Israel Business Leaders Delegation to the United States
Israel Delegation Leadership:
Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Former Permanent Representative of the State of Israel to the United Nations; Chairman, America-Israel Friendship League, Israel Board Nechemia Peres, Pitango Venutre Capital and Israel America Chamber of Commerce
US Delegation:
Kenneth J. Bialkin, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, AIFL Chairman Harley Lippman, CEO Genensis10, AIFL President Howard Margulis, Foley, Lardner LLP; AIFL Executive Committee Board Member
First day, Wednesday, December 2
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Morning at the New York Stock Exchange (2 Broad Street)
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8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
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Welcome Remarks and Orientation, Breakfasthosted by NYSE
Introduction – Kenneth J. Bialkin AIFL Chairman and Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Chairman, America-Israel FriendshipLeague, Israel Board
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9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
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Tour of the NewYork Stock Exchange / Trading Floor
Opening Bell Ceremony – Hostedby NYSE Euronext Senior Executive
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10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
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Remarks from NYSE Euronext Senior Executive (TBD)
Session 1:
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10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
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Coffee Break
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10:45 AM – 11:30 PM
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Session 2: Mr.James S. Tisch, President & CEO Loews Corporation
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11:45 AM
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Conclusion Morningsession at NYSE
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12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
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Lunch Program at Morgan Stanley (1585 Broadway at 47thStreet)
Welcome and Remarks by Tomer Regev, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Session 1: TBD
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6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
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AIFL 2009 Partners for Democracy Award Dinner
New York Plaza Hotel (768Fifth Avenue)
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Second Day, Thursday, December 3
Israel-America Chamber of Commerce Conference
US & Israel: Confronting Challenges
The 55 Broad Street Technology Center
New-York, December, 3, 2009
Tentative Program
* The names in bold are confirmed
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8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
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Coffee & Registration
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9:00 AM – 9:20 AM
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Welcoming Words
H.E. Ambassador James Cunningham, US Ambassador to Israel
H.E. Ambassador Michael Oren - Israeli Ambassador the US
Mr. Nechemia (Chemi) Peres - Chairman, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce;
Managing General Partner & Co-Founder, Pitango VC
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9:20 AM – 9:30 AM
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Keynote Address
Governor David Alexander Patterson - The State of New-York
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9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
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Discussion Panel: The Future of The Education System
Keynote Speaker
Minster Gideon Sa'ar - Israel's Minister of Education
Panel
Dean Kamen - Founder, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Joel Klein - Chancellor, NYC Department of Education
Yossi Ben-Dov, Presentation - Time to Know
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10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
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Discussion Panel: New Media
Chairman, The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute
Joel Hyatt - Current Media
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Networking Lunch
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Stanley Fisher - Governor, The Bank of Israel
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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
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Discussion Panel: Real Estate
Shlomo Grofman - Chairman, Fair Fund
Mr. Jared Kushner, Owner of the New York Observer
Adv. Jeffrey A. Lenobel , Partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Larry Silverstein - President & CEO, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Danni Fishman, CEO, Gaia Real estate
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2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
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Coffee Break
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2:45 PM – 4:15 PM
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Concurrent Roundtable Sessions
Cleantech Roundtable
Moshe Gaon - Board Chairman, B. Gaon Holdings
Bilal Kaafarani - SVP, Research & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company
Christopher D. Myers - Vice President, Lockheed Martin
Booky Oren - President & CEO, Arison Water Initiative
Jigar Shah - Founder, SunEdison
Shai Weiss, Partner, Virgin Green Fund
Finance Roundtable
Abby Joseph Cohen - Partner & Senior US Investment Strategist, Goldman-Sachs
Steve Taran, CitiGroup
Zvi Halamish, Chief financial officer, Israel Ministry of finance
Medical IT Roundtable
Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscrpits
Israel Makov - Chairman, Given Imaging
Homeland Security Roundtable
Michael Federmann - Chairman of the Board, Elbit Systems Ltd.
Jacob Perry, former Director of Israel's General Security Services
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4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
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Coffee Break
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4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
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Dialogue: Government-to-Government
Moderator
H.E. Ambassador Dan Halpern - Vice Chairman, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce; Former Israeli Economic Minister to the US
H.E. Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer - Former US Ambassador to Israel
Speakers
Mayor Cory Booker - The City of Newark, New Jersey
Governor Jon Stevens Corzine - The State of New Jersey
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5:00 PM – 5:15 PM
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Keynote Address
Shai Agassi - Founder & CEO, Better Place
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5:15 PM – 5:30 PM
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Roundtable Chairpersons Provide Discussion Summaries
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5:30 PM – 5:40 PM
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Israel-America Award
presented to
Tim Armstrong - CEO & Chairman, AOL
for his continuous support of the State of Israel and his outstanding contribution to the economic growth between the US and Israel
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5:40 PM – 5:50 PM
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Keynote Address
Minister Uzi Landau - Israeli Minister of Infrastructure
Moderator: Hezi Kugler,
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5:50 PM – 6:00 PM
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Closing Remarks
H.E. Ambassador Daniel Ayalon - Deputy to Minster of Foreign Affairs; Former Vice-Chairman, American Israel Chamber of Commerce
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Third Day, Friday, December 4
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9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
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Breakfast Reception Amidst the Leviev Jewelry Collection
(700 Madison at 63rd Street)
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10:45 AM – 12:45 AM
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Guided tour at Midtown Art Galleries
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