The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference 2017 : Program

7:30-9:00

Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:15

Welcome by Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post

9:15-9:25

Speech by Israel Katz, Israel\'s Transportation and Intelligence Minister and Security Cabinet Member

9:25-9:35

Speech by Dr. Yuval Steinitz , Israel\'s Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources

9:35-9:45

Speech by Mk. Isaac Herzog, Leader of the Opposition & Chairman of the Labor Party

9:45-9:55

Speech by Jerusalem Post Conference President Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress

9:55-10:02

The Jerusalem Post International Economic Contribution Award for 2017

10:02-10:22

Interview with Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, By Yaakov Katz

10:22-10:32

Tribute to Jewish Veterans of World War II in honor of the upcoming anniversary of Victory Day over Nazi Germany, by the American Forum of Russian Speaking Jewry – The Home for Russian American Jews for Israel

10:32-10:42

Presentation by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)

10:42-10:52

Speech by Ofir Akunis, Israel\'s Minister of Science and Technology

10:52-11:02

Speech by Ayelet Shaked, Israel\'s Minister of Justice

11:02-11:12

Assaf Wiess, Founder & CEO of Ma’agalim - Empowering Israel’s At-Risk Youth

11:12-11:57

Coffee Break

11:57-12:07

Speech by Prof. Joshua (Shuki) Shemer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Assuta Medical Centers Network - Assuta Ashdod: Healthcare in Israel Heats Up

12:07-12:37

Panel - The Middle East\'s Economy in the Trump era Moderator: Dr. Efraim Chalamish, Law and Business Prof., media commentator, and adviser Participants: Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel Member of EMET Prize Award Committee, Bini Zomer, Israel Country Manager, Noble Energy. Nissim Zioni Founder & CEO of Pitchon-Lev and Yaky Yanay CEO & President of Pluristem Therapeutics and Inon Elroy, Israel\'s Economic Minister to North America

12:37-12:47

Speech by Naftali Bennett, Israel\'s Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister, By Herb Keinon

12:47-12:57

Speech by Haim Bibas, Chairman of the Federation of local Authorities in Israel

12:57-1:07

Inside Innovation – The OrCam Story by Elad Serfaty, Senior Vice President, OrCam

1:07-1:17

BDS, Diplomacy and Delegitimization: How to Tell the Truth in the UN, by Danny Danon, Israel\'s Ambassador to the UN

1:17-1:27

Speech by Eli Beer, Founder and President United Hatzalah of Israel

1:27-2:27

Lunch

2:27-2:32

The Jerusalem Post Award to Mr. Arie Dubson, CEO of the A.M.N. Foundation

2:32-3:02

Iran, ISIS, Hamas & Hezbollah - Two IDF Chiefs of Staff on Israel\'s Security Challenges: Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Bogie) Ya\'alon & Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dani Haloutz, moderated by Yaakov Katz

3:02-3:07

Speech by Irina Nevzlin, President of the Nadav Foundation & Chair of the Board of Directors of Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish People

3:07-3:52

Panel - Is Israel Still the State of All the Jews? Participants: Jerry Silverman, President & CEO, The Jewish Federations of North America, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President of The Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of Union for Reform Judaism and Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie, Founder & Director of North County Chabad Center

3:52-4:02

Israel\'s Defender, Interview with Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus, moderated by Herb Keinon

4:02-4:07

David Brand, CEO of DMB Strategic, introducing the film “IN OUR HANDS-THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM” A CBN DOCUMENTARIES FILM The Christian Broadcast Network

4:07-4:27

The Jerusalem Post Lifetime Achievement Award to Larry King , followed by interview with Yaakov Katz on his life, career and Jewish identity

4:27-4:42

A View of Israel from the US Senate: Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas & Deb Fischer U.S. Senator from Nebraska, moderated by Herb Keinon

4:42-4:52

Speech by Grace Meng (D-NY) Member of the House Appropriations Committee

4:52-5:02

Speech by Caroline B. Glick, Jerusalem Post Senior Contributing Editor

Singing of Hatikva by opera singer David Serero.