INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM
“Economy and peace”

Thursday, 17th of October, 2002

09.00 A.M. Inscriptions and documentation handling in

09.45 A.M. WELCOME TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE EVENT
Giaco Ventura, President of the World Sephardi Congress Foundation

10.00 A.M. OPENNING OF THE FORUM
Herzl Inbar, Ambassador of Israel in Spain
Artur Mas i Gavarró, Conseller en Cap de la Generalitat de Catalunya


10:20 A.M. PROTOCOL SPEAKERS: COMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SPAIN

Ramón Gil Casares, Secretary of State for Foreig Affeirs Spain

Roni Milo, Minister for Regional Cooperation of Israel
Dalia Itzik, Minister of Trade of Israel

Miguel Valls, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona
Joan Rosell, President of Fomento (Manufacturers Association of Catalunya)


11.30 A.M. COFFEE BREAK


11.40 A.M. 1492-2002, THE BEGINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBALIZATION POLICY: THE TARGETS AND THE CHALANGES
Jaques Attali, Writer, President of the Planet Finance – Paris ( France)

12.40 P.M. GLOBALISATION: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD ECONOMY?

Round table
Moise Safra, President of Safra Bank (Brasil)
Mauricio Hatchwell, President of the Excem Group (Spain)
José Manuel Basañez, President of MEFF
Avi Balashnikov, Vice President of Israel Export Institute

01.40 P.M. GLOBALISATION AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMICAL STABILITY IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Gil Marcus, Vicepresident of the National Reserve Bank of South Africa


02.30 P.M. LUNCH BREAK

04.00 P.M. INVESTMENTS IN ISRAEL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXCHANGE
Dalia Itzik, Minister of Trade of Israel

04.45 P.M. WAYS TOWARDS THE PEACE: PROPOSALS OF THE PROJECTS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB COUNTRIES
Roni Milo, Minister of the Regional Co-operation of Israel


05.25 PM POSIBILITIES FOR COLABORATION BETWEEN JEWISH ORIGINS ENTREPRENEURS AND SPANISH ENTREPRENEURS: SPANISH VIEW ON THE SUBJET

Round table

Joan Canals, Responsable of International Affairs of Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and Fomento del Trabajo Nacional (Manufacturers Association)
Joan Gaspart, President of Tourism de Barcelona
Enrique Lacalle, Special Delegate of Consortium de la Zona Franca and President of Barcelona Meeting Point
José Cercós, Member of the Board of Directors of Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, President of UCEAC (Catalan Insurers Union) President of PREVENTIA

06:30 P.M. COFFE BREAK


06.50 REPERCUSSIONS OF THE EVENTS OF 11-S AND THE MIDDLE EAST ON THE WORLDS ECONOMY
Herzl Inbar, Embajador de Israel en España
Pilar Rahola, Journalist

07.30 PM ISRAEL Y LA UNIÓN EUROPEA
Marco Panella, President of Partido Radical Halia

08.00 PM CLAUSURE
Anfreu Mas Cunlell, Conseller d´Universitats Recerca i Societat de la Infotmacio

09.00 P.M. GALA DINNER