February 13, 2007
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-13:30 Session One: Reforming the Defense Budget [Caesar Hall North] Team's recommendations:
09:00-09:30 Presenter: Major General (Res.) Ilan Biran, former Director General of the Ministry of Defense
09:30-10:30 Respondents:
Mr. Kobi Haber, head of the Budgetary Division of the Ministry of Finance
Adv. Dan Meridor, Haim Zadok & Partners Legal Firm
Major General Ido Nechushtan, head of the Planning Division of the Army
10:30-11:00 Comments towards the group discussions
11:00-11:15 Coffee break [in the groups]
11:15-13:30 Group discussions: The Budgetary process: a multi-year budget balanced
between the political and the professional systems
Group 1 - Coordinator: Mr. Amnon Neubach, economist; former Deputy in Charge of
Budgeting in the Finance Ministry [Rose Hall]
Group 2 - Coordinator: MK Haim Oron, a member of the Knesset Finance Committee
[Caesar Hall South]
Group 3 - Coordinator: Adv. Dan Meridor, Haim Zadok & Partners [Caesar Hall North]
13:30-14:45 Session Two: Session of the Minister of Defense, Mr. Amir Peretz
Lunch
14:45-18:30 Session Three: Recommendations and Implications for the Future [Caesar Hall North]
14:45-15:30 Presentation of the conclusions of the groups
15:30-17:00 Plenary discussion
17:00-17:15 Coffee break [near the Caesar Hall North]
17:15-18:30 Plenary discussion (continued)
18:30-20:00 Session Four: Session of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Abraham Hirchson [Lobby]
Dinner