Herzliya 2013
Herzliya 2013, the 13th annual Herzliya conference took place at the Dan Acadia Hotel in Herzliya from 11 to 14 March 2013.[1]
Contents
Agenda
Plenary sessions
Monday, March 11, 2013
16:00 Herzliya Assembly INAUGURAL CEREMONY AND THE BALANCE OF ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY Welcome:
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy; Chair, Annual Herzliya Conference Series
- Greetings:
- Prof. Uriel Reichman, President and Founder, IDC Herzliya
- Mr. Yonatan Yasoor, Mayor of Herzliya
- Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
The Herzliya Indices:
- Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya
- Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, School of Political Sciences, Haifa University
Israel's Foreign Relations Assessment:
- Amb. Raphael Barak, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Herzliya Assessment:
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy; Chair, Annual Herzliya Conference Series
- MC: Mr. Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya
18:00 Herzliya Assembly THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: IS THE CRISIS OVER? With:
- Prof. Axel Weber, Chairman of the Board, UBS; Fmr. President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
- Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Chairman, Board of Trusties, Group of Thirty (G-30); Fmr. Governor of the Bank of Israel.
19:15 Herzliya Assembly CHALLENGES TO ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY: IDF CHIEF OF STAFF
- Keynote Address: Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Chief of the General Staff, IDF
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
11:00 Herzliya Assembly CYBER SECURITY IN A BORDERLESS GLOBAL ARENA IN COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL NATIONAL CYBER BUREAU,PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE AND THE YUVAL NE’EMAN WORKSHOP,TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
- Opening Remarks: Dr. Eviatar Matania, Head, Israel National Cyber Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office
- Chair: Prof. Maj. Gen. (res.) Isaac Ben-Israel, Yuval Ne’eman Workshop, Tel-Aviv University; Chairman, Israel National Council for Research and Development – Ministry of Science & Technology
- Mr. Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
- Adv. Yoram Hacohen, Head, Law, Information & Technology Authority, Ministry of Justice
- Dr. Dorit Dor, VP of Products, CheckPoint
- Mr. Adi Sharabani, CEO & Co- Founder Skycure
- Concluding Remarks: Maj. Gen. (Res.) Udi Shani, Director General, Ministry of Defense
11:00 Nof Yam Assembly ISRAEL’S RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE: STRATEGIC, MORAL, AND LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
- Prof. Maj. Gen. (res.) Yishai Beer, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya; Fmr. President of the IDF Military Court of Appeals
- Prof. Moshe Halbertal, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya; Gruss Professor of Law, NYU Law School
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Dan Harel, Fmr. Deputy Chief of the IDF General Staff
- Dr. Eliav Lieblich, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya
- Moderator: Mr. Amos Harel, Military Correspondent, Haaretz
12:45 Herzliya Assembly MEDIA & DEMOCRACY IN THE ERA OF MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION
- Dr. Noam Lemelstrich Latar, Dean, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
- Dr. Yuval Karniel, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
- Mr. Yoram Mokady, Vice President of content, HOT
- Ms. Ayelet Metzger, Acting Director General, The Second Television and Radio Authority
- Mr. Eden Bar Tal, Director General, Ministry of Communications
- Moderator: Mr. Roy Katz, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
12:45 Nof Yam Assembly R&D PRIORITIES: WILL SOLAR ENERGY DELIVER? IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT,MINISTRY OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY
- Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Minister of Science and Technology
- Prof. Moti Hershkowitz, Vice-President and Dean for R&D, Ben-Gurion University; Chairman, National Committee for Energy R&D
- Prof. Arie Zaban, Head, Bar-Ilan’s Institute of Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University
- Mr. Dov Berger, Director of Solar Energy, Ormat Technologies Inc.
- Dr. Shlomo Wald, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Water
- Mr. Barry N. Breen, CEO 3GSolar Potovoltaics Ltd.
Moderator:
- Ms. Zviya Baron, Principal PetroQuantum B.V.; Advisor to the National Committee for Energy R&D, National Council for Research and Development
12:45 Accadino Assembly REDEFINING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE, CITIZENS, AND THE CORPORATE SECTOR
- Mr. Oved Yehezkel, CEO, T.A.R.A. Consulting Group; Fmr. Secretary of the Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office
- Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Executive Director, Trump Foundation
- Brig. Gen. (Res.) Eival Gilady, Chairman, Western Galilee College
- Brig. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Joshua (Shuki) Shemer, Chairman, Assuta Medical Centers; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Michal Hemo-Lotem, Director General, JDC Institute for Leadership and Governance
- Mr. Eyal Gabbai, Managing Partner, RGB Equity; Fmr. Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office
14:30 Herzliya Assembly 14:30 CYBER, SOCIAL NETWORKS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICSIN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH &DEVELOPMENT,MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND THE YUVAL NE’EMAN WORKSHOP, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
- Chair: Prof. Maj. Gen. (res.) Isaac Ben-Israel, Yuval Ne’eman Workshop, Tel-Aviv University; Chairman, Israel National Council
for Research and Development – Ministry of Science & Technology
- Dr. Chiara de Franco, Research Fellow, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
- Mr. Noy Alooshe, Musician and Media Artist
- Ms. Keren Elazari, Computer Security Expert
- Mr. Sam Graham-Felsen, Barack Obama’s 2008 Campaign Chief Blogger
- Mr. Eden Shochat, General Partner, Genesis
Nof Yam Assembly 14:30 THE GAS TREASURE: DEVELOPING ISRAEL’S INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORTATION
- Mr. Yossie Hollander, Chairman, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
- Dr. Gilead Fortuna, Senior Research Fellow, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion
- Mr. Gil Dankner, Chairman, Dor Chemicals
- Mr. Danny Ben-Ner, CEO, Ten Petroleum Company
- Dr. Shlomo Wald, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Water
- Moderator: Avi Bareli, The Marker
14:30 Accadino Assembly WOMEN ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
- Chair: Prof. Sharon Rabin-Margaliot, Dean, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya
- Ms. Vered Pear Swid, Head, Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, Prime Minister’s Office
- Ms. Ilana Fahima, Vice President for Human Resources, Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Adv. Ina Soltanovich-David, Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor
- Ms. Yafit Alfandari, Head, Consumption and Finance Sector and Coordinator of Gender Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics
- Dr. Tali Regev, School of Economics, IDC Herzliya
16:15 Herzliya Assembly IS THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN IMPASSE BREAKABLE?
- Opening Remarks: MK Tzipi Livni, Chairman of the Hatnua Party
- Dr. Robert Danin, Eni Enrico Mattie Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, ]Council on Foreign Relations
- Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Brig. Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog, Milton Fine International Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Dr. Yoaz Hendel, Chairman, Institute for Zionist Strategy
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Nati Sharoni, President, Council for Peace and Security
- Mr. Dani Dayan, Former Chairman, Yesha Council
- Moderator: Mr. Barak Ravid, Diplomatic Correspondent, Haaretz
16:30 Nof Yam Assembly A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY: PERSONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Opening Remarks: Commissioner Yohanan Danino, Inspector General of the Israel Police
- Commissioner (Ret.) Shlomo Aharonishky, Fmr. Inspector General of the Israel Police
- Mr. Meir Nitzan, Chairman, Lod Municipal Appointed Committee
- Mr. Yehuda Shaffer, Deputy State Attorney (Financial Enforcement)
- Prof. Moshe Barniv, Radzyner School of Law, IDC
- Moderator: Mr. Menashe Raz
18:30 Herzliya Assembly ZIONISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- Opening Remarks: Mr. Efi Stenzler, Chairman, KKL-JNF
- Speakers: Mr. Natan Sharansky, Chairman, Jewish Agency for Israel
- Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Fmr. Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Prof. Uriel Reichman, President and Founder, IDC Herzliya
- Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya
20:00 Exodus Hall RECEPTION In honor of the Keren Kayemeth Le'Israel-Jewish National Fund
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
11:00 Herzliya Assembly AHEAD OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO ISRAEL: US-ISRAEL RELATIONS –QUO VADIS?
- H.E. Daniel B. Shapiro, Ambassador of the US to Israel
- Amb. Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- The Honorable Dr. Dov S. Zakheim, Senior Fellow, CNA Corporation; Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Fmr. US Undersecretary of Defense
- Amb. Danny Ayalon; Fmr. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Fmr. Ambassador of Israel to the US
- Moderator: Nadav Eyal, Channel 10
12:30 Herzliya Assembly MAJOR TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
- Chair: Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Chairman, Board of Trusties, Group of Thirty (G-30); Fmr. Governor of the Bank of Israel
- Prof. Niu Tiehang, Senior Research Fellow & Editor-in-Chief of Globalization Journal, Centre of International Economic Exchanges
- Mr. Andrew Sheng, President, Fung Global Institute; Fmr. Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
- Mr. Daniel J. Arbess, Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners; Portfolio Manager, PWP Xerion Funds
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ISRAELI ECONOMY
- Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel
14:00 Herzliya Assembly A NEW MACRO-ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR ISRAEL
- Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya
- Mr. Yair Seroussi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank Hapoalim
- Prof. Eugene Kandel, Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister’s Office
- Mr. Aharon Fogel, Chairman, Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings
- MK Prof. Avishay Braverman, Labor Party
- Moderator: Ms. Stella Korin-Lieber, Globes
- Concluding Remarks: Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor of the
Bank of Israel 14:00 Nof Yam Assembly THE US PIVOT TO ASIA AND THE GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST?
- Dr. David Gordon, Head of Research and Director, Global Macro Eurasia Group; Fmr. Vice Chairman, US National Intelligence Council
- Amb. Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore
- Prof. Xu Jian, Senior Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies
- Prof. Robert Ayson, Director, Center for Strategic Studies: New Zealand (CSS)
- Amb. Prof. Élie Barnavi, Scientific Advisor to the Museum of Europe; Fmr. Ambassador of Israel to France
- Amb. Dan Gillerman, Chairman, Markstone Capital Group; Fmr. Ambassador of Israel to the UN
- Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
15:30 Herzliya Assembly THE HERZLIYA CONSENSUS: PRIORITIZING NATIONAL BUDGET CUTS
- Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya
- Mr. Roni Bar-On, Fmr. Minister of Finance
- Mr. Doron Cohen, Director General, Ministry of Finance
- Mr. Yarom Ariav, Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Finance
- Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC
- Prof. Leah Achdut, Senior Research Fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute; School for Social Sciences and Management, Ruppin Academic Center
- Concluding Remarks: MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Finance
17:15 Herzliya Assembly EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE PROLIFERATION OF TERROR AND JIHAD
- Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Francis H. (Frank) Kearney, President, InsideSolutions LLC; Fmr. Deputy Director for Strategic Operational
Planning, US National Counter-Terrorism Center
- Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference
- The Honorable Jane Harman, Director, President & CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Mr. R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD); Fmr. Director of the Central Intelligence
- Dr. Boaz Ganor, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Founder & Executive Director, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
- Moderator: Mr. Arnon Perlman
17:00 Nof Yam Assembly IS ISRAEL EXPERIENCING A CREDIT CRUNCH? REFORMING ISRAEL’S CREDIT MARKETS
- Prof. Zvi Eckstein, Dean, School of Economics, IDC Herzliya
- Ms. Anat Levin, Head of Global Treasury and Member of the Board of Management, Bank Hapoalim
- Prof. Amir Barnea, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
- Prof. Oded Sarig, Commissioner of Financial, Savings, and InsuranceMarkets, Ministry of Finance
- Prof. Daniel Tsiddon, Head, Capitol Market Division, Bank Leumi
- Moderator: Ms. Meirav Arlozorov, The Marker
18:45 Herzliya Assembly KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- The Honorable Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
19:00 Herzliya Assembly IRAN AND THE RED LINE: TIME FOR SWORD OR TIME FOR DIPLOMACY?
- Amb. Jacques Audibert, Director General for Political and Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
- The Honorable Rudy deLeon, Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress; Fmr. US Deputy Secretary of Defense
- The Honorable Mary Beth Long, Fmr. US Undersecretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- Ms. Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
- Dr. Liang Yabin, Research Fellow, Institute for International Strategic Studies, Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
- Prof. Uzi Arad, Fmr. National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister; Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
- Moderator: Dr. Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Marc & Anita Abramowitz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Thursday, March 14, 2013
- ↑ TIME FOR NEW NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AGENDAS, Herzliyaconference.org, accessed 11 March 2013.