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AIPAC's Annual Policy Conference: March 11-13, 2007
MAJOR SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007
OPENING LUNCHEON PLENARY
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"Global Impact: Understanding Today's Middle East"
Special Address:
President, AIPAC
Panelists:
Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco
Executive Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Deputy Defense Minister, Israel
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator:
Former Spokesman, Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority
DINNER PLENARY SESSION
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
"The United States and Israel: Tradition and Transcendence"
Featuring:
Founder and Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, TX
Senior Fellow, Shalem Center
Honored Guest:
Mr. Eitan Wertheimer
President and CEO, Iscar, Ltd.
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007
MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
"The United States and Israel: United We Stand"
Special Addresses:
Vice President of the United States of America
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Featuring:
Executive Director, AIPAC
LUNCHEON PLENARY SESSIONS
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
"Capitol Connection: Congress' Role in Strengthening the U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Special Address:
Ambassador to the United Nations, Israel
Panelists:
Member, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate
Member, Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate
The Honorable Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Chair, Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Moderator:
Director of Legislative Policy and Strategy, AIPAC
"The Changing Face of Israel: Today's Zionist Leaders"
Special Address:
The Honorable Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Panelists:
Mr. Seth Altholtz
Chair, Israel Critical Capital Foundation, Project NIMRATZ
Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Director General, Vice Prime Minister's Office
Chairman of the Board, The Yitzhak Rabin Center
Executive Director, New Israel Fund, Israel
Moderator:
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
AIPAC GALA BANQUET 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
"Celebrating the U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Featuring:
The Honorable Harry Reid (D-NV)
Majority Leader, United States Senate
Republican Leader, United States Senate
Greetings:
Ambassador to the United States, Israel
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
"Leadership Perspective: The U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Special Address (via satellite):
Prime Minister, Israel
Featuring:
Speaker, United States House of Representatives
Republican Leader, United States House of Representatives
FULL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007
OPENING LUNCHEON PLENARY
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"Global Impact: Understanding Today's Middle East"
Special Address:
President, AIPAC
Panelists:
Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco
Executive Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Deputy Defense Minister, Israel
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator:
Former Spokesman, Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Panel Discussion - "Knesset Conversation: Leading Voices From Israel's Parliament"
Member of Knesset, Kadima
Member of Knesset and Parliamentary Group Chairman, Likud
Member of Knesset, Labor
Director of Programming, Jerusalem Office, AIPAC
Panel Discussion - "Standing Together: Support for Israel in the African-American Community"
State Representative, South Carolina
Mr. André Williams
City Councilman, Miami Gardens, FL
Member, Congressional Black Caucus, United States House of Representatives
National Outreach Director, AIPAC
Policy Briefing - "Battle Over Beirut: What the Struggle in Lebanon Means for the Future of the Middle East"
Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Senior Fellow in Arab Politics, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Policy Briefing - "Danger in Damascus: Where is Assad Leading Syria?"
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives
Director of Policy and Political Military Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Israel
Policy Briefing - "How Israel Makes Its Case to the World"
Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin
Foreign Press and Public Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, Israel
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
Policy Briefing - "Radioactive Revolution: What a Nuclear Iran Would Mean for the World"
Deputy Director for Research, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Director of Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
Policy Briefing - "Sunni, Shia and Radical Islam's War Against the West"
Dr. David Cook
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Rice University
Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Policy Briefing - "Tentacles of Terror: The Global Reach of the Terrorist Network"
Mr. Daniel Benjamin
Director, Center on the United States and Europe; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institute
Mr. Peter Bergen
Author, "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al-Qaeda's Leader" Town Hall Meeting - "How Is Israel Preparing to Counter Strategic Threats?"
President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Chief of Staff, Ministry of Defense, Israel
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Panel Discussion - "Key Constituency: The Emerging Role of Hispanics in the Pro-Israel Movement"
Washington Bureau Chief, TV Azteca and Azteca America
Mr. Juan Rangel
CEO, United Neighborhood Organization
Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Cochair, Democratic Israel Working Group, United States House of Representatives
National Outreach Director, AIPAC
Panel Discussion - "Securing the Homeland: How Israel and America are Working Together to Keep Us Safe"
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Rani Falk
Director General, Ministry of Public Security, Israel
Chairman, Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and Technology, United States House of Representatives
Senior Attorney, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck Panel Discussion - "The Road to the White House: How Presidential Candidates Formulate Foreign Policy"
Partner, Covington & Burling
Former Chairman, Republican National Committee
Dr. Norman Ornstein
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Policy Briefing - "Incubator of Innovation: How Israel Is Leading the High-Tech Business World"
Ms. Jenny Cohen-Derfler
Manager, INTEL Corporation, Israel
Mr. Avner Halperin
CEO and Co-Founder, EarlySense
Policy Briefing - "Power of the Purse: How Financial Sanctions Can Thwart Iran and Other State Sponsors of Terror"
Director of Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
Director, Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence and Policy, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The Honorable Roger W. Robinson, Jr.
President and CEO, Conflict Securities Advisory Group, Inc.
The Honorable William C. Thompson, Jr.
Comptroller, City of New York
Policy Briefing - "Radioactive Revolution: Iran's Efforts to Build a Bomb and Dominate the Middle East"
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, United States House of Representatives
Mr. Ilan Berman
Vice President for Policy, American Foreign Policy Council
Director of Policy & Government Affairs, AIPAC
Policy Briefing - "Strategic Snapshot: Israel and the Military Balance in Today's Middle East"
Brig. Gen. Shmaya Avieli
Air Attaché, Embassy of Israel
Military Correspondent, Ha'aretz
Former Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of the Defense Performance Review
Policy Briefing - Tentacles of Terror: The Global Reach of the Terrorist Network
Mr. Peter Bergen
Author, "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al-Qaeda's Leader"
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, United States House of Representatives
Policy Briefing - "Understanding Radical Islam and Its War Against the West"
Executive Director, The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Wexner-Fromer Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Senior Fellow, Shalem Center; Olin Institute Senior Fellow, Harvard University
Policy Briefing - "What Will it Take to Revive the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?
Mr. Gidi Grinstein
CEO and Founder, The Re'ut Institute
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya; Visiting Scholar, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
DINNER PLENARY SESSION
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
"The United States and Israel: Tradition and Transcendence"
Featuring:
Founder and Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, TX
Senior Fellow, Shalem Center
Honored Guest:
Mr. Eitan Wertheimer
President and CEO, Iscar, Ltd.
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007
MORNING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
"The United States and Israel: United We Stand"
Special Addresses:
Vice President of the United States of America
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Featuring:
Executive Director, AIPAC
LUNCHEON PLENARY SESSIONS
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
"Capitol Connection: Congress' Role in Strengthening the U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Special Address:
Ambassador to the United Nations, Israel
Panelists:
Member, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate
Member, Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate
The Honorable Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Chair, Appropriations State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Moderator:
Director of Legislative Policy and Strategy, AIPAC
The Changing Face of Israel: Today's Zionist Leaders"
Special Address:
The Honorable Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Panelists:
Mr. Seth Altholtz
Chair, Israel Critical Capital Foundation, Project NIMRATZ
Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Director General, Vice Prime Minister's Office
Chairman of the Board, The Yitzhak Rabin Center
Executive Director, New Israel Fund, Israel
Moderator:
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
Campus Awards Luncheon - "Allies, Advocates and Activists" Grand Hyatt Hotel AIPAC's annual recognition of top campus allies, exemplary pro-Israel advocates and the most accomplished AIPAC
campus activists in the nation.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Panel Discussion - "Faithful Allies: Building Ties with Christian Supporters of Israel"
CEO, Fellowship of Israel and Black America (FIBA)
President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Founder and Executive Director, Eagles' Wings Ministries
National Outreach Director, AIPAC
Panel Discussion - "Politics.com: How Blogs are Changing Politics, Campaigns and Elections"
Author, Power Line Blog
Dr. Stuart Rothenberg
Founder and Publisher, The Rothenberg Political Report
Mr. Joe Trippi
Director, Trippi & Associates
Mr. Chuck Todd
Editor, The Hotline
Panel Discussion - "Promising Partners: Israel's Deepening Ties to India and Turkey"
Ambassador Ronen Sen
Ambassador to the United States, Republic of India
Ambassador Nabi Sensoy
Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Turkey
Mr. Jeffrey Colman
Deputy Director of Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
Policy Briefing - "Capital Punishment: How Financial Sanctions Can Thwart Iran and Other State Sponsors of Terror"
Dr. Matthew Levitt
Director, Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence and Policy, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ms. Leah Odinec
Assistant Director, Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
Mr. Steven Perles
Senior Attorney and Founder, Perles Law Firm
The Honorable Sarah Steelman
State Treasurer, Missouri
Policy Briefing - "Charting a Course: What Will It Take to Revive the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?
Mr. Gidi Grinstein
CEO and Founder, The Re'ut Institute
Middle East Correspondent, Ha'aretz
Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Policy Briefing - "Israel and the World: The Appropriate Role for the International Community"
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
Deputy Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Policy Briefing - "Russian Roulette: What Moscow's Emerging Foreign Policy Role Means for America"
Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
Senior Research Fellow, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Policy Briefing - "Tough Neighborhood: Israel and the Balance of Power in Today's Middle East"
Dr. Shai Feldman
Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Defense and Armed Forces Attaché, Embassy of Israel
Mr. Jeff Kuhnreich
Deputy Director of Policy and Government Affairs, AIPAC
AIPAC GALA BANQUET
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
"Celebrating the U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Featuring:
The Honorable Harry Reid (D-NV)
Majority Leader, United States Senate
Republican Leader, United States Senate
Greetings:
Ambassador Sallai Meridor
Ambassador to the United States, Israel
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
"Leadership Perspective: The U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Special Address:
Prime Minister, Israel
Featuring:
Speaker, United States House of Representatives
Republican Leader, United States House of Representatives
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