Economic Opportunities in Times of Crisis - Foundation Office Israel
Expert talk
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09:30 – 10:30 Entrance and Registration
10:30 – 10:45 Welcome and Order of the Day
Mr. Helmi Kittani, Director of the Center for Jewish-Arab
Economic Development
Dr. Lars Hänsel, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel
Mrs. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya
Mr. Tamim Yassin, Chairman, NGT Technological Incubator
10:45 – 11:05 Minister Silvan Shalom, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of
Regional Development, Minister of Development of the
Negev and Galilee
11.05 – 11.15 Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian Uzal, Head of the Delegation
of the European Commission to the State of Israel
11:15 – 12:00 The Economic Crisis: Opportunities for Integration and
Growth. Moderated by Mr. Dror Globerman, 'Maariv'
Mr. Iman Saif, Director of the Authority for the Economic
Development of the Arab, Druze and Circassian Sectors at the
Office of the Prime Minister
Mr. Oscar Abu Razek, Partner, Kesselman & Kesselman
12:05 – 12:20 Prof. Yoel Mansfeld, Head of Center for Tourism Studies,
Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa University
'The 'Green Tourism' industry and the Arab Sector –
opportunities in times of crisis'
12:25 – 13:15 Crisis in the West – Opportunities in the East?
Moderated by Mr. Yoav Stern, 'Haaretz'
Mr. Dan Catarivas, Director, Division of Foreign Trade &
International Relations, Manufacturers Association
Mr. Tarek Awad, Director, Supergas Acco – Carmiel
Mr. Shauli Katznelson, Deputy Director, The Israel Export &
International Cooperation Institute (IEICI)
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 14:30 Prof. Avishay Braverman, Minister of Minority Affairs
14:30 – 14:45 Prof. Daniel Czamanski, Czamanski Ben Shahar and Co.
Ltd. 'Entrepreneurship, labor participation rates and per capita
income towards 2028'
14:45 – 15:30 Beyond Sector Boundaries – Arab Integration into the
Israeli Economy
Moderator TBC
Prof. Aziz Haidar, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Mr. Mohammad Abed Altif, Owner of shopping mall in Umm
el-Fahm
Mr. Zeev Bergman, Director Galilee Software, Previously CEO
Comverse
Mr. Samer Nachle, Nachle Coffee
Mr. Imad Talhami, Babcom Centers
15:30 – 15:45 Mr. Ofer Eini, Chairman, Israel’s Histadrut - General
Federation of Labour Unions
15:45 – 16:45 Innovative Approaches to Partnership – Joint Industrial
Zones and Private Initiatives
Moderator TBC
Prof. Rassem Khamaisi, President, Israel Geography
Association; Haifa University
Mr. Zeev Hayut, CEO Tsafona
Mr. Ka'ed Abu 'Ayash, Abu 'Ayash Brothers Construction;
Chairman, Arab Business Club
Mr. Uriel Lin, President of the Association of Chambers of
Commerce
16:45 – 17:00 Conclusion
Program subject to change