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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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
Emerging Security Challenges State Comptroller and Ombudsman
Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari Prof. Dmitry Adamsky Mr. Elliott Abrams
Mayor of Hura Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Photo: Kaveh Sardari
Prof. Graham Allison Mr. Dov Amitay Prof. Pinhas Alpert
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
President, Farmers' Federation of Israel Department of Geophysics, 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 Industry; Chairman, Israel Innovation Authority
Former Head of the National Security Council and National Security Advisor
to the Prime Minister
Former Minister of Defense
Prof. Shlomo Avineri MK Rachel Azaria Adv. Shlomit Berhanu Professor of Political Science,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Kulanu" Party Social Activist
Prof. Amatzia Baram Mr. Nir Barkat V.Admiral (res.)
David Ben Bashat Emeritus Professor, Founder and Director of
the Center for Iraq, University of Haifa Mayor of Jerusalem Former Commander in Chief
of the Israeli Navy
Prof. Dan Ben-David Maj Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer
Department of Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University; President and Founder, Shoresh
Institution for Socioeconomic Research
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force
Vice President for Administration & Students, IDC Herzliya
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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 Dr. Ronen Bergman Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman
Head of the Kurdish Studies Program The Moshe Dayan Center
for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University
Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth; Contributing Writer, New York Times
President, Yeshiva University
Mr. Michael Biton Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Mr. Boaz Bismuth
Mayor of Yerucham Former Director General of the Ministry of Defense; Former Chairman of Refael
Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom
Dr. Oded Brosh Brig. Gen. (res.) Itai Brun Mr. Ronnie C. Chan
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Former head of IDF Intelligence Analysis Division
Thought Leader; Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Ltd.
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Dr. Raphael S. Cohen Mr. Yoram Cohen Dr. Ben Connable
Political Scientist, RAND Corporation Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (SHABAK)
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
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 Ms. Antonia L. Dimou Dr. Shira Efron
Mayor of Ganey Tikva Head of Middle East Unit, Institute for Security and Defense Analyses
Policy Researcher and Special Advisor on Israel, RAND Corporation
Dr. Israel Elad-Altman Ms. Emily Elhacham MK Karin Elharrar
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Researcher, at the Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University
“Yesh Atid” Party
Prof Haggai Erlich Mr. Moshe Fadlon MK Esawi Frej
Professor Emeritus, History of the Middle East and Africa, Tel-Aviv University
Mayor of Herzliya "Meretz" Party
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Dr. Anita Friedman Prof. Doron Friedman Mr. Avi Gabbay
Executive Director, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin
and Sonoma Counties
Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
Chairman of the Labor Party and of the Zionist Camp
Prof. Boaz Ganor Adv. Michal Gera Margaliot Major Gen. (ret.)
Gershon HaCohen 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
Research Fellow, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; Former Commander of the
Military Academies; Former Commander of the IDF Northern Corps
Dr. Ori Goldberg Mr. Ilan S. Goldenberg Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya National Security
Commentator, Ynet
Director of the Middle East Security Program, Center for New American Security
Chief Rabbi of Moscow & Head of the Rabbinical Court of the Commonwealth of
Independent States; President of the Conference of European Rabbis
Mr. Oded Granot Mr. Eli Groner Dr. Yoel Guzansky
Journalist. Middle East and International commentator
Director General, Prime Minister’s Office Senior fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Visiting Fellow,
Stanford University
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Prof. SU Hao Amb. Husain Haqqani Mr. Amos Harel
Director, Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University
Director, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute
Senior Military Correspondent and Defense Analyst, Haaretz
Photo: Hudson photographer Photo: Iki Photo Dino
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
Dr. Ofer Israeli Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry Mr. Meir Javedanfar
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
President, Boeing Israel Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya; Owner and Editor, Iran-
Israel Observer Photo: Shabi Kedem
Lt. Gen. VG Khandare,
PVSM, AVSM SM Amb. Bilahari Kausikan Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye
Former Director General of the Indian Defence Intelligence Agency and Former Deputy Chief
of the Indian Integrated Defence Staff
Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; and Chairman, Board of
Directors, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Senior Political Scientist, RAND
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Amb. Tom Kelly Senator Mark Kirk MK Nurit Koren
Vice President, Foreign Policy & National Security Affairs,
Raytheon International Inc. (RII)
Senior advisor, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)
"Likud" Party
Mr. Daniel Landau MK Yair Lapid Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar
Researcher and Artist, The Advanced Reality Lab, Sammy Ofer School of Communications,
IDC Herzliya
Chairperson, “Yesh Atid” Party; Former Minister of Finance
Founding Dean and Chair of the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute, Sammy Ofer
School of Communications, IDC Herzliya
Hon. Marcel Lettre Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite Prof. Leonardo (Leo) Leiderman
Vice President for National Security, Lockheed Martin; Former U.S. Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former
Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
Chief Economist, Bank Hapoalim
Dr. Alon Levkowitz Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Hon. Mary Beth Long
Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Civics, Beit-Berl College; Research Fellow, Begin-Sadat
Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Journalist, Broadcaster, Head of Defense Desk at Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio)
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
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Mr. Joey Low Mr. David B. Makovsky
Dr. Yossi Mann
Founder, “Israel at Heart”; Founder, Star Farm Ventures
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
Chairman of the Department of Middle East Studies at Bar Ilan University
Dr. Ronit Marzan Dr. Shavit Matias Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi
Research Fellow, Chaikin Chair in Geostrategy, University of Haifa; Research Associate, The
Forum for Regional Thinking
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
Photo: Micha Brikman
Prof. Yoram Meital Prof. Rafi Melnick Prof. Alex Mintz Chair of The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle
Eastern Studies & Diplomacy, Ben-Gurion University
Tiomkin School of Economics and Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,
IDC Herzliya
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; Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,
IDC Herzliya
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Ms. Sigal Moran Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.
Jacob (Yaacov) Nagel Mr. Adi Nes
Mayor of Bnei Shimon Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion; Former Head of the National Security Council
and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
Photographer and International Artist
Ms. Irina Nevzlin Hon. Amb. Victoria Nuland MK Amir Ohana
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
"Likud" Party
Photo: Yanai Yechiel
Mr. Tamir Pardo Mr. Sami Peretz Ms. Smadar Perry
Former Head of the Mossad Senior Writer and Commentator and Former Editor, TheMarker
Senior Middle East Editor, Yediot Ahronot
Photo: Ran Biran
Mr. Ophir Pines-Paz Amb. Ron Prosor Mr. John A. Raine
The head of Local Government Institute, Tel Aviv University; Former Minister of Interior
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
Senior Consulting Fellow, IISS
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
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 Adv. Gideon Sa'ar Maj. Gen. (res.) Dr.
Yom Tov Samia 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
Former Minister of Interior; Former Minister of Education
Former Commander of IDF Southern Command; Founder & Owner, Y. Sam Group
Ms. Tal Schneider Prof. Michal Schwartz Dr. Andrew C. Scobell
Diplomatic and Political Correspondent, Globes The Maurice and Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Neuroimmunology, Weizmann Institute
of Science; President, International Society of Neuroimmunology
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
Photo: Yossi Zwecke Photo: Belfer Center
MK Dr. Nachman Shai Ms. Tal Shalev Maj. Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni
Chairman of the Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People
Political Correspondent, Walla News Digital Network
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.
Photo: Moshe Shai Photo: walla news!
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Maj. Gen. Jonathan Shaw CB CBE Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay Brig. Gen. (res.) Prof.
Joshua (Shuki) Shemer Chairman, Optima; Former U.K. Assistant Chief
of Defence Staff (Policy) Director of Research, Institute for Policy and
Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya; Former Deputy Head of the National Security Council
Chairman, Assuta Medical Centers Network; Chairman, Supervisory Council of the Bank of
Israel; Former Director General of the Ministry of Health
Ms. Sima Shine MK Itzik Shmuli Amb. Zalman Shoval
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Deputy Director
General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs
"Zionist Union" Party Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
Prof. Arnon Soffer Mr. Attila Somfalvi* Mr. Tommy Steiner
Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Haifa
Political Analyst and Chief Anchor, Ynetnews and YnetTV
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya
Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky Mr. Andrew J. Tabler MK Adv. Pnina Tamano-Shata
Senior Program Associate, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Martin J. Gross Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
“Yesh Atid” Party; Social Activist
Photo: Oksana Kempa
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Prof. Charles Tenenbaum Ms. Keren Turner-Eyal Mr. Chagai Tzuriel
Associate Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Lille
CEO, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence
Mr. Moav Vardi Ms. Ruth Wasserman Lande Mr. Kenneth R. Weinstein
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
President and CEO, Hudson Institute
Ms. Dana Weiss Dr. Chaim B. Weizmann Dr. Michal Yaari
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
Tel Aviv University The Open University
Photo: Eyal Ben Yaish
Lt. Gen. (res.)
Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon Prof. Yoav Yair Mr. Eliyahu (Eli) Yishai
Former Chief of Staff of the IDF and Former Israel's Defense Minister
Dean, School of Sustainability Founded by Israel Corp., ICL & ORL, IDC Herzliya
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Yachad Party Chairman
* Speakers marked with asterisks have yet to confirm their participation
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Meni Yitshaki MK Tamar Zandberg Dr. Ronen Zeidel Former Head of the Investigations and
Intelligence Department of the Israel Police 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
Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats Prof. Eyal Zisser Prof. Irina Zvyagelskaya
Chair, Planning and Budgeting Committee, Council for Higher Education
Vice Rector, Tel Aviv university; Prof. for Middle Eastern Studies
Chief Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Expert,
Valdai Discussion Club, Moscow Photo: Council for Higher Education in Israel