Mega-trends in Global Energy Security

Tuesday, December 2nd
08:00-09:00
Registration and Exhibition Tour
Mega-trends in Global Energy Security
09:00-09:15
09:15-09:40
Dr. Gal Luft - Conference Chairman,
Co-Director, IAGS and Senior Adviser to the US Energy Security Council
Senior Government Minister, TBD
Introduction by Tzvika Gendelman, Mayor of Hadera
The Changing Geopolitics of Energy
09:40-11:00
11:00-11:30
Moderator: Anne Korin, Co-Director, IAGS
Dr. Patrick Ho, Secretary General, China Energy Fund Committee
Robert C. Mcfarlane, Former US National Security Advisor
Dr. Michael Makovsky, Director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
Dan McFadyen, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Roberto Casula, Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer, ENI, Italy
Speaker from Azerbaijan, TBD
Break and Exhibition Tour
Israel and the Changing Geopolitics of Energy
11:30-12:40
Moderator: Prof. Uzi Arad, Former Head of the Israeli National Security Council, Lauder School of
Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Haim Tomer, Former Head of Division, Mossad
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dr. Efraim Sneh, Former Deputy Minister of Defense
Dr. Seth Cropsey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Prof. Toulla Onoufriou, Chairperson, The Cyprus Hydrocarbon Company
Gideon Frank, Former Director General of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission
Yossie Hollander, Israel Institute of Economic Planning
12:40-13:00
Maj. General Yiftah Ron-Tal, Chairman, Israeli Electric Company
13:00-14:00
Lunch and Exhibition Tour
14:00-14:30
Michael Ruehle, Head of Energy Security Division, NATO
Protecting Energy: The Cyber Dimension
14:30-15:30
15:40-16:00
Moderator: Rami Efrati, Former Head of the Civilian Division of the Israel National Cyber Bureau
in the Prime Minister's Office
R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence National Security, USA and Energy
specialist
Zori Kor, Former Head of the Technology Department in the National Information Security
Authority, Israel Prime Minister’s Office
Daniel Jammer, President, Nation-E
Break and Exhibition Tour
Protecting Energy: The Military Dimension
16:00-17:15
Moderator: Prof. Efraim Chalamish, NYU and IESE Business School, Partner,
Forward Advisors
Vice Admiral (Res.) Eliezer Marum, Former Chief of the Israeli Navy
Brig. Gen (Res.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of Special Projects at Israeli Aerospace Industries
Brig. Gen (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, Former Head of the Counter Terrorism Bureau
Wednesday, December 3rd
09:00-10:00
Registration and Exhibition Tour
Future Energy Prospects 2015
Led by the Israeli Institute of Energy and Environment in partnership with Israel Defense
10:00-13:00
Opening Remarks: MK. Silvan Shalom, Minister of Energy and Water, Minister for Regional
Development and Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee
Prospects Plenum- Regulatory briefing
Panel- Taxation of Natural Resources in Israel - The cash cow of the tax system or civil service
production facilities
13:00-14:00
Lunch and Exhibition Tour