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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
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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
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Ms. Elah Alkalay Mr. Dov Amitay Ms. Anat Asraf Hayut
VP for Business Development IBI Investment House
President, Farmers' Federation of Israel National Elections’ Supervisor, Ministry of Interior
Prof. Pinhas Alpert Ms. Adi Altschuler Dr. Amiram Appelbaum Department of Geophysics,
Tel-Aviv University Founder of “Crembo Wings”
and “Memories@Home”; CEO, Inclu – Inclusive Education
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority
Prof. Uzi Arad Prof. Moshe Arens Mr. Yarom Ariav
Former Head of the National Security Council and National Security Advisor
to the Prime Minister
Former Minister of Defense Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former Director General of the Ministry Of Finance
Ms. Galit Avishai MK Rachel Azaria Prof. Amatzia Baram
Founder and Chairperson, Emun Hatzibur – Public Trust; Former CEO of the Israel
Consumer Council
"Kulanu"; Chairwoman, Reforms Committee Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa
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Amb. Rafi Barak Mr. Nir Barkat V. Admiral (res.)
David Ben Bashat Former Ambassador of Israel to Canada and Former Director General of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Mayor of Jerusalem Former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy
MK Merav Ben Ari Prof. Dan Ben-David Adv. Anat Ben-Dor
“Kulanu” Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University; President and Founder, Shoresh
Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Tel Aviv University
Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu
Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer Maj Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force
Vice President for Administration & Students, IDC Herzliya
Director The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and Head of Security Studies
Program, Tel Aviv University
MK Maj. Gen. (res.)
Eyal Ben-Reuven Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai Prof. Ofra Bengio
Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Former Commander of the IDF
Northern Corps
National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program The Moshe Dayan Center
for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University
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Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Dr. Ronen Bergman Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman
Social Activist Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; Contributing Writer, New York Times
President, Yeshiva University
Mr. Michael Biton Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Mr. Boaz Bismuth
Mayor of Yerucham Former Director General of the Ministry of Defense; Former Chairman of Refael
Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom
Mr. Itzik Braverman Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun
Mayor of Petach Tikva Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Former head of IDF Intelligence Analysis Division
Mr. Ronnie C. Chan Rabbi Yuval Cherlo Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung
Properties Ltd. Head, Ra’anana Amit Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
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Mr. Yoram Cohen Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Pierre Dassas
Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (SHABAK)
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Chairman, ELNET-France
Mr. Jonathan Davis Prof. Avi Degani Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel
Vice President for External Affairs and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School,
IDC Herzliya
CEO & President, Geocartography Knowledge Group
Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Ms. Lizy Delaricha Dr. Shira Efron Prof. Zvi Eckstein
Mayor of Ganey Tikva 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
Dr. Israel Elad-Altman Ms. Emily Elhacham MK Karin Elharrar
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Researcher, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University
“Yesh Atid” Party
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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
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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 Mr. Jacky Hugi
The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
International Fellow, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio
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Prof. Hanna Herzog Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry
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
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
President, Boeing Israel
Photo: Shabi Kedem
Mr. Meir Javedanfar Mr. Benni Kashriel Lt. Gen. VG Khandare,
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran-
Israel Observer
Mayor of Maaleh Adumim PVSM, AVSM SM, Former Director General of the Indian Defence Intelligence Agency and
Former Deputy Chief of the Indian Integrated Defence Staff
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. Yoav Kraiem Mr. Ran Kunik
"Likud" Party Co-Director, Community Development and Social Change Department, Beit Issie Shapiro
Mayor of Givatayim
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H.E. Hélène Le Gal Mr. Daniel Landau Prof. Leo Leiderman
Ambassador of France to Israel Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,
IDC Herzliya
Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Bank Hapoalim
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. Yagil Levy Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Adv. Avi Licht
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, Open University of Israel
Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio)
Deputy Attorney General for Administration and Special Functions
MK Tzipi Livni Hon. Mary Beth Long Mr. Joey Low
Chairperson, “Hatnuah”, the “Zionist Union” 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
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Prof. Edward N. Luttwak Mr. Eric Lynn Ms. Yaela Machlis
ENL Associates Senior fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Senior Advisor to the
Secretary of Defense, United States DoD
Mayor of Yehud-Monosson
Mr. David B. Makovsky
Col. (res.) Pesach Malovany Dr. Yossi Mann
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
Former Senior Researcher at the IDF Intelligence Directorate
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
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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
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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
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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 Prof. Alon Rosen
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
Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, IDC Herzliya
Justice (ret.) Elyakim Rubinstein Adv. Gideon Sa'ar Ms. Orna Sadgat-Erez
Vice President Emeritus of the Supreme Court of Israel
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
Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr.
Yom Tov Samia Mr. Gil Sapir Ms. Tal Schneider
Former Commander of IDF Southern Command; Founder & Owner, Y. Sam Group
CEO, Shirbit Insurance Company Diplomatic and Political Correspondent, Globes
Photo: Yossi Zwecke
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Prof. Michal Schwartz Dr. Andrew C. Scobell Ms. Yifat Sela
The Maurice and Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Neuroimmunology, Weizmann Institute
of Science; President, International Society of Neuroimmunology
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation CEO, Aluma
Photo: Belfer Center
MK Dr. Nachman Shai Ms. Tal Shalev Mr. Hasan Abo-Shally
Chairman of the Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People
Political correspondent, Walla! News Founder and CEO, Hasoub
Photo: Moshe Shai
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni Maj. Gen. Jonathan Shaw CB CBE Col. (res.) Adv.
Pnina Sharvit Baruch 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)
Senior Research Fellow and Head, Program on Law and National Security, Institute for
National Security Studies (INSS)
Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay Mr. Yair Sheleg Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.
Joshua (Shuki) Shemer Director of Research, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy
Head of the National Security Council
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
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Mr. Shimon Shiffer Mr. Avraham Baiga Shochat Mr. David Siegel
Journalist 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
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
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
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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
Ms. Pascaline Wagemans Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein Ms. Dana Weiss
Deputy Director, Forum of Strategic Dialogue
President and CEO, Hudson Institute Chief Political Analyst and Anchor, Israel Television News Company
Photo: Eyal Ben Yaish
Dr. Chaim B. Weizmann Dr. Michal Yaari Lt. Gen. (res.)
Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon Senior Research Fellow, IPS, Academic advisor & Senior subject-matter expert, The Inclusive
Israeli Society Initiative, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy (IPS),
IDC Herzliya
Tel Aviv University The Open University
Former Chief of Staff of the IDF and Former Minister of Defense
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Prof. Yoav Yair Maj. Gen. (ret.) Meni Yitshaki Mr. Eliyahu Yishai Dean, School of Sustainability Founded by Israel
Corp., ICL & ORL, IDC Herzliya Former Head of the Investigations and
Intelligence Department of the Israel Police Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
the Interior
Mr. Erez Yosef MK Tamar Zandberg Dr. Ronen Zeidel
Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board of Management, Bank Hapoalim
Chairperson of "Meretz" Researcher of Iraq, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats Prof. Eyal Zisser Maj. Gen. (res.) Israel Ziv
Chair, Planning and Budgeting Committee, Council for Higher Education
Vice Rector, Tel Aviv university; Prof. for Middle Eastern Studies
Former Chief of the IDF Operations Directorate
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