This year's theme is "2012: The year of a global profit warning - transformations and crossroads from a domestic and global perspective".
The theme of this year's 'Israel Business Conference', the largest conference of its kind in Israel, will be "2012: The year of a global profit warning - transformations and crossroads from a domestic and global perspective". This annual event will focus on analyzing the complex processes and factors affecting the global and domestic economy. The conference will also host discussion panels focused on pressing matters on the public agenda, such as Israel and the Arab Spring, the stability of Israel's economy, affordable housing, bringing the periphery closer to the center the country, the debt crisis in Europe and its affect on the Middle East and Israel, and whether the US will continue to be the global sheriff. The conference will host speakers from academe, government, think tanks, and Israeli and foreign companies. It will include key figures from the financial, government, real estate, infrastructure, and media sectors. The international guests participating in the conference include Prof. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School and 'Israel's single most visible defender'; Dr. Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist at the IMF; Dr. Roger Stein, President of Moody's Research Labs, Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company; Dr. Peter Jarret, Head of Division, Economics Department, OECD; Richard Quest, Program host at CNN; Jean-Michel Six, Chief European Economist, Standard & Poor’s; Richard Henry Jones, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency; Rick Scott, Governor of the State of Florida; George Gilder, Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management LLC; and Stephen King, HSBC Group Chief Economist & global head of economics and asset allocation research, HSBC Bank plc. The Globes' Israel Business Conference has a significant impact on Israel's public and economic agenda. The conference will take place on December 11-12 at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. For further details please visit the official conference website: Globes Israel Business Conference 2011