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*Amb. [[John Bolton]], Former US Ambassador to the United Nations   
 
*Amb. [[John Bolton]], Former US Ambassador to the United Nations   
 
*Mr. [[Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff]], Senior Director for Policy Programs, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]]  
 
*Mr. [[Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff]], Senior Director for Policy Programs, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]]  
*Amb. [[Zalman Shoval]]
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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  
*Chairman, [[Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy]], IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US  
 
 
open discussion   
 
open discussion   
  
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*Mr. [[Thomas L. Friedman]], [[New York Times]] Columnist and Dr. [[Josef Joffe]], Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]]
 
*Mr. [[Thomas L. Friedman]], [[New York Times]] Columnist and Dr. [[Josef Joffe]], Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]]
  
===T u e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 3 , 2 0 0 9===
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===Tuesday , February 3, 2009===
  
08:15-10:00 Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic  
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08:15-10:00 '''Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic Terrorism'''
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  
Chair:  Dr. John Chipman
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*Dr. [[Jamie Patrick Shea]], Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO   
Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for  
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*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon]], Former IDF Chief of Staff   
Strategic Studies (IISS)   
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*Mr. [[Glenn Carle]], Former US Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational  
Prof. Brahma Chellaney  
 
Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New  
 
Delhi  
 
Dr. Jamie Patrick Shea   
 
Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO   
 
 
 
Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon
 
Former IDF Chief of Staff   
 
Mr. Glenn Carle
 
Former US Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational  
 
 
Threats  
 
Threats  
 
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*Mr. [[Matthew Mark Horn]], Co-Executive Director, [[American Jewish Congress]]
Mr. Matthew Mark Horn
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open discussion  
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"'''
10:00-11:30 Coping with Hamas: Lessons from  
 
Operation "Cast Lead"
 
 
    
 
    
  Chair: Prof. Martin Kramer
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*Chair: Prof. [[Martin Kramer]], Senior Fellow, [[Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies]], Shalem Center         
Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center         
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*Prof. Avraham Sela, Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
Prof. Avraham Sela
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*MK Brig. Gen. (res.) [[Effie Eitam]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee  
Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
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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
MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam
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*MK Dr. [[Yuval Steinitz]], Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee   
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee  
 
Dr. Anat Kurtz
 
Senior Research Associate, Institute for National Security Studies  
 
    Col. (Res.) Daniel Reizner
 
Former Head of the IDF International Law Department
 
MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz
 
    Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee   
 
 
open discussion
 
open discussion
11:45-13:15 Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for  
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Advocacy
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11:45-13:15 '''Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy'''
 
        
 
        
  Chair: Mr.Gidi Mark
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*Chair: Mr.[[Gidi Mark]], C.E.O [[Taglit-Birthright Israel]]
                              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  
Mr. Isaac (Buji) Herzog
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*Mr. [[Ben-Dror Yemini]], [[Maariv]]  
Minister of Welfare and Social Services and  Minister of the  
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*Dr. [[Boaz Mourad]], [[Insight Research Group]]
Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism  
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*Prof. [[Leonard Saxe]], Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University  
Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini
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*Amb. [[Ron Prosor]], Ambassador of Israel to the UK   
Maariv   
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*Mr. [[David Horovitz]], Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post  
   
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open discussion
Dr. Boaz Mourad  
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Insight Research Group  
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08:15-09:45 '''Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the Digital Revolution Change the Educational Reality?''
Prof. Leonard Saxe
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*Chair: Dr. [[Shimshon Shoshani]], Former Director General of the Ministry of Education
Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis  
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*Ms. [[Gila Ben-Har]], Director, Center for Educational Technology
University  
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*Mr. [[Yoram Yaacovi]], CTO, Microsoft Israel Development Center
 
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*Mr. [[Meir Brand]], Google Israel Country Director
Amb. Ron Prossor
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*Prof. [[Michal Yerushalmy]], Faculty of Education, Haifa University
Ambassador of Israel to the UK   
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*Prof. [[Yuli Tamir]], Minister of Education 
 
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open discussion
Mr. David Horovitz
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Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post  
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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
  open discussion
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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  
  
08:15-09:45 Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the
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11:20-12:35 '''R&D National Policy: Higher Education – Moving from Basic Science to R&D'''
Digital Revolution Change the Educational
 
Reality?
 
 
 
Chair: Dr. Shimshon Shoshani
 
Former Director General of the Ministry of Education  
 
Ms. Gila Ben-Har
 
Director, Center for Educational Technology
 
 
 
Mr. Yoram Yaacovi
 
CTO, Microsoft Israel Development Center
 
 
 
Mr. Meir Brand
 
Google Israel Country Director
 
 
    
 
    
Prof. Michal Yerushalmy
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*Chairs:  Prof. [[Oded Abramsky]], Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development   
Faculty of Education, Haifa University
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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  
Prof. Yuli Tamir 
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*Mr. [[Guri Zilka]], Advisor, National Council for Research and Development; Former Director of Council for Higher Education  
Minister of Education 
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*Prof. [[Mina Teicher]], Chair, National Committee for International R&D Relations, National Council for Research and Development   
  open discussion
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*Dr. [[Lea Nass]], Former Chair of the Science and Technology committee  
09:45-11:00 Economic Concepts for Higher Education
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open discussion     
Chair: Mr. Dror Strum
 
President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning
 
Dr. Yaacov Sheinin 
 
CEO, Economic Models
 
Mr. Avraham Shochat 
 
Former Minister of Finance; Chairman of the Shochat Commission
 
on Higher Education
 
Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron
 
President, The Open University
 
                          Maj. Gen. Avi Zamir
 
Head of Personnel Branch, IDF
 
Prof. Yuli Tamir 
 
Minister of 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
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14:00-15:15 '''Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Economic Initiatives and Political Derivatives'''
Process: Economic Initiatives and Political  
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*Chair: Sir [[Ronald Cohen]], Chairman, The [[Portland Trust]]  
Derivatives  
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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]]  
  Chair: Sir Ronald Cohen
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Danny Rothschild]], President, [[Council for Peace and Security]]
  Chairman, The Portland Trust   
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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  
  Dr. Robert Danin
 
Head of Mission, Quartet Representative to the Middle East   
 
 
 
Dr. Maher S. El-Kurd
 
  Chairman of the PLO Economic Committee   
 
 
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild
 
  President, Council for Peace and Security  
 
Amb. Irit Ben-Abba
 
Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign  
 
Affairs  
 
   
 
  Dr. Shavit Matias
 
                            Deputy Attorney General, in charge of International Issues  
 
 
 
 
open discussion   
 
open discussion   
 
    
 
    
 
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15:30-17:00  '''A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries'''
15:30-17:00  A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish  
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*Chair:  Dr. [[Avi Bitzur]], Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University  
Refugees from Arab Countries
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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]]
                            Chair:  Dr. Avi Bitzur
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*Dr. [[Zvi Zameret]], Director, The Ben Zvi Institute  
Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home  
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*Mr. [[Edwin Shuker]], President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries  
Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University  
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open discussion
   
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  Mr. Raffi Eitan
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13:20-14:45 '''From R&D to Commercial and Economic Application as Part of National Policy'''
Minister for Pensioners' Affairs, also in charge of Restitution of Jewish  
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*Chairs:  Prof. [[Oded Abramsky]], Chairman, National Council for Research and Civilian Development 
Rights and Assets   
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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]]
Ms. Rachel Machtiger  
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*Prof. [[Moshe Oron]], Chief Scientist, KiloLambda, National Council for Research and Development
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC  
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*Dr. [[Eli Opper]], Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor  
Herzliya; Atlantic Forum of Israel  
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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 
  Dr. Zvi Zameret
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open discussion
Director, The Ben Zvi Institute  
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*Mr. [[Ghaleb Majadle]], Minister of Science, Culture and Sports 
Mr. Edwin Shuker  
 
President,Justice for Jews from Arab Countries  
 
  open discussion
 
  
13:20-14:45 From R&D to Commercial and
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15:00-16:30  '''Global Jewish Peoplehood: Metrics and Policies'''
Economic Application as Part of
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*Chair: Mr. [[Leonid Nevzlin]], Chairman, Nadav Fund  
National Policy
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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   
Chairs:  Prof. Oded Abramsky 
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*Prof. [[Steven M. Cohen]], Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College  
Chairman, National Council for Research and
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*Dr. [[Shlomi Ravid]], Director, International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies, Beit-Hatefutsot   
Civilian Development 
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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   
Prof. Menahem Yaari
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*Prof. [[Na'ama Sabar Ben-Yehoshua]], Head of the unit for Jewish peopelhood studies, School of Education, Tel Aviv University     
President, Israel Academy of Sciences and
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open discussion
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
 
Mr. Ghaleb Majadle
 
Minister of Science, Culture and Sports 
 
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"
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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  
Chair: Prof. Alex Mintz
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*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Ehud Barak]], Minister of Defense and Former Prime Minister
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
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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  
  Chair: Dr. Israel Elad-Altman  
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Dani Yatom]], Former Head of the [[Mossad]]    
Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya  
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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 ]]
Maj. Gen. (res.) Dani Yatom
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*Dr. [[Shmuel Bar]],  Director of Studies, The Institute of Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya  
  Former Head of the Mossad   
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*Dr. [[Dan Schueftan]], Deputy Director, National Security Studies Centre, Haifa University   
Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland
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*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Amos Gilead]], Head, Politico-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense   
Former Head of the National Security Council   
 
   
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
 
Deputy President, Lander Institute
 
Dr. Shmuel Bar  
 
Director of Studies, The Institute of Policy and Strategy, IDC,  
 
Herzliya  
 
Dr. Dan Schueftan
 
Deputy Director, National Security Studies Centre, Haifa  
 
University   
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead  
 
Head, Politico-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense   
 
 
 
 
open discussion  
 
open discussion  
18:00-19:30 National Sustainability and Israel's
 
Green Safety Net
 
 
 
  Chair: Mr. Effi Stenzler
 
  Chairman of the Board, Jewish National Fund
 
Prof. Uri Shani
 
Director, Water Authority
 
   
 
Prof. Yakov Karni
 
CTO, HelioFocus Ltd.
 
Prof. Yael Moriah
 
Faculty of Architecture, The Technion Institute
 
Mr Shamai Assif
 
Head of the Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
 
 
 
  open discussion
 
  
20:30-22:00 Europe on the World Stage
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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]]
Chair: Amb. Michael Zantovsky
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*Prof. [[Uri Shani]], Director, Water Authority
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel  
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*Prof. [[Yakov Karni]], CTO, HelioFocus Ltd.
 
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*Prof. [[Yael Moriah]], Faculty of Architecture, The Technion Institute
President José María Aznar
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*Mr [[Shamai Assif]], Head of the Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
Former Prime Minister of Spain   
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open discussion
Dr. John Chipman
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Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for  
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20:30-22:00 '''Europe on the World Stage''''
Strategic Studies (IISS)  
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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   
Dr. Josef Joffe
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*Dr. [[John Chipman]], Director General and Chief Executive, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] (IISS)  
Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit   
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*Dr. [[Josef Joffe]],Editor-Publisher, [[Die Zeit]]    
    open discussion
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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
 +
*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
  
===W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 0 9===
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open discussion
T h e D a v i d S l i n g P r o j e c t
 
  
8:15-10:15 Iran on the Nuclear Threshold –
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13:00-14:30  '''Israel's Financial Governance: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation'''
Feasability of Prevention and of
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*Chair: Mr. [[Shlomo Zohar]], Chairman of the Board of Directors, [[Discount Bank]]
Deterrence
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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  
  Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry 
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*Mr. [[Yadin Antebi]], Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings, Ministry of Finance
President, Boeing Israel; Former Head of the National Security
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*Mr. [[Zvi Ziv]],CEO, [[Bank Hapoalim]]
Council 
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*Mr. [[Zvi Lubetzky]], Chairman, IBI Investments House
     
 
  Prof. Scott Sagan
 
Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation
 
(CISAC), Stanford University
 
 
 
Amb. Yossi Gal
 
Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
 
 
 
Dr. Bruno Tertrais
 
Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche
 
Strategique (FRS)
 
   
 
Dr. Michael Makovsky 
 
Foreign Policy Director, Bipartisan Policy Center
 
   
 
MK Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
 
    Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee 
 
  open discussion
 
 
 
10:30-12:15 Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control
 
Initiatives
 
   
 
  Chair: Dr. Ariel Levite
 
  Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
   
 
Mr. Jonathan S. Paris
 
Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute 
 
 
 
Dr. Oded Brosh
 
Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy,  
 
IDC, Herzliya
 
Mr. Sverre Lodgaard 
 
Senior Research Fellow, NUPI and former Director of the United
 
Nations Institute for Disarmament Research 
 
Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin
 
Principal Researcher, IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences 
 
Amb. David Danieli 
 
Deputy Director General for Policy, Israel Atomic Energy
 
Commission
 
 
 
 
open discussion
 
open discussion
 
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14:45-17:00   '''Weathering the Storm: Israel and the World Economic Crisis'''
8:15-10:00 Energy, Security and Global
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*Chair: Mr. [[Yossie Hollander]], Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
Geopolitics
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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
  Chair: Dr. Sass Somekh
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*Prof. [[Avishay Braverman]], Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
Founder, Musea Ventures
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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
  Dr. Ed Morse 
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*Mr. [[Gidi Grinstein]], President, [[Reut Institute]]
  Managing Director and Chief Economist, LCM Commodities
 
   
 
Mr. R. James Woolsey
 
Venture Partner with VantagePoint; Former US Director of  
 
Central Intelligence 
 
 
 
Dr. Jamie Patrick Shea 
 
Director, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General,  
 
NATO 
 
Dr. Brenda Shaffer
 
Energy Management and Policy Program, University of Haifa 
 
Dr. David Wurmser
 
Director, Delphi Global Analysis; Former Senior Advisor on
 
National Security Affairs to the US Vice President  
 
Mr. Yossie Hollander
 
      Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning 
 
 
open discussion
 
open discussion
     
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*Prof. [[Stanley Fischer]], Governor, Bank of Israel
10:30-12:15  The World Economic Crisis:  
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Recalibrating Financial Risk
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13:00-14:45 Risk Sharing: '''Bolstering Israel's Strategic Partnerships'''
Management and Regulation
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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)
  Chair: Mr. L. Jack Staley
+
*Mr. [[Christian Schmidt]], MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry for Defense, Germany
  President, Stanford Group (Suisse)
+
*Mr. [[Ralf Fuecks]], President, Heinrich Boll Foundation
   
+
*Mr. [[Rafael Bardají]], Director of International Policy, FAES Fundacion
  Prof. Jacob Frenkel
+
*Mr [[Tommy Steiner]], Senior Research Fellow , The Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya
Former Governor of the Bank of Israel; Chairman, Group of
 
Thirty (G-30); Vice Chairman, American International Group
 
(AIG)  
 
Mr. Michael G. Oxley 
 
Vice Chairman, NASDAQ Stock Market; Former Chairman of
 
the US House of Representatives' Financial Services
 
Committee
 
 
 
Dr. Stephen J. Canner
 
Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, US
 
Council for International Business
 
 
 
Ms. Joanne Thornton
 
Senior Vice President, Policy Research, Stanford Group
 
Company
 
 
 
 
open discussion
 
open discussion
 +
*Lt. Gen. (res.) [[Shaul Mofaz]] Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Road Safety;  Responsible for the Strategic Dialogue
  
13:00-14:30   Israel's Financial Governance:
+
15:00-16:30 '''Passive and Active Defense Options to Cope with Strategic Threats'''
Recalibrating Financial Risk Management
+
*Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Herzle Bodinger]], Chairman of the Board, IMDA; Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force
and Regulation
+
*Mr [[Uzi Rubin]], CEO, [[Rubinkon]]
Chair: Mr. Shlomo Zohar
+
*Brig. Gen. (res.) [[Yair Dori]], Former Commander, Anti-Aircraft Warfare
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Discount Bank
+
*Mr. [[Michael D. Brown]], Former US Under Secretary of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Prof. Amir Barnea
+
*Dr. [[Avi Bitzur]], Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University
Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
+
*Dr. [[Max Singer]], Senior Research Fellow, [[BESA Center for Strategic Studies]], Bar-Ilan University
Mr. Rony Hizkiyahu
+
*Maj. Gen. (res.) [[Matan Vilnai]], Deputy Minister of Defense
Supervisor of the Banks, Bank of Israel
 
Mr. Yadin Antebi
 
Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings, Ministry
 
of Finance 
 
 
 
Mr. Zvi Ziv
 
CEO, Bank Hapoalim 
 
Mr. Zvi Lubetzky
 
Chairman, IBI Investments House
 
 
 
   
 
    open discussion
 
 
 
     
 
14:45-17:00  Weathering the Storm: 
 
Israel and the World Economic Crisis 
 
     
 
  Chair: Mr. Yossie Hollander
 
  Chairman, The Institute for Israeli Economic Planning
 
 
 
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
 
Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office
 
 
 
Dr. Yaacov Sheinin
 
  CEO, Economic Models 
 
       
 
Prof. Avishay Braverman
 
  Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee
 
Mr. Yarom Ariav
 
Director General, Minister of Finance
 
 
 
Mr. Israel Makov
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Policy and
 
Strategy, IDC Herzliya 
 
Mr. Gidi Grinstein
 
President, Reut Institute
 
open discussion 
 
Prof. Stanley Fischer
 
  Governor, Bank of Israel
 
13:00-14:45 Risk Sharing:  Bolstering Israel's
 
Strategic Partnerships
 
     
 
Chair: Amb. Dr. Oded Eran 
 
Director, Institute for National Security Studies; Atlantic Forum
 
of Israel
 
 
 
Dr. Bruno Tertrais
 
Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche
 
Strategique, (FRS) 
 
 
 
Mr. Christian Schmidt, MdB 
 
Parliamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry for Defense,
 
Germany
 
Mr. Ralf Fuecks
 
President, Heinrich Boll Foundation 
 
 
 
Mr. Rafael Bardají
 
Director of International Policy, FAES Fundacion
 
Mr Tommy Steiner
 
Senior Research Fellow , The Institute for Policy and Strategy,
 
IDC, Herzliya
 
 
open discussion
 
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
 
 
 
Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzle Bodinger 
 
Chairman of the Board, IMDA; Former Commander of the Israeli
 
Air Force 
 
   
 
  Mr Uzi Rubin
 
CEO, Rubinkon
 
Brig. Gen. (res.) Yair Dori
 
Former Commander, Anti-Aircraft Warfare 
 
Mr. Michael D. Brown
 
Former US Under Secretary of Homeland Security, Emergency
 
Preparedness and Response
 
Dr. Avi Bitzur
 
Director General, Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs; Specialist for
 
Home Front Defense, Bar-Ilan University
 
Dr. Max Singer
 
Senior Research Fellow, BESA Center for Strategic Studies,
 
Bar-Ilan University
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai 
 
Deputy Minister of Defense
 
    open discussion
 
  
 
17:00-17:45 Prime Ministerial Candidate's "Herzliya Address"
 
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
Chair: Amb. Zalman Shoval
+
*Mr. [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Head of the Opposition and Former Prime Minister  
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  
+
18:00-19:30 '''Reconnecting Israel with its Expatriates'''
Expatriates    
+
*Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (Res.) [[Amira Dotan]], Chairperson, Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy
Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amira Dotan  
+
*Mr. [[Erez Halfon]], Director General, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
Chairperson, Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and  
+
*Prof. [[Zaki Shalom]], The Zionist Council In Israel  
Public Diplomacy  
+
*Ms. [[Shulamit Aloni]], Former Minister of Education and Culture
   
+
*Prof. [[Moshe Oron]], Chief Scientist, KiloLambd; National Council for Research and Development  
Mr. Erez Halfon
+
*MK [[Avshalom (Abu) Vilan]], Member, Internal Affairs and Environment Committee  
Director General, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
+
*Mr. [[Mano Geva]], CEO, [[Midgam Research and Consulting]]; Chairman of Israel Research Institutes Association  
Prof. Zaki Shalom
 
The Zionist Council In Israel  
 
Ms. Shulamit Aloni
 
Former Minister of Education and Culture
 
Prof. Moshe Oron
 
Chief Scientist, KiloLambd; National Council for  
 
Research and         Development    
 
 
 
MK Avshalom (Abu) Vilan  
 
Member, Internal Affairs and Environment Committee  
 
Mr. Mano Geva
 
CEO, Midgam Research and Consulting; Chairman of  
 
Israel Research Institues Association  
 
 
open discussion
 
open discussion
  
18:00-19:30 The Imperative for Government  
+
18:00-19:30 '''The Imperative for Government Reform'''
Reform
+
 
     
+
*Chair: [[Gad Zeevi]], CEO, Japan Auto
  Chair: Gad Zeevi
+
*Prof. [[Uriel Reichman]], Founder and President, IDC Herzliya  
  CEO, Japan Auto  
+
*Mr. [[Dror Strum]], President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning  
   
+
*Mr. [[Haim Ramon]] Vice Premier and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
  Prof. Uriel Reichman
+
*MK [[Gideon Sa'ar]], Chairman, [[Likud]] Parliamentary Group  
  Founder and President, IDC Herzliya  
+
*Mr [[Raanan Dinur]], Director General, Prime Minister's Office  
Mr. Dror Strum
+
*Mr. [[Sami Friedrich]], Chairman, [[Shaldor Inc.]]
  President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning  
+
open discussion
   
 
Mr. Haim Ramon
 
  Vice Premier and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
 
 
 
MK Gideon Sa'ar
 
Chairman, Likud Parliamentary Group  
 
 
 
Mr Raanan Dinur
 
Director General, Prime Minister's Office  
 
 
 
Mr. Sami Friedrich
 
Chairman, Shaldor Inc.  
 
 
 
  open discussion
 
  
 
20:15-22:00  Concluding Session
 
20:15-22:00  Concluding Session
 
+
*Chair: Prof. [[Uriel Reichman]], Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman  
+
*Amb. [[Ronald S. Lauder]], President, World Jewish Congress  
Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
+
*Prof. [[Uzi Arad]], Chairman, Herzliya Conference
Amb. Ronald S. Lauder
+
*Prof. [[Shlomo Ben-Ami]], IDC Herzliya  
President, World Jewish Congress  
+
*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>
 
 
Prof. Uzi Arad
 
Chairman, Herzliya Conference
 
Prof. Shlomo Ben-Ami
 
  IDC Herzliya  
 
 
 
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.