2011 Sunday, December 11th
09:30-10:00am
Opening Remarks:
H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
10:00-11:30am
The Main risks for the global economy in 2012
Introduction: Zion Kenan, CEO, bank Hapoalim
Dr. Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund;
Jim O'Neill, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company; Zion Kenan, CEO, Bank Hapoalim Moderator: Mr. Richard Quest, Journalist & TV Host, CNN specializing in international business
12:00-13:30pm
The Israeli financial system
*What should the regulation do to strengthen the banks and investment companies before an economic crisis?
* ?Economic crisis- is Israel next in line
*What should the regulators do to strengthen the banks and
investment companies before an economic crisis?
Introduction: Prof. Shmuel Hauser, Chairman, Israel Securities Authority
Dr. Peter Jarrett, Head of Division, Economics Department, OECD
Smadar Barber-Tsadik, CEO, First International Bank of Israel (FIBI);
David Zaken, Supervisor of Banks, Bank of Israel;
Eli Yones, CEO, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank;
Anat Levin, Deputy CEO, Bank Hapoalim
Moderator: Eran Peer, Banking & Capital Markets Correspondent, Globes
12:00-13:30pm
The new Middle East: dream or a nightmare?
* Geopolitical and economic outlook *Arab Spring and its effect on Israel's security
Introduction: David Brodet, Chairman, Bank Leumi
H.E. Daniel B. Shapiro, Ambassador of the United States to Israel
Ghanem Nuseibeh, Founder, Partner and Director, Cornerstone Global Associates;
Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Senior research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya; Honorable Yaşar Yakış, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey & Retired Ambassador
Major General (res.) Udi Shani, Director General, Ministry of Defence
Tzipi Livni, Opposition Leader, Kadima Party
Moderator: Prof. Uzi Arad, former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
12:00-13:30pm
Israel's natural resources - a public asset
*A just distribution of Israel's natural resources
Opening Remarks: Gilad Erdan, Minister of Environmental Protection
Prof. Eytan Sheshinski, Economic Department, Hebrew University; Dalia Dorner, Supreme Court Justice Emeritus and President of the Israeli Press Council;
Avi Licht, Deputy Attorney General
Adv. Alona Sheffer Caro, Director General, Environmental Protection
Ministry
Moderator: Yuval Azoulai, Correspondent, Globes
12:00-13:30pm
The Israeli economy and the international tenders markets
* Strategy to promote export of Israeli services
Nathaniel A. Jackson, Senior Advisor, Inter American Development Bank;
Jaime Gornsztejn, Head, London Office
Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES
Hanan Lifshitz, CEO & VP, Marmanet Group
Moderator: Boaz Hirsch, Director, Foreign. Trade Administration, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
12:00-13:30pm
The Chinese economy: future trends and the 5-year plan
Mr. Sharon Kedmi, Director-general,Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
Prof. CAI Hongbin, Expert on the 12th 5-year plan & Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University ;
Prof. Yuri Pines, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, Hebrew University;
Prof. Yitzhak Shichor, Faculty Member,
Department of Asian Studies, Hebrew University
Moderator: Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist
2:00-3:30pm
Business opportunities in emerging markets
* What are the main opportunities for foreign businesses in emerging markets? * What are the biggest risks facing foreign and domestic businesses in emerging markets?
Prof.Mario I. Blejer, Vice Chairman, Argentine Mortgage Bank &
former Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina;
Prof. Hongbin Cai, expert on the 12th 5-year plan &
Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University;
Dr. Uri Dadush, Senior Associate and Director, International Economics Program & Carnegie International Economics Program; Boaz Hirsch, Director, Foreign. Trade Administration, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
Moderator: Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist
2:00-3:30pm
Centralization in the Israel market
Pro. David Gilo, Director, Antitrust Authority;
Prof. Maher Dabbah, Chairman, ICC- The Inter-disciplinary Centre for Competition Law and Policy, Queen Mary, University;
Adv. David Hodak, Partner, Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.;
Haim Shani, Chairman, Centralization Committee;
Adv. David Tadmor, Owner, Tadmor & Co.
Moderator: Stella Korin-Lieber, Senior Commentator, Globes
2:00-3:30pm
Challenges in Israeli high tech amid global changes
* Macroeconomic and/or micro predictions for the industry?
* Is there a need to change the business model?
* Economical and social implications
One- on- One conversation with George Gilder, Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management and Shmulik Shelach, High Tech Correspondent, Globes
Dr. Abe Peled, Executive Chairman, NDS Group ;
George Gilder, Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management;
Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor;
Zeev Bregman, CEO, Nice Systems
Prof. Oded Shmueli, Executive Vice President,Technion
Dr. Shlomo Markel, Vice President, Broadcom
Moderator: Dr. Kfir Luzzato, Partner, Luzzato & Luzzato
2:00-3:30pm
City Strength Index
Opening remarks: Israel Katz, Minister of Transport & Road Safety
Ron Huldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Yona Yahav,Mayor of Haifa
Binat Schwarz, Director Planning & Administration Department, Ministry of Interior;
Prof. Eran Feitelson, Hebrew University
; Erel N. Margalit, Founder and Managing Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
Moderator, Moshe Lichtman, Real Estate Portal Editor, Globes
2:30-6:00pm
Brazil: your gate for Business and Investment
Opening remarks: H.E. Maria Elisa Berenguer, Ambassador of Brazil to Israel
Brazilian Economy Overview
Alessandro Teixeira, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Development, , Industry and Foreign Trade ,Brazil
Industry: Brazil-Israel Cooperation Opportunities
Tatiana Martins Porto, Executive Manager of the Foreign Trade Department, National Confederation of Industry-CNI
Investment: Brazil the Hosting Country of World Cup and Olympic Games
Giancarlo Gerli, Planning Director, Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industry -ABDIB
Moderator: Arad Nir-Halber, Chief International Affairs Editor and Commentator, Head of Foreign News Desk, Channel 2 News
2:00-3:30pm
Bigger pie! Creating a social capital market in Israel
* Set of tools and strategies to attract private investors * New channels to investment opportunities that generate impacts for social changes
Didi Lahman-Meser, Head of the committee for social investments
Cecile Blilious, managing partner, Impact First Investments;
Dr. Roger M. Stein, President, Moody's Research Labs
; Dr. Lisa Hagerman,Director Programs, DBL Investors:
Shari Berenbach, Director, Microenterprise Development Office US Agency for International Development
Yadin Kaufmann ,Founding General Partner of Sadara Ventures, Founder & Chairman of Tmura
Moderator: Alma Gadot, Head of the Israel Center, Milken Institute
4:00-5:30PM
Plenum
Launching the Risk Response Network
Dr. Yossi Vardi introduces Elaine K. Dezenski, Senior Director and Deputy Head, Risk Response Network, World Economic Forum Utilizing Israel's human capital- a gold mine
One-on-one Conversation: Haggai Golan, Editor in Chief Globes with Amos Shapira, President of the Israeli Friends of the Tel Aviv
University Association & President and CEO, Cellcom
Ofer Eini, Chairman,Histadrut (Federation of Labor in Israel)
Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Finance, Israel
Schwab Foundation & Globes presenting the Social Entrepreneur Award for 2011
5:45-7:00pm
Affordable housing in Israel
*Solutions for the housing crisis
Opening Remarks: Ariel Atias Minister of Housing & Construction
Dr. Philip Hemmings, Head of the Israel Desk, Economics Department, OECD
Eliezer Fishman, Owner, Fishman Group
Nathan Hetz, Owner & CEO, Alony Hetz Properties
Moderator: Dror Marmor, Real Estate Editor, Globes
5:45-7:00pm
Making the Case for Israel on campus- the role of the faculty
Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard University Hosted by Prof. David Menashri, President of Academic Center of Law and Business in Ramat Gan, and Board Member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME)), ), a leading US-based international
organization with a community of nearly 60,000 academicians active on more than 4000 campuses worldwide.
For invited guests only
5:00-7:00pm
Business Opportunities in Florida’s Global Economy
Opening remarks: Ron Huldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Overview: Rick Scott, Governor, State of Florida
Overview of Florida’s International Economy
Manny Mencia, Sr. Vice President, International Trade and Business Development
Opportunities in Florida’s Aviation/Aerospace Industry
Bernard McShea, Vice President, Business Development, Space FloridaLegal Aspects of Establishing a Business in Florida
Legal Aspects of Establishing a Business in Florida
Gary Epstein, Chair, Global Corporate & Securities Practice; Co-Chair, Israel Practice, Greenberg Traurig P.A.
Moderator: Arad Nir-Halber, Chief International Affairs Editor and Commentator, Head of Foreign News Desk, Channel 2 News
Florida Reception
5:45-7:00pm
CEO Workshop In collaboration with Tel Aviv University
One on One Conversation: Haggai Golan, Editor in Chief of Globes with Eliezer Shkedi, CEO, El Al Israel Airlines
7:30-9:00pm
From the Future Backwards
* How companies survive in this competitive world
Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Erez Vigodman, President & CEO, Makhteshim Agan
Gil Shwed, Founder, chairman and CEO, Check Point Software Technologies
Moderator: Yoram Yahav, CEO,Yo Yo Group
7:30-9:00pm
The Case For Israel An exclusive Masterclass with Alan Dershowitz
Hosted by StandWithUs, an international Israel education non-profit organization that counters misinformation that often surrounds the Middle East conflict, and educates about Israel
* For invited guests only
Monday December 12th, 2011
09:30-10:00am
Israel- Defense Statement
One- on- One Conversation:Arad Nir-Halber, Chief International Affairs Editor and Commentator, Head of Foreign News Desk, Channel 2 Newswith Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard University
10:00-10:30am
H.E. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister State of Israel
11:00am-12:30pm
Europe - The Fall of the West?
*The severe debt and deficit problems in Europe. What is to be done?
*Very slow growth forecast -is it true that Europe have no more fiscal and monetary instruments to stimulate growth and jobs?
Introduction: Yair Seroussi , Chairman Bank Hapoalim
Bill Mills, CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Citi;
Dr. Jean-Michel Six, Chief European Economist, Standard & Poor’s;
Stephen King, Group Chief Economist & Global head of economics and asset allocation research, HSBC ;
; Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, J.P.Morgan Chase International & Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times
11:00am-12:30pm
Sources of energy- high tension
* How will energy prices affect the global economy?
* Israel's standing in the energy market
Opening remarks: Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructure
Ambassador Richard Henry Jones, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency; Dr. Edward Lewis Morse, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research, Citigroup in New York; Leland E. Tate, President, ATP Oil & Gas Corporation; David Wurmser Founder, Delphi Global Analysis Group;
Solon Kassinis, Director Energy Service, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Republic of Cyprus
Dr. Edward Lewis Morse, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research, Citigroup in New York;
Leland E. Tate, President, ATP Oil & Gas Corporation;
David Wurmser Founder, Delphi Global Analysis Group;
Yossi Abu, CEO, Delek Drilling;
Yigal Landau, CEO, Razio Oil
Moderator: Mr. Amiram Barkat, Energy & Infrastructures Correspondent, Globes
11:00am-12:30pm
Cyber War
*The meaning of cyber to the business world* Economic implication of the cyber war on the civil market
Israel Martinez, Private Sector Co-Chair, U.S. National Cyber Security Council(NCSC)
Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Specialist on intelligence and weapon development, Professor, Yuval Neeman Workshop for Science Technology and Security, Tel Aviv University;
Yiftach Ron-Tal Chairman, Israel Electric Corporation;
Adi Sharabani, Security
Strategist and Architecture, IBM
Yair Cohen, Senior Direcror ICS, Elbit Systems
Moderator: Amir Rapaport, Editor in Chief, Israeldefense
11:00am-12:30pm
The future of Israel- technology education reform
Space IL- Israeli contender at the Google Lunar X competition: Yariv Bash; Kfir Damri; Jonathan Weintraub, Founders of Space IL
Ravit Dom, CEO, Amal;
Zvi Peleg, CEO, ORT
Amir Hayek, Director General of The Manufacturers Association of Israel;
Elisha Yanay, Chairman, Biper, MAR Systems
Ami Sagis, Chairman, Friends of Israel Association & Chairman of H&O
Moderator: Yuval Azoulai, Globes Correspondent
1:00-2:30pm
USA: Rich or Poor Dad?
*The future of the US Economy
* 2012 US Election
Rick Scott, Governor of Florida;
Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company; Daniel Gross, Author & Economics Editor and Columnist Yahoo! Finance;
Malcolm I. Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations;
David Makovsky,
Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process
Washington Institute
Moderator: Asaf Vitman, Israeli Minister for Economic Affairs in the United States
1:00-2:30pm
Israel's industrial policy
Introduction: Eliezer Shkedi, CEO, EL-AL
Eliezer Shkedi, CEO, El-Al; Shraga Brosh, President, Manufacturers Association of Israel; Isaac Benbenisti, CEO, Bezeq International; Avi Motola, CEO, Negev Ceramics
Sharon Kedmi, Director-General, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
Moderator: Yuval Azoulai, Correspondent, Globes
1:00-2:30pm
Global Financial Markets: evaluating systemic risks
*What have we learned from the financial crisis?
* Evaluating systemic risks *Future strategy for Israel
Jim Zukin, Co-founder and Senior Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey; Dr. Roger M. Stein, President, Moody's Research Labs:
; Dr. Yossi Bachar, Chairman, Israel Discount Bank
Tal Kainan, CEO, KCPS
; Doron Tzur, CEO of Psagot Compass Investments & head of the foreign equity research department, Psagot.
Investment House
Moderator: Prof. Glenn Yago, Senior Director, Milken Institute Israel Center, Founder, Financial Innovations Labs
1:00-2:30pm
Media in times of Crisis
* How did the economic crisis and social revolutions affect the media world?
Jim Schachter, Associate Managing Editor, The New York Times/NYTimes.com
;Ilan Toviyahu, Deputy CEO, Reshet
Dr. Gil Samsonov, Parner, Glikman Netler Samsonov ( GNS)
Eran Gefen, Founder & CEO, FanGager
Moderator: Linoy Bar-Gefen, TV Host, Reshet
1:00-2:30pm
Budget deficit
Doron Cohen, Director-General, Ministry of Finance;
Adv. Uriel Lynn, President, Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce;
Dr Momi Dahan Hebrew University of Jerusalem Federmann School of Public Policy & Government
Eyal Gabbay, Former Director General, Prime Minister Office
Moderator: Stella Korin-Lieber, Senior Commentator, Globes
3:00-5:00pm
Plenum: Israel's economy and society in 2012: A New Deal
Ehud Barak, Minister of Defence
Prof. Stanley Fisher, Governor of the Bank of Israel
Moderator: Haggai Golan, Editor in Chief of Globes
5:30-7:30pm
Revolutions the next generation
* How will the different media organizations need to adapt to meet the changes in the media world?
Jim Schachter, Associate Managing Editor, The New York Times/NYTimes.com; Jeff Pulver, Founder and CEO, pulver.com.; Mirko Whitfield; Director of Conferences & Marketing, SXSW
Shally Tshuva, Managing Partner, Trigger-Foresight; Yoram Mokady, VP Content & Regulation, HOT Telecommunication Systems
Moderator: Li-Or Averbach, Editor, Firma Magazine, Globes
5:30-7:30pm
Financing the future:
*Financial innovations and government policy for growth and social cohesion
Yoel Ben-Or, Koret-Milken Institute Fellow at the National Economic Council ;
Ravit Nuriel, Koret-Milken Institute Fellow at the Accountant General’s office;
Shiri Heffer-Keren, Koret-Milken Institute Alumna at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ernst and Young
Shlomi Sarid, CEO, CLAL Credit Insurance;
Galit Cohen, director of environmental policy, Environmental Protection Ministry;
Eran Heimer, Senior Deputy Accountant General, Ministry of Finance;
Dr. Efrat Tolkowsky, Academic Director of the Gazit Globe Real Estate Institute, Tel Aviv University
Corinne Ganor, Head of Export Finance and Structured Finance Coordinator, BNP Paribas
Moderator: Adv. Paul Irving , Senior Managing Director and COO, Milken Institute
Reception: Milken Institute Israel Center and Koret-Milken Institute Fellows Program