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09:30-10:30 Arrival and registration

10:30-10:45 Welcoming remarks

Mr. Helmi Kittani, Director, The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development

Dr. Lars Hänsel, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

Ms. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya

Mr. Eytan Biderman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Center of Jewish-Arab Economic Development

10:45-11:05 Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel

11:05-12:00 The Missing 20%: The Arab Population and Israel's Economy – Exclusion and the Challenge of Integration

Moderator: Mr. Dror Sternschuss, Chairperson, Agenda - Israeli Center for Strategic Communications, The Economic Press and the Arab Sector

Dr. Khaled Abu Asbe, Director, Massar Institute for Social Research and Consulting

Mr. Samer Nachly, Nachly Coffee

Mr. Moshe Gavish, Chairman of the Board, Broadcasting Authority

Mr. Muhammad Abdallatif, Owner of the Um al-Fahm Mall, The Consumer in the Arab Sector

Mr. Dov Lautman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Delta Galil Industries

12:05-12:25 Mr. Eli Yishai, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor

12:25-13:15 All Beginnings are Hard: Difficulties in Entrepreneurship, Credit Barriers and Courting Investment

Moderator: Ms. Eman Kassem Sliman, Kol Israel in Arabic

Mr. Raanan Dinur, Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office

Mr. Oskar Abu Rizek, Kesselman & Kesselman - Price Waterhouse Coopers

Mr. Salim Laham, Chairman of the Association of Building Contractors in the North

Mr. Yehezkel Daskal, Director-General, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce

Mr. Ka'ed Abu 'Ayash, Owner of Abu 'Ayash Brothers Construction

Mr. Jacob Tenenbaum, CEO Mercantile Discount Bank

13:15-14:15 Break

14:15-15:15 Initiatives, Joint Employment Zones, Funds, Incubators – A View to the Future

Moderator: Mr. Yoav Stern, Journalist, Ha'aretz

Mr. Tamim Yassin, CEO Obek Gas, Hi-Tech investor

Mr. Orni Petrushka, Hi-Tech entrepreneur, Board Member of The Abraham Fund Initiatives

Mr. Stef Wertheimer, Businessman, Founder of ISCAR Cutting Tools

Mr. Yoel Siegel, Strategic Planner

15:15-15:40 Mr. Meir Sheetrit, Minister of the Interior

15:40-16:05 Mr. Ghaleb Majadele, Minister of Science, Culture and Sports

16:10-17:00 Fitting Employment: The Challenge of Integration in Advanced Industries

Moderator: Mr. Dror Globerman, Technological Editor, Ma'ariv

Mr. Alon Bar-Shani, CEO HP-Indigo

Mr. Hanna Shaheen, Hardware Director, Intel

Mr. Eliezer Lavi, CEO Marvell Israel

Mr. Inas Said, Director for Central Europe, ECI Telecom Israel

17:00-17:15 Conclusion