Tuesday, February 3rd, Ivcher   

08:15-10:00
Dealing with Asymmetric Islamic Terrorism

Chair: Dr. John Chipman
Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

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

Mr. Matthew Mark Horn
Co-Executive Director, American Jewish Congress

open discussion

10:00-11:30
Coping with Hamas: Lessons from Operation "Cast Lead"
 

Chair: Prof. Martin Kramer
Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center

Prof. Avraham Sela
Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam
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 discussions

 11:45-13:15
Israel's Legitimacy under Attack – New Tools for Advocacy

Chair: Mr.Gidi Mark
C.E.O Taglit-Birthright Israel

Mr. Isaac (Buji) Herzog
Minister of Welfare and Social Services and Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism

Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini
Maariv

Dr. Boaz Mourad
Insight Research Group

Prof. Leonard Saxe
Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis Universit

Amb. Ron Prossor
Ambassador of Israel to the UK

Mr. David Horovitz
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post

open discussion

14:00-15:15
Jumpstarting the Israeli-Palestinian Process: Economic Initiatives and Political Derivatives

Chair: Sir Ronald Cohen
Chairman, The Portland Trust

Dr. Robert Danin
Head of Mission, Quartet Representative to the Middle East

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

15:30-17:00
A Matter of Historic Justice: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries

short movie by Michael Grynszpan


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

Mr. Edwin Shuker
President, Justice for Jews from Arab Countries


Dr. Zvi Zameret
Director, The Ben Zvi Institute

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

Chair: Dr. Israel Elad-Altman
Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Maj. Gen. (res.) Dani Yatom
Former Head of the Mossad

Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland
Former Head of the National Security Council
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

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

20:30-22:00
Europe on the World Stage

Chair: Amb. Michael Zantovsky
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel

Dr. John Chipman
Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Dr. Josef Joffe
Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit

open discussion

President José María Aznar
Former Prime Minister of Spain