Eighth Herzliya Conference

The Eighth Herzliya Conference was held at the Knesset in Jerusalem and the Daniel Hotel in Herzliya on 20-23 January 2008.

Program

Sunday, January 20th

Knesset, Jerusalem 08:00 Entrance to the Knesset and Registration 09:30 Morning Sessions Assessing National Security – The Annual Update OPENING REMARKS–"TESTS OF ENDURANCE"

• Prof. Uzi Arad, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Chair, Herzliya Conference

THE BALANCE OF ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY – THE "HERZLIYA INDICES" IN ISRAEL’S 60TH YEAR

• Chair: MK Tzachi Hanegbi, Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
• Ms. Lea Achdut, Van-Leer Jerusalem Institute
• Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Head of the School of Political Sciences, University of Haifa
• Mr. Gideon Grinstein, Founder and President, Re’ut Institute

Discussion

• Maj. Gen. Ido Nechushtan, Head of Plans and Policy Directorate, IDF
• Mr. Joseph (Tommy) Lapid, Chairman, Yad Vashem Council

THE PATRIOTISM SURVEY IN ISRAEL’S 60TH YEAR

• Chair: Prof. Michael Oren, Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center
• Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head of the Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University
• Adv. Dalia Rabin, Chair, Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies
• Brig. Gen. Eli Shermeister, Chief Education & Youth Officer, IDF
• MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam, Member, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• MK Avshalom (Abu) Vilan, Member, Knesset State Control Committee
• MK Gilad Erdan, Chairman, Knesset Economic Affairs Committee and Member of the Lobby for Jerusalem

13:00 Lunch 14:00 Afternoon Sessions Key Issues on the National Agenda BEYOND BALI: CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

• Introduction: Mr. Effi Stenzler, Chairman of the Board, Jewish National Fund
• Prof. Dan Yakir, Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences & Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Dr. Shlomit Paz, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa
• MK Ophir Pines-Paz, Chairman, Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee

Discussion

• Introduction: Adv. Shraga Biran
• Prof. Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Center

THE WINOGRAD COMMISSION AND NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION-MAKING

• Chair: MK Amb. Colette Avital, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
• Dr. Kori Schake, Deputy Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State; US Military Academy at West Point
• Adv. Dan Meridor, Former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance; Former Chair, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense

Committee

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, Former National Security Advisor
• MK Gideon Sa’ar, Former Secretary to the Government

Discussion

• Justice Micha Lindenstrauss, State Comptroller and Ombudsman

THE HEART OF THE MATTER: JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE

• Chair: MK Yuli Edelstein, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
• Amb. Dr. Oded Eran, Israel Representative, World Jewish Congress
• Ms. Ora Achimeir, Director, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
• Dr. Eilat Mazar, Institute of Archeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Senior Fellow, Shalem Center
• Dr. Zvi Zameret, Director, Yad Ben-Zvi
• Prof. Zeev Segal, Tel Aviv University

Discussion 19:45 Opening Ceremony and Dinner Opening Address:

• Mrs. Dalia Itzik, Speaker of the Knesset

Addresses:

• Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
• Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of General Staff, IDF

Greetings:

• Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founding President, IDC Herzliya
• Mr. Natan Sharansky, Chairman, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center; Former Deputy Prime Minister

Moderator:

• Prof. Uzi Arad, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Chair, Herzliya Conference

Musical Interlude: The Camerata Jerusalem Orchestra – Conductor: Avner Biron

Monday, January 21st

Daniel Hotel, Herzliya 08:00-13:00 INTERNATIONAL HERZLIYA ROUNDTABLE: Deterrence in a Poly-Nuclear Middle East By invitation only 08:30 Morning Sessions National, Economic, and Social Challenges in the Global Era THE "HERZLIYA ACCORD" – PRIORITIZING ISRAEL'S SOCIAL NEEDS AND PROGRAMS

• Introduction: Mr. Zvi Ziv, CEO, Bank Hapoalim
• Presentation of the "Herzliya Accord" findings- Dr. Karnit Flug, Director, Research Department, Bank of Israel
• Panel Members: Prof. Manuel Trachtenberg, Mr. David Brodet, Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, Prof. Rafi Melnick (Academic Coordinator),
• Mr. Sever Plotzker, Dr. Yaacov Sheinin
• Advisors: Prof. Dov Chernichovsky, Mr. Kobi Haber, Dr. Miriam (Miki) Haran
• Ms. Naama Elefant, Herzliya Youth Forum Delegate
• MK Prof. Avishay Braverman, Member, Knesset Finance Committee
• Mr. Zeev Boim, Minister of Housing and Construction

Discussion

• Mr. Eliyahu Yishai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor

ENGINES FOR GROWTH: ENERGIZING THE ISRAELI ECONOMY

• Chair: Adv. Dror Strum, Director, Israeli Center for Economic Planning
• Mr. Yossi Hollander, Chairman, Israeli Center for Economic Planning
• Prof. Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel; Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University
• Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models
• Mr. Shaul Tsemach, Director General, Ministry of Tourism

Discussion

• Discussant: Mr. Eli Gonen, President, Israel Hotel Association

THE ERA OF CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY

• Chair: Adv. Shraga Biran
• Introduction: Mr. Robert Rechnitz, Principal, Bomel Companies
• MK Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader of the Opposition; Former Prime Minister
• Prof. Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Center
• Mr. Simon Rosenberg, President, NDN

Discussion

• Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel

14:00 Lunch Session

• Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad
• President José María Aznar, Former Prime Minister of Spain; President of FAES Fundación
• Secretary William Cohen, Chairman and CEO, Cohen Group; Former US Secretary of Defense

15:30 Afternoon Sessions GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS AND PROCESSES

• Chair: Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Former Governor of the Bank of Israel; Chairman, Group of Thirty (G-30); Vice Chairman, American International Group (AIG)
• Mr. Thomas Donohue, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce
• Dr. Péter Medgyessy, Former Prime Minister of Hungary
• Mr. Ben J. Wattenberg, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

'ENERGY SECURITY AND POLICIES – NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

• Introduction: Mr. Robert McNally, Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
• Ms. Ann Eggington, Head of Division for Europe, Middle East and Africa, International Energy Agency
• Maj. Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor, Chairman and President, Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company

• Mr. Binyamin (Fuad) Ben Eliezer, Minister of National Infrastructures

Foreign Policy Challenges Against the Backdrop of Regional Developments ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS – FORECASTS FOR THE REGION

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Director, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense
• Prof. Martin Kramer, Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center
• Prof. Gideon Biger, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel Aviv University
• Mr. Lee Smith, Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute

Discussion 20:00 Dinne

• Introduction: Ms. Shula Bahat, Associate Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
• Lt. Gen. (res.) Ehud Barak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; Former Prime Minister
• Mr. Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

21:30 “NIGHT OWLS” THE CHALLENGE OF RADICAL ISLAM In cooperation with the Atlantic Forum of Israel

• Chair: Dr. Boaz Ganor, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Mr. Edward (Ted) M. Gistaro, US National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats
• Ms. Judith Miller, Adjunct Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• Dr. Uzi Landau, Former Minister for Internal Security; Research Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya
• Mr. Steven Emerson, Executive Director, Investigative Project on Terrorism
• Dr. Peter Ackerman, Chair, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Tuesday, January 22nd

Daniel Hotel, Herzliya 08:30 Morning Sessions NEGOTIATING THE FINAL STATUS AGREEMENT

• Introduction: Amb. Zalman Shoval, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Amb. Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Quartet – a message from the UN Secretary General to the Herzliya Conference
• Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya’alon, Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center
• Amb. Prof. Daniel Kurtzer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
• Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Portland Trust
• Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Parliament, Canada
• Prof. Stephen D. Krasner, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
• Amb. Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process

Discussion THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE AND THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST: AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN APPROACHES

• Introduction: Mr. Hermann Bünz, Director, Representative in Israel, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
• Mr. Peter Flory, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment
• Amb. Dr. Robert Hunter, President, Atlantic Treaty Association; Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation
• Dr. Josef Joffe, Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit
• Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, Israel and Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee
• Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Atlantic Forum of Israel; Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Discussion 12:00 Lunch Session FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDDLE EAST

• Chair: Mr. Natan Sharansky, Chairman, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center; Former Deputy Prime Minister
• Mr. Franco Frattini, Vice President, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission
• Prof. Li Zhaoxing, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China
• Dr. David Wurmser, Executive Member, Delphi Global Analysis Group & Former Senior Advisor for Middle East and Strategic Affairs to US Vice President

Presentation of the Herzl Awards by

• Brig. Gen. (res.) Pinchas Barel-Buchris, Director-General, Ministry of Defense

14:00 Afternoon Sessions The Iranian Nuclear Threat ASSESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS AND CAPABILITIES

• Chair: Adv. Aaron Abramovitch, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Amb. John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations
• Dr. Kori Schake, Deputy Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State
• Dr. Jon B. Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Member and Former Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Discussion CAN A NUCLEAR IRAN BE PREVENTED? '

• Chair: MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Member, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• Mr. Norman Podhoretz, Editor-at-Large, Commentary Magazine
• Dr. Patrick Cronin, Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies
• Prof. François Heisbourg, Chairman, International Institute for Strategic Studies (France)
• MK Brig. Gen. Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Member, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Discussion CAN A NUCLEAR IRAN BE DETERRED?

• Chair: Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai, Deputy Minister of Defense
• Dr. Adir Pridor, Head of the Institute for Industrial Mathematics
• Dr. Jerrold Post, Director, Political Psychology Program, George Washington University
• Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Dr. Oded Brosh, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Discussion

• Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety; in charge of Strategic Dialogues

20:00 Dinner

• Introduction: Prof. Herbert London, President, Hudson Institute
• Ms. Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Presentation of the Herzl Awards by

• Mr. Lester Crown, President, Henry Crown & Co.
• Introduction: Mr. Robert H. Asher, Chairman, Society for Excellence through Education

21:30 “NIGHT OWLS” UPGRADING ISRAEL’S RELATIONS WITH THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY In cooperation with the Atlantic Forum of Israel

• Chair: Amb. Michael Žantovský, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel and NATO Contact Point Ambassador
• Amb. Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
• Mr. Rafael L. Bardají, Director, International Studies, FAES Fundación
• Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Atlantic Forum of Israel
• Mr. Matthew Mark Horn, National Policy Director, American Jewish Congress

Wednesday, January 23rd

Daniel Hotel, Herzliya 08:00-13:00 INTERNATIONAL HERZLIYA ROUNDTABLE: The Sunni-Shiite Rift – Origins and Strategic Implications By invitation only 08:30 Morning Sessions The Next 60 Years: Goals and Directions for Israel and the Jewish People PROMOTING EXCELLENCE AS A NATIONAL VALUE

• Introduction: Mr. Robert H. Asher, Chairman, Society for Excellence through Education
• Prof. Jehuda Reinharz, President, Brandeis University
• Mr. Tony Danker, McKinsey & Company’s Global Education Practice
• Mr. Hezki Arieli, Director-General, Society for Excellence through Education
• Mr. Miki Kesary, Director, Center for Excellence Enhancement
• Mr. Martin Kraar, President, Society for Excellence through Education – USA
• Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute for Science
• Conclusions: Mr. Lester Crown, President, Henry Crown & Co.

REFORMING EDUCATION AND HIGHER LEARNING

• Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Former President, IDC Herzliya; Former Minister of Education
• Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education
• Prof. Menachem Yaari, President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Dr. Shimshon Shoshani, CEO, Birthright-israel; Former Director-General Director of the Ministry of Education
• Prof. Zeev Tadmor, Chairman of the Board, Shmuel Ne'eman Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• MK Limor Livnat*, Former Minister of Education
• Prof. Zvi Galil, President, Tel Aviv University

ARAB ISRAELIS AND NATIONAL SERVICE

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry, President, Boeing Israel
• Dr. Reuven Gal, Prime Minister's Office
• Dr. Hanna Swaid, Member, Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee
• Prof. Sammy Smooha, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa
• Mr. Nabil Ouda, Writer and Journalist

Discussion 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Afternoon Sessions ISRAEL-DIASPORA RELATIONS

• Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute

JEWISH SECULARISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

• Chair: Prof. Gabriel Motzkin, Director, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
• Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor, International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem
• Prof. Menachem Brinker, Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Prof. Shmuel Feiner, Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University

Discussion

• Introduction: Mr. Felix Posen
• Mr. Amos Oz, Writer

TRENDS IN THE CONNECTION OF THE DIASPORA'S YOUNG GENERATION TO ISRAEL

• Introduction: Mr. Gideon Mark, Birthright-israel
• Mr. Isaac Herzog, Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight against Anti-Semitism
• Prof. Leonard Saxe, Director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
• MK Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, Chair, Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

Discussion RETHINKING JEWISH PHILANTHROPY – INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE DIASPORA

• Introduction: Mr. Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel and World Zionist Organization
• Dr. John Ruskay, Executive Vice President and CEO, UJA-Federation of New York
• Mr. Avi Naor, Chairman, “Or Yarok” – Association for Safer Driving in Israel; Member of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel

Discussion 'GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR JEWISH-ARAB EQUALITY AND INTEGRATION

• Chair: MK Nadia Hilou, Chairperson, Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Introduction: Mr. Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu, Executive Director, Abraham Fund Initiatives, Israel
• Mr. Muhammad Darawsha, Director, External Relations, Abraham Fund Initiatives, Israel
• Mr. Drew Haire, Head of the Community Relations Unit at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland
• Prof. Shimon Shamir, Tel Aviv University
• Mr. Jafar Farah, Director, Mossawa Center

Discussion

• Mr. Raanan Dinur, Director-General, Prime Minister's Office

LAW, GOVERNANCE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY

• Justice Prof. Aharon Barak, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya

SUMMING UP: ENDURANCE FOREVER

• Prof. Uzi Arad ,Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Chair, Herzliya Conference

20:00 Closing Ceremony and Dinner

• Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founding President, IDC Herzliya
• Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress
• “Herzliya Address" – Mr. Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister
• Prof. Uzi Arad, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Chair, Herzliya Conference