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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 ThresholdFeasability 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.