Tuesday, 28 June 2005
18:00 - 19:00 Registration
19:00 - 22:00 Gala Opening Session: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION PROGRAM
Dinner
Opening Remarks: Minister of Finance MK Benjamin Netanyahu,
Chair, Annual Economic Conference - XIII
Dr. Emanuel Sharon, former Director General of the Ministry of
Finance - a memorial tribute to Professors Michael Bruno and
Eitan Berglas
Presenting the Panel: Mr. David Brodet, former Director General
of the Ministry of Finance; Academic Director of the Annual
Economic Conference-XIII
Speakers: Prof. Nissan Levitan, Advisor to the Research
Department, Bank of Israel
Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel
Discussion: THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION PROGRAM –
LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS ON THE ISRAELI ECONOMY
Wednesday, 29 June 2005
08:00 - 8:30 Registration
08:30 - 13:00 Session 1: THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISENGAGEMENT PLAN
Presentation of the team's recommendations: Prof. Daniel
Tzidon, Head of the International Division of Business
Development, Bank Leumi; The Eitan Berglas School of
Economics, Tel Aviv University
Remarks: Vice Premier MK Shimon Peres
Minister of Justice and Immigrant Absorption MK Tzipi Livni
MK Avraham Shochat, former Minister of Finance
Mr. Ilan Cohen, Director General of the Prime Minister’s Bureau
Major General Dan Halutz, IDF Chief of Staff
Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz
MK Amir Peretz, Chairman of the New General Labor Union
Discussion
13:00 - 14:30 Finance Minister's Session
Lunch
Address by Minister of Finance MK Benjamin Netanyahu
14:30 - 19:00 Session 2: BALANCE OF POWER IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS
Presentation of IDI research: Prof. Avi Ben-Bassat, Senior
Fellow, The Israel Democracy Institute; The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem
Dr. Momi Dahan, Fellow, The Israel Democracy Institute,
School of Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Remarks: Minister without Portfolio MK Haim Ramon
Minister of Transportation MK Meir Sheetrit
MK Yaakov Litzman, Chairman, Knesset Finance Committee
Mr. Yossi Kucik, Chairman of the Board, Manpower Israel Ltd.
Mr. Raanan Dinur, Director General, Minister of Industry, Trade
and Employment
MK Haim Oron, Member of the Knesset Finance Committee
Mr. Kobi Haber, Budget Director, the Knesset Finance Ministry
Ms. Etti Peretz, Social worker in the fields of social policy and
rights
Ms. Smadar Elhanani, Economic Advisor to the Knesset Finance
Committee
Discussion
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Greetings: Mr. Uri Lupolianski, Mayor of Jerusalem
20:00 - 21:30 Special Panel: CONSIDERATIONS OF LONG TERM
ECONOMIC STRATEGIES
Participants: Minister of Finance MK Benjamin Netanyahu
Mr. Roger Abravanel, Senior Director, McKinsey & Company
Dr. William Lewis, former Director,The McKinsey Global
Institute and former Acting United States Secretary of Energy
Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Chairman of the Israeli Board of the Israel
Democracy Institute; Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Thursday, 30 June 2005
08:30 - 13:00 Session 3: A SMALL MARKET- A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Presentation of the team's recommendations: Mr. Eli Hurvitz,
Chairman of the Israeli Board of the Israel Democracy
Institute; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Remarks: Deputy Prime Minister MK Ehud Olmert and Minister of
Indus