The Jerusalem Post is pleased to announce our
GLOBAL INVESTMENT FORUM 2022
November 16-17, 2022 | La Mamounia, Marrakech
Virtual event: November 20
The Jerusalem Post and its media partners – Global Media Holdings in Morocco and the Khaleej Times in the United Arab Emirates – invite you to participate in our prestigious conference where dreams can become a reality.
This unique event will take place at the La Mamounia hotel, one of the most stunning hotels in the world.
Join senior ministers, investors and entrepreneurs from the Middle East and worldwide to forge new business connections between our countries.
The program is almost full. This is your last chance to participate. For more information: conference@jpost.com
Among the sectors we expect to be represented at the event:
Agriculture and water technology
Aerospace, travel and tourism
Morocco as the gateway to Africa
Telecom and digital innovation
Security and defense technologies
Renewable energy
Some of the speakers who will represent us at the conference:
Paul Packer
CEO of
Globis Capital Management
Eitan Neishlos
Founder & President of
Neishlos Foundation &
Neishlos Capital
Amit Lang
CEO of Mekorot National Water Company & Chairman of the Board of Directors of EMS Mekorot Initiative
Avrum (Avraham) Ben-Josef
Vice President of Systems Engineering for Mekorot National Water Company
Yitzhak Aharonovich
Chairman of Mekorot National Water Company
Yossi Abu
CEO of
NewMed Energy
Abed Masarwa
Vice President of Products, Netafim
Christophe Bachelet
Country Managing Partner of DLA Piper, Morocco
Matan Beeri
Deputy and Acting Mayor of Eilat
Udi Gat
Marine Aquaculture Project Manager for the City of Eilat
Avi Cohen
CEO – Eilat Economic Company
Oren Hazan
Former MK and Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset
Eyal Haimovsky
CEO of the Jerusalem Development Authority
Itzik Ozer
Senior Director – Business Development
The Jerusalem Development Authority
H.E Laila Rahhal El Atfani
The Royal House of Sheba Crown Senator and President & Founder Business Gate & I AM AFRICA Platform
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council & Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
Wojtek Soczewica
CEO
Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Revital Yakin Krakovsky
Deputy CEO, International March of the Living
Dr. Raphael Nagel
Chairman & Founder
The Abrahamic Bussiness Circle
Einat Levi
Consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Regional Cooperation and Start-up Nation Central
Dr Dalia El-Ani (Elani)
Founder & CEO
Crispr Stem & Therapeutics Ltd
VIP Member, Abrahamic Business Circle
YAAKOV KATZ
Editor-in-Chief of
The Jerusalem Post
MAAYAN HOFFMAN
Head of Conferences for
The Jerusalem Post
Poonam Chawla
Head of Content Partnerships, Events & Conferences
The Khaleej Times
TAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Managing Editor of Jpost.com
Speakers at our Previous Global Investment Forum in Dubai
HIS EXCELLENCY DR. THANI BIN AHMED AL ZEYOUDI
Minister of State for Foreign Trade
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, UAE
HIS EXCELLENCY DR. TARIQ BIN HENDI
Director General
ABU DHABI INVESTMENT OFFICE
HIS EXCELLENCY PAVAN KAPOOR
Indian Ambassador to The UAE
HER EXCELLENCY MARCY GROSSMAN
Canadian Ambassador to the UAE
Her Excellency Ambassador Houda Nonoo
Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Bahrain
His Excellency Fahad Al Gergawi
CEO
Dubai FDI
Dr. Marwan Al Mulla
CEO
Dubai Health Auth
Ramy Jallad
Group CEO
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone
Sherif Beshara
CEO
Mohamed & Obaid Almulla Group of Companies
Khalid Anib
CEO
Abu Dhabi National Hotels PJSC
Sheikha AlNuaimi
Commercial Operations Executive Director
Ajman Free Zone
His Excellency Dr. Raphael Nagel
Investor, Lobbyist
Philanthropist
Felix Moral
CEO
Rise International (a National Holding Company)
Avishesha Bhojani
CEO
BPG Group
Dr. Tatiana A. Zhelinova MD, PHD
Managing Director Med Curator UAE
Medical director Health Plus IMA
DR. ALI AL-NUAMI
Member of the UAE Federal National Council for the Emirate of abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior & Foreign Affairs Committee
Les Male
Chief Executive Officer
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX)
Mohammed Zainabi
Editor-in-chief
L’OBSERVATEUR DU MAROC AND DIGITAL MEDIAS OF GLOBAL MEDIA HOLDING
Mounssif Adarkaoui
Director
Financial studies and forecasting in the Ministry of Economy and Finance
Mehdi Tazi
Vice President
General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM)
Ronald S. Lauder
President, World Jewish Congress & Chairman Emeritus of Estée Lauder Companies
Paul Packer
Chairman of the US Commission for the Preservation
America’s Heritage Abroad
Eitan Na’eh
Israeli Ambassador
United Arab Emirates
Zohar Elhanani
CEO
Zebra Medical Vision
Eli Cohen
CEO
Mekorot National Water Company
Lee Ziv
VP Sales & Marketing
Port Tel Aviv Residence
Ilanit Melchior
Director of Tourism
Jerusalem Development Authority
Haim Bibas
Chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities & Mayor of Modi’in Maccabim Reut
Massimo Falcioni
CEO
Etihad Credit Insurance
Prof. Rafael Bayer
Co-Founder and Managing General Partner
ALIVE HealthTech Fund
Itzik Ozer
Head of Business Development
Jerusalem Development Authority
Tomer Shani
Co-Founder & CTO
Noveto
Moti Shiri
VP Engineering & Technology
Mekorot National Water Company
Vera Futorjanski
CEO & Founder
Veritas Ventures
Natalie Milstein
Cross-border Business Specialist & VC Investment Analyst
Noam Solomon
CEO & Co-Founder
Immunai
Daniel Seal
CEO & Founder
Unbound
Steve O’Hana
President
Morocco-Israel Business Council
Yaky Yanay
CEO & President
Pluristem
Gil Shwed
CEO
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
Jonathan William Medved
Founder and CEO
OurCrowd
Ruth Wasserman Lande
Former MK, Former Senior Advisor to President Shimon Peres, CEO and Founder
Ruth Global Innovative Advisory
Morris Kahn
Entrepreneur/ Philanthropist, Founder
AMDOCS /SpaceIL
Fleur Hassan Nahoum
Deputy Mayor
Jerusalem
Mark Gazit
CEO
ThetaRay
Sachhyam Regmi
Founding Partner
YAS Investments and Spartech Ventures
Regev Gur
Founder & CEO
Narrative Group
Bruce Gurfein
CEO
Connect
Ehud Olmert
Former Prime Minister
Israel
Yaakov Katz
Editor In Chief
The Jerusalem Post
Michal Divon
Senior Editor and Producer
Khaleej Times
Steve Linde
Editor-in-chief
The Jerusalem Report
Ariella Steinreich
Senior Vice President and Head of the Middle East Division
Steinreich Communications
Maayan Hoffman
Head of Strategy & senior analyst
The Jerusalem Post
Lahav Harkov
Diplomatic Correspondent
The Jerusalem Post
Anjana Sankar
Assistant Editor
Khaleej Times
Program
Schedule is tentative and subject to change.
- 7:30 a.m. Welcome and breakfast
-
OPENING REMARKS
Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief, Jerusalem Post
Robert Silverman, Managing Editor & Columnist, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
President Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel (video address)
Ali Seddiki, General Director, Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (video address) - BANKING, FINANCE & FINTECH: MOROCCO AS A GATEWAY TO AFRICA
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TedTalk:
Khalid Nasr, Executive General Manager, Bank of Africa-BMCE Group -
Interview:
Paul Packer, CEO, Globis Capital Management, with Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief, Jerusalem Post -
Ted Talk: Economic Opportunities in the Sea
Amine Laghidi, International Expert Foreign Trade and Economic Diplomacy - NEW SOLUTIONS FOR AN OLD PROBLEM: HOW TO SOLVE WATER STRESS
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TedTalk:
Amit Lang, CEO, Mekorot -
TedTalk:
Abderrahim El Hafidi, Director General, ONEE, the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water -
Panel discussion:
Avraham Ben-Josef, Vice President, Systems Engineering, Mekorot National Water Company
Barak Graber, Director of International Business & Assistant Chairman, Mekorot
Salma Bougarrani, Co-founder and CEO, Green Watech
Moderated by Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post -
THE SYNERGY BETWEEN PHILANTHROPY AND BUSINESS
Eitan Neishlos, Founder and President, Neishlos Foundation and Neishlos Capital
Revital Yakin Krakovsky, Deputy CEO, International March of the Living
Wojtek Soczewica, CEO, Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Moderated by Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Managing Editor, jpost.com - COFFEE BREAK
- HOW TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS TOGETHER
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Interview:
Dr. Raphael Nagel, Chairman and Founder of the Abrahamic Business Circle with Maayan Hoffman, Head of Conferences, The Jerusalem Post -
Panel discussion:
Tami Dayan, Creative Business Consultant
Christophe Bachelet, Country Manager – Morocco, DLA Piper
Yann Assor, Vice President, Morocco-Israel Business Council
Moderated by Maayan Hoffman, Head of Conferences, The Jerusalem Post
- REPAIRING THE ENVIRONMENT ONE INNOVATION AT A TIME
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Panel discussion:
Ahmed al Bouari, Director, Department of Irrigation and Agriculture and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Agriculture (translator)
Udi Gat, Marine Aquaculture Project Manager, City of Eilat
Abed Masarwa, Vice President – Products, Netafim
Moderated by Mohammed Zainabi, Editor-in-Chief, L’Observateur Du Maroc & D’Afrique and Maayan Hoffman, Head of Conferences, The Jerusalem Post - MAKING A CONNECTION: THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
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TedTalk:
Matan Beeri, Deputy Mayor of the City of Eilat -
Panel discussion:
Jalil Benabbès-Taarji, Former President, Moroccan National Association of Investors in Tourism
Matan Beeri, Deputy Mayor of the City of Eilat
Moderated by Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Managing Editor, jpost.com -
Interview:
Eyal Haimovsky, CEO, Jerusalem Development Authority with Tamar Uriel-Beeir, Managing Editor, jpost.com - WHAT ARE THE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO FACE THE ENERGY CRISIS?
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Interview:
Said Mouline, President, Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency with Eran Lerman, Editor-in-chief, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune -
Panel discussion:
Zakaria Naimi, General Manager, Gi3
Moundir Zniber, President, Gaia Energy
Yossi Abu, CEO, NewMed Energy
Ali Zerouali, Head, Cooperation & International Development, Masen; Vice President African Commission, CGEM; Co-President, International Commission, Moroccan Green H2 Cluster; and Energy Transition Expert, United Nations
Moderated by Eran Lerman, Editor-in-chief, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
- INNOVATION 2022 AND BEYOND
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Panel discussion:
Youssef El Bari, Director of the Investment and Innovation Division, Innovx-OCP Group
Einat Levi, Consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Regional Cooperation and Start-up Nation Central
Mehdi Alaoui, CEO & Founder of LaStartupStation & Member of the Board of Directors of Moroccan National Federation of IT and Offshoring – APEBI
Moderated by Poonam Chawla, Head of Content Partnerships, Events & Conferences, the Khaleej Times
- LUNCH
-
Award Presentation
Serge Berdugo, President of Jewish Moroccan Communities
Introduction: Robert Silverman, Managing Editor & Columnist, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune -
FOUR POWERFUL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Fleur Hassan Nahoum, Founder, UAE-Israel Business Council (Israel)
Leila Doukkali, President, Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Morocco (Morocco)
H.E Laila Rahhal El Atfani, The Royal House of Sheba Crown Senator and President & Founder Business Gate & I AM AFRICA Platform
Fatiha Ghannami, Ex-manager of the Royal Palace of his Majesty the King, The Kingdom of Bahrain, and a prominent Bahraini Businesswoman
Moderated by Maayan Hoffman, Head of Conferences, The Jerusalem Post
- THE FUTURE IS NOW: THE ART OF AEROSPACE
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Interview:
Karim Cheikh, President, Moroccan Aerospace Industries Association with Robert Silverman, Managing Editor & Columnist, Jerusalem Strategic Tribune - HARVESTING THE CLOUDS: HOW TO MAKE WATER FROM FOG
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TedTalk:
Jamila Bargach, Founder and Anthropologist, Dar-Si-Hmad NGO
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For more information:
Israel:
Maayan Hoffman, Head of Conferences, The Jerusalem Post, at maayan@jpost.com Morocco:
Yasmina Charai, Group Marketing and Strategy Manager, Global Media Holdings, at ycharaigmh@gmail.com United Arab Emirates:
Poonam Chawla, Head of Content Partnerships, Events & Conferences, the Khaleej Times, at Poonam@khaleejtimes.com
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