Herzliya
Conference
Agenda and Schedule
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Tuesday, December
16, 2003
08:00 Opening
Dr. Uzi Arad, Head, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Ms. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya
Prof. Abraham (Rami) Friedman, Dean, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
The National Scoreboard
- International and time-series comparison of Israel’s standing in the economic, social, and political spheres;
- Comparative in-depth surveys of Israeli society;
- Overall strategic assessment of Israel's situation.
“The Herzliya Indices”, Task Force Report
Prof. Rafi Melnick, Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“The Haifa Indices”, Task Force Report
Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
“The National Security Council Indices”, Task Force Report
Col. (res.) Dr. Reuven Gal, Deputy Head, National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office
“The Changing Strategic Landscape”,
Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, Head-Designate of the National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office
“The Mood in the US Towards Israel”
Prof. Herbert I. London, President Hudson Institute
DEFENSE CHALLENGES
- The Palestinian-Israeli Impasse: Alternative Options and Approaching Decisions
- Review and assessment of the state of warfare against terror;
- Regional processes and their impact on the Palestinian-Israeli issue;
- Alternative diplomatic and political options;
- The future of Palestinian leadership.
Chair: Mr. Ehud Olmert, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade, Labor and Communication
“There is Life After Terror”,
Mr. Avi Dichter, Head, Israel Security Agency, (Shin Bet)
“Alternative Options for Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute”
Prof. Steven L. Spiegel, Burkle Institute for International Relations, UCLA
Discussant: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“IDF: The Military Posture and the New Defense Doctrine”,
Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, Chief of General Staff, IDF
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
The Iranian Challenge
- Iran’s nuclear program and its effort to acquire military nuclear capability;
- International and US approaches to the Iranian nuclear program;
- Regime stability and political undercurrents in Iran.
Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Chair, Subcommittee for Defense and Security Doctrine
“Heading Off an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Capability”,
Mr. Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
“Putting More Muscle into the International Effort to Stop an Iranian Nuclear Bomb”,
Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
“How to Liberate Iran”,
Dr. Michael Ledeen, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Discussants: Mr. Gideon Frank, Director General, Israel Atomic Energy Commission
Ms. Thrse Delpech, Center for International Studies and Research (CERI)
13:30 Lunch
“Main Issues in Israel's Defense Doctrine”
Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense
Force Structure and the New Defense Posture
- New look into force structure planning;
- Budgetary constraints and IDF’s missions in the evolving strategic landscape;
- Possibilities and trends in Israel’s military force structure in face of technological innovation and the lessons of the War in Iraq.
Chair: MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Chair, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
“Joint Force Building”,
Gen. (ret.) Jim Jamerson, Vice President for Middle East and Africa, Lockheed Martin Corporation
“The Defense Budget and Force Structure”, Task Force Report
Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu, CEO & Founder, Sentry Israel
MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai
“Approaches to Force Structure Planning”,
Maj. Gen. Dan Haloutz, Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force
Discussants: Rear Adm. (ret.) John F. “Dugan” Shipway, Vice President of General Dynamics and President of Bath Iron Works
Mr. Danny E. Sebright, Associate Vice President, The Cohen Group
Mr. Fred P. Moosally, President, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Lockheed Martin Corp.
A Reserve System for the Future IDF
- Alternative options for the future structure of IDF reserves;
- Military, economic, and social implications.
Chair: MK Haim Ramon, Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee and Chair, Subcommittee for Manpower
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
“Positioning the Reserve Service in an Up-to-Date Defense Doctrine”,
Maj. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Deputy Chief of General Staff, IDF
“IDF Reserve Corps – Enduring Realities”,
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gideon Sheffer, Vice President, Elbit Systems
“IDF Reserve System and Israeli Society – Trends, Reforms, and Necessary Measures”,
Brig. Gen. Dr. Ariel Heiman, Chief Reserve Officer, IDF and Ministry of Defense
“Structural and Societal Implications of the IDF Reserve Corps Reform”,
Prof. Stuart Cohen, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), Bar-Ilan University
“The IDF Reserve Corps and the Israeli Society: Will New Reforms Exacerbate the Problem?”
Dr. Yagil Levi, Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication, The Open University of Israel
The Prospects for Israel’s Defense Industries
- The role of the defense industries as a component of force structure and as a building bloc for economic, technological, and educational growth;
- The defense industries’ ratio between investment and exports;
- Preserving the qualitative edge of the defense industries at a time of budgetary cutbacks.
Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yaron, Director-General, Ministry of Defense
“The National Role of the Defense Industries”, Task Force Report
Mr. Moshe Keret, CEO, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
Mr. Nir Gilad, Former Accountant General, Ministry of Finance
Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models
“The National Contribution of Israel’s Defense Industries”,
Mr. Eliezer Sandberg, Minister of Science and Technology
Discussants: Mr. Joseph Ackerman, President and Chairman of the Board, Elbit Systems
Mr. Giora Shalgi, Director-General, Israel Armament Development Authority (Rafael)
20:00 Dinner
Chair: Mr. Shabtai Shavit
“Ben-Gurion and His Legacy”,
Mr. Shimon Peres, Former Prime Minister
“A Diaspora Perspective”,
Mr. David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES
08:00 Dilemmas and
Special Alignments in Israel's Foreign Relations
- The anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish campaign in the UN and the international arena;
- Dilemmas of Israel’s foreign policy in dealing with special conditions and relations and the diversification of its international relations;
- Moscow’s perspective on Israel and the Middle East;
- Taiwan’s special status and relations with Israel.
Chair: Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, Israel and the Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee
“The United Nations Agenda and Israel”
Prof. Anne Bayefsky, Columbia University and York University
“Anti-Semitism in the International Arena”,
Mr. Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League
“Taiwan-Israel Relations: A Strategic Outlook”
Dr. Kuo-Hsing Liu, Executive Secretary, Research and Planning Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
“Latest Developments and Changes in Russian Political Landscape: What can be in Store for Israel?”
Mr. Evgeny Kiselev, Editor-in-Chief, “Moskovskiye Novosty”
Discussant: Chun-pu Hu, Director, Research and Planning Board, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
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Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Finance
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Assessing Israel-US Relations
- Israeli-American agenda for 2004;
- Christian friends of Israel in the US as allies;
- US presidential elections – political undercurrents.
Chair: Mr. Natan Sharansky, Minister of Diaspora, Society and Jerusalem Affairs
“Obstacles and Risks in Israel-US Relations”,
Mr. Dan Halperin, Founding Director-General, IFTIC
“The Worldwide Evangelical Christian Community: Israel's Strategic Friend or Threat?”
Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Eckstein, President, The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Hakeren L'yedidut, Israel)
“Why Evangelical Christians Support Israel?”
Dr. Pat Robertson, Chairman, Christian Broadcast Network
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Israel and the New Europe: Options and Opportunities
- Alternative frameworks for deepening Israeli-European relations;
- The European Union and Israel in face of the ‘Wider Europe’;
- Israel’s potential partnership with European organizations and the enlarged North-Atlantic alliance.
Chair: Ambassador Yoav Biran, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The Compatible Incompatibility”,
Ambassador Dr. Oded Eran, Ambassador of Israel to the European Union
“Toward a Strategic Partnership”,
Ambassador Marc Otte, European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
“Israel and the EU’s New Neighborhood Policy”,
Dr. Michael Leigh, Deputy Director General, DG External Relations (RELEX), European Commission
Discussants: Ambassador Giancarlo Chevallard, Head, The Delegation of the European Commission to Israel
Dr. Ronald Asmus, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Mr. Joschka Fischer, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
13:30 Lunch
“Israel’s Foreign Policy”
Mr. Silvan Shalom, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
Changing Realities for the Middle East in Global Energy Markets
- The post-Iraq global energy market – directions and trends;
- Developments in Israel’s national energy policy.
Chair: Mr. Joseph Paritzky, Minister of National Infrastructures
“Future of the Global Energy Market”
Dr. Edward Morse, Executive Advisor, Hess Energy Trading Company
“Oil as a Strategic Resource in Regional and World Power Games”, Task Force Report
Mr. Yashar Ben-Mordechai, Director-General, Oil Refineries Ltd. (ORL)
“Master Plan for the Energy Market through 2025”,
Col. (Res.) Eli Ronen, Director-General, Ministry of National Infrastructures
“Reforming Israel’s Utility Market”,
Prof. Haim Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University
Discussants: Mr. Amir Makov, Chairman, Israel Institute of Petroleum & Energy
Dr. Miriam Haran, Director General, Ministry of the Environment
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Regulating the Banking System
- Various perspectives and comparative analyses of the state of regulation in the Israeli banking system;
- Is banking regulation in Israel excessive, sufficient, or inadequate?
Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“Banking and Regulation”,
Mr. Eliezer Yones, Former Director-General, Bank Hapoalim
“Financial Market Accessibility and Economic Development: An Overview of the Evidence”,
Prof. Oded Sarig, Dean, Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“The Principles of Banking Regulation and their Implementation”,
Mr. Yoav Lehman, Supervisor of Banks, Bank of Israel
“Is there too Much or too Little Regulation and Supervision in Israel? An Opinion Based on International Standards”,
Dr. Liliana Schumacher, International Monetary Fund
Discussants: Mr. Zeev Abeles, Chair of the Board of Director, Union Bank of Israel and Former Supervisor of Banks
Dr. Yoram Turbowicz, Former Director-General, Investments Division of Bank Discount
Corporate Initiatives for Economic Growth and Social Development
- The hi-tech sector as a stimulus for economic growth and social development; funding the hi-tech industry through international transactions;
- Deregulation and foreign investments in Israel;
- How to enhance the Israeli health system?
- Regional development as a catalyst for national development.
Chair: Mr. Dan Naveh, Minister of Health
“The Hi-Tech Industry – An Engine for Economic and Social Development”, Task Force Report
Mr. Eli Ayalon, Chairman of the Board and CEO, DSP Group Inc.
“Buy-Outs, Deregulation and Privatization”
Sir Ronald Cohen, Founding Partner and Chairman, Apax Partners Worldwide LLP
“Bargain Medicine: Anatomy of a High Quality Healthcare System; Valiantly Operating with Inadequate Funding, or Socialism in Action: How to Over-promise and Under-deliver”
Mr. Kenneth Abramowitz, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
“Developing the Negev: An Engine for National Progress”,
Prof. Avishay Braverman, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Discussant: Ambassador Yossi Gal, Deputy Director-General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
20:00 Dinner
Chair: Mr. Eli Landau, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Israel Electric Corporation
“Solidarity and
Human Decency in Conflict”,
Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
“Economic Liberty as a Security Strategy”,
Mr. Christopher DeMuth, President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Thursday, December
18, 2003
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
08:00 Social Disparities and National Cohesion
- The impact of the economic situation, social inequality and terrorism on Israel's cohesion;
- Communal resilience – its national impact;
- The labor market – getting back to work;
- Deprivation of children – scope, implications and corrective measures.
Chair: Mr. Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Social Affairs
“Social Policy and National Cohesion”, Task Force Report
Prof. Abraham (Rami) Friedman, Dean, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Dr. Yigal Ben-Shalom, Director-General Designate, National Insurance Institute of Israel and Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Dr. John Gal, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Momi Dahan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Hillel Schmid, Dean, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Communal Resilience: Social Challenges in Building National Resilience”
Ms. Dalia Lev-Sadeh, Ministry of Social Affairs
Discussant: Col. (res.) Etti Peretz, Chairperson, Union of Social Workers in Israel
Demography and Economics
- What is the effect of fundamental demographic features on the rate of economic growth?
- How will they affect growth in the future?
Chair: Mr. Meir Sheetrit, Minister in the Ministry of Finance
“New Demographic Trends and their Economic Consequences”, Task Force Report
Dr. Yacov Sheinin, Director-General, Economic Models
Discussant: Mr. Yossi
Hollander, Chairman, JACADA
MK Avraham Shochat, former Minister of Finance
Israeli Arabs: Bridging the Gap
- An integrative minorities’ policy for Israel: constitutional and policy implications;
- Re-visiting some of the problems in the Israeli Arab minority and in its relations with the State.
Chair: Ms. Tzipi Livni, Minister of Immigrant Absorption
The Report of the late Prof. Ehud Sprinzak æ"ì, Founding Dean, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Prof. David Nachmias, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“Policy on Minorities: The Israeli Arabs”, Task Force Report
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Uzi Dayan, President, Zionist Council in Israel
Mr. Shouki Hatib, Chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Israeli Arabs
Thursday, December 18, 2003
“Adopting the Iranian and Egyptian Models”
Dr. Yitzhak Ravid
“National Minorities in Israel and Abroad”
Dr. Alexander Yakobson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“The Imperative of Institutionalizing Co-Existence in Israel”,
Mr. Alan B. Slifka, Founder & Chadirman of the Board, The Abraham Fund Initiatives
“Beyond Minorities – The Future of Diversity Policies”
Prof. Mari Fitzduff, Brandeis University
Discussants: Dr. Hanna Swaid, Head of the Arab Center for Alternative Planning
Mr. Dan Schueftan, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
The Legal System and the Rule of Law
- The rule of law and law enforcement vis-vis elected officials;
- How do enforcement procedures and enforcement of law towards officials affect public attitudes?
- Is the law equal to all?
- Terrorism and the rule of law.
Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Dean, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“The Rule of Law and National Resilience”, Task Force Report
Adv. Dan Meridor
Prof. Arye Rattnner, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa
"Defending Against Terrorism Within the Rule of Law”
Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School
13:30 Lunch
Mr. Yosef Lapid, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Transforming the Education System
- How to upgrade the education system, improve scholastic achievements and maximize the contribution to the economy, national security, and society – without increasing the budget;
- Measures to improve the curricula, the management of the education system, and to enhance the status of teachers.
Chair: Ms. Limor Livnat, Minister of Education and Culture
The Herzliya Plan: "Transforming the Education System”, Task Force Report
Dr. Shimshon Shoshani, Director, Taglit-Birthright Israel
“Structural Reform in the Israeli Education System”, Report of the Forum for National Responsibility,
Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzle Bodinger, President & Chairman, RADA
Discussants: Prof.
Yakov Katz, Chairman, Pedagogical Council,
Ministry of Education
MK Ilan Shalgi, Chairman,
Knesset Education and
Culture Committee
Mr. Aharon Fogel, Chairman of the Board, Ness Technologies
Thursday, December 18, 2003
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
Building Future Jewish Leadership
- The Jewish World agenda and future challenges for Jewish leadership;
- Training and nurturing leadership for Diaspora communities and campuses.
Chair: Mr. Sallai Meridor, Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
“To Ennoble and Enable”,
Mr. Richard Joel, President, Yeshiva University and Former President, Hillel – The Jewish Foundation for Life
“Preparing Jewish Leadership for the Campus”,
Dr. Alan Hofmann, Director General, Jewish Zionist Education Department, The Jewish Agency for Israel
“From Campus to the Community: the Parents and Politicians of Tomorrow”
Mr. Alan Senitt, BICOM and Former Chairman of the Union of Jewish Students of the UK and Ireland
Imperatives for National Leadership
- What is required of Israel’s national leadership at moments of fateful decisions?
- The management culture and long-term planning in national leadership – characteristics and imperatives;
- Lessons in public leadership from abroad and their applicability to Israel;
- Leadership and the office of Prime Minister in Israel – functions and staff.
Chair: Ms. Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, Chair of the Executive Committee, The Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies
“Leadership as Management”, Task Force Report
Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Chairman, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Group
“The Challenge of Leadership”,
Prof. Ronald Heifetz, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Wrap Up: National Priorities, Strategic Decisions and Leadership
- Major policy directions and priorities arising from the deliberations of the Conference: Defense, international, economic, societal, and leadership challenges;
- An integrated national policy: priorities, programs and executive action.
Chair: Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair and Head, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Prof. Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, December 18, 2003
19:30 Closing
Chair: Ambassador Zalman Shoval, Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
“The Herzliya Address”
Mr. Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister
Dinner
Farewell
Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair and Head, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
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