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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 Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot
General Commissioner of the Israel Police Speaker of the Knesset IDF Chief of the General Staff
H.E. Khairat Hazem Mr. Moshe Kahlon MK Israel Katz Ambassador of Egypt to Israel Minister of Finance Minister of Intelligence and Transport
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Rabbi David Lau Mr. Avigdor Liberman Hon. Brett McGurk
Chief Rabbi of Israel Minister of Defense Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Antonio Missiroli Hon. Judge (ret.)
Joseph H. Shapira Assistant Secretary General of NATO for
Emerging Security Challenges State Comptroller and Ombudsman
Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Mr. Elliott Abrams
Mayor of Hura Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Photo: Kaveh Sardari
Prof. Graham Allison Mr. Dov Amitay Prof. Pinhas Alpert
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
President, Farmers' Federation of Israel Department of Geophysics, Tel-Aviv University
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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 MK Rachel Azaria
Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former Director General of the Ministry Of Finance
Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Kulanu" Party
Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Prof. Amatzia Baram Mr. Nir Barkat
Social Activist Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa
Mayor of Jerusalem
V.Admiral (res.)
David Ben Bashat Prof. Dan Ben-David Maj Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu
Former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy
Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University; President and Founder, Shoresh
Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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 Dr. Ronen Bergman
National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program The Moshe Dayan Center
for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University
Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; Contributing Writer, New York Times
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Mr. Michael Biton Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran
President, Yeshiva University
Mayor of Yerucham Former Director General of the Ministry of Defense; Former Chairman of Refael
Mr. Boaz Bismuth Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun
Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Former head of IDF Intelligence Analysis Division
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Mr. Ronnie C. Chan Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Mr. Yoram Cohen Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung
Properties Ltd. Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency
(SHABAK)
Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Jonathan Davis Prof. Avi Degani
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Vice President for External Affairs and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School,
IDC Herzliya
CEO & President, Geocartography Knowledge Group
Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Ms. Lizy Delaricha Ms. Antonia L. Dimou
Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Mayor of Ganey Tikva Head of Middle East Unit, Institute for Security and Defense Analyses
Dr. Shira Efron Dr. Israel Elad-Altman Ms. Emily Elhacham
Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, RAND Corporation
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Researcher, at the Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University
MK Karin Elharrar Prof Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon
“Yesh Atid” Party Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East and Africa, Tel-Aviv University
Mayor of Herzliya
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
MK Esawi Frej Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman
"Meretz" Party Executive Director, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
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
Major Gen. (ret.)
Gershon HaCohen Dr. Ori Goldberg Mr. Ilan S. Goldenberg
Research Fellow, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; Former Commander of the
Military Academies; Former Commander of the IDF Northern Corps
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya National Security
Commentator, Ynet
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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Dr. Yoel Guzansky Prof. SU Hao Amb. Husain Haqqani
Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow,
Stanford University
Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University
Director, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute
Photo: Hudson photographer
Mr. Amos Harel Dr. Beatrice Hasler Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog
Senior Military Correspondent and Defense Analyst, Haaretz
The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
International Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Photo: Iki Photo Dino
Mr. Jacky Hugi Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry
Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
President, Boeing Israel
Photo: Shabi Kedem
Mr. Meir Javedanfar Lt. Gen. VG Khandare, PVSM, AVSM SM
Amb. Bilahari Kausikan
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran-
Israel Observer
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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye Amb. Tom Kelly Senator Mark Kirk
Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Senior Political Scientist, RAND
Vice President, Foreign Policy & National Security Affairs,
Raytheon International Inc. (RII)
Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)
MK Nurit Koren Mr. Daniel Landau MK Yair Lapid
"Likud" Party Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,
IDC Herzliya
Chairperson, “Yesh Atid” Party; Former Minister of Finance
Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar Hon. Marcel Lettre Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite 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
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former
Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
Prof. Leo Leiderman Dr. Alon Levkowitz Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor,
Bank Hapoalim Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Civics,
Beit-Berl College; Research Fellow, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies,
Bar-Ilan University
Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio)
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Hon. Mary Beth Long Mr. Joey Low Mr. David B. Makovsky
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
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
Dr. Yossi Mann Dr. Ronit Marzan Dr. Shavit Matias
Chairman of the Department of Middle East Studies at Bar Ilan University
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 Photo: Micha Brikman
Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi Prof. Yoram Meital Prof. Rafi Melnick
Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS), Tel Aviv University
Chair of The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle Eastern Studies & Diplomacy,
Ben-Gurion University
Tiomkin School of Economics and Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,
IDC Herzliya
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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Dr. Amit Mor Ms. Sigal Moran Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.
Jacob (Yaacov) Nagel CEO, Eco-Energy; Lauder School of
Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, 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
Mr. Adi Nes Ms. Irina Nevzlin Hon. Amb. Victoria Nuland
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
Chief Executive Officer, Center for New American Security; Former U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Photo: Yanai Yechiel
MK Amir Ohana Mr. Tamir Pardo Mr. Sami Peretz
"Likud" Party Former Head of the Mossad Senior Writer and Commentator and Former Editor, TheMarker
Photo: Ran Biran
Ms. Smadar Perry Mr. Ophir Pines-Paz Amb. Ron Prosor
Senior Middle East Editor, Yediot Ahronot The head of Local Government Institute, Tel Aviv University; Former Minister of Interior
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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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 Adv. Gideon Sa'ar
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
Former Minister of Interior; Former Minister of Education
Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr.
Yom Tov Samia Ms. Tal Schneider Prof. Michal Schwartz
Former Commander of IDF Southern Command; Founder & Owner, Y. Sam Group
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 MK Dr. Nachman Shai Ms. Tal Shalev
Chairman of the Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People
Political correspondent, Walla! News
Photo: Moshe Shai
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni Maj. Gen. Jonathan Shaw CB CBE Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay 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.
Chairman, Optima; Former U.K. Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy)
Director of Research, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy
Head of the National Security Council
Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.
Joshua (Shuki) Shemer Ms. Sima Shine MK Itzik Shmuli
Chairman, Assuta Medical Centers Network; Chairman, Supervisory Council of the Bank of
Israel; Former Director General of the Ministry of Health
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Deputy Director
General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs
"Zionist Union" Party
Amb. Zalman Shoval Prof. Arnon Soffer Mr. Attila Somfalvi*
Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Haifa
Political Analyst and Chief Anchor, Ynetnews and YnetTV
Mr. Tommy Steiner Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky Mr. Andrew J. Tabler
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Senior Program Associate, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Martin J. Gross Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Photo: Oksana Kempa
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
MK Adv. Pnina Tamano-Shata Prof. Charles Tenenbaum Ms. Keren Turner-Eyal
“Yesh Atid” Party; Social Activist Associate Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Lille
CEO, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
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
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 Israel's Defense Minister
Dean, School of Sustainability Founded by Israel Corp., ICL & ORL, IDC Herzliya
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Mr. Eliyahu (Eli) Yishai Maj. Gen. (ret.) Meni Yitshaki MK Tamar Zandberg
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Yachad Party Chairman
Former Head of the Investigations and Intelligence Department of the Israel Police
Chairperson of "Meretz"
Dr. Ronen Zeidel Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats Prof. Eyal Zisser
Researcher of Iraq, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Chair, Planning and Budgeting Committee, Council for Higher Education
Vice Rector, Tel Aviv university; Prof. for Middle Eastern Studies
Photo: Council for Higher Education in Israel
Prof. Irina Zvyagelskaya
Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Expert,
Valdai Discussion Club, Moscow