12:00 pm

Registration Opens

Expo Opens

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Welcome Reception for President's, Negev, King Solomon Society and World Chairman's Council Members (by invitation)

8:00 – 9:30 pm

Opening Event Celebrating Israel at 75

• Special Guest: Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations

• Welcoming Remarks: Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado

9:30 – 10:30 pm

Dessert Reception

9:15 – 10:45 am

Plenary: Israel, A Nation of Start-up People

Confirmed Speakers (Others TBA):
• Erel N. Margalit, PhD, Founder and Executive Chairman, Jerusalem Venture Partners
• Gidi Grinstein, President and Founder, Reut Institute

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Israelcast Live

○ Steven Shalowitz, Host

• Let There Be Water, Energy and Food

○ Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
○ (Others TBA)

• Building Your Zionist Identity

○ Shahar Azani, Speaker, Author, and Thought Leader

• Aliyah Through the Ages

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Sapphire Society Luncheon (by invitation)

Speaker: Leah Soibel, Founder and CEO, Fuente Latina

JNFuture Roots Society Luncheon (by invitation)

Speaker: Yuval David, Actor, Filmmaker, News Commentator, and Jewish Activist

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• The Branding of a Nation

○ Ido Aharoni Aronoff, Senior Member of the Faculty, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University

• Countering Anti-Zionism Campaigns on Campus (how they’re developed and offering tools in response)

○ Jacob Baime, CEO, Israel on Campus Coalition
○ (Others TBA)

• Israelcast Live

○ Steven Shalowitz, Host

• Other Sessions TBA

4:30 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Services

6:00 pm

Shabbat Dinner Followed By Dessert Reception

Expo Open All Day

8:45 am

Shabbat Services

10:30 – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

• Shabbat Learning Session

• Winning the Global Media War

• Dispatches from the Front Lines: A Conversation with Jewish Campus Professionals

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Professional Affinity Group Lunch

Grab lunch and meet like‑minded professionals...Lawyers for Israel, Real Estate for Israel, Finance for Israel, and Healthcare for Israel

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Shabbat Learning Session

• Anti-Semitism Then and Now

• Israel’s Diplomacy on the Global Stage

○ Shahar Azani, Speaker, Author, and Thought Leader

3:45 – 5:15 pm

Plenary: You Don’t Have to be Jewish to Stand Up for Israel

Moderator: Virag Gulyas, Advocate for Jewish Civil Rights

Confirmed Panelist (Others TBA):

• Leah Soibel, Founder and CEO, Fuente Latina

• Mehrpad Moattari, Caravan for Democracy Alumnus

5:15 pm

Havdallah

8:00 pm

Evening Of Entertainment

Featuring: Alex Edelman, Award-Winning Stand-Up Comedian

10:00 pm

After Parties for JNFutures, College Students and High School Students

Expo Open All Day

9:30 – 11:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

• The Branding of a Nation

○ Ido Aharoni Aronoff, Senior Member of the Faculty, Coller School of Managment, Tel Aviv University

• More than a Prayer: The Centrality of Israel in Synagogues Today

• Israeli TV shows streaming all over the world and how that might impact the view of Israel and Israelis

• Aliyah Through the Ages

• Creative Advocacy

○ Yuval David, Actor, Filmmaker, News Commentator, and Jewish Activist

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Closing Plenary: On the Streets of Israel

Guest Speaker (invited): Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

2:00 – 6:00 pm

Task Force And Committee Meetings