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====Thursday, March 14, 2013====
 
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11:00 Herzliya Assembly
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11:00 Herzliya Assembly BRIEFING OF IDF DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFING OF IDF DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
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*Maj. Gen. [[Aviv Kochavi]], Director of Military Intelligence, IDF
Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, Director of Military Intelligence, IDF
 
 
 
 
11:45 Herzliya Assembly IN SEARCH OF A STRATEGY: US, EUROPE, AND THE  
 
11:45 Herzliya Assembly IN SEARCH OF A STRATEGY: US, EUROPE, AND THE  
 
MIDDLE EAST
 
MIDDLE EAST
The Honorable Derek Chollet, US Assistant Secretary of Defense  
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*The Honorable [[Derek Chollet]], US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs  
for International Security Affairs  
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*The Honorable [[Alexandr Vondra]], Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister and Fmr. Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic  
The Honorable Alexandr Vondra, Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister and  
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*Amb. [[Jesper Vahr]], Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General, [[NATO]]
Fmr. Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic  
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Amos Gilead]], Director, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense  
Amb. Jesper Vahr, Director of the Private Office of the Secretary  
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*Moderator: Mr. [[Tommy Steiner]], Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy
General, NATO  
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11:45 Nof Yam AssemblyOVERDOSE? ISRAELI MARKET REGULATION
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Director, Political-Military Bureau,  
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*Mr. [[Dror Strum]], President, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning  
Ministry of Defense  
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*Mr. [[Sharon Kedmi]], Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor  
Moderator: Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute  
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*Ms. [[Noga Kainan]], President, Israeli Forum of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)  
for Policy and Strategy
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*Mr. [[Noaz Bar-Nir]], Director General, Ministry of Tourism  
11:45 Nof Yam Assembly
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*Mr. [[Elad Benbaji]], CEO, Excellence Nessuah brokerage services Ltd  
OVERDOSE? ISRAELI MARKET REGULATION
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13:30 Herzliya Assembly SYRIA’S ONGOING STRIFE: REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Mr. Dror Strum, President, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning  
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*Ms. [[Antonella Caruso]], Director, Middle East and West Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations  
Mr. Sharon Kedmi, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade,  
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*Mr. [[Andrew J. Tabler]], Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy  
and Labor  
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*The Honorable [[Suat Kiniklioglu]], Executive Director, STRATIM; Fmr. Member of Parliament, Turkey  
Ms. Noga Kainan, President, Israeli Forum of Chief Financial  
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*Mr. [[Salameh Nematt]], Jordan Communications Consultants
Officers (CFOs)  
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*Prof. [[Eyal Zisser]], Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University  
Mr. Noaz Bar-Nir, Director General, Ministry of Tourism  
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*Moderator: Ms. [[Smadar Perry]], Middle East Editor, ''Yediot Aharonot''
Mr. Elad Benbaji, CEO, Excellence Nessuah brokerage services Ltd  
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13:30 Nof Yam Assembly ADDRESSING TRADE VULNERABILITY: ISRAEL’S DEPENDENCE ON TOO FEW EXPORTERS
13:30 Herzliya Assembly SYRIA’S ONGOING STRIFE: REGIONAL  
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*Mr. [[Sharon Kedmi]], Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor  
IMPLICATIONS
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*Mr. [[Israel Makov]], Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC  
Ms. Antonella Caruso, Director, Middle East and West Asia  
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*Mr. [[Dan Catarivas]] Director, Division of Foreign Trade and International Relations, Manufacturers' Association of Israel  
Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations  
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*Mr. [[Dov Baharav]], Chairman of the Board, Israel Aerospace Industries  
Mr. Andrew J. Tabler, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for  
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*Moderator: Ms. [[Galit Hemi]], Editor, Calcalist
Near East Policy  
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*15:15 Herzliya Assembly ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN A POST-SPRING MIDDLE EAST
The Honorable Suat Kiniklioglu, Executive Director, STRATIM;  
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*Dr. [[Tamara Cofman Wittes]], Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution  
Fmr. Member of Parliament, Turkey  
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*Amb. [[Bernardino Léon]], EU Special Representative to the Southern Mediterranean  
Mr. Salameh Nematt, Jordan Communications Consultants
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*Mr. [[Sherif El-Diwani]], Chief Business Officer, Documenta SL  
Prof. Eyal Zisser, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University  
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*Dr. [[Israel Elad-Altman]], Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya  
Moderator: Ms. Smadar Perry, Middle East Editor, Yediot  
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*Ms. [[Kerstin Müller]], MdB, Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group; Fmr. Minister of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany  
Aharonot
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*Moderator: Ms. [[Judy Miller]], Contributing Editor, [[City Journal]]; Adjunct Fellow, [[Manhattan Institute]]
13:30 Nof Yam Assembly
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15:15 Nof Yam Assembly LEAVING NO CHILD BEHIND? GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
ADDRESSING TRADE VULNERABILITY: ISRAEL’S  
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*Dr. [[Dan Sharon]], Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Education  
DEPENDENCE ON TOO FEW EXPORTERS
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*Mr. [[Nachum Blass]], Senior Researcher, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel  
Mr. Sharon Kedmi, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade,  
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*Dr. [[Ofer Rimon]], Director, Administration for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education  
and Labor  
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*Mr. [[Shalom Ben Moshe]], Senior Director, Human Resources Training and Development, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor  
Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and  
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*Adv. [[Ravit Dom]], Director General, Amal  
Strategy, IDC  
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*Mr. [[Dov Lautman]], Chair, Hakol Hinuch Movement  
Mr. Dan Catarivas Director, Division of Foreign Trade and  
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*Dr. Yousef Jabareen, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion  
International Relations, Manufacturers' Association of Israel  
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*Moderator: Ms. [[Anat Goldstein]]
Mr. Dov Baharav, Chairman of the Board, Israel Aerospace  
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17:00 Herzliya Assembly IS A SUNNI AXIS EMERGING? THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Industries  
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*Mr. [[Elliott Abrams]], Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, [[Council on Foreign Relations]]
Moderator: Ms. Galit Hemi, Editor, Calcalist
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*Mr. [[Brian Katulis]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]]
15:15 Herzliya Assembly ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN A  
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*Mr. [[Riad al Khouri]], Principal and Chief Economist, DEA Inc, Amman  
POST-SPRING MIDDLE EAST
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*Mr. [[Salameh Nematt]], Jordan Communications Consultants
Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director, Saban Center for  
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*Dr. [[Shmuel Bar]], Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya  
Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution  
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*Moderator: Mr. [[Oded Granot]], Head, Middle East Desk, Channel 1  
Amb. Bernardino Léon, EU Special Representative to the  
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17:00 Nof Yam Assembly TOURISM: A TOP PRIORITY INDUSTRY
Southern Mediterranean  
 
Mr. Sherif El-Diwani, Chief Business Officer, Documenta SL  
 
Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy  
 
and Strategy, IDC Herzliya  
 
Ms. Kerstin Müller, MdB, Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the  
 
Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group; Fmr. Minister of  
 
State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany  
 
Moderator: Ms. Judy Miller, Contributing Editor, City Journal;  
 
Adjunct Fellow, Manhattan Institute
 
15:15 Nof Yam Assembly
 
LEAVING NO CHILD BEHIND? GETTING SERIOUS  
 
ABOUT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
 
Dr. Dan Sharon, Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Education  
 
Mr. Nachum Blass, Senior Researcher, Taub Center for Social Policy  
 
Studies in Israel  
 
Dr. Ofer Rimon, Director, Administration for Science and  
 
Technology, Ministry of Education  
 
Mr. Shalom Ben Moshe, Senior Director, Human Resources  
 
Training and Development, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor  
 
Adv. Ravit Dom, Director General, Amal  
 
Mr. Dov Lautman, Chair, Hakol Hinuch Movement  
 
Dr. Yousef Jabareen, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning,  
 
Technion  
 
Moderator: Ms. Anat Goldstein  
 
17:00 Herzliya Assembly IS A SUNNI AXIS EMERGING? THE BALANCE OF  
 
POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST
 
Mr. Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies,  
 
Council on Foreign Relations  
 
Mr. Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress  
 
Mr. Riad al Khouri, Principal and Chief Economist, DEA Inc,  
 
Amman  
 
Mr. Salameh Nematt, Jordan Communications Consultants
 
Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and  
 
Strategy, IDC Herzliya  
 
Moderator: Mr. Oded Granot, Head, Middle East Desk, Channel 1  
 
17:00 Nof Yam Assembly
 
TOURISM: A TOP PRIORITY INDUSTRY
 
 
The Honorable Kenneth E.Hyatt, Acting Deputy Under Secretary  
 
The Honorable Kenneth E.Hyatt, Acting Deputy Under Secretary  
 
for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce  
 
for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce  
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20:00 Herzliya Assembly
 
20:00 Herzliya Assembly
 
THE HERZLIYA ADDRESS
 
THE HERZLIYA ADDRESS
TBD  
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TBD
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===HERZLIYA ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS===
 
===HERZLIYA ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS===
 
Monday, March 11, 2013  
 
Monday, March 11, 2013  

Revision as of 03:39, 12 March 2013

Herzliya 2013, the 13th annual Herzliya Conference took place at the Dan Acadia Hotel in Herzliya from 11 to 14 March 2013.[1]

Agenda

Plenary sessions

Monday, March 11, 2013

16:00 Herzliya Assembly INAUGURAL CEREMONY AND THE BALANCE OF ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY Welcome:

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:

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

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

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

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?

16:30 Nof Yam Assembly A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY: PERSONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

18:30 Herzliya Assembly ZIONISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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?

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

14:00 Herzliya Assembly A NEW MACRO-ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR ISRAEL

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?

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

Planning, US National Counter-Terrorism Center

17:00 Nof Yam Assembly IS ISRAEL EXPERIENCING A CREDIT CRUNCH? REFORMING ISRAEL’S CREDIT MARKETS

18:45 Herzliya Assembly KEYNOTE ADDRESS

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

11:00 Herzliya Assembly BRIEFING OF IDF DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

  • Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, Director of Military Intelligence, IDF

11:45 Herzliya Assembly IN SEARCH OF A STRATEGY: US, EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

  • The Honorable Derek Chollet, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • The Honorable Alexandr Vondra, Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister and Fmr. Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic
  • Amb. Jesper Vahr, Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO
  • Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Director, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense
  • Moderator: Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy

11:45 Nof Yam AssemblyOVERDOSE? ISRAELI MARKET REGULATION

  • Mr. Dror Strum, President, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
  • Mr. Sharon Kedmi, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor
  • Ms. Noga Kainan, President, Israeli Forum of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
  • Mr. Noaz Bar-Nir, Director General, Ministry of Tourism
  • Mr. Elad Benbaji, CEO, Excellence Nessuah brokerage services Ltd

13:30 Herzliya Assembly SYRIA’S ONGOING STRIFE: REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS

  • Ms. Antonella Caruso, Director, Middle East and West Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
  • Mr. Andrew J. Tabler, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • The Honorable Suat Kiniklioglu, Executive Director, STRATIM; Fmr. Member of Parliament, Turkey
  • Mr. Salameh Nematt, Jordan Communications Consultants
  • Prof. Eyal Zisser, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University
  • Moderator: Ms. Smadar Perry, Middle East Editor, Yediot Aharonot

13:30 Nof Yam Assembly ADDRESSING TRADE VULNERABILITY: ISRAEL’S DEPENDENCE ON TOO FEW EXPORTERS

  • Mr. Sharon Kedmi, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor
  • Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC
  • Mr. Dan Catarivas Director, Division of Foreign Trade and International Relations, Manufacturers' Association of Israel
  • Mr. Dov Baharav, Chairman of the Board, Israel Aerospace Industries
  • Moderator: Ms. Galit Hemi, Editor, Calcalist
  • 15:15 Herzliya Assembly ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN A POST-SPRING MIDDLE EAST
  • Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
  • Amb. Bernardino Léon, EU Special Representative to the Southern Mediterranean
  • Mr. Sherif El-Diwani, Chief Business Officer, Documenta SL
  • Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
  • Ms. Kerstin Müller, MdB, Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group; Fmr. Minister of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany
  • Moderator: Ms. Judy Miller, Contributing Editor, City Journal; Adjunct Fellow, Manhattan Institute

15:15 Nof Yam Assembly LEAVING NO CHILD BEHIND? GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

  • Dr. Dan Sharon, Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Education
  • Mr. Nachum Blass, Senior Researcher, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
  • Dr. Ofer Rimon, Director, Administration for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education
  • Mr. Shalom Ben Moshe, Senior Director, Human Resources Training and Development, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
  • Adv. Ravit Dom, Director General, Amal
  • Mr. Dov Lautman, Chair, Hakol Hinuch Movement
  • Dr. Yousef Jabareen, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion
  • Moderator: Ms. Anat Goldstein

17:00 Herzliya Assembly IS A SUNNI AXIS EMERGING? THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST

17:00 Nof Yam Assembly TOURISM: A TOP PRIORITY INDUSTRY The Honorable Kenneth E.Hyatt, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce


Amb. Dan Gillerman, Chairman, Markstone Capital Group Mr. Ami Federmann, President, Israel Hotel Association; Deputy Chairman, Dan Hotels Mr. Noaz Bar-Nir, Director General, Ministry of Tourism Mr. David Boas, President, David Boas Enterprises and Business Consultancy; Fmr. Director of Budgets at the Ministry of Finance Mr. Shmuel Marom, Chair, Israel Incoming Tour Operators Association Moderator: Mr. Matan Hodorov, Senior Economic Commentator, Channel 10 18:30 Herzliya Assembly ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY AND THE CHANGING MIDDLE EAST Opening Remarks: The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy


Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, Fmr. Commander in Chief of the Air Force and Fmr. Head of IDF Planning Directorate Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy; Chair, Annual Herzliya Conference Series Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Fmr. Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, Director, the Institute for National Security Studies Moderator: Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai, Journalist, Yedioth Ahronoth/YNET News 20:00 Herzliya Assembly THE HERZLIYA ADDRESS TBD

HERZLIYA ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

Monday, March 11, 2013 10:00 – 15:00 Nof Yam Assembly THE 2013 HERZLIYA GAME: THE DAY AFTER SYRIA’S DISINTEGRATION – GLOBAL AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS Control Group: Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy; Chair, Annual Herzliya Conference Series Ms. Rachel Machtiger, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Mr. Ori Slonim, Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Participants: USA The Honorable Mary Beth Long, Fmr. US Undersecretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Francis H. (Frank) Kearney, President, Inside-Solutions LLC; Fmr. Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, US National Counter-Terrorism Center Mr. R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD); Fmr. Director of the Central Intelligence CHINA Dr. Liang Yabin, Research Fellow, Institute for International Strategic Studies, Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party Prof. Robert Ayson, Director, Center for Strategic Studies: New Zealand (CSS) RUSSIA Amb. Zvi Magen, Fmr. Ambassador of Israel to Russia EU/NATO The Honorable Alexandr Vondra, Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister and Fmr. Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic Dr. Josef Joffe, Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Marc & Anita Abramowitz Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University SAUDI ARABIA AND GCC Dr. David Gordon, Head of Research and Director, Global Macro Eurasia Group; Fmr. Vice Chairman, US National Intelligence Council TURKEY The Honorable Suat Kiniklioglu, Executive Director, STRATIM; Fmr. Member of Parliament, Turkey ISRAEL Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, Fmr. Commander in Chief of the Air Force Amb. Dr. Oded Eran, Senior Research Associate, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Fmr. Ambassador of Israel to Jordan and to the EU and NATO JORDAN Mr. Riad al Khouri, Principal and Chief Economist, DEA Inc, Amman IRAN Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Dr. Alex Greenberg, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya LEBANON Mr. Tony Badran, Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies SYRIA Alawistan: Mr. Andrew J. Tabler, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Jihadistan: Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Research Associate, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University Syrian National Council: Lee Smith, Senior Editor, Weekly Standard EGYPT Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Discussant: Maj. Gen. Mark O. Schissler, Director, Strategy and Policy, U.S. European Command (EUCOM J5) Moderator: Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

10:00 – 12:30 Accadino Assembly PUNCHING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT: SMALL ECONOMIES IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Chair: Amb. Irit Ben-Abba, Deputy General Director for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Discussants: Sir Prof. Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand Dr. David Skilling, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, New Zealand Mr. Netanel Oded, The National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office Mr. Dror Strum, President, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning Prof. Ehud Gazit, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science and Technology 13:00-15:30 Accadino Assembly MARITIME SECURITY AND NAVAL STRATEGY (in Hebrew) Chair: Rear Admiral (Res.) Yuval Zur, Principal Maritime Strategic Chair, University of Haifa Discussants: Captain (Res.) Yigal Maor, Director, Israeli Maritime Administration; Director General, Shipping and Ports Authority Prof. Eyal Benvenisti, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University Dr. Ehud Eiran, Faculty of Political Science, Haifa University Mr. Ohad Cohen, Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Brig Gen. Oded Gour-Lavie, Israeli Navy Concluding Remarks: Admiral (Res.) Ami Ayalon Chairman, Executive Committee, University of Haifa; Fmr. Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:00 Nof Yam Assembly THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF TERRORISM SPONSORS Chair: Mr. Richard D. Heideman, Chairman, International Advisory Board of the Herzliya Conference Discussants: Mr. Floyd R. Jenkins, Founding President, Meridian 361 International Law Group, PLLC Mr. Steven R. Perles, Perles Law Firm, PC Mr. Stuart H. Newberger, Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP Dr. Boaz Ganor, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Founder & Executive Director, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) 8:00 Business Lounge TIME FOR RESET? HAS ISRAEL LOST EUROPE? Chair: Mr. Marc Berthold, Director, Israel Office, Heinrich Böll Foundation Discussants: Ms. Kerstin Müller, MdB, Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group; Fmr. Minister of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany Maj. Gen. Mark O. Schissler, Director, Strategy and Policy, U.S. European Command (EUCOM J5) Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, Fmr. Minister President, NorthRein Westphalen, Germany H.E. Tomáš Pojar, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel; Fmr. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Repubic Amb. Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska, General Counselor to the Undersecretary of State for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Poland Mr. Roland Freudenstein, Deputy Director and Head of Research, Centre for European Studies Dr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya 8:00 Accadino Assembly SHORT-TERM MIDDLE EAST SCENARIOS: SYRIA, LEBANON, JORDAN, Chair: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Discussants: Prof. Asher Susser, Stanley and Ilene Gold Senior Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University Prof. Eyal Zisser, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Mr. Salameh Nematt, Jordan Communications Consultants Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:00 Business Lounge DIPLOMACY AND MILITARY: THE INTERFACE Chair: Amb. Eran Etzion, Director of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Discussants: Maj. Gen. Mark O. Schissler, Director, Strategy and Policy, U.S. European Command (EUCOM J5) Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference Prof. Robert Ayson, Director, Center for Strategic Studies: New Zealand 8:00 Nof Yam Assembly US-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF US STRATEGY Chair: Prof. Galia Golan, Director of the MA Program, Lauder School of Government, IDC Discussants: Amb. Liora Herzl, Deputy Director General for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amb. Alon Pinkas, Fmr. Consul General of Israel in New York Mr. Zvi Rafiah Mr. Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress 8:00 Accadino Assembly SHORT-TERM MIDDLE EAST SCENARIOS: IRAN, IRAQ, THE GULF STATES, LIBYA, AND THE MAGHREB Chair: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Discussants:

Dr. David Gordon, Head of Research and Director, Global 

Macro Eurasia Group; Fmr. Vice Chairman, US National Intelligence Council Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University Mr. Alex Greenberg, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Dr. Oded Brosh, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Ms. Antonella Caruso, Director, Middle East and West Asia Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations 13:30 Business Lounge ISRAEL’S ALLIES IN THE REGIONAL PERIPHERY Chair: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Discussants: Mr. Yossi Alpher Mr. Itzhak Barzilay 15:30 Accadino Assembly FROM BAD TO WORSE? MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC PROSPECTS Chair: Mr. Daniel F. Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies Discussants: Amb. Bernardino Léon, EU Special Representative to the Southern Mediterranean Mr. Sherif El-Diwani, Chief Business Officer, Documenta SL Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution Mr. Yitzhak Gal, Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center for middle Eastern and African Studies Thursday, March 14, 2013 8:00 Business Lounge ISRAEL-TURKEY RELATIONS AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Chair: Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Fmr. Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Discussants: The Honorable Suat Kiniklioglu, Executive Director, STRATIM; Fmr. Member of Parliament, Turkey Prof. Andreas Theophanous, Head, Department of European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia; Director, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs Mr. Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya 8:00 Accadino Assembly LONG-TERM MIDDLE EAST SCENARIOS Chair: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya Discussants: Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University Mr. Amos Hochstein, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Mr. R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD); Fmr. Director of the Central Intelligence Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya 8:00 Nof Yam Assembly CYBER INT. 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 Discussants: Mr. Tal Kandel, Symantec Mr. Tzachi Zorenshtain, System Architect, Israel, McAfee International Ltd Mr. Guy Mizrahi, CEO, Cyberia - Advanced Cyber Solutions ltd. Mr. Yuval Altman, Head of Cyber Security, Verint Systems Mr. Tal Mozes, Hacktics Leader, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Mr. Guy Alon, Marketing Director, ELTA SIGINT, EW & Communication Division[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 TIME FOR NEW NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AGENDAS, Herzliyaconference.org, accessed 11 March 2013.