U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken & Former U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger to Participate in
2016 Herzliya Conference
MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 06: (L-R) Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
Majority of Israeli Ministers and Opposition Leaders to address the Conference which takes place
June 14th-16th
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken has confirmed he will address the 16th annual Herzliya Conference. The event will be held June 14th-16th.
This year, the first day of the Conference, June 14th, will be held at the residence of the President of Israel where President Reuven Rivlin will discuss the continuation of the Tikva (Hope) project, a joint venture with the Institute for Policy & Strategy, which was announced at last year’s Conference.
The Conference will continue on June 15th & 16th on IDC Herzliya campus.
On the evening of June 15th, Former U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, will address the Conference and be awarded an Honorary Fellowship from IDC Herzliya.
Among the international speakers scheduled to address the conference: Amb. Edward Djerejain – Former US Amb. to Syria & Israel, Jay Footlik – Former Special Assistant to U.S. President Bill Clinton, Jane Harman – U.S. Democratic party leader, Bernard Henri Levy – French author and intellectual, Mike Huckabee – Republican party leader & former Arkansas Governor, Jan Jambon – Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Interior Affairs of Belgium, Amb. Daniel Kurtzer – Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel, Amb. Ronald Lauder – President of the World Jewish Congress, Amb. Dan Shapiro – U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Witold Waszczykowski – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland.
The majority of ministers from the Israeli Government, key members of the opposition as well as other leading figures are scheduled to address the conference including: Ehud Barak – Former Israeli Prime Minister, MK Naftali Bennett – Minister of Education, H.E. Danny Danon – Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, MK Aryeh Deri – Minister of the Interior, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel – Israeli Air Force Commander, MK Gilad Erdan – Minister of Public Security & Strategic Affairs, MK Yoav Galant – Construction & Housing Minister, MK Zehava Gal-On – Chairman of the “Meretz” party, Amb. Dan Gillerman – Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Amb. Dore Gold – Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maj. Gen (Res.) Amos Gilad – Director of Policy & Political-Military Affairs of the Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi – Chief of Military Intelligence of the IDF, MK Isaac Herzog – Head of the Zionist Union & leader of the opposition, MK Yisrael Katz – Minister of Transportation, MK Yair Lapid – Chairman & Founder of the “Yesh Atid” party, MK Avigdor Lieberman – Minister of Defense, MK Yaakov Litzman – Minister of Health, MK Tzipi Livni – Zionist Union party & former Foreign Minister, Judge Miriam Naor – President of the Supreme Court of Israel, MK Ayman Odeh – Chairman of the “Joint List” party, Shimon Peres – Former Israeli President, Amb. Ron Prosor – Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Shabtai Shavit – Former Head of the Mossad, Amb. Gabriella Shalev – Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, MK Yuval Steinitz – Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy & Water Resources, Moshe Ya’alon – former Minister of Defense.
Figures from the Arab world are also expected to participate.
From the financial world, both Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Chairperson of the Bank of Israel Karnit Flug will be speaking at the Conference along with top executives from AXA France, Bank Hapoalim, Bombardier, General Motors, JVP Cyber Labs, LionTree LLC, Medasense Biometrics, Moovit, Phillips Israel, Rothschild Group, SkyTran – Nasa Space Act, Teva & UBER.
The Conference will conclude with the “Herzliya Address” which has traditionally been reserved for remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister.
Registered journalists may attend the conference free of charge. To request a press pass, please e-mail your details (name, media outlet, e-mail address, contact information & GPO/Press card number) to the conference’s International Press Spokesperson, Jeremy Ruden at Jeremy@jeremyruden.com. Registration is mandatory.
Space is limited and we cannot guarantee entry to all journalists requesting a pass.
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Schedule is subject to change.
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