INSS 16th Annual International Conference | INSS
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The 16th Annual

International

Conference

INSS Annual Conference VOD

Opening Evening

February 28, 2023
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Conference Day

March 1, 2023
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Open Studio

March 1, 2023
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Opening Event - February 28, 2023

  • Opening Remarks 20:00

    Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of INSS Board of Directors; Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS

  • Special Address | Former Attorney General of Israel 20:15

    Prof. Avichai Mandelblit

  • Interview | US Ambassador to Israel 20:30

    Thomas R. Nides, US Ambassador to Israel
    Moderator: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS

  • Interview | Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel 20:45

    Justice (emeritus) Dorit Beinisch
    Moderator: Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, head of Law and National Security Program at INSS

  • Panel | Judicial Reform and Balancing the Branches of Government 20:55

    Moderator: Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS | Participants: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi, former IDF Chief of Staff and Foreign Minister; Dr. Eyal Hulata, former head of the National Security Council

INSS Conference - March 1, 2023

  • Reception and Light Breakfast 08:30
  • Opening Remarks 09:00

    Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of INSS Board of Directors; Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS

  • The Great Power Competition and the Challenges to Israel in the International Arena 09:15

    Moderator: Dr. Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute | Participants: Eric Danon, France Ambassador to Israel; Amb. Dan Shapiro, Former US Ambassador to Israel; Andrei Kozyrev, Former Foreign Minister of Russia; "Senior Colonel (Ret.) Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow of CISS, Tsinghua University

  • One year to the Russia-Ukraine War and the Implications for Israel 10:05

    Ofer Shelah, former MK, INSS Senior Researcher; Amb. Arkady Mil-Man, Former Israel ambassador to Russia and INSS Senior Researcher

  • break 10:25
  • Iran and the Shiite Axis – Toward a Regional Confrontation? 10:45

    Moderator: Sima Shine, the head of Iran program at INSS | Participants: Lt Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander of the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) and the Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command; Neil Wigan OBE, UK Ambassador to Israel; Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, former Head of National Security Council (NSC); Andrei Kozyrev, Former Foreign Minister of Russia

  • Interview | Maj. Gen. Oded Bassiuk, Head of the Operations Directorate, IDF 11:45

    Moderator: Brig. gen. (Res.) Assaf Orion, INSS Senior Researcher

  • The INSS National Security Prize 12:00

    The prize will be awarded to an individual and an organization who made a significant contribution to Israel’s national security

  • Break 12:10
  • Sliding into a Binational State? The Palestinian Arena 12:10

    Moderator: Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Head of the Palestinian arena Program at INSS | Participants: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot, MK, National Unity Party and former IDF Chief of General Staff; Danny Danon, MK, Likud Party, and Chairman of the World Likud; Noa Shusterman, INSS Researcher

  • Interview | Yoram Cohen, Former Director of Shin Bet 13:05

    Moderator: Roy Sharon, Commentator on military and security affairs, Kan 11

  • Between Ramallah and Abu Dhabi: Challenges and Opportunities in the Regional Arena 13:20

    Moderator: Gili Cohen, Diplomatic Correspondent, Kan 11 | Participants: Meir Ben-Shabbat, INSS Senior Researcher, former Head of National Security Council (NSC); Brig. Gen. (res.) Dror Shalom, Director of Political-Military Department, Ministry of Defense

  • Lunch 13:40
  • Integration or Separation: Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel, and Challenges to Resilience and Democratic Stability 14:40

    Moderator: Eran Singer, Arab Affairs Correspondent, Kan 11 | Participants: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Alon Levavi, INSS Visiting Senior Researcher; Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, Former KM (Meretz); Dr. Mohammed Alnabari, former Head of Hura Local Council, CEO of Yanabia

  • The Reform of the Judicial System 15:10

    Moderator: Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman, INSS Senior Researcher | Participants: Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, head of Law and National Security Program at INSS; Prof. Mohammed S. Wattad, INSS Senior Researcher; Prof. Yifat Bitton, President of Achva Academic College

  • Technology and Economy as Promoters of National Resilience 15:40

    Moderator: Dr. Liran Antebi, INSS Senior Researcher | Interview: Boaz Levy President & CEO, IAI | Panel Participants: BG (Ret.) Ariel Karo, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems; Yaron Ashkenazi, Founder & Managing Partner, AWZ Ventures; Maj.-Gen (res.) Michael (Miki) Edelstein, Executive Vice-President Strategy and Business Development, Israel, Elbit

  • Concluding Panel 16:20

    Moderator: Noa Shusterman, INSS Researcher | Participants: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS; Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS

  • Concluding Remarks 16:35

    Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS

Participants

IGUL mednelblit

Prof. Avichai Mandelblit

Former Attorney General of Israel

IGUL mishu

Yoram Cohen

Former Director of Shin Bet

IGUL beinish

Justice Dorit Beinisch

Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel

IGUL Thomas Nides

Amb. Thomas R. Nides

US Ambassador to Israel

IGUL רא_ל (מיל') גדי איזנקוט

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot

MK, National Unity Party and former IDF Chief of General Staff

IGUL בסיוק

Maj. Gen. Oded Bassiuk

Head of the Operations Directorate, IDF

IGUL ashkenazi

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi

Former IDF Chief of Staff and Foreign Minister

IGUL Lt Gen Grynkewich

Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich

Commander of the 9th Air Force and the Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command

IGUL Frank

Sir Frank Lowy

Chairman of INSS Board of Directors 

מנו

Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg

Executive Director of INSS
IGUL Tamir

Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman

Managing Director of INSS

IGUL HULATA

Dr. Eyal Hulata

Former Head of the National Security Council

IGUL Amidror

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Former Head of National Security Council (NSC)

IGUL ח_הכ דני דנון

Danny Danon

MK, Likud Party, and Chairman of the World Likud

IGUL dror

Brig. Gen. (res.) Dror Shalom

Director of Political-Military Department, Ministry of Defense

IGUL צרפתי

Eric Danon

France Ambassador to Israel

סימה

Sima Shine 

Head of Iran Program at INSS

IGUK Neil Wigan

Amb. Neil Wigan, OBE

UK Ambassador to Israel

עפר שלח_עיגול1

Ofer Shelah

Former MK, INSS Senior Researcher

IGUL chinese

Senior Colonel (Ret.) Zhou Bo

Senior Fellow of CISS, Tsinghua University

IGUL andrei-kozyrev

Andrei Kozyrev

Former Foreign Minister of Russia

מאיר בן שבת_עיגול1

Meir Ben-Shabbat

INSS Senior Researcher, former Head of National Security Council (NSC)

IGUL dan shapiro

Amb. Dan Shapiro

Former US Ambassador to Israel

IGUL MIKI copy

Maj.-Gen (res.) Michael (Miki) Edelstein

Executive Vice-President Strategy and Business Development, Israel, Elbit

IGUL Yfat Biton2

Prof. Yifat Bitton, President of Achva Academic College

IGUL גילי כהן

Gili Cohen

Diplomatic Correspondent,

Kan 11

IGUL ערן זינגר

Eran Singer

Arab Affairs Correspondent, Kan 11

IGUL רועי שרון

Roy Sharon

Commentator on military and security affairs, Kan 11

פנינה

Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch

Head of Law and National Security Program at INSS

אודי_עיגול

Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel

Head of the Palestinian arena Program at INSS
IGUL Zoabi

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

Former MK (Meretz)

Yaron Ashkenazi

Founder & Managing Partner, AWZ Ventures

IGUL BOAZ

Boaz Levy

President & CEO, IAI

BG (Ret.) Ariel Karo

Executive Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems

IGUL moe alenbbaeri

Dr. Mohammed Alnabari

Former Head of Hura Local Council, CEO of Yanabia

אלון לבבי_עיגול

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Alon Levavi

INSS Visiting Senior Researcher

IGUL Michael Fullilove

Dr. Michael Fullilove

Executive Director of the Lowy Institute

IGUL Arkadi22

Amb. Arkady Mil-Man

Former Israel ambassador to Russia and INSS Senior Researcher

IGUL עידית שפרן גיטלמן

Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman

INSS Senior Researcher

אורנה

Orna Mizrahi

INSS Senior Researcher

Liran Antebi IGUL1

Dr. Liran Antebi

INSS Senior Researcher

מוחמד_עיגול

Prof. Mohammed S. Wattad

INSS Senior Researcher

גליה_עיגול2

Galia Lavi

Researcher and Deputy Director of The Glazer Israel-China Policy Center, INSS