Dr. Edward L.
Morse, Chief Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers
Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Portland Capital & Portland Trust
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
8:30 Morning Sessions
Policy Implications of
Regional
Economic Trends
Dr. Edward L.
Morse, Chief Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers
Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Portland Capital & Portland Trust
MK Prof.
Avishay Braverman, Knesset Finance Committee
Israel’s Financial Strength
Following the Reform
Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, IDC
Herzliya
Dr. Yossi
Bachar, Director-General, Israel Tax Authority
Gabriela
Ravid, Former CEO, Psagot Ofek Investment House
Zvi Ziv,
CEO, Bank Hapoalim
Prof. Stanley
Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel
Energy Security and Alternative
Energy Sources
Chair: Amir Makov, Chairman,
Israeli Institute of Petroleum and Energy
Maj. Gen.
(res.) Oren Shachor, Chairman and President, Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company
Yossi Maiman,
President, Merhav Group
Dr. Sass
Somekh, President, Novellus Systems
Binyamin
Ben-Eliezer, Minister of National Infrastructure
Discussion
Challenges for the Next
Generation’s Leaders
Chair: Dr. Shimshon Shoshani
Prof. Oz
Almog, University of Haifa
Maj. Yifat
Greenwald, IDF Behavioral Sciences Department
Brig. Gen.
(res.) Yair Cohen, Vice President, Elron
Matthew
Bronfman, Chair, Budget and Finance Commission, World Jewish Congress
Dr. Jeffrey
R. Solomon, President, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
13:00 Lunch
Session
Dr. Charles
Murray, American Enterprise Institute
14:30 Afternoon Sessions
Chair: Amb. Ronald S. Lauder,
Founder, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Governor Mitt
Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Newt
Gingrich, Former US Speaker of the House of Representatives – via satellite
Jewish Identity and National
Strength
Chair: David Gappell, Managing Director, Schusterman Foundation-Israel
Rabbi Prof.
David Ellenson, President, Hebrew Union College
Prof. Aliza
Shenhar, President, Emek Yezreel College; Former Ambassador to the Russian
Federation
Dr. Meir
Buzaglo, Department of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rabbi Dr.
Michael Marmur, Dean of the Jerusalem School, Hebrew Union College
Strategies for Confronting
Anti-Semitism
Malcolm
Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, The Conference of Presidents of Major
Jewish Organizations
Dr. Stanley
Greenberg, The Israel Project
Ze’ev Boim,
Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Israel and the Diaspora – The
Global Partnership of the Jewish
People with the State of Israel
Chair: Zeev Bielski, Chairman of
the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
Ofra Strauss,
Chair, Strauss-Elite Group
Benny Landa,
Founder, HP Indigo
Israel
Maimon, Cabinet Secretary
Discussion
20:30 Dinner Session
Combating the De-legitimization
of the Jewish State and Winning
the Battle of Public Opinion
Chair: Dr. Fania Oz-Salzburger,
University of Haifa
Prof. Irwin
Cotler, Member of Parliament; Former Justice Minister, Canada
Dr. Richard
Landes, Boston University; Director & Co-Founder, Center for Millennial
Studies
Senator John
McCain, Senator from Arizona – via satellite
Natan
Sharansky, Head, Institute for International and Middle Eastern Studies,
Shalem Center