The Israel Business Conference 2007 - Program
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The Israel Business Conference 2007 - Program Sunday 9 December 9:00 - 11:00 Opening plenum: Where is the world going, and is Israel going too? What changed this year? A close look at global growth engines and trends and where the smart money is going. How should Israeli enterprise gear up to face the future? Introduction: Haggai Golan, Editor-in-Chief, Globes Session chair: Robert Friedman, International Editor, Fortune Keynote speakers: Abby Joseph Cohen, Partner and Chief US Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs; Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Vice Chairman, AIG; Chairman, G-30; Former Governor, Bank of Israel; Deven Sharma, President, Standard & Poor's 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 - 13:00 Simultaneous sessions Roundtable* What's worrying the banks? Cellular communications' brave new Disciplines of leadership International sporting events as business How will competition affect the players? world Concepts of the leader in business, sport, opportunities How to handle credit risk? What business models will dominate and communications. Case Study: 2012 UEFA European Championship How will the Supervision Law affect fees? cellular internet? Which will win – Are leaders judged by their vision or their in Ukraine Should Israeli banks be opening branches WiMAX or 3.5G LTE? What will the management skills? Session chair: Boaz Hirsch, Director of Foreign overseas? new handsets look like? Will vendors Session chair: Ilan Cohen, Former Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Session chair: Dr. Yossi Bachar, CEO, switch to applications? Director General, Prime Minister's Office Keynote speakers: Zahariev Kamen, Director of Economic Consulting and Business Session chair: Yoram Mokadi, Guest speakers: Jordi Bertomeu, CEO, Ukraine Office - EBRD - Development Communications Consultant Euroleague; Frank Brown, Dean, Oxana Slyusarenko, Deputy Minister of Economy Introduction: Rony Hizkiyahu, Supervisor Participants: David Avner, CEO, INSEAD; Stefan Stern, Management of Ukraine - of Banks Partner Communications; Ilan Columnist, Financial Times Participants: Yohav Bruk, CEO, ISSTA Sport; Keynote speaker: Brian Henderson, Senior Grinboim, President & CEO, Eurocom Participants: Aryeh Deri, Former Ovadia Cohen, VP Marketing, Scopus; Amir Gal- Vice President, Merrill Lynch: "The US sub- Cellular Communication; Shlomo Chairman of Shas Party and Former Or, Managing Partner, Infinity Fund; Yossi prime mortgage crisis and its global Liran, President & CEO, LM Ericsson Minister of Internal Affairs; Dr. Taly Gordon, CEO, Association of Contractors and impact" Israel; Raviv Melamed, GM Wireless Eichenwald-Dvir, Lahav, Faculty of Builders in Israel; Shlomo Harnoy, Founder and Participants: Smadar Barber-Zadik, CEO, Mobile Group, INTEL; Avi Shechter, Management, Tel Aviv University; Adv. COO, Sdema Group; Adv. Uriel Lynn, President, First Intl. Bank of Israel; Shlomo Zohar CEO, fring Shimon Mizrahi, Chairman, Maccabi Tel Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce CPA, Chairman, Israel Discount Bank; Zvi Aviv; Ron Eilon, CEO, YES; Haim Ziv, CEO, Hapoalim Bank; Eitan Raff, In the presence of Ariel Attias, Romano, President & CEO, El Al; Haim In the presence of Eli Yishai, Deputy Prime Chairman, Bank Leumi; Eliezer Yones, Minister of Communications Shani, Ceo, Nice Systems; Maj.-Gen. Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor President & CEO, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Eliezer Shkedy, IAF Commander *Places are limited 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch * Program is subject to changes 14:00 - 14:45 Plenum Marie-Lucie Morin, Deputy Minister of International Trade, Canada: "Canada and Israel: Innovation in the Global Economy"; MK Benjamin Netanyahu, Head of the Opposition and Former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance 14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break 15:00 - 16:30 Simultaneous sessions Roundtable* The looming global crisis What's new in news? Plugging the brain drain The unsung wealth generator Israel is unprepared for the expected Print journalism's battle to survive. What declining education standards in Israel's chemicals industry accounts for 25% global economic crisis. Do different news media feed off each other? Israel will mean. Technological education. of the industrial sector. Do policy makers give What are the hidden opportunities among What is the real effect of freesheets as a Encouraging groups on the margin: Arab it the attention it deserves? the economic threats. The other primary source of information? women, ultra-orthodox men, and others. A global perspective on where Israel's scenario: Are we willing to listen? Innovation in journalism as an economic Session chair: Uzi Dayan, President, chemicals industry is going. Education in Session chair: Yoram Yahav, CEO, TIM growth stimulus. Sderot Conference chemical sciences and engineering. Global and Prof. Shlomo Maital, Session chairs: Ram Landes, Former CEO, Participants: Raanan Dinur, Director Session chair: Dr. Gilead Frotuna, Vice Academic Director, TIM Global Channel 10 News; Lilac Sigan, Editor, Globes General, Prime Minister's Office; Prof. President, Teva Keynote speaker: Clyde Prestowitz, Tonight supplement Yaacov Kop, Director, Taub Center for Participants: Shraga Brosh, President, President, The American Economic Keynote speaker: Dr. David Nordfors, Senior Social Policy Studies; Dr. Leora Meridor, Manufacturers Association; Amir Makov, Strategy Institute and counselor to the Research Scholar, Program Director Economical and Financial Consultant; Dr. Chairman, The Israel Institute of Petroleum & US administration and major American Innovation Journalism, Stanford University Yaacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Energy; Prof. Zeev Tadmor, Chairman, S. companies: "The world turns upside Participants: Haggai Golan, Editor-in-Chief, Models; Oded Tyrah, President, Neaman Institute; Dr. Eli Opper, Chief down" Globes; Ze'ev Jasper, CEO & Chief Editor, Phoenicia America-Israel, Chairman of Scientist; Aharon Yaari, API President, Teva Nana 10; Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich Latar, the "100 Club" of the Technion Dean, School of Communications and In the presence of Gideon Ezra, Minister of Information, Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center; Environmental Protection Hanoch Marmari, Head of Department of Visual Communication, The Bezalel Academy *Places are limited of Arts and Design; Amos Regev, Editor-in- Chief, Israel Hayom 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 - 18:30 Simultaneous sessions Tel Aviv 2025 Israel and Diaspora Jewish business leadership Marketing frenzy The urban vision: infrastructure, public space, A new model of investment in Israel combining Marketing opportunities in the new media. demographics. philanthropy, Zionism, and economic development. Israeli Political marketing and satire as image maker. Marketing in White City - Green City? and Diaspora businesspersons undertake social a publicity crisis. Does Tel Aviv's dominance threaten the periphery? responsibility by investing in National Priority A areas and in Session chair: Lilac Sigan, Editor, Globes Tonight Session chair: Moshe Lichtman, Economic Commentator, civic entrepreneurship. supplement Globes Session chair: Phil Blazer, Founder and President/CEO, Keynote speakers: Erik Hauser, Founder and Creative Keynote speaker: Michael Peters, Founder, Identica Jewish Life TV Director, Swivel Media; Gil Samsonov, Glickman-Netter- * Program is subject to changes Branding & Design Participants: Joseph Ackerman, President & CEO, Elbit Samsonov Advertising: "Leaders in the eye of satire" Participants: Anat Barkai-Nevo, Director, SPNI's Tel Aviv- Systems; Talia Aharoni, Founder, President & CEO, Discussion panel on Marketing in times of crisis. Jaffa Center; Arch. Chezy Berkowitz, City Engineer, MAALA; Rick Aubry, President, Rubicon Programs; Gary Introduction: Eric Salama, Chairman and CEO, Kantar Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Nathan Datner, CEO & Heiman, President and CEO of Standard Textile; Dov Group (WPP Subsidiary) Artistic Director, Beer Sheva Theatre; Arch. Israel Lautman Participants:; Guideon Amichay, Chief Creative Officer, Goodovitch and Arch. Danny Kaiser, Former City In the presence of Zeev Bielsky, Chairman of the Shalmor-Avnon-Amichay; Benny Cohen, Partner & CEO, Engineers, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; MK Dov Khenin, Executive, Jewish Agency Rimon-Cohen-Sheinkman; Gezy Kaplan, Ceo Osem Co-Chairman of the Social-Environmental Lobby; Prof. Group; Motti Scherf, Associate Partner, Shalmor Scherf; Arnon Soffer, Head Chaikin Chair of Geostrategy, The Kobi Treibitsch, CEO, Tiv Taam University of Haifa, The National Defense College In the presence of Ron Huldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa 19:45 - 22:00 Breaking Boundaries: Chocolate, Coffee and the Moon Taking globalization out of the box. Selling lots on the moon? Penetrating Brazil's coffee industry? Participants: Dr. Dennis Hope, President, Galactic Government; Dr. Henrique Meirelles, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil; Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute Speakers: Ofra Strauss, Chairperson of the Board, Strauss Group; Erez Vigodman; President & CEO, Strauss Group * Places are limited * Program is subject to changes Monday 10 December 9:00 - 11:00 Opening plenum: Israel tomorrow Visions for the Israeli economy from business, national, social, and philosophic perspectives. Session chair: Erez Vigodman, President & CEO, Strauss Group Participants: Eli Hurvitz, Chairman, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; Avner Offer, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford: "Israel tomorrow - Between growth and welfare"; Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Head of the National Economic Council - Prime Minister's