Ninth Herzliya Conference

The Ninth Herzliya Conference took place at the IDC Herzliya on 2-4 February 2009.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.
==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 
*Chair: Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Chairman, Board of Directors, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 
*Prof. Rafi Melnick, Provost, IDC Herzliya 
*Dr. Karnit Flug, Director, Research Department, Bank of Israel 
*Mr. Roni Bar-On, Minister of Finance 
open discussion 
The Balance of Israel' s National Security
11:15-12:45 Formal Opening
*Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad, Chairman, Herzliya Conference 
*Greetings: Prof. Uriel Reichman,President, IDC Herzliya 
*Ms. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya 
*Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel 
 
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
*Chair: Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress 
*Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, IDC Herzliya 
*Prof. Avishay Braverman, Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee 
*Mr. Eitan Wertheimer, Chairman of the Board, "Daroma" 
*Mr. Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive Jewish Agency for Israel and the WZO 
*Mr. Ofer Isseroff, Director, "Daroma"; Regional Director, Jewish Agency for Israel 
open discussion 
 
15:15-17:00 Perspectives on the Changing Global Landscape 
*Chair: Sir Michael Pakenham, Former Chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee 
*Amb. Igor S. Neverov, Director, North American Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 
*Prof. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi 
*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 
*Amb. Zalman Shoval, Chairman, Friends of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Ambassador of Israel to the US 
open discussion 
15:00-16:30 Are Mixed Cities the Face of the Future for Israel? 
*Chair: Prof. Aliza Shenhar 
*President, Emek Yezreel College 
*Mr. Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu, Co-Executive Director, Abraham Fund 
*Prof. Rassem Khamaisi, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa University 
*Mr. Kamel Agbaria, Chairman, Neighborhood Committee, Jaffa Arab Quarter 
*Mr. Shimon Gafsou, Mayor, Nazareth-Ilit 
*Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, IDC Herzliya 
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
 
*Chair: Dr. Gavriel Barkay, Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University 
*Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custos of the Holy Land 
*Prof. Yossi Shilhav, Department of Geography, Bar-Ilan University 
*Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 
*Mr. Hanna Siniora, Co-CEO IPCRI 
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 
 
*Chair: Prof. Herbert London, President, Hudson Institute 
*Amb. John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations 
*Mr. R. James Woolsey, Venture Partner with VantagePoint; Former US Director of Central Intelligence 
*Mr. Richard Gordon, President, American Jewish Congress 
*Amb. Alfred H. Moses, Chair, UN Watch; Partner & Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; Honorary President, American Jewish Committee 
open discussion 
 
Conversation between: 
*Mr. Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Dr. Josef Joffe, Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit
===Tuesday , February 3, 2009===
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 discussion
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 University 
*Amb. Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to the UK 
*Mr. David Horovitz, Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post 
open discussion
08:15-09:45 'Why Do Israeli Students Fail? Can the 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, Faculty of Education, Haifa University 
*Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education 
open discussion 
09:45-11:00 Economic Concepts for Higher Education
*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 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 
*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 
 
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
*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"
*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, 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 
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'
*Chair: Amb. Michael Zantovsky, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel 
*President José María Aznar, Former Prime Minister of Spain 
*Dr. John Chipman, Director General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 
*Dr. Josef Joffe,Editor-Publisher, Die Zeit 
open discussion
===Wednesday, February 4, 2009===
The David Sling Project 
8:15-10:15 Iran on the Nuclear Threshold – Feasability of Prevention and of Deterrence
*Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry President, Boeing Israel; Former Head of the National Security Council 
* 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
8:15-10:00 Energy, Security and Global Geopolitics
*Chair: Dr. Sass Somekh, Founder, Musea Ventures
*Dr. Ed Morse, 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
10:30-12:15 The World Economic Crisis: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation
*Chair: Mr. L. Jack Staley,President, Stanford Group (Suisse)
*Prof. Jacob Frenkel, 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
13:00-14:30 Israel's Financial Governance: Recalibrating Financial Risk Management and Regulation 
*Chair: Mr. Shlomo Zohar, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Discount Bank 
*Prof. Amir Barnea, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya 
*Mr. Rony Hizkiyahu, 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
*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"
*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 
*Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amira Dotan, Chairperson, Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Public Diplomacy
*Mr. Erez Halfon, Director General, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption
*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 Institutes Association 
open discussion
18:00-19:30 The Imperative for Government Reform
*Chair: Gad Zeevi, CEO, Japan Auto
*Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founder and President, IDC Herzliya 
*Mr. Dror Strum, President, The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning 
*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
*Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founder and President, IDC Herzliya
*Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress 
*Prof. Uzi Arad, Chairman, Herzliya Conference
*Prof. Shlomo Ben-Ami, IDC Herzliya 
*Prof. Ruth Gavison Founding President, Metzilah CenterProgram, the 9th Herzliya Conference 2009, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 21 May 2012.
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