Speakers List
2024 Herzliya Conference

(To be updated daily)

Officiated by:

  • H.E. Mrs. Michal Herzog

    The First Lady of the State of Israel

     

    Photo: Igal Slavin

Conference Conveners:

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    Prof. Uriel Reichman

    Founding President and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Reichman University

    Photo: Danny Dagon

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    Maj. Gen. (res.)
    Amos Gilead

    Executive Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), Chairman, Annual Herzliya Conference Series, Reichman University

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

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    Prof. Boaz Ganor

    President, Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

 

Speakers:

  • H.E. Annalena Baerbock

    Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany

    Photo: photothek.net - Florian Gaertner

  • Dr. Phil Gordon

    Assistant to the President of the United States and National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States

  • Ms. Sheryl Sandberg

    Founder of the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, Led the "Screams Before Silence" Documentary

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    Lt. Gen. (res.) Benny Gantz

    Israeli War Cabinet Minister; Head of The National Unity Party; Former Minister of Defense of Israel; The 20st IDF Chief of General Staff

    Photo: Eyal Nevo

  • H.E Amb. Jacob J. Lew

    U.S. Ambassador to Israel

     

    Photo: Spokesperson's Office - Press Inquiries, Ministry of Defense

  • Hon. Yoav Kisch

    Israel’s Minister of Education

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    Lt. Gen. (res.)
    MK Gadi Eisenkot

    Israeli War Cabinet Minister, The 21th Chief of General Staff, IDF

  • MK Yair Lapid

    Leader of the Opposition at the Knesset, Former Israeli
    Prime Minister

  • Dr. Victoria Coates

    Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the U.S. President; Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation

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    Commissioner
    Yaakov Shabtai

    The Chief of Israel Police

  • Ms. Irina Nevzlin

    Chair, Board of Directors, Anu - Museum of the Jewish People; President, Nadav Foundation; Founder & Chair, Improvate;
    Author of the book “The Impact of Identity - The power of knowing who you are” 

    Photo: Yanai Yechiel 

  • Prof. Ronald D. Liebowitz

    The Ninth President of
    Brandeis University, U.S.

  • Mr. Tzachi Hanegbi

    National Security Adviser, Head of the National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office, Israel

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    Hon. Roderich Kiesewetter

    Member of the the Foreign Affairs Committee, The German Parliament (Bundestag)

    Photo: Inga Haar DBT

  • Robert Greenway

    Former Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President; Director, Allison Center for National Security, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC

  • MK Avigdor Liberman

    Head, Yisrael Beiteinu; Former Minister of Defense, Finance, and Foreign Affairs of Israel



  • Mr. Arnon Bar-David

    Chair of The Histadrut

    The General Organization
    of Workers in Israel

  • MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein

    Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset

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    Lt. Gen. (res.)
    Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon

    Former Minister of Defense; The 17th Chief of General Staff, IDF

  • Ms. Antonia Dimou

    Director, Middle East and Persian Gulf Unit, Institute for Security and Defense Analysis, Greece

  • Ms. Sima Shine

    Head of Iran and The Shia Axis Program, Institute For National Security Studies (INSS)

    Photo: Chen Galili

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    Maj. Gen. (res.)
    Amikam Norkin

    Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force, IDF

    Photo: Or Perevoznik

  • Mr. Tamir Pardo

    Former Head of the Mossad

     

    Photo: Ran Biran

  • Hon. Yariv Fisher

    Mayor of the city of Herzliya, Israel

     

    Photo: The Municipality of Herzliya

  • Mr. Abdalaziz Al-Khamis

    Saudi Journalist; Middle East, Arabian Gulf and Islamic Movements Researcher; Facts4All

  • Prof. Suzie Navot

    Vice President (Research),
    The Israel Democracy Institute

  • Mr. Abdulla Al-Junaid

    Columnist Geopolitics & Security, Bahrain

  • Mr. Gideon Frank

    Former Head of Israel Atomic Energy Commission; Chairman of the Council, Technion

  • Prof. Varda Liberman

    Provost; Head & Director of the MBA in Healthcare Innovation, Reichman University

  • Mr. Shashank Joshi

    The Economist‘s Defence Editor

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    Brig. Gen. (res.)
    Michael (Mike) Herzog

    Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.

    Photo: Kobi-Gideon-GPO

  • Amb. Zalman Shoval

    ​Former Ambassador of Israel
    to the U.S.

    Photo: Yossi Aloni

  • Col. (ret.) Miri Eisin

    Managing Director, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Reichman University

  • Amb. Danny Ayalon

    ​​Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. and Deputy Foreign Minister; Chairman, SIlver Road Capital

  • Mr. David Makovsky

    Director, Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, U.S.

  • Prof. Karine Nahon

    Head of Data, Government and Democracy Program, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University

  • Eyal Waldman

    2024 Israel Prize Laureate in Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation; Chairman, Waldo Holdings; Former President & CEO of Mellanox

  • Hélène Le Gal

    Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service

  • Prof. Alex Mintz

    Director of the Computerized Decision-Making Lab; Former Provost, Reichman University

  • Prof. Assaf Moghadam

    Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University

  • Prof. Jonathan Gershoni

    Tel Aviv University

     

    Photo: Chen Galili

  • Mr. Joey Low

    Executive Producer of the Documentary “Screams Before Silence"; Founder of “Israel At Heart” and Star Farm Ventures

  • Prof. Niron Hashai

    Dean, Arison School of Business and Co Academic Manager Arison ESG Center, Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Prof. Yossi Shain

    Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University; Georgetown University, Washington D.C.; Assistant to the President and a Representative of Brandeis University in Israel

  • Dr. Eyal Hulata

    Former Israel’s National Security Adviser, Head of the National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office; Senior Fellow, FDD (Foundation for the Defense of Democracies), Washington, DC

    Photo: Haim Tzach - GPO

  • Mr. Elliott Abrams

    Former Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President for Middle East Policy & Deputy National Security Adviser; Senior fellow CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), Washington, DC

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    Maj Gen. (res.)
    Noam Tibon

    Former Commander of the Northern Corps, IDF

  • Mr. Ben Caspit

    Journalist and Senior Commentator, Maariv, Radio 103, “Meet the Press”, Channel 12 News

     

    Photo: Yossi Aloni

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    MK, Deputy Commissioner
    (ret.) Yoav Segalovich

    Former Deputy Minister of
    Internal Security

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    Prof.
    Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky

    Head of the Honors Track in Strategy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University

  • Prof. David Harel

    President, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Israel Prize Laureate in Computer Science

  • Meirav Leshem Gonen

    Mother of Romi Gonen, who was kidnapped and has been brutally held hostage in Gaza for 257 days

  • Ms. Tal Shalev

    Political Correspondent, Walla

  • Prof. Eli Bukspan

    Radzyner School of Law, Co Academic Head of the Arison ESG Center, Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Ms. Tal Schneider

    Political & Diplomatic Correspondent, The Times of Israel

     

    Photo: Nati Shochat

  • Mr. Jonathan Davis

    Vice President for External Relations & Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, Reichman University

  • Rachel Goldberg

    Mother of Hersh Goldberg, who was kidnapped and has been brutally held hostage in Gaza for 257 days

  • H.E. Dr. Nina Nordström

    Ambassador of Finland to Israel

  • Mr. Yair Avidan

    Chair of Advisory Committee and Peers Forum, Arison Center for ESG, Reichman University; Former Supervisor of Banks, Bank of Israel

  • Dr. Dana Wolf

    Head of the Law and Security Program, Head of Diplomacy and Conflict Studies Track, Lauder School of Government Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University

    Photo: Gabriel Baharlia

  • Mr. Udi Segal

    Chief Political Correspondent & Anchor, Channel 13 News; Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Reichman University

     

    Ran Yehezkel

  • Ms. Ksenia Svetlova

    Executive Director, ROPES; Senior Research Non-Resident Fellow, The Atlantic Council;
    Former Knesset Member

  • Dr. Ephraim Asculai

    Former Senior Official at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency

  • Col. (res.) Nira Shpak

    Former Member of the
    Israeli Knesset

  • Amb. Jeremy Issacharoff

    Former Israel's Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS),
    Reichman University

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    Brig. Gen. (res.)
    Dr. Ephraim Sneh

    Former Deputy Minister of Defense; Former Minister of Health and Transportation

    Photo: Reuven Kopitchinski 

  • Ms. Ariela Ringel-Hofman

    Senior Journalist and Commentator, Yedioth Aharonot; Book Editor

  • Dr. Emmanuel Navon

    CEO, ELNET Israel; International Relations Lecturer, Tel Aviv University

  • Adv. Dr. Eliad Shraga

    Founder and Chairman,
    The Movement for Quality Government in Israel

  • Mr. Rani Amir

    Senior Deputy Director General Nature Resources Planning and Climate Resilience, Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection

  • Ms. Hen Zender

    Journalist, News Anchor,
    Channel 13 News, Israel

  • Prof. Yedidia Stern

    President, Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI)

  • Mr. Eyal Naveh

    Brothers in Arms

     

    Photo: Eldad Rafaeli

  • Dr. Moran Ofir

    Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University

  • Rabbi Dr. Moshe Kahan

    Founder and CEO, Pardes Project

     

    Photo: Pardes Project

  • Mr. Gil Tamary

    Chief International News Editor and Commentator, Channel 13 News

  • Adv. Linor Deutsch

    Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lobby 99

  • Deputy Commissioner (ret.) Meni Itzhaki

    Former Head of the Investigations and Intelligence,
    Israel Police

  • Deputy Commissioner (ret.) David Tsur

    Former Head of Israel’s Counter-Terror Unit, Head of the Israel Border Police, Commander of the Tel Aviv District, Israel Police

  • Deputy Commissioner (ret.) Ahroon Aksool

    Former Commander of the Tel Aviv District, Israel Police

  • Dr. Ruth Dagan

    Director of Climate Change and International Network, Arison Center for ESG,
    Reichman University

  • Mr. Lior Akerman

    Research Fellow, Head of National Resilience Section, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS),
    Reichman University

  • Ms. Miri Michaeli

    Chief News Anchor, i24NEWS, Journalist, Communicator and Lecturer

  • Dr. Shay Har-Zvi

    Reserch Fellow, Head of the International and Middle East Arenas, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS),
    Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Mr. Noam Goldstein

    Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, ICL

  • Mr. Ofir Yehezkeli

    Deputy Mayor of Kiryat Shmona and Chairman of the Committee for Planning and Construction

  • Dr. Amit Marmur

    VP Sustainability and Safety, Nesher Israeli Cement

  • Ms. Galit Cohen

    Program Director, Climate Change and National Security (INSS)

  • Dr. Arvid Bell

    CEO, Negotiation Task Force (NTF); Lecturer on Government,
    Harvard University

Conference Moderator:

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    Roni (Fantanesh) Malkai

    Lawyer and Activist, Author of Black Strength: Ethiopian Jews and the Journey to Equality