Seventh Herzliya Conference

The Seventh Herzliya Conference took place from 21 to 24 January 2007.

Program

Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007

8:30 Morning Sessions Opening Session

• Prof. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair; Founding Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Israel Prize Laureate; President, IDC Herzliya
• Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya

Perspectives on the Balance of Israel’s National Security

• Chair: Michal Abadi-Boiangiu, Executive VP, Beinleumi
• Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
• Dr. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group
• Eli Hurvitz, Chairman, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
• Shlomo Nehama, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank Hapoalim
• Dan Margalit, Ma’ariv

National Policies for Promoting Excellence in Education

• Chair: Dan Meridor, Head of Task Force
• Prof. Miriam Ben-Peretz, Israel Prize Laureate; Department of Education, University of Haifa
• Hezki Arieli, Director-General, The Society for Excellence through Education
• Robert H. Asher, Chairman, The Society for Excellence through Education
• Margaret Spellings, US Secretary of Education
• Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education
• Dr. Shimshon Shoshani, CEO, Taglit-birthright Israel

12:30 Lunch Session

• MK Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition; Former Prime Minister

14:00 Afternoon Sessions Geostrategic Shifts in the Global Arena

• Chair: Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Vice Chairman, American International Group (AIG); Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
• Torkel L. Patterson, President, Raytheon
• Dr. Horst Teltschik, Former National Security Advisor to the German Chancellor
• Stanley O. Roth, Vice President for Asia/International Relations, Boeing

Bolstering Israel’s Defense Forces

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.), Ilan Biran, Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and Strategy
• MK Tzachi Hanegbi, Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• Col. (res.), Gideon Hoshen, President and CEO, Hoshen-Eliav Systems Engineering
• Prof. Micha Popper, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa
• Brig. Gen. Udi Dekel, Plans and Policy Directorate, IDF
• MK Maj. Gen. (res.), Matan Vilnai Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• MK Brig. Gen. (res.), Effie Eitam, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models; The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning

Reviewing the American-Israeli Strategic Dialogue

• Chair: Amb. Richard H. Jones, US Ambassador to Israel
• Amb. Nicholas Burns, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• Lt. Gen. (res.), Shaul Mofaz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation

Strategic Implications of the Changing Global Nuclear Order

• Chair: Dr. Oded Brosh, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite, Deputy Director-General (Policy), Israel Atomic Energy Commission
• Amb. Thomas R. Pickering, Former US Under Secretary of State
• Prof. Paul Bracken, Yale University
• Maj. Gen. (res.), Amos Gilead, Director, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense

Coping with a Nuclearizing Iran: Options for Prevention and Deterrence

• Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad
• Dr. Gary Samore, Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations
• Dr. Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute
• Maj. Gen. (res.), Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Head, Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University
• MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Member and Former Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

20:30 Dinner Session

• Chair: Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, Israel and Middle East Office, AJC
• Gordon England, US Deputy Secretary of Defense

Monday, Jan. 22, 2007

8:30 Morning Sessions Knowing Thy Enemy: Decision-Making of Regional Adversaries'

• Chair: Prof. Alex Mintz, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Prof. Margaret Hermann, Syracuse University
• Prof. Martin Kramer, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Shalem Center
• Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

The Changing Paradigm of Israeli-Palestinian Relations in the Shadow of Iran and the War Against the Hizballah

• Chair: Amb. Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
• Lt. Gen. (res.), Moshe Ya’alon, Shalem Center; Former Chief of General Staff, IDF
• Prof. Bernard Lewis, Princeton University
• James Woolsey, Former Director, CIA
• Amir Peretz, Minister of Defense

Israeli Arabs and the Jewish State

• Chair: Hagai Meirom, Treasurer, Jewish Agency for Israel
• Eti Livni, Former MK
• Dr. Dan Schueftan, Deputy Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
• Aida Toma-Suleiman, Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Population of Israel

13:00 Lunch Session

• Chair: Jack Rosen, Chairman, American Jewish Congress
• Shimon Peres, Vice Premier; Former Prime Minister

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Upgrading Israel’s Strategic Partnerships with the Atlantic Community: The US, NATO and the EU

• Chair: Aharon Abramovitch, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• General the Lord Charles Guthrie of Craigiebank, Former Chief of the UK Defense Staff
• Craig Kennedy, President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Dr. Marvin C. Feuer, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
• Dr. Josef Joffe, Herausgeber/Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit
• Maj. Gen. (res.), David Ivry, President, Boeing Israel; Former National Security Advisor
• Bruce P. Jackson, President, Project on Transitional Democracies
• President José María Aznar, President, FAES; Former Prime Minister of Spain
• Prof. Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School– via satellite

European Foreign Policy under the German Presidency

• Chair: Hermann Bünz, Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Israel Office
• Ana Palacio, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
• Prof. Gert Weisskirchen, MdB, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
• Christian Leffler, Director for Middle East and Southern Mediterranean, DG External Relations, European Commission
• Dr. Rolf Mützenich, MdB, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
• Prof. Karl Kaiser, Harvard University; Former Head, German Council on Foreign Relations
• Amb. Avi Primor, Director, Trilateral Center for European Studies, IDC Herzliya
• Chair: Moshe Ronen, Chairman, Canada-Israel Committee
• Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

US Middle East Policy Following the Midterm Elections

• Chair: Amb. Zalman Shoval, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Israeli Ambassador to the US
• Dr. Robert Satloff, Executive Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Amb. Dr. Robert Hunter, President of the Atlantic Treaty Association; RAND Corporation
• Stephen E. Herbits, Secretary-General, World Jewish Congress
• Amb. Dr. Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

20:00 Dinner Session

Foreign Policy Challenges - Views from Israel, Europe and America

• Chair: Poju Zabludowicz, Chairman and CEO, Tamares Group
• Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister of Justice
• Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister, Czech Republic

• Chair: Shula Bahat, Associate Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
• Senator John Edwards, Head, One America Committee; Candidate for the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination – via satellite

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007

8:30 Morning Sessions Policy Implications of Regional Economic Trends

• Dr. Edward L. Morse, Chief Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers
• Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Portland Capital & Portland Trust
• MK Prof. Avishay Braverman, Knesset Finance Committee

Israel’s Financial Strength Following the Reform

• Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
• Dr. Yossi Bachar, Director-General, Israel Tax Authority
• Gabriela Ravid, Former CEO, Psagot Ofek Investment House
• Zvi Ziv, CEO, Bank Hapoalim
• Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel

Energy Security and Alternative Energy Sources

• Chair: Amir Makov, Chairman, Israeli Institute of Petroleum and Energy
• Maj. Gen. (res.), Oren Shachor, Chairman and President, Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company
• Yossi Maiman, President, Merhav Group
• Dr. Sass Somekh, President, Novellus Systems
• Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister of National Infrastructure

Challenges for Next Generation’s Leaders

• Chair: Dr. Shimshon Shoshani
• Prof. Oz Almog, University of Haifa
• Maj. Yifat Greenwald, IDF Behavioral Sciences Department
• Brig. Gen. (res.), Yair Cohen, Intelligence Corps, IDF
• Dr. Jeffrey R. Solomon, President, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
• Matthew Bronfman, Chair, Budget and Finance Commission, World Jewish Congress

13:30 Lunch Session

• Dr. Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute

15:00 Afternoon Sessions

• Chair: Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, Founder, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Governor Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
• Newt Gingrich, Former US Speaker of the House of Representatives – via satellite

Jewish Identity and National Strength

• Chair: David Gappell, Managing Director, Schusterman Foundation-Israel
• Rabbi Prof. David Ellenson, President, Hebrew Union College
• Prof. Aliza Shenhar, President, Emek Yezreel College
• Dr. Meir Buzaglo, Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University.
• Rabbi Dr. Michael Marmur, Dean of the Jerusalem School, Hebrew Union College

Strategies for Confronting Anti-Semitism

• Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
• Dr. Stanley Greenberg, The Israel Project
• Ze’ev Boim, Minister of Immigrant Absorption

Israel and the Diaspora – The Global Partnership of the Jewish People with the State of Israel

• Chair: Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
• Ofra Strauss, Chair, Strauss-Elite Group
• Benny Landa, Founder, HP Indigo
• Israel Maimon, Cabinet Secretary

20:30 Dinner Session

Combating the De-legitimization of the Jewish State and Winning the Battle of Public Opinion

• Chair: Dr. Fania Oz-Salzburger, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
• MP Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Parliament; Former Justice Minister, Canada
• Senator John McCain, Senator from Arizona – via satellite
• Natan Sharansky, Head, Institute for International and Middle Eastern Studies, Shalem Center
• Dr. Richard Landes, Boston University; Director & Co-Founder, Center for Millennial Studies

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007

8:30 Morning Sessions Initiatives for Diplomacy and Statecraft in the Arab-Israeli Context

• Dr. Salam Fayyad, Former Minister of Finance, Palestinian Authority
• David Makovsky, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• MK Silvan Shalom, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
• Gidi Grinstein, Founder and President, Reut Institute
• MK Prof. Shlomo Breznitz, Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee
• Akiva Tor, Director, Department for Jewish Communities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Future of the Israeli Economy: Reducing Poverty through Economic Growth

• Chair: Dror Strum, Director, The Israeli Center for Economic Planning
• Dr. Yacov Sheinin
• Leah Achdut, Deputy Director General, National Insurance Institute
• Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Nehemia Strasler, Chief Economic Editor, Ha’aretz

12:00 Lunch Session

• Avraham Hirschson, Minister of Finance

13:00 Afternoon Sessions Land, Environment, and the Sustainable Future of Israel

• Chair: Effi Stenzler, Chairman, Jewish National Fund
• Dr. Izhak Schnell, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University
• Chen Altshuler, Director of Research, Altshuler Shaham Fund
• MK Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, Chairman, Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

A Shared Galilee: Jewish-Arab Post-War Development of the Galilee

• Chair: Dr. Ramzi Halabi, Department of Labor Studies, Tel Aviv University; Board Member, The Abraham Fund Initiatives
• Prof. Ezra Sadan, Managing Partner, Sadan-Lowenthal, Ltd.; Former Director-General, Ministry of Finance
• Raanan Dinur, Director-General, Prime Minister’s Office

Law, Governance and National Fortitude

• Justice Micha Lindenstrauss, State Comptroller and Ombudsman
• Isaac Herzog, Minister of Tourism
• Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founding President, IDC Herzliya
• Hagai Golan, Editor, Globes

Patriotism and National Resilience in Israel after the Second Lebanon War: The National Survey 2007

• Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubinstein
• Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head, Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University
• Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev, President, University of Haifa
• Ari Shavit, Ha’aretz

Awarding of prize for photography on “Patriotism during the War in Lebanon”

19:30 Closing Session and the Prime Minister’s “Herzliya Address”

Dinner

• Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubinstein
• Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, Founder, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister
• Prof. Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate; Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Aharon Yadlin
• Geula Cohen
• Prof. Uzi Arad