Live Web Broadcast

17th Annual Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum
July 1-2, 2009
Eilat, Israel

This year’s Caesarea Forum, chaired by Minister of Finance, Dr. Yuval Steinitz, will focus upon Israel’s economic priorities in light of the global financial crisis. Prominent academics, together with leaders from the public and private sectors, will present senior policy makers with recommendations on the following four topics:

• The Requisite Size of the Government – between Economy and Politics
  Research headed by Prof. Joseph Zeira
  
  
• The Future of Growth Promotion in Israel: A Return to  Boosting Avant-Garde Industries and Scientific-Technological Innovation
  Research headed by Prof. Arnon Bentor
  
  
• Regulation, the Financial System and Macro-Economic Policy – Insights from the Global Financial Crisis. Panel includes Prof. Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Prof. Elhanan Ben Porat, Prof. Eugene Kendel and Prof. Lawrence Christiano
  
  
• Macro-Economic Policy in Times of Financial Crisis
  Research headed by Prof. Eran Yashiv
  
  

Forum participants include the Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Yuval Steinitz, the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Stanley Fischer, Prof. Lucian Bebchuk, and many other distinguished guests.

The Prime Minister will address participants at the closing of the conference on the afternoon of July 2nd.

*A live web broadcast with simultaneous English translation will be available on
IDI’s English homepage