2028 Leadership

Eli Hurvitz (Chairman)
Chairman, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

David Brodet (Editor-in-Chief and Director)
Chairman of Board, Ben Gurion University
Former Director-General, Ministry of Finance

Dr. Eli Opper
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor

Major-Gen. (Res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
Professor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Member of Knesset
Former Director, MAFAT, Ministry of Defense

Yoram Yahav
CEO, Yoyah Group
Board Member, USISTC

Prof. Joshua Jortner
Professor of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
Former Chairman, Israel Academy of Sciences

Rafi Maor
President, ECI Telecom

David Miron-Wapner
Director, USISTC

Sami Friedrich
Chairman, Shaldor

Prof. Zehev Tadmor
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
Chairman, Samuel Neaman Institute
Former President, Technion
Board Member, USISTC

Globalization

Yoram Yahav (Team Leader)
CEO, Yoyah Group
Board Member, USISTC

Prof. Shlomo Maital
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Technion
Academic Director, Technion Institute of Management

Clyde Prestowitz
President, Economic Strategy Institute, Washington DC

Ben Carliner
Research Director, Economic Strategy
Institute, Washington DC

Public Service Institutional Change

Sami Friedrich (Team Leader)
Chairman, Shaldor

Dr. Neta Sher-Hadar
PhD, Political Science
Faculty, Mandel Institute
Lecturer, Sapir College

Anat Brodsky
Director, Shaldor

Anat Hering
Consultant, Shaldor

Micha Friend
Consultant, Shaldor

Gil Rabinovich
Consultant, Shaldor

Keren Sagi
Program Coordinator, Unit for Senior Civil Service Programs, Mandel Institute

Scientific/Technological R&D Leveraging

Prof. Dan Peled (Team Leader)
Professor of Economics, Haifa University
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Dr. Barry Bozeman, Academic Consultant
Professor of Public Policy, University of Georgia

Prof. Morris Teubal
Professor of Economics, Hebrew University

Gil Avnimelech
R&D Policy, Ben Gurion University

Dr. Dan Breznitz
Lecturer, Political Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Shiri Breznitz
Economic Geography, Cambridge University

Dr. Ehud Gelb
Agricultural Economist, Former Chief Information Officer for Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture

Dr. Daphne Getz
PhD, Physical Chemistry
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Arkady Katzman
Economist, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Naftali Moser
Research Coordinator, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Traditional Industries & Service Sectors

Prof. Dan Peled (Team Leader)
Professor of Economics, Haifa University
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Dr. Barry Bozeman, Academic Consultant
Professor of Public Policy, University of Georgia

Prof. Uzi De Haan
Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Technion
Former COO of Telecommunications, Philips Electronics
Founding CEO, Philips Electronics Israel

Col. (Res.) Moshe Elad
Research Coordinator, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Meir Ben Haim
Market Research, Midrag Systems LTD

Daniel Wassertal
Economist, Applied Economics LTD

Arkady Katzman
Economist, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Gary Lauper
Industrial and Management Engineer, Midrag Systems LTD

Labor Policy

Dr. Neri Horowitz (Team Leader)
PhD, Political Science
Director, Unit for Senior Civil Service Programs, Mandel Institute

Keren Sagi
Program Coordinator, Unit for Senior Civil Service Programs, Mandel Institute

Macro-Economics

Dr. Ya’akov Sheinin
CEO and Scientific Director, Economic Models
PhD, Economics

Sani Ziv
Deputy CEO, Macro Division, Economic Models
MA, Economics

Higher Education & Scientific Research

Prof. Zehev Tadmor (Team Leader)
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
Chairman, Samuel Neaman Institute
Former President, Technion
Board Member, USISTC

Prof. Hanoch Guttfreund
Professor of Physics, Hebrew University
Former President of Hebrew University

Prof. Shula Volkov
Professor of History, Tel Aviv University
Member, Israel Academy of Sciences

Dan Vilensky
Entrepreneur
Former President, Applied Materials Israel

Gury Zilka
Higher Education Consultant
Former Director-General, Planning and Budgeting Committee

Prof. Joshua Jortner
Professor of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
Former President, Israel Academy of Sciences

Environmental

Prof. Yehuda Hayuth (Team Leader)
Professor Emeritus of Geography and Transportation; Former President, University of Haifa
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Prof. Yoram Avnimelech
Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion
Former Chief Scientist, Ministry of Environmental Protection

Dr. Ofira Ayalon
Lecturer, Program for Natural Resource and Environmental Management, School of Social Sciences, University of Haifa
Environmental Policy Project Coordinator,
Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Michal Eitan
MA, Urban and Regional Planning

Tal Goldrat
Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Physical Infrastructures

Prof. Yehuda Hayuth (Team Leader)
Professor Emeritus of Geography and Transportation and Former President, University of Haifa
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Prof. Arnon Bentur
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Former Vice President, Technion
Senior Researcher and Former Director, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Prof. Yoram Avnimelech
Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion
Former Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion

Col. (Res.) Moshe Elad
Research Coordinator, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Adam Buchman
Economist and Accountant

Prof. Doron Balasha
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion
Head of Ran Naor Center for Road Safety
Former CEO, Yefe Nof and Netivei Ayalon

Engineer Gideon Hashimshoni
Transportation Expert
Head of the Israel Center for Transportation Planning and Research
Employed by the World Bank

Prof. Adam Mazor
Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning, Technion
Senior Researcher, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Dr. Maria Marinov
PhD, Urban and Regional Planning, Technion

Prof. Daniel Czamanski
Professor of Urban Economics, Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Technion

Prof. Yehiel Rosenfeld
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion
Former Head of Construction Management Department, National Building Research Institute