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Economic Conference Program, 2005

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