GLOBAL INVESTMENT FORUM 2022 Marrakech

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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
TedTalk:

Jamila Bargach, Founder and Anthropologist, Dar-Si-Hmad NGO