Former Minister of Finance Yitzchak Modai will moderate the session on Privatization Opportunities in Israel at the 1996 Jerusalem Business Conference at which the government privatization plan for 1997 will be presented.
"Most of Israel’s defense industries could be privatized tomorrow morning, without harming national security, and with a great deal of economic benefit," said Former Minister of Finance Yitzchak Modai, who is currently preparing for the Jerusalem Business Conference ’96. The conference will take place on November 9-11 at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
Modai will moderate the session on Privatization Opportunities in Israel at the conference, which will deal with business potential for Israel and the region, as the year 2000 approaches. During the course of this session, devoted to the subject of privatization in Israel’s market, the government’s 1997 privatization plan will be presented for the first time.
Modai, who today heads I.M. Economy & Investment and provides economic consulting services, said that Israel’s economic development has reach its limit in the absence of privatization.
Speaking on the subject of privatization will be Lord David Young, considered "the father of British privatization," former Director General of the Ministry of Defense David Ivry and Tzipi Livni, head of the government corporations authority, who will present the government’s position.