Jewish-Arab Business Conference - Foundation Office Israel
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Jewish-Arab Business Conference
5th December 2006
Dan Accadia, Herzliya
8:30-9:00Reception and registration
9:00-9:15Welcoming remarks and presentation of conference program
Mr. Helmi Kittani – Co-Director, the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development
9:15-10:30The Missing Fifth: What are the causes of the Arab population's absence in the Israeli economy? (Panel chair: Mr. Sever Plotzker, Senior Economic Editor, Yedioth Aharonoth)
- Prof. Zvi Eckstein – Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel
- Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg – Head of the National Economic Council
- Dr. Aziz Haider – Business and capital in the Arab sector, macro data on the Arab population
- Mr. Sever Plotzker – The economic media and the Arab sector
- Mr. Muhammad Abdellatif, owner of shopping center in Umm el-Fahm – consumer behavior in the Arab sector
10:45-11:45Starting is hard: Difficulties in entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on credit obstacles (Panel chair: Ms. Eman Kassem Sliman of Kol Israel Radio in Arabic)
- Reuven Schiff, accountant – President of the Chamber of Accountants
- Mr. Yaakov Tannenbaum – CEO of Mercantile Discount Bank
- Mr. Aharon (Nuni) Cohen, Koret Fund research fellow – presentation of study: "Credit discrimination in Israel"
- Mr. Nizar Allawi – Amo Electronics
11:45-12:00Mr. Stef Wertheimer – A common economic future
12:00-13:00Initiatives, joint business zones, funds, incubators – A glance at the future: Entrepreneurship, management and investment? (Panel chair: Mr. Yoav Stern – Ha'aretz)
- Mr. Ayman Samara – CEO of Samara Communications.
- Mr. Tammin Yassin – CEO Obek Gaz and hi-tech investor
- Mr. Orni Patrushka – Founder and CEO of Chromatis, Chairman of the National Census
- Mr. Michael Federman – Chairman of the Board of Elbit Systems and Dan Hotels
- Mr. David Avner – Deputy CEO of Partner
13:00-14:00Lunch
14:00-14:05Mr. Hanoch Marmari, Co-Director, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development
14:05-14:20MK Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud Party Chairman
14:20-15:20Jobs to match skills: Media and hi-tech (Panel chair: Mr. Dror Globerman – Ma'ariv)
- Mr. Adi Bildner – Vice President of Human Resources at HP Israel
- Dr. Avi Rimer, chief psychologist at Pilat – Psychological tests as culturally biased
- Prof. Majd Al-Hajj, Dean of Research at the University of Haifa – Fitting employment and cultural obstacles
- Dr. Daniel Gottlieb – Senior advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Israel
- Mr. Mahmud Asfour – Team Manager at M-Systems
15:20-15:40Coffee break
15:40-15:45Dr. Lars Hänsel – Representative of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Israel
15:45-16:00Mr. Isaac Herzog, Minister of Tourism
16:00-17:00The War in the North as an opportunity to reshape Jewish-Arab relations in the economic sphere (Panel chair: Mr. Dror Globerman – Ma'ariv)
- Mr. Raanan Dinur, Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office
- Maj.-Gen (res.) Danny Rothschild – head of the Council for Peace and Security
- Mr. Shauki Khatib – Chairman of the Committee of Heads of Arab Local Councils in Israel
- Mr. Shlomo Buchbut – Head of the Forum of Communities on the Conflict Line