commission on Higher Education
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*Prof. [[Hagit Messer-Yaron]], President, The Open University
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*Maj. Gen. [[Avi Zamir]], Head of Personnel Branch, IDF
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*Prof. [[Yuli Tamir]], Minister of Education 
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open discussion
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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 
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*Prof. [[Menahem Yaari]], President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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*Moderator: Prof. [[Rivka Carmi]], President, Ben-Gurion University
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*Mr. [[Guri Zilka]], Advisor, National Council for Research and Development; Former Director of Council for Higher Education
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*Prof. [[Mina Teicher]], Chair, National Committee for International R&D Relations, National Council for Research and Development 
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*Dr. [[Lea Nass]], Former Chair of the Science and Technology committee
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open discussion   
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14:00-15:15 '''Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Economic Initiatives and Political Derivatives'''
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*Chair: Sir [[Ronald Cohen]], Chairman, The [[Portland Trust]] 
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*Dr. [[Robert Danin]], Head of Mission, Quartet Representative to the Middle East 
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*Dr. [[Maher S. El-Kurd]], Chairman of the [[PLO Economic Committee]] 
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Danny Rothschild]], President, [[Council for Peace and Security]]
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*Amb. [[Irit Ben-Abba]],Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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*Dr. [[Shavit Matias]], Deputy Attorney General, in charge of International Issues
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open discussion 
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15:30-17:00  '''A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries'''
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*Chair:  Dr. [[Avi Bitzur]], Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University
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*Mr. [[Raffi Eitan]], Minister for Pensioners' Affairs, also in charge of Restitution of Jewish Rights and Assets 
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*Ms. [[Rachel Machtiger]], Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; [[Atlantic Forum of Israel]]
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*Dr. [[Zvi Zameret]], Director, The Ben Zvi Institute
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*Mr. [[Edwin Shuker]], President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries
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open discussion
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13:20-14:45 '''From R&D to Commercial and Economic Application as Part of National Policy'''
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*Chairs:  Prof. [[Oded Abramsky]], Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development 
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*Prof. [[Menahem Yaari]], President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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*Moderator: Prof. [[Leah Boehm]], Member, National Council for Research and Development; Chief Scientist, [[Israel Aerospace Industries]]
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*Prof. [[Moshe Oron]], Chief Scientist, KiloLambda, National Council for Research and Development
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*Dr. [[Eli Opper]], Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor 
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*Prof. [[Zvi Eckstein]], Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel
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*Mr. [[Yigal Erlich]],Deputy Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development; President, Yozma 
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open discussion
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*Mr. [[Ghaleb Majadle]], Minister of Science, Culture and Sports 
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15:00-16:30  '''Global Jewish Peoplehood: Metrics and Policies'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Leonid Nevzlin]], Chairman, Nadav Fund
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*Prof.  [[Yoav Shoham]], Stanford University 
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*Prof. [[Ephraim Ya'ar]], Head of the Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University 
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*Prof. [[Steven M. Cohen]], Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College
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*Dr. [[Shlomi Ravid]], Director, International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies, Beit-Hatefutsot 
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*Prof. [[Yehezkel Dror]], Former Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute
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*Dr. [[Misha Galperin]], Executive Vice President and CEO, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington 
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*Prof. [[Na'ama Sabar Ben-Yehoshua]], Head of the unit for Jewish peopelhood studies, School of Education, Tel Aviv University   
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open discussion
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17:15-18:00 '''Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"'''
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*Chair: Prof. [[Alex Mintz]], Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC
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*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Ehud Barak]], Minister of Defense and Former Prime Minister
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18:00-19:30 '''The Syrian Tier and Regional Statecraft'''
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*Chair: Dr. [[Israel Elad-Altman]], Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Dani Yatom]], Former Head of the [[Mossad]] 
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Giora Eiland]], Former Head of the [[National Security Council]] 
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Yaakov Amidror]], Deputy President, [[Lander Institute ]]
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*Dr. [[Shmuel Bar]],  Director of Studies, The Institute of Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
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*Dr. [[Dan Schueftan]], Deputy Director, National Security Studies Centre, Haifa University 
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Amos Gilead]], Head, Politico-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense 
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open discussion
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18:00-19:30 '''National Sustainability and Israel's Green Safety Net'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Effi Stenzler]], Chairman of the Board, [[Jewish National Fund]]
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*Prof. [[Uri Shani]], Director, Water Authority
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*Prof. [[Yakov Karni]], CTO, HelioFocus Ltd.
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*Prof. [[Yael Moriah]], Faculty of Architecture, The Technion Institute
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*Mr [[Shamai Assif]], Head of the Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
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open discussion
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20:30-22:00 '''Europe on the World Stage''''
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*Chair: Amb. [[Michael Zantovsky]], Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel
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*President [[José María Aznar]], Former Prime Minister of Spain 
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*Dr. [[John Chipman]], Director General and Chief Executive, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS)
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*Dr. [[Josef Joffe]],Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]] 
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open discussion
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===Wednesday, February  4, 2009===
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'''The David Sling Project'''
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8:15-10:15 '''Iran on the Nuclear Threshold''' – '''Feasability of Prevention and of Deterrence'''
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*Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) [[David Ivry]] President, Boeing Israel; Former Head of the National Security Council
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* Prof. [[Scott Sagan]] Co-Director, [[Center for International Security and Cooperation]]  (CISAC), Stanford University
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*Amb. [[Yossi Gal]] Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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*Dr. [[Bruno Tertrais]] Senior Research Fellow, [[Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique]] (FRS)
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*Dr. [[Michael Makovsky]]  Foreign Policy Director, [[Bipartisan Policy Center]]
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*MK Gen. (res.) Prof. [[Isaac Ben-Israel]]  Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
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open discussion
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10:30-12:15 '''Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control  Initiatives'''
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*Chair: Dr. [[Ariel Levite]] Senior Associate, [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]
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*Mr. [[Jonathan S. Paris]] Adjunct Fellow, [[Hudson Institute]]
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*Dr. Oded Brosh Senior Research Fellow, The[[ Institute for Policy and Strategy]],  IDC, Herzliya
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*Mr. [[Sverre Lodgaard]] Senior Research Fellow, NUPI and former Director of the United  Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
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*Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin Principal Researcher, IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences
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*Amb. David Danieli Deputy Director General for Policy, [[Israel Atomic Energy Commission]]
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open discussion
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8:15-10:00 '''Energy, Security and Global Geopolitics'''
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*Chair: Dr. [[Sass Somekh]], Founder, [[Musea Ventures]]
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*Dr. [[Ed Morse]],  Managing Director and Chief Economist, [[LCM Commodities]]
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*Mr. [[R. James Woolsey]] Venture Partner with [[VantagePoint]]; Former US Director of Central Intelligence
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*Dr. [[Jamie Patrick Shea]],  Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
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*Dr. [[Brenda Shaffer]] Energy Management and Policy Program, University of Haifa
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*Dr. [[David Wurmser]]  Director, [[Delphi Global Analysis]]; Former Senior Advisor on National Security Affairs to the US Vice President
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*Mr. [[Yossie Hollander]], Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
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open discussion
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10:30-12:15  '''The World Economic Crisis: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[L. Jack Staley]],President, [[Stanford Group (Suisse)]]
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*Prof. [[Jacob Frenkel]], Former Governor of the Bank of Israel; Chairman, Group of Thirty (G-30); Vice Chairman, [[American International Group]] (AIG)
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*Mr. [[Michael G. Oxley]],  Vice Chairman, [[NASDAQ Stock Market]]; Former Chairman of the US House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee
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*Dr. [[Stephen J. Canner]], Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, [[US Council for International Business]]
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*Ms. [[Joanne Thornton]], Senior Vice President, Policy Research, Stanford Group Company
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open discussion
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13:00-14:30  '''Israel's Financial Governance: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Shlomo Zohar]], Chairman of the Board of Directors, [[Discount Bank]]
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*Prof. [[Amir Barnea]], Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
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*Mr. [[Rony Hizkiyahu]], Supervisor of the Banks, Bank of Israel
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*Mr. [[Yadin Antebi]], Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings, Ministry of Finance
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*Mr. [[Zvi Ziv]],CEO, [[Bank Hapoalim]]
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*Mr. [[Zvi Lubetzky]], Chairman, IBI Investments House
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open discussion
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14:45-17:00  '''Weathering the Storm: Israel and the World Economic Crisis'''
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*Chair: Mr. [[Yossie Hollander]], Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
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*Prof. [[Manuel Trajtenberg]], Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office
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*Dr. [[Yaacov Sheinin]], CEO, Economic Models
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*Prof. [[Avishay Braverman]], Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
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*Mr. [[Yarom Ariav]],Director General, Minister of Finance
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*Mr. [[Israel Makov]], Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
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*Mr. [[Gidi Grinstein]], President, [[Reut Institute]]
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open discussion
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*Prof. [[Stanley Fischer]], Governor, Bank of Israel
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13:00-14:45 Risk Sharing: '''Bolstering Israel's Strategic Partnerships'''
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*Chair: Amb. Dr. [[Oded Eran]], Director, [[Institute for National Security Studies]]; [[Atlantic Forum of Israel]]
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*Dr. [[Bruno Tertrais]], Senior Research Fellow, [[Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique]], (FRS)
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*Mr. [[Christian Schmidt]], MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry for Defense, Germany
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*Mr. [[Ralf Fuecks]], President, Heinrich Boll Foundation
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*Mr. [[Rafael Bardají]], Director of International Policy, FAES Fundacion
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*Mr [[Tommy Steiner]], Senior Research Fellow , The Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
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open discussion
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*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Shaul Mofaz]] Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Road Safety;  Responsible for the Strategic Dialogue
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15:00-16:30 '''Passive and Active Defense Options to Cope with Strategic Threats'''
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*Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Herzle Bodinger]], Chairman of the Board, IMDA; Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force
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*Mr [[Uzi Rubin]], CEO, [[Rubinkon]]
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*Brig. Gen. (res.) [[Yair Dori]], Former Commander, Anti-Aircraft Warfare
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*Mr. [[Michael D. Brown]], Former US Under Secretary of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response
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*Dr. [[Avi Bitzur]], Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University
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*Dr. [[Max Singer]], Senior Research Fellow, [[BESA Center for Strategic Studies]], Bar-Ilan University
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Matan Vilnai]], Deputy Minister of Defense
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open discussion
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17:00-17:45 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"
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*Chair: Amb. [[Zalman Shoval]], Chairman, Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US
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*Mr. [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Head of the Opposition and Former Prime Minister
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18:00-19:30 '''Reconnecting Israel with its Expatriates'''
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*Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (Res.) [[Amira Dotan]], Chairperson, Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy
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*Mr. [[Erez Halfon]], Director General, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
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*Prof. [[Zaki Shalom]], The Zionist Council In Israel
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*Ms. [[Shulamit Aloni]], Former Minister of Education and Culture
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*Prof. [[Moshe Oron]], Chief Scientist, KiloLambd; National Council for Research and Development
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*MK [[Avshalom (Abu) Vilan]], Member, Internal Affairs and Environment Committee
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*Mr. [[Mano Geva]], CEO, [[Midgam Research and Consulting]]; Chairman of Israel Research Institutes Association
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open discussion
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18:00-19:30 '''The Imperative for Government Reform'''
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*Chair: [[Gad Zeevi]], CEO, Japan Auto
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*Prof. [[Uriel Reichman]], Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
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*Mr. [[Dror Strum]], President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
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*Mr. [[Haim Ramon]] Vice Premier and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
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*MK [[Gideon Sa'ar]], Chairman, [[Likud]] Parliamentary Group
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*Mr [[Raanan Dinur]], Director General, Prime Minister's Office
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*Mr. [[Sami Friedrich]], Chairman, [[Shaldor Inc.]]
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open discussion
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20:15-22:00  Concluding Session
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*Chair: Prof. [[Uriel Reichman]], Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
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*Amb. [[Ronald S. Lauder]], President, World Jewish Congress
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*Prof. [[Uzi Arad]], Chairman, Herzliya Conference
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*Prof. [[Shlomo Ben-Ami]], IDC Herzliya
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*Prof. [[Ruth Gavison]]  Founding President, [[Metzilah Center]]<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2885HC_Themes.pdf Program], the 9th Herzliya Conference 2009, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 21 May 2012.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 18:31, 30 October 2012

The Ninth Herzliya Conference took place at the IDC Herzliya on 2-4 February 2009.[1]

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

open discussion

The Balance of Israel' s National Security 11:15-12:45 Formal Opening

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

open discussion

15:15-17:00 Perspectives on the Changing Global Landscape

open discussion

15:00-16:30 Are Mixed Cities the Face of the Future for Israel?

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

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

open discussion

Conversation between:

Tuesday , February 3, 2009

08:15-10:00 Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic Terrorism

Threats

open discussion

10:00-11:30 Coping with Hamas: Lessons from Operation "Cast Lead"

open discussion

11:45-13:15 Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy

open discussion

08:15-09:45 'Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the Digital Revolution Change the Educational Reality?

open discussion

09:45-11:00 Economic Concepts for Higher 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

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

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

open discussion

18:00-19:30 National Sustainability and Israel's Green Safety Net

open discussion

20:30-22:00 Europe on the World Stage'

open discussion

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The David Sling Project

8:15-10:15 Iran on the Nuclear Threshold – Feasability of Prevention and of Deterrence

open discussion

10:30-12:15 Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control Initiatives

open discussion

8:15-10:00 Energy, Security and Global Geopolitics

open discussion

10:30-12:15 The World Economic Crisis: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation

open discussion

13:00-14:30 Israel's Financial Governance: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation

open discussion

14:45-17:00 Weathering the Storm: Israel and the World Economic Crisis

open discussion

13:00-14:45 Risk Sharing: Bolstering Israel's Strategic Partnerships

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

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

open discussion

18:00-19:30 The Imperative for Government Reform

open discussion

20:15-22:00 Concluding Session

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Program, the 9th Herzliya Conference 2009, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 21 May 2012.
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