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

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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

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

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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 Col. (res.) 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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Prof. Shlomo Avineri Amb. Rafi Barak Mr. Nir Barkat Professor of Political Science,

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Director General

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

Foreign Affairs

Mayor of Jerusalem

V. Admiral (res.)

David Ben Bashat MK Merav Ben Ari Prof. Dan Ben-David

Former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy

“Kulanu” Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University; President and Founder, Shoresh

Institution for Socioeconomic Research

Adv. Anat Ben-Dor Maj. Gen. (res.)

Eitan Ben-Eliahu Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer

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

Vice President for Administration & Students, IDC Herzliya

Maj Gen. (res.) Prof.

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

Eyal Ben-Reuven Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai

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

National Security Commentator, Ynetnews

Prof. Ofra Bengio Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Dr. Ronen Bergman

Head of the Kurdish Studies Program The Moshe Dayan Center

for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University

Social Activist 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. 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

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

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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

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

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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 Senator Mark Kirk MK Nurit Koren

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

Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)

"Likud" Party

Mr. Yoav Kraiem Mr. Ran Kunik H.E. Hélène Le Gal

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

Mayor of Givatayim Ambassador of France to Israel

Mr. Daniel Landau Prof. Leo Leiderman Mr. Daniel Landau

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

IDC Herzliya

Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Bank Hapoalim

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

IDC Herzliya

Hon. Marcel Lettre Col. (res.) Ronit Lev Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite

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

Defense for Intelligence

CEO, Northern High-Tech Capital Ltd. Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former

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

Prof. Yagil Levy MK Orly Levy-Abekasis Prof. Yagil Levy

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

Member of Knesset 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 Dr. Yossi Mann Dr. Ronit Marzan

Former Senior Researcher at the IDF Intelligence Directorate

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

Researcher of Palestinian Society and Politics

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Dr. Shavit Matias Ms. Sharona Mazalian Levi Prof. Yoram Meital

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

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

Ben-Gurion University

Mr. Ran Melamed Prof. Rafi Melnick Mr. Nadav Mendelson

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

Chairperson, IDC Student Union

MK Merav Michaeli Ms. Liora Minka Prof. Alex Mintz Zionist Union Party Chairperson, Emunah Provost, IDC Herzliya; President, Israeli Political

Science Association; Director, The Initiative for an Inclusive Israeli Society

Prof. Shaul Mishal MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli Dr. Amit Mor

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

IDC Herzliya

"Habayit Hayehudi" Party CEO, Eco Energy Financial & Strategic Consulting; Senior Lecturer and Research

Associate, Institute for Policy & Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya

Ms. Sigal Moran Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.

Jacob (Yaacov) Nagel Prof. Suzie Navot

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

and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

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

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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

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MK Amir Ohana Ms. Yuval Ofer Mr. Amir Oren

"Likud" Party Spokesperson, Israel Women’s Network Government and Defense Commentator, Walla News Digital Network

Mr. Tamir Pardo Prof. David Passig Mr. Sami Peretz

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

Senior Writer and Commentator and Former Editor, TheMarker

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Ms. Smadar Perry Mr. Ophir Pines-Paz Mr. Dan Propper

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

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Osem Group

Amb. Ron Prosor Ms. Malka Puterkovsky Mr. John A. Raine

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 Senior Consulting Fellow, IISS

Mr. Matthew A. Rojansky Mr. Amir Rapaport Amb. Jacob Rosen

Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Founder & Editor of IsraelDefense and Cybertech

Former Ambassador of Israel to Jordan

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

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

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

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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

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Ms. Tal Shalev Mr. Hasan 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. David Siegel Ms. Sima Shine

Former Minister of Finance CEO, ELNET-Israel Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Deputy Director

General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs

MK Itzik Shmuli Amb. Zalman Shoval Prof. Arnon Soffer "Zionist Union" Party Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department

of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa

Mr. Attila Somfalvi* Mr. Tommy Steiner Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky

Political Analyst and Chief Anchor, Ynetnews and YnetTV

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

Senior Program Associate, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

Mr. Andrew J. Tabler Mr. Shimon Tal MK Adv. Pnina Tamano-Shata

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

Water and Soil Engineer “Yesh Atid” Party; Social Activist

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Prof. Charles Tenenbaum Dr. Lesley Terris Ms. Keren Terner-Eyal

Associate Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Lille

Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, IDC Herzliya

CEO, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety

Mr. Nicolas Tenzer Dr. Matti Tzarfati Harcabi Mr. Chagai Tzuriel

Former Adviser to the French Minister of Economy and Finance

Head of the Yoav Regional Council Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence

Mr. Moav Vardi Ms. Ruth Wasserman Lande Ms. Pascaline Wagemans

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

Deputy Director, Forum of Strategic Dialogue

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Dr. 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

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

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