Program:

7:30-9:00
Registration and breakfast

9:00-9:30
Welcome by Steve Linde, outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post and Yaakov Katz, new Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post

9:30-9:50
Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett is interviewed by Steve Linde

9:50-10:00
Opening speech by JPost conference president Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress

10:00-10:15
Speech by MK Gilad Erdan, Minister of Public Security, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy

10:15-10:50
Panel: The future of the Jewish people and the war against BDS

Moderator: Caroline B. Glick
Participants: Adam Milstein, Elazar Stern, Shalom Norman, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Rabbi Menachem Margolin

10:50-11:20
Michael Douglas, Actor, 2015 Genesis Prize laureate is interviewed by Steve Linde

11:20-11:55
Coffee break

11:55-12:10
Speech by Gila Gamliel, Minister for Social Equality

12:10-12:20
The legacy of Edgar Bronfman by Matthew Bronfman

12:20-12:35
Speech by Dennis Ross, co-chairman of JPPI's board and former special assistant to President Obama

12:35-12:50
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Renowned sex therapist, author and TV personality, talks about Israel and Judaism

12:50-13:00
Speech by Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations

1:00-1:15
Special address by "The Green Prince" author Mosab Hassan Yousef

1:15-2:10
Festive lunch

2:10-2:20
Speech by Gideon Sa'ar, Former Interior and Education Minister

2:20-3:00
Panel: Does the world have an answer to Islamic terror?

Moderator: Yaakov Katz
Participants: Caroline B. Glick, Dr. Anat Berko, Gabi Ashkenazi, Efraim Halevy, Malcolm Hoenlein

3:00-3:10
Speech by Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States

3:10-3:20
The Jerusalem Post 2016 Prize will be awarded to Mobileye for its revolutionary approach and life-saving technological breakthroughs

3:20-3:30
Speech by Yisrael Katz, Minister of Transportation and Intelligence

3:30-4:05
Panel: The Israeli Economy: Investment, Challenges and New Energy

Moderator: Yaakov Katz
Participants: Nili Shalev, Izzy Tapoohi, Prof. Efraim Chalamish, Keith Elliott

4:05-4:20
Performance by David Broza, Israeli singer and songwriter

4:20-4:35
Speech by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman

4:35-4:40
The Jerusalem Post Social Affairs Prize for 2016 - “Special in Uniform”

4:40-4:50
Speech by Brig. Gen. Uri Oron, Head of Intelligence Air Force

4:50-5:05
Speech by Caroline B. Glick, senior contributing editor of The Jerusalem Post

5:05-5:10
Special video address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Singing of Hatikva led by David Serero

*The program is subject to change.

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