Conference Conveners: Officiated By: Incumbent Office-Holders
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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 Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot General Commissioner of the Israel Police Speaker of the Knesset IDF Chief of the General Staff H.E. Khairat Hazem Mr. Moshe Kahlon MK Israel Katz Ambassador of Egypt to Israel Minister of Finance Minister of Intelligence and Transport Rabbi David Lau Mr. Avigdor Liberman Hon. Brett McGurk Chief Rabbi of Israel Minister of Defense Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State Dr. Antonio Missiroli Hon. Judge (ret.) Joseph H. Shapira Assistant Secretary General of NATO for State Comptroller and Ombudsman Emerging Security Challenges Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Mr. Elliott Abrams Mayor of Hura Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Strategy, IDC Herzliya Photo: Kaveh Sardari Prof. Graham Allison Mr. Dov Amitay Prof. Pinhas Alpert Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, President, Farmers' Federation of Israel Department of Geophysics, Harvard Kennedy School Tel-Aviv University * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation Dr. Amiram Appelbaum Prof. Uzi Arad Prof. Moshe Arens Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Former Head of the National Security Council Former Minister of Defense Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Mr. Yarom Ariav Prof. Shlomo Avineri MK Rachel Azaria Executive Chairman of Lavi Capital and former Professor of Political Science, "Kulanu" Party Director General of the Ministry Of Finance The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Prof. Amatzia Baram Mr. Nir Barkat Social Activist Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of Mayor of Jerusalem the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa V.Admiral (res.) Prof. Dan Ben-David Maj Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu David Ben Bashat Former Commander in Chief Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv Former Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Navy University; President and Founder, Shoresh of the Israel Air Force Institution for Socioeconomic Research * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer Maj Gen. (res.) Prof. MK Maj Gen. (res.) Eyal Ben- Isaac Ben-Israel Reuven Vice President for Administration & Students, Director The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense IDC Herzliya Research Center and Head of Security Studies Committee and Former Commander of the IDF Program, Tel Aviv University Northern Corps Mr. Ron Ben-Yishai Prof. Ofra Bengio Dr. Ronen Bergman National Security Commentator, Ynetnews Head of the Kurdish Studies Program Senior Correspondent for Military and The Moshe Dayan Center Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; for Middle Eastern and African Studies Contributing Writer, New York Times Tel Aviv University 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. Boaz Bismuth Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Former head of IDF Intelligence Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Analysis Division * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation Mr. Ronnie C. Chan Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Mr. Yoram Cohen Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency Properties Ltd. (SHABAK) Dr. Ben Connable Mr. Jonathan Davis Prof. Avi Degani Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Vice President for External Affairs and Head of CEO & President, Geocartography the Raphael Recanati International School, Knowledge Group IDC Herzliya Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Ms. Lizy Delaricha Ms. Antonia L. Dimou Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, Mayor of Ganey Tikva Head of Middle East Unit, Institute for Security Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Defense Analyses Dr. Shira Efron Dr. Israel Elad-Altman Ms. Emily Elhacham Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Researcher, at the Faculty of Exact Sciences, RAND Corporation Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Tel Aviv University MK Karin Elharrar Prof Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon “Yesh Atid” Party Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East Mayor of Herzliya and Africa, Tel-Aviv University * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation MK Esawi Frej Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman "Meretz" Party Executive Director, Jewish Family and Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer Children’s Service of San Francisco, The School of Communications, IDC Herzliya Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties Mr. Avi Gabbay 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 Major Gen. (ret.) Dr. Ori Goldberg Mr. Ilan S. Goldenberg Gershon HaCohen Research Fellow, The Begin-Sadat Center for Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Director of the Middle East Security Program, Strategic Studies; Former Commander of the Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya National Security Center for New American Security Military Academies; Former Commander of the Commentator, Ynet IDF Northern Corps 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 * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation Dr. Yoel Guzansky Prof. SU Hao Amb. Husain Haqqani Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Director, South and Central Asia, Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow, Studies, China Foreign Affairs University Hudson Institute Stanford University Photo: Hudson photographer Mr. Amos Harel Dr. Beatrice Hasler Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog Senior Military Correspondent and Defense The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School International Fellow, the Washington Analyst, Haaretz of Communications, IDC Herzliya Institute for Near East Policy Photo: Iki Photo Dino Mr. Jacky Hugi Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry Arab Affairs Editor, IDF Radio Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and President, Boeing Israel Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya Photo: Shabi Kedem Mr. Meir Javedanfar Lt. Gen. VG Khandare, Amb. Bilahari Kausikan PVSM, AVSM SM Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Former Director General of the Indian Defence Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran- Intelligence Agency and Former Deputy Chief Affairs of Singapore; and Chairman, Board of Israel Observer of the Indian Integrated Defence Staff Directors, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation 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. Daniel Landau MK Yair Lapid "Likud" Party Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Chairperson, “Yesh Atid” Party; Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Former Minister of Finance IDC Herzliya Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar Hon. Marcel Lettre Dr. Ariel (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. Leo Leiderman Dr. Alon Levkowitz Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Tel-Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor, Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Civics, Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk Bank Hapoalim Beit-Berl College; Research Fellow, Begin-Sadat at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University * Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation Hon. Mary Beth Long Mr. Joey Low Mr. David B. Makovsky Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Founder, “Israel at Heart”; Ziegler Distinguished Fellow Director, Project for International Security Affairs; Founder, Star Farm Ventures on the Middle East Peace Process Irwin Levy Co-Founder & Principal, Global Alliance Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Advisors, LLC ;Founder & Principal, M B Long & Relationship, The Washington Institute for Near Associates, PLLC East Policy Dr. Yossi Mann