Conference Conveners:

Prof. Uriel Reichman Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead President & Founder, IDC 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

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Incumbent Office-Holders

Commissioner Roni Alsheikh MK MK Yuli-Yoel Edelstein General Commissioner of the Minister of Education and Minister Speaker of the of Diaspora Affairs

Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot H.E. Khairat Hazem Mr. IDF Chief of the General Staff Ambassador of to Israel Minister of Finance

MK Rabbi 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 Assistant Secretary General of NATO for State Comptroller and Ombudsman Coalition to Counter ISIL, Emerging Security Challenges U.S. Department of State

Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Lt. Gen. (ret.) Orit Adato Mr. Elliott Abrams Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Founder & Managing Director, Adato Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Strategy, IDC Herzliya Consulting; Former Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service and Former Commander of IDF Women Corp Photo: Kaveh Sardari

Mr. Yaacov Agam Mr. Simon Alfasi Prof. Graham Allison Sculptor and Experimental Artist Mayor of Yokneam Douglas Dillon Professor of Government,

Ms. Elah Alkalay Mr. Dov Amitay Ms. Anat Asraf Hayut VP for Business Development President, Farmers' Federation of Israel National Elections’ Supervisor, IBI Investment House Ministry of Interior

Prof. Pinhas Alpert Ms. Adi Altschuler Dr. Amiram Appelbaum Department of Geophysics, Founder of “Crembo Wings” Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Tel-Aviv University and “Memories@Home”; Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority CEO, Inclu – Inclusive Education

Prof. Uzi Arad Prof. Mr. Yarom Ariav Former Head of the National Security Council Former Minister of Defense Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former and National Security Advisor Director General of the Ministry Of Finance to the Prime Minister

Ms. Galit Avishai MK Prof. Amatzia Baram Founder and Chairperson, Emun Hatzibur – ""; Chairwoman, Reforms Committee Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of Public Trust; Former CEO of the Israel the Center for Iraq, University of Consumer Council

Amb. Rafi Barak Mr. V. Admiral (res.) David Ben Bashat Former Ambassador of Israel to Canada and Mayor of Former Commander in Chief Former Director General of the Ministry of of the Israeli Navy Foreign Affairs

MK Merav Ben Ari Prof. Dan Ben-David Adv. Anat Ben-Dor “Kulanu” Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University University; President and Founder, Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research

Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer Maj Gen. (res.) Prof. Eitan Ben-Eliahu Isaac Ben-Israel Former Commander-in-Chief Vice President for Administration & Students, Director The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber of the Israel Air Force IDC Herzliya Research Center and Head of Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University

MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai Prof. Ofra Bengio Eyal Ben-Reuven Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program Committee and Former Commander of the IDF The Center Northern Corps for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University

Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Dr. Ronen Bergman Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Social Activist Senior Correspondent for Military and President, University Intelligence Affairs, ; Contributing Writer, New York Times

Mr. Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Mr. Boaz Bismuth Mayor of Yerucham Former Director General of the Ministry of Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom 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 Former head of IDF Intelligence Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Analysis Division

Mr. Ronnie C. Chan Rabbi Yuval Cherlo Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung Head, Ra’anana Amit Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Properties Ltd.

Mr. Yoram Cohen Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Pierre Dassas Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Chairman, ELNET-France (SHABAK)

Mr. Jonathan Davis Prof. Avi Degani Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Vice President for External Affairs and Head of CEO & President, Geocartography Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, the Raphael Recanati International School, Knowledge Group Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) IDC Herzliya

Ms. Lizy Delaricha Dr. Shira Efron Prof. Zvi Eckstein Mayor of Ganey Tikva Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, Dean, Tiomkin School of Economics, IDC RAND Corporation 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 Researcher, Faculty of Exact Sciences, “” Party Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Tel Aviv University

Prof. Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon Mr. Roland Freudenstein Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East Mayor of Herzliya Policy Director, Martens Centre for and , Tel-Aviv University European Studies

MK Esawi Frej Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman "" Party President, Koret Foundation Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya

Mr. Prof. Boaz Ganor Adv. Michal Gera Margaliot Chairman of the Labor Party Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy Managing Director of the Israel and of the Zionist Camp & Strategy; Founder & Executive Director, Women's Network Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya

Mr. Mazin G'Nayem Ms. Hodiya Houminer- Maj. Gen. (res.) Rosenblum 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 Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Director of the Middle East Security Program, Capital Markets’ Forum, Radzyner Law School, Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Center for New American Security IDC Herzliya

Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt Mr. Oded Granot Mr. Eli Groner Chief Rabbi of Moscow & Head of the Journalist. Middle East and International Director General, Prime Minister’s Office Rabbinical Court of the Commonwealth of commentator Independent States; President of the Conference of European Rabbis

Dr. Yoel Guzansky Prof. SU Hao Mr. Amos Harel Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Senior Military Correspondent and Defense Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow, Studies, Foreign Affairs University Analyst, Stanford University Photo: Iki Photo Dino

Dr. Beatrice Hasler Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog Mr. Jacky Hugi The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School International Fellow, the Washington Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio of Communications, IDC Herzliya Institute for Near East Policy

Prof. Hanna Herzog Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry Professor Emerita of Sociology, Tel Aviv Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and President, Boeing Israel University; Co-Director & Co-Founder, Center Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya for Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS), Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Photo: Shabi Kedem

Mr. Meir Javedanfar Mr. Benni Kashriel Lt. Gen. VG Khandare, Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Mayor of Maaleh Adumim PVSM, AVSM SM, Former Director General of Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran- the Indian Defence Intelligence Agency and Israel Observer 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; Vice President, Foreign Policy Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran Senior Political Scientist, RAND & National Security Affairs, (UANI) Raytheon International Inc. (RII)

MK Nurit Koren Mr. Yoav Kraiem Mr. Ran Kunik "" Party Co-Director, Community Development and Mayor of Givatayim Social Change Department, Beit Issie Shapiro

H.E. Hélène Le Gal Mr. Daniel Landau Prof. Leo Leiderman Ambassador of France to Israel Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Bank Hapoalim IDC Herzliya

Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar Hon. Marcel Lettre Dr. (Eli) Levite Founding Dean and Chair of the Daniel Pearl Vice President for National Security, Lockheed Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie International Journalism Institute, Sammy Ofer Martin; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Endowment for International Peace; Former School of Communications, IDC Herzliya Defense for Intelligence 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 Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk Deputy Attorney General for Administration Communication, Open University of Israel at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) and Special Functions

MK Hon. Mary Beth Long Mr. Joey Low Chairperson, “Hatnuah”, the “” Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Founder, “Israel at Heart”; for International Security Affairs; Founder, Star Farm Ventures Co-Founder & Principal, Global Alliance Advisors, LLC ;Founder & Principal, M B Long & Associates, PLLC

Prof. Edward N. Luttwak Mr. Eric Lynn Ms. Yaela Machlis ENL Associates Senior fellow, Center for a New American Mayor of Yehud-Monosson Security, Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, United States DoD

Mr. David B. Makovsky Col. (res.) Pesach Malovany Dr. Yossi Mann

Ziegler Distinguished Fellow Director, Project Former Senior Researcher at the IDF Chairman of the Department of Middle East on the Middle East Peace Process Irwin Levy Intelligence Directorate Studies at Bar Ilan University Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Dr. Ronit Marzan Dr. Shavit Matias Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi Research Fellow, Chaikin Chair in Geostrategy, Former Deputy Attorney General of Israel, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS), University of Haifa; Research Associate, The Head of the Global Affairs and Conflict Tel Aviv University Forum for Regional Thinking Resolution Program at the Lauder School of Government IDC Herzliya; Fellow at the Hoover Institution Stanford University Photo: Micha Brikman

Prof. Yoram Meital Mr. Ran Melamed Prof. Rafi Melnick Chair of The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle Deputy Director for Communication and Social Tiomkin School of Economics and Lauder School Eastern Studies & Diplomacy, Policy, Yedid – The Association for of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Ben-Gurion University Community Empowerment IDC Herzliya

Mr. Nadav Mendelson MK 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 Head of Middle East Studies, Lauder School of "Habayit Hayehudi" Party Science Association; Director, The Initiative for Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, an Inclusive Israeli Society IDC Herzliya

Dr. Amit Mor Ms. Sigal Moran Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof. Jacob (Yaacov) Nagel CEO, Eco Energy Financial & Strategic Mayor of Bnei Shimon Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion; Consulting; Senior Lecturer and Research Former Head of the National Security Council Associate, Institute for Policy & Strategy (IPS), and National Security Advisor IDC Herzliya to the Prime Minister Photo: Uzi Avidil

Prof. Suzie Navot Mr. Adi Nes Ms. Irina Nevzlin Haim Striks School of Law, The College of Photographer and International Artist Chair of the Board of Directors of the Museum Management Academic Studies of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot; President of the Nadav Foundation Photo: Yanai Yechiel

Hon. Amb. Victoria Nuland MK Ms. Yuval Ofer Chief Executive Officer, Center for New "Likud" Party Spokesperson, Israel Women’s Network American Security; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

Mr. Amir Oren Mr. Tamir Pardo Prof. David Passig Government and Defense Commentator, Walla Former Head of the Graduate School of Education, News Digital Network Bar-Ilan University Photo: Rarn Biran

Mr. Sami Peretz Ms. Smadar Perry Mr. Ophir Pines-Paz Senior Writer and Commentator Senior Middle East Editor, Yediot Ahronot The head of Local Government Institute, and Former Editor, TheMarker Tel Aviv University; Former Minister of Interior

Mr. Dan Propper Amb. Ron Prosor Ms. Malka Puterkovsky Chairman of the Board of Directors, Head of the Institute for Educator and Author Osem Group International Diplomacy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Former Israel's Representative to the

Mr. John A. Raine Mr. Matthew A. Rojansky Mr. Amir Rapaport Senior Consulting Fellow, IISS Director, Kennan Institute, Founder & Editor of IsraelDefense Woodrow Wilson Center and Cybertech

Amb. Jacob Rosen Amb. Dr. Dennis Ross Prof. Alon Rosen Former Ambassador of Israel to Jordan Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East IDC Herzliya Policy; Former Special Assistant to President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf Region

Justice (ret.) Elyakim Rubinstein Adv. Gideon Sa'ar Ms. Orna Sadgat-Erez Vice President Emeritus of the Supreme Former Minister of Interior; Advisor to the Mayor for the Advancement of Court of Israel Former Minister of Education Women’s Status and Head of the Women Administration, Municipality of Herzliya

Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr. Mr. Gil Sapir Ms. Tal Schneider Yom Tov Samia Former Commander of IDF Southern CEO, Shirbit Insurance Company Diplomatic and Political Correspondent, Globes Command; Founder & Owner, Y. Sam Group Photo: Yossi Zwecke

Prof. Michal Schwartz Dr. Andrew C. Scobell Ms. Yifat Sela The Maurice and Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation CEO, Aluma Neuroimmunology, Weizmann Institute of Science; President, International Society of Neuroimmunology Photo: Belfer Center

MK Dr. Ms. Tal Shalev Mr. Hasan Abo-Shally Chairman of the Lobby for Strengthening the Political correspondent, Walla! News Founder and CEO, Hasoub Jewish People 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 Chairman, Optima; Former U.K. Assistant Chief Senior Research Fellow and Head, Program on Aerospace Industries ; of Defence Staff (Policy) Law and National Security, Institute for Former IDF Commander of the Central National Security Studies (INSS) Command, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Defense Attaché to the U.S.

Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay Mr. Yair Sheleg Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof. Joshua (Shuki) Shemer Director of Research, Institute for Policy and Researcher, Center for Religion, Nation and Chairman, Assuta Medical Centers Network; Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy State, Israel Democracy Institute Chairman, Supervisory Council of the Bank of Head of the National Security Council Israel; Former Director General of the Ministry of Health

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 "Zionist Union" Party Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. Security Studies (INSS); Former Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Prof. Arnon Soffer Mr. Attila Somfalvi* Mr. Tommy Steiner Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department Political Analyst and Chief Anchor, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and of Geography and Environmental Studies, Ynetnews and YnetTV Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya University of Haifa

Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky Mr. Andrew J. Tabler Mr. Shimon Tal Senior Program Associate, Kennan Institute, Martin J. Gross Fellow, Washington Institute for Water and Soil Engineer Woodrow Wilson Center Near East Policy Photo: Oksana Kempa

MK Adv. Pnina Tamano-Shata Prof. Charles Tenenbaum Dr. Lesley Terris “Yesh Atid” Party; Social Activist Associate Professor of Political Science, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Sciences Po Lille Strategy, IDC Herzliya

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 Head of the Yoav Regional Council Economy and Finance

Mr. Chagai Tzuriel Mr. Moav Vardi Ms. Ruth Wasserman Lande Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence Chief International Affairs Correspondent, Deputy Director General for International Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 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 President and CEO, Hudson Institute Chief Political Analyst and Anchor, Israel Strategic Dialogue 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 Tel Aviv University Former Chief of Staff of the IDF and Former & Senior subject-matter expert, The Inclusive The Open University Minister of Defense Israeli Society Initiative, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya

Prof. Yoav Yair Maj. Gen. (ret.) Meni Yitshaki Mr. Eliyahu Yishai Dean, School of Sustainability Founded by Israel Former Head of the Investigations and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Corp., ICL & ORL, IDC Herzliya Intelligence Department of the Israel Police the Interior

Mr. Erez Yosef MK Dr. Ronen Zeidel Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board Chairperson of "Meretz" Researcher of Iraq, The Moshe Dayan Center of Management, Bank Hapoalim 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, Vice Rector, Tel Aviv university; Prof. for Middle Former Chief of the IDF Council for Higher Education Eastern Studies Operations Directorate Photo: Council for Higher

Prof. Irina Zvyagelskaya Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Expert, Valdai Discussion Club, Moscow