Conference Program
Our program is not yet final and may be subject to change.
Most lectures will be held in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation available to all conference guests.
Lectures marked with an asterisk (*) will be held in English.
08:00
Registration
09:15
Tikvah Fund Israel CEO Amiad Cohen
A Vision for Israeli Conservatism
Amiad Cohen, Director-General of Tikvah Israel, on the vitality of Israeli society, its faith in life, and the growing need for an intellectual, cultural and ideological foundation for the conservative sentiment that most Israelis intuitively hold.
09:35
Is American Becoming Woke -- and Leaving the Middle East?*
09:55
Prof. Victor Davis Hanson in conversation with Caroline Glick
The Western Citizen: Dying or Reborn?*
10:40
Political analyst Amit Segal
The Ideas Crisis in Israeli Politics
11:10
Former Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat
Lessons from the War in Ukraine: Being Right Isn't Enough
11:35
Break
12:00
Former MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Tikvah Fund CEO Eric Cohen. Moderator: Rabbi Uri Einhorn.
Oranim 2 hall
Author and professor Dr. Gadi Taub, media personality Shay Golden, screenwriter Roy Iddan, Moderator: Liat Koshizky.
Teddy hall
Dr. Rafi Bitton, Adv. Amit Hadad, Adv. Yehuda Shaffer. Moderator: Israel Law & Liberty Forum executive director Adv. Yonatan Green.
Pinkus hall
Chief of Israel Police (ret.) Yoram Halevy, immigration expert Yonatan Yakubowitz, investigative journalist Akiva Bigman. Moderator: social innovator Sarah Haetzni Cohen.
Oranim 4 hall
Adv. Eran Ben Ari, researcher and columnist Riki Maman, entrepreneur and strategic consultant David Yelinek. Moderator: Dr. Sagi Barmak.
Oranim 3 hall
13:15
Lunch
14:30
Prof. Talia Einhorn, Prof. Moshe Koppel, Dr. Ronen Shoval. Moderator: radio host and author Erez Tadmor.
Teddy hall
Radio and TV host Erel Segal, Journalist Baruchi Kra. Moderator: TV host Lital Shemesh.
Pinkus hall
Author, screenwriter, director and radio host Irit Linur, broadcaster Jacob Bardugo, senior journalist Ya’akov Ahimeir. Moderator: Nadav Shtrauchler.
Oranim 4 hall
Scholar and lecturer Dr. Mordechai Kedar, civic leader Nael Zoabi, lieutenant colonel (Res.) Walid Alhuzail. Moderator: Tal Heinrich.
Oranim 3 hall
Media entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Paley, writer and editor Maayan David Meir, Council member Yaakov Vider. Moderator: Tzarich Iyun founder and editor Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer.
Oranim 2 hall
15:45
Break
16:15
Bahrain's ambassador to Israel Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma, Nobel Energy county manager Binyamin Zomer, Nofar Energy CEO Ofer Yannay. Moderator: TV and radio host Nave Dromi.
Energy, Environment, and War*
17:30
Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in conversation with Omri Casspi
Israel, It's Time to Grow Up*
