The ICT is proud to announce that the following speakers have already confirmed their participation in the 12th World Summit on Counter-Terrorism. The list of confirmed speakers is regularly updated as we recieve additional confirmations.
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Commissaire Divisionnaire (Col.) Dominique Abbenanti, Police Attaché of France to Israel
Dr. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky, Assistant Professor, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy & Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Commissioner (Ret.) Shlomo Aharonishki, Former General Commissioner of the Police, Israel
Dr. Col. (Res.) Rateb Amro, Director General, Horizon Strategic Studies, Amman, Jordan
Prof. Uzi Arad, Professor, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of the National Security Council, Israel
Mr. Mickey Arieli, Director, Enforcement and Inspection Division Ministry of Health, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ami Ayalon, Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) and Former Commander of the Navy, Israel
Dr. Eitan Azani, Deputy Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Ms. Galy Bar Oz, Senior Director of Enforcement, Israel Tax Authority, Israel
Chief Superintendent (Ret.) Asher Ben-Artzi, CEO, International Police & Security Consultants, and former Chief Superintendent (Ret.), Israel Police, Israel
Mr. Eitan Ben David, Director, Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force, IDF, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Itzhak Ben-Israel Chairman, Israel National Council for Research and Development and Chairman, The Israeli Space Agency, Israel
Dr. Barak Ben-Zur, Lecturer, IDC Herzliya, and Former Senior Director, Israel Security Agency (ISA), Israel
Mr. Paul Benda, Director, The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency & Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology, United States of America
Prof. Ofra Bengio, Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Professor, Department of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Mr. Ilan Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, United States of America
Dr. Benedetta Berti, Associate Fellow and Lecturer, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Tel Aviv University, Israel
Mr. Matthew Bettenhausen, Vice President and Chief Security Officer, AEG Worldwide, Former Homeland Security Advisor and Director, State of California’s Emergency Management Agency, United States of America
Dr. John Bew, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, and Lecturer, War Studies at King's College London, United Kingdom
Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Dr. Avi Bitzur, Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and Deputy to Head of Security and Home-Front Defense program at Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel
Mr. David Blose, Counter-Terrorism Analyst, Intelligence Fusion Centre, N.A.T.O.
Mr. Aaron M. Bugeja, Chair, Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER), Council of Europe, and Head of Public Prosecution Service and Criminal Law Unit, Office of the Attorney General, Malta
Anton Camen, Head of the Legal Department, ICRC Delegation in Israel and The Occupied Territories
Commissioner (Ret.) David Cohen, Former General Commissioner of the Police, Israel
Lt. Col. Liam Collins, Director, The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America
Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Canada
Commissioner Yohanan Danino, General Commissioner of Police, Israel
Prof. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Professor, Political Science and International Relations Department, and Founding Director, The American Studies Center, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Mr. Jonathan Davis, Head of the Raphael Recanati International School, Vice President for External Relations, (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Avi Dichter, Minister for Home Front Defense and Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), Israel
Mr. Bassem Eid, Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitor Group, East Jerusalem
Dr. Yoram Evron, Research Associate, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies, Haifa University, Israel
Mr. Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Research Fellow, The New America Foundation, Fellow with The Combating Terrorism Center, West Point Military Academy, Philanthropic Engineer with Palantir Technologies, United State of America
Mr. Edward Flynn, Senior Human Rights Officer, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations
Prof. Robert Friedmann, Founding Director of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) and Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University, United States of America
Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Deputy Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Founder & Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Dr. Marc A. Genest: Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy in the Strategy and Policy Department and Co-Director of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups, U.S. Naval War College, United States of America
Prof. François M.H. Géré, President, Institut Français d'Analyse Stratégique (IFAS), Paris, France
Mr. Henk Geveke, Managing Director Defense, Safety and Security, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, The Netherlands
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilad, Head of the Political, Military and Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Israel
Dr. Sajjan Gohel, International Security Director, Asia-Pacific Foundation, United Kingdom
Prof. Michael L. Gross, Professor of Political Science, The Department International Relations, The University of Haifa, Israel
Dr. Miriam Halperin-Wernli, Vice President, Deputy Head Global Clinical Development, Global Head Business & Science Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland
Mr. F.W. Horst, Alumni, MA Program at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy , The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Prof. Timothy D. Hoyt, Professor of Strategy and Policy, John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism, US Naval War College, United States of America
Mr. George Hughes, Senior Advisor, Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, United States of America
Prof. Efraim Inbar, Director, Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, & Fellow, Middle East Forum, Israel
Maj Gen. (Res.) Yitzhak Eitan, Former Commander of the Central Command, IDF, Israel
Mr. Meir Javedanfar, Adjunct Lecturer, Contemporary Iranian Politics, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation, United States of America
Mr. Richard A. Jolles, Attaché, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States of America
Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlyia, Israel
Dr. Kemal Kaya, Senior Fellow, Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), Stockholm, Sweden
H.E. Dr. Haim Koren, Ambassador of Israel to South Sudan, Israel
Mr. Daniel Kostoval, Director General, Section of Non-European Countries, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Israel
Dr. Anat Kurtz, Director of Research, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Heidi Elizabeth Lane, Director Greater Middle East Research Study Group/Area of Study Track, United States Naval War College, United States of America
Commissioner Adrian Leppard, Commissioner of the City of London Police, United Kingdom
Dr. Boaz Lev, Associate Director-General, Ministry of Health, Israel
Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, Lecturer, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Senior Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya & Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, Israel
Dr. Matthew Levitt, Senior Fellow and Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, United States of America
Mr. Steve Linde, Editor in Chief, The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, Research Fellow, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv, Israel
Prof. Meir Litvak, Director, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University, and Senior Lecturer, Middle East Studies Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Inspector Alvaro Lossada, Police Attaché of Spain to Israel, Israel
Col. (Res.) Adv. Lior Lotan, Former Executive Director, and Senior Researcher, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Dr. Amichai Magen, Senior Researcher and Head of Political Development, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Shiraz Maher, Senior Researcher, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism & Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Avihai Mandelblit, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Military Advocate General, Israel
Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, Former General Officer Commanding, Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) in Sri Lanka, India
Mr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Research Fellow, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom
Prof. David Menashri, Dean for Special Programs, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Ariel Merari, Professor Emeritus, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Mr. Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy, Israel
Mr. Roni Milo, Former Ministers in various Israeli Governments, Israel
Ms. Biljana Milosevic, Deputy Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Israel and the Occupied Territories
Prof. Alex Mintz, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
M.K. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Shaul Mofaz, Leader of the Opposition and Head of the Kadima Party; Former Chairman, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Knesset; Former Minister of Defense; and Former IDF Chief of Staff, Israel
Dr. Assaf Moghadam, Senior Researcher, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) & Senior Lecturer, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Denis Monette, Chairman, Stop Terrorism Aggressive Response Coordinated Operational Management (STARCOM) and Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Nassau, New York, United States of America
Commander (Col.) Ilan Mor, Deputy "Sharon" sub-district, Central District, Israel Police
Rt. Hon. Jim Murphy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Mr. Salameh Nematt, Journalist and Analyst, Jordan
Dr. Peter Neumann, Director, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalism and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, London, United Kingdom
Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Visiting Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs & Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), United States of America
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, Former Director, Counter-Terrorism Bureau & Research Associate, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Ehud Olmert, Former Prime Minister, Israel
Ms. Artemis X. Papadakis, Special Agent, DEA Country Office, Cyprus
Mr. Jonathan Paris, Senior Advisor, The Chertoff Group, United Kingdom
Mr. Yaakov Peri, Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), Israel
Adv. Elad Popovich, Ph.D. Candidate, Executive Director, Liberal Democracies Facing Asymmetric Conflicts (LD-AC), Herzl Institute - University of Haifa; Researcher, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Don Rassler, Director, Harmony Research Program, Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), West Point Military Academy, United States of America
Mr. Pierre Rehov, Writer and Filmmaker, France
Prof. Uriel Reichman, Founder & President, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Head of the International Law Desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) & Lecturer, Radzyner School of Law, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Martin Rodil, Associate at VisionAmericas LLC
Amb. Jacob Rosen, Senior Counselor, Center for Political Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Danny Rothschild, Director, Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Uri Sagi, Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel
Mr. John B. Sandage, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria
Mr. Yoram Schweitzer, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Program on Terrorism and Low Intensity Conflict, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel
Mr. Barak Seener, Associate Fellow, The Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom
Ms. Yael Shahar, Research Associate, Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Prof. Aron Shai, Rector, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
H.E. Daniel Shapiro, Ambassador of the United States of America to Israel
Col. (Ret.) Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Law Faculty, Tel Aviv University, Former Head of the International Law Department, Military Advocate General’s Office, Israel
Dr. Col. (Res.) Shaul Shay, Research Fellow & Lecturer, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Shabtai Shavit, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Former Director of Mossad, Israel
Prof. Gabriel Sheffer, The Political Science Department, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the last two years heading a workshop on social-security relations in the Institute of National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ms. Liat Shetret, Senior Analyst, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, United States of America
Mr. Michael Singh, Managing Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, United States of America
Dr. Charles Asher Small, Director of The Institute for The Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), and the Koret Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States of America
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amnon Sofrin, Former Head, Intelligence Directorate, Israeli Intelligence Service (ISIS), Israel
Ms. Leah Soibel, Director, Spanish Media Program, The Israel Project, United States of America
Prof. Abraham Sofaer, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States of America
Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Brigadier General (Res.) Dr. Dov Tamari, first Chief Intelligence Officer of the Intelligence Corps and former the commander of Sayeret Matkal of IDF, Head of Security and Home-Front Defense program at Beit-Berl Academic College, Israel
Prof. Raymond Tanter, President, Iran Policy Committee & Publishing Professor Emeritus, The University of Michigan, Former Senior Staff Member, National Security Council, United States of American
Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum, Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Commander Roy Vincent Trinidad, Chief of the Administration Division, and Assistant Division Chief of Manpower and Organization Division of The Joint Staff for Operations (OJ3) of The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Navy, The Philippines
Mr. Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney of Manhattan, The New York County District Attorney's Office, United States of America
Mr. Stevie Weinberg, Director of Operations, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel
Mr. Michael Whine, Director, Government and International Affairs, Community Security Trust (CST), United Kingdom
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe Yaalon, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Strategic Affairs, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, Director, The Institute for National Security Studies and Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel
Brig. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Head of Ground Force Command, IDF, Israel
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash, Former Head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel