SATURDAY OCTOBER 17, 2015 TIME EVENT

07:15-09:00 PM - OPENING EVENING & PLENARY:

THE ISRAELI-AMRICAN COMMUNITY AS A STRATEGIC ASSET TO THE US-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP AND TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL

09:00-10:00 PM DINNER

10:00-11:00 PM REGIONAL RECEPTIONS

SUNDAY OCTOBER 18, 2015 07:30-08:30 AM BREAKFAST

08:30-09:00 AM PLENARY:

THE SECRET OF JEWISH ADAPTABILITY, AND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING ISRAEL

09:00-10:00 AM PLENARY:

THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT

10:00-10:30 AM BREAK

10:30-12:00 PM – BREAKOUT SESSION I

CHOOSE ONE OUT OF EIGHT SESSIONS:

• PANEL (HEBREW): ISRAELI-AMERICAN DOUBLE

IDENTITY

• PANEL: THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN SECRET SAUCE – REACH SUCCESS AS AN ENTREPRENEUR

• PANEL: WHY DO GREAT BRAINS LEAVE ISRAEL?

• PANEL: IS THERE A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR HEBREW/JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE US?

• PANEL: THE MIDDLE EAST AND US-ISRAEL RELATIONS

• PANEL: COMBATTING BDS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

• WORKSHOP: BUILDING A NATIONAL YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS NETWORK

• WORKSHOP: BUILDING LAY LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY

12:00-01:00 PM LUNCH

01:00-02:30 PM PLENARY:

DEFEATING BDS

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02:30-02:45 PM SHORT BREAK

02:45-04:15 PM – BREAKOUT SESSION II

CHOOSE ONE OUT OF EIGHT SESSIONS:

• PANEL: MAINTAINING ISRAELI AND JEWISH

IDENTITY IN THE US

• PANEL (HEBREW): WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND BEYOND

• PANEL: ISRAEL AND THE US IN THE FILM AND

TV INDUSTRY

• PANEL: THE IRAN THREAT

• PANEL: FIGHTING BDS SUPERSTARS

• WORKSHOP: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• WORKSHOP: PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR CREATING EVENTS

• WORKSHOP: COUNTER BDS BOOT CAMP

04:15-04:45 PM BREAK

04:45-06:00 PM – BREAKOUT SESSION III

CHOOSE ONE OUT OF SEVEN SESSIONS:

• PANEL: CAN THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN AND

JEWISH AMERICAN COMMUNITIES JOIN FORCES?

• PANEL: WOMEN IN BUSINESS

• PANEL: COMBATTING BDS THROUGH INVESTING IN THE STARTUP NATION

• LECTURE: WHY ARE ISRAELIS HAPPIER?

• WORKSHOP: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• WORKSHOP: INFLUENCING IDENTITY THROUGH

COMMUNITY (SECOND AND THIRD GENERATIONS)

• WORKSHOP: THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

INITIATIVE

06:00-06:45 PM - BREAK

06:45-08:00 PM RECEPTIONS

08:00-10:00 PM MAIN EVENING - GALA DINNER

10:00-12:00 AM CONCERT AND PERFORMANCE

MONDAY OCTOBER 19, 2015

07:30-09:00 AM BREAKFAST

09:00-10:30 AM MEET OUR LEADERS – INTERACTIVE CONVERSATIONS

10:30-11:00 AM BREAK

11:00-12:30 CLOSING PLENARY