May 14th, 2014 2014 Herzliya Conference
2014 Herzliya Conference
Announces Key Guests & Themes
The Middle East’s leading security & policy gathering to take place June 8th-10th at the IDC Herzliya Campus
The 2014 Herzliya Conference is bringing together key decision makers and experts from Israel and around the world to discuss the topics making headlines today. The Middle East’s leading security & policy forum will focus on four main themes – Innovation and Global Challenges, The Future of the Middle East, Israel’s National Security and Israel’s Economy.
Key speakers at the Conference include: Ehud Barak – Former Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett – Israeli Minister of the Economy/Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs, Samuel Berger – Former US National Security Advisor, Tony Blair* – Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Quartet Representative to the Middle East, Ralf Brauksiepe – German Deputy Minister of Defense, Brig. Gen. Itai Brun* – Head of IDF Military Intelligence Research, Meir Dagan – Former Head of the Mossad, Yury Fedotov – Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz* – IDF Chief of Staff, Issac Herzog– Israeli Head of Opposition, Yair Lapid – Israeli Minister of Finance, Tzipi Livni – Israeli Minister of Justice, Federica Mogherini* – Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gary Samore – Former White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nabil Shaath – Former Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Matthew Spence – US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy, James Steinberg – Former US Deputy Secretary of State, Wang Suolao – Director of Center for Middle East Studies Peking University, Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon* –Israeli Minister of Defense.
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, will speak at the Conference on the first day while Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu*, is scheduled to deliver the Herzliya Address which will conclude the Conference.
One of the Conference’s key innovations, the Simulation Game, will be devoted to Iran this year. Entitled “The Day After a Deal With Iran – Regional & Global Implications”, the session will feature some of the Conference’s top speakers and will be opened to the press.
The Conference will take place June 8th-10th on the IDC Campus in Herzliya. Attendance is free of charge to all registered members of the media. To request a press pass, please e-mail your details (name, media outlet, e-mail address, contact information & GPO/Passport number) to the conference’s Foreign Press Spokesperson, Jeremy Ruden at Jeremy@jeremyruden.com.
Registration is mandatory as space is limited.
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