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Conference Conveners:

Prof. Uriel Reichman Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead

President & Founder, IDC Herzliya Executive Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, and Chairman of the Annual Herzliya

Conference Series, IDC Herzliya

Officiated by:

H.E. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin

President of the State of Israel

Photo: Spokesperson unit of the President of Israel

Incumbent Office-Holders

Commissioner Roni Alsheikh MK Naftali Bennett MK Yuli-Yoel Edelstein

General Commissioner of the Israel Police Minister of Education and Minister of Diaspora Affairs

Speaker of the Knesset

Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot H.E. Khairat Hazem Mr. Moshe Kahlon

IDF Chief of the General Staff Ambassador of Egypt to Israel Minister of Finance

* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation

MK Israel Katz Rabbi David Lau Mr. Avigdor Liberman

Minister of Intelligence and Transport Chief Rabbi of Israel Minister of Defense

Hon. Brett McGurk Dr. Antonio Missiroli Hon. Judge (ret.)

Joseph H. Shapira Special Presidential Envoy for the Global

Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State

Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Emerging Security Challenges

State Comptroller and Ombudsman

Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Lt. Gen. (ret.) Orit Adato Mr. Elliott Abrams

Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Founder & Managing Director, Adato Consulting; Former Commissioner of the

Israel Prison Service and Former Commander of IDF Women Corp

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Photo: Kaveh Sardari

Mr. Yaacov Agam Mr. Simon Alfasi Prof. Graham Allison

Sculptor and Experimental Artist Mayor of Yokneam Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School


Ms. Elah Alkalay Mr. Dov Amitay Prof. Pinhas Alpert

VP for Business Development IBI Investment House

President, Farmers' Federation of Israel Department of Geophysics, Tel-Aviv University

Dr. Amiram Appelbaum Prof. Uzi Arad Prof. Moshe Arens

Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority

Former Head of the National Security Council and National Security Advisor

to the Prime Minister

Former Minister of Defense

Mr. Yarom Ariav Prof. Shlomo Avineri Ms. Galit Avishai

Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former Director General of the Ministry Of Finance

Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Founder and Chairperson, Emun Hatzibur – Public Trust; Former CEO of the Israel

Consumer Council

MK Rachel Azaria Prof. Amatzia Baram Amb. Rafi Barak

"Kulanu"; Chairwoman, Reforms Committee Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa

Former Ambassador of Israel to Canada and Former Director General of the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs


Mr. Nir Barkat V. Admiral (res.)

David Ben Bashat MK Merav Ben Ari

Mayor of Jerusalem Former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy

“Kulanu”

Prof. Dan Ben-David Adv. Anat Ben-Dor Maj. Gen. (res.)

Eitan Ben-Eliahu Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv

University; President and Founder, Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research

Tel Aviv University Former Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force

Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer Maj Gen. (res.) Prof.

Isaac Ben-Israel MK Maj. Gen. (res.)

Eyal Ben-Reuven Vice President for Administration & Students,

IDC Herzliya Director The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber

Research Center and Head of Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University

Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Former Commander of the IDF

Northern Corps

Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai Prof. Ofra Bengio Adv. Shlomit Berhanu

National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program The Moshe Dayan Center

for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University

Social Activist


Dr. Ronen Bergman Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Mr. Michael Biton

Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; Contributing Writer, New York Times

President, Yeshiva University

Mayor of Yerucham

Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Mr. Boaz Bismuth Mr. Itzik Braverman

Former Director General of the Ministry of Defense; Former Chairman of Refael

Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom Mayor of Petach Tikva

Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun Mr. Ronnie C. Chan

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya

Former head of IDF Intelligence Analysis Division

Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

Rabbi Yuval Cherlo Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Mr. Yoram Cohen

Head, Ra’anana Amit Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (SHABAK)


Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Pierre Dassas Mr. Jonathan Davis

Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Chairman, ELNET-France Vice President for External Affairs and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School,

IDC Herzliya

Prof. Avi Degani Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Ms. Lizy Delaricha

CEO & President, Geocartography Knowledge Group

Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Mayor of Ganey Tikva

Dr. Shira Efron Prof. Zvi Eckstein Dr. Israel Elad-Altman

Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, RAND Corporation

Dean, Tiomkin School of Economics, IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy Governor of the

Bank of Israel


Photo: Eldad Refaeli

Ms. Emily Elhacham MK Karin Elharrar Mr. Eran Etzion

Researcher, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University

“Yesh Atid” Party Executive Director, Forum for Strategic Dialogue


Prof. Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon Mr. Roland Freudenstein

Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East and Africa, Tel-Aviv University

Mayor of Herzliya Policy Director, Martens Centre for European Studies

MK Esawi Frej Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman

"Meretz" Party President, Koret Foundation Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya

Mr. Avi Gabbay Prof. Boaz Ganor Adv. Michal Gera Margaliot

Chairman of the Labor Party and of the Zionist Camp

Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy; Founder & Executive Director,

Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism,

IDC Herzliya

Managing Director of the Israel Women's Network

Mr. Mazin G'Nayem Ms. Hodiya Houminer-

Rosenblum Maj. Gen. (res.)

Gershon HaCohen Mayor of Sakhnin Advisor to the Commissioner of the Civil Service Research Fellow, The Begin-Sadat Center for

Strategic Studies; Former Commander of the Military Academies; Former Commander of the

IDF Northern Corps


Adv. Amiram Gill Dr. Ori Goldberg Mr. Ilan S. Goldenberg

Director, Capital Markets’ Legal Clinic and the Capital Markets’ Forum, Radzyner Law School,

IDC Herzliya

Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya

Director of the Middle East Security Program, Center for New American Security

Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt Mr. Oded Granot Mr. Eli Groner Chief Rabbi of Moscow & Head of the

Rabbinical Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States; President of the

Conference of European Rabbis

Journalist. Middle East and International commentator

Director General, Prime Minister’s Office

Dr. Yoel Guzansky Prof. SU Hao Mr. Amos Harel

Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow,

Stanford University

Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University

Senior Military Correspondent and Defense Analyst, Haaretz

Photo: Iki Photo Dino

Dr. Beatrice Hasler Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog

The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya

International Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

International Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy


Mr. Jacky Hugi Prof. Hanna Herzog Dr. Ofer Israeli

Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio Professor Emerita of Sociology, Tel Aviv University; Co-Director & Co-Founder, Center

for Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS), Van Leer Jerusalem Institute


Photo: Shabi Kedem

Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry Mr. Meir Javedanfar Mr. Benni Kashriel

President, Boeing Israel Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran-

Israel Observer

Mayor of Maaleh Adumim

Lt. Gen. VG Khandare, Amb. Bilahari Kausikan Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye

PVSM, AVSM SM, Former Director General of the Indian Defence Intelligence Agency and

Former Deputy Chief of the Indian Integrated Defence Staff

Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; and Chairman, Board of

Directors, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Senior Political Scientist, RAND

Amb. Tom Kelly Senator Mark Kirk Dr. Adi Koll

Vice President, Foreign Policy & National Security Affairs,

Raytheon International Inc. (RII)

Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)

Dean of Students and Alumni, IDC Herzliya


MK Nurit Koren Mr. Yoav Kraiem Mr. Ran Kunik

"Likud" Party Co-Director, Community Development and Social Change Department, Beit Issie Shapiro

Mayor of Givatayim

H.E. Hélène Le Gal Mr. Daniel Landau Mr. Daniel Landau

Ambassador of France to Israel Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,

IDC Herzliya

Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,

IDC Herzliya

Prof. Leo Leiderman Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar Hon. Marcel Lettre

Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Bank Hapoalim

Founding Dean and Chair of the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute, Sammy Ofer

School of Communications, IDC Herzliya

Vice President for National Security, Lockheed Martin; Former U.S. Under Secretary of

Defense for Intelligence

Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite Dr. Alon Levkowitz Prof. Yagil Levy

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former

Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission

Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Civics, Beit-Berl College; Research Fellow, Begin-Sadat

Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University

Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, Open University of Israel


Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Adv. Avi Licht MK Tzipi Livni

Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio)

Deputy Attorney General for Administration and Special Functions

Chairperson, “Hatnuah”, the “Zionist Union”

Hon. Mary Beth Long Mr. Joey Low Prof. Edward N. Luttwak

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs;

Co-Founder & Principal, Global Alliance Advisors, LLC ;Founder & Principal, M B Long &

Associates, PLLC

Founder, “Israel at Heart”; Founder, Star Farm Ventures

ENL Associates

Mr. Eric Lynn Ms. Yaela Machlis Mr. David B. Makovsky

Senior fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Senior Advisor to the

Secretary of Defense, United States DoD

Mayor of Yehud-Monosson Ziegler Distinguished Fellow Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic

Relationship, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Col. (res.) Pesach Malovany Mr. Rahamim Malul Dr. Yossi Mann

Former Senior Researcher at the IDF Intelligence Directorate

Mayor of Rehovot Chairman of the Department of Middle East Studies at Bar Ilan University


Dr. Ronit Marzan Dr. Shavit Matias Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi

Research Fellow, Chaikin Chair in Geostrategy, University of Haifa; Research Associate, The

Forum for Regional Thinking

Former Deputy Attorney General of Israel, Head of the Global Affairs and Conflict

Resolution Program at the Lauder School of Government IDC Herzliya; Fellow at the Hoover

Institution Stanford University

Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS), Tel Aviv University

Photo: Micha Brikman

Prof. Yoram Meital Mr. Ran Melamed Prof. Rafi Melnick

Chair of The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle Eastern Studies & Diplomacy,

Ben-Gurion University

Deputy Director for Communication and Social Policy, Yedid – The Association for

Community Empowerment

Tiomkin School of Economics and Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,

IDC Herzliya

Mr. Nadav Mendelson MK Merav Michaeli Ms. Liora Minka Chairperson, IDC Student Union Zionist Union Party Chairperson, Emunah

Prof. Alex Mintz Prof. Shaul Mishal MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli

Provost, IDC Herzliya; President, Israeli Political Science Association; Director, The Initiative for

an Inclusive Israeli Society

Head of Middle East Studies, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,

IDC Herzliya

"Habayit Hayehudi" Party


Dr. Amit Mor Ms. Sigal Moran Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.

Jacob (Yaacov) Nagel CEO, Eco Energy Financial & Strategic

Consulting; Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Institute for Policy & Strategy (IPS),

IDC Herzliya

Mayor of Bnei Shimon Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion; Former Head of the National Security Council

and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

Photo: Uzi Avidil

Prof. Suzie Navot Mr. Adi Nes Ms. Irina Nevzlin

Haim Striks School of Law, The College of Management Academic Studies

Photographer and International Artist Chair of the Board of Directors of the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot;

President of the Nadav Foundation Photo: Yanai Yechiel

Hon. Amb. Victoria Nuland MK Amir Ohana Ms. Yuval Ofer Chief Executive Officer, Center for New

American Security; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European

and Eurasian Affairs

"Likud" Party Spokesperson, Israel Women’s Network

Mr. Amir Oren Mr. Tamir Pardo Prof. David Passig

Government and Defense Commentator, Walla News Digital Network

Former Head of the Mossad Graduate School of Education, Bar-Ilan University

Photo: Rarn Biran


Mr. Sami Peretz Ms. Smadar Perry Mr. Ophir Pines-Paz

Senior Writer and Commentator and Former Editor, TheMarker

Senior Middle East Editor, Yediot Ahronot The head of Local Government Institute, Tel Aviv University; Former Minister of Interior

Mr. Dan Propper Amb. Ron Prosor Ms. Malka Puterkovsky

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Osem Group

Head of the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Israel's Representative

to the United Nations

Educator and Author

Mr. John A. Raine Mr. Matthew A. Rojansky Mr. Amir Rapaport

Senior Consulting Fellow, IISS Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Founder & Editor of IsraelDefense and Cybertech

Amb. Jacob Rosen Amb. Dr. Dennis Ross Justice (ret.) Elyakim Rubinstein

Former Ambassador of Israel to Jordan Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East

Policy; Former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and White House Coordinator

for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf Region

Vice President Emeritus of the Supreme Court of Israel


Adv. Gideon Sa'ar Ms. Orna Sadgat-Erez Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr.

Yom Tov Samia Former Minister of Interior;

Former Minister of Education Advisor to the Mayor for the Advancement of

Women’s Status and Head of the Women Administration, Municipality of Herzliya

Former Commander of IDF Southern Command; Founder & Owner, Y. Sam Group

Mr. Gil Sapir Ms. Tal Schneider Prof. Michal Schwartz

CEO, Shirbit Insurance Company Diplomatic and Political Correspondent, Globes The Maurice and Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Neuroimmunology, Weizmann Institute

of Science; President, International Society of Neuroimmunology

Photo: Yossi Zwecke Photo: Belfer Center

Dr. Andrew C. Scobell Ms. Yifat Sela MK Dr. Nachman Shai

Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation CEO, Aluma Chairman of the Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People

Photo: Moshe Shai

Ms. Tal Shalev Mr. Hassan Abo-Shally Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni

Political correspondent, Walla! News Founder and CEO, Hasoub Executive Vice President of Land Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries ;

Former IDF Commander of the Central Command, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Defense Attaché to the U.S.


Maj. Gen. Jonathan Shaw CB CBE Col. (res.) Adv.

Pnina Sharvit Baruch Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay

Chairman, Optima; Former U.K. Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy)

Senior Research Fellow and Head, Program on Law and National Security, Institute for

National Security Studies (INSS)

Director of Research, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy

Head of the National Security Council

Mr. Yair Sheleg Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.

Joshua (Shuki) Shemer Mr. Shimon Shiffer

Researcher, Center for Religion, Nation and State, Israel Democracy Institute

Chairman, Assuta Medical Centers Network; Chairman, Supervisory Council of the Bank of

Israel; Former Director General of the Ministry of Health

Journalist

Mr. Avraham Baiga Shochat Mr. Avraham Baiga Shochat Mr. David Siegel

Former Minister of Finance Former Minister of Finance CEO, ELNET-Israel

Ms. Sima Shine MK Itzik Shmuli Amb. Zalman Shoval

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Deputy Director

General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs

"Zionist Union" Party Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.


Prof. Arnon Soffer Mr. Attila Somfalvi* Mr. Tommy Steiner

Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,

University of Haifa

Political Analyst and Chief Anchor, Ynetnews and YnetTV


Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky Mr. Andrew J. Tabler Mr. Shimon Tal

Senior Program Associate, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Martin J. Gross Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Water and Soil Engineer

Photo: Oksana Kempa

MK Adv. Pnina Tamano-Shata Prof. Charles Tenenbaum Dr. Lesley Terris

“Yesh Atid” Party; Social Activist Associate Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Lille

Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Ms. Keren Terner-Eyal Mr. Nicolas Tenzer Dr. Matti Tzarfati Harcabi

CEO, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety Former Adviser to the French Minister of Economy and Finance

Head of the Yoav Regional Council


Mr. Chagai Tzuriel Mr. Moav Vardi Ms. Ruth Wasserman Lande

Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence Chief International Affairs Correspondent, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

Deputy Director General for International Affairs, Federation of Local Authorities in Israel;

Former Israeli Diplomat at the Embassy of Israel to Egypt

Photo: Ronen Akerman

Mr. Kenneth R. Weinstein Ms. Dana Weiss Dr. Chaim B. Weizmann

President and CEO, Hudson Institute Chief Political Analyst and Anchor, Israel Television News Company

Senior Research Fellow, IPS, Academic advisor & Senior subject-matter expert, The Inclusive

Israeli Society Initiative, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy (IPS),

IDC Herzliya Photo: Eyal Ben Yaish

Dr. Michal Yaari Lt. Gen. (res.)

Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon Prof. Yoav Yair

Tel Aviv University The Open University

Former Chief of Staff of the IDF and Former Minister of Defense

Dean, School of Sustainability Founded by Israel Corp., ICL & ORL, IDC Herzliya

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Meni Yitshaki Mr. Eliyahu Yishai Mr. Erez Yosef Former Head of the Investigations and

Intelligence Department of the Israel Police Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of

the Interior Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board

of Management, Bank Hapoalim


MK Tamar Zandberg Dr. Ronen Zeidel Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats

Chairperson of "Meretz" Researcher of Iraq, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and


Chair, Planning and Budgeting Committee, Council for Higher Education

Photo: Council for Higher Education in Israel

Prof. Eyal Zisser Maj. Gen. (res.) Israel Ziv Prof. Irina Zvyagelskaya

Vice Rector, Tel Aviv university; Prof. for Middle Eastern Studies

Former Chief of the IDF Operations Directorate

Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Expert,

Valdai Discussion Club, Moscow

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