Featuring keynote speakers:
Munib R. Masri - PADICO Holding
Yossi Vardi - High-tech investor and entrepreneur
Miroslav Dusek - World Economic Forum
Moderated by:
Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer - Middle East Institute
The Middle East Institute hosted the founders and supporters of "Breaking the Impasse" (BTI), an initiative of the World Economic Forum established in 2012 by major Israeli, Palestinian, and international leaders from business and civil society committed to renewing the wider momentum for peace. In May 2013, the BTI convened Secretary John Kerry, President Mahmoud Abbas, and President Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea, Jordan. Since the restart of the peace negotiations this past summer, the BTI has grown to include over 300 leaders and is working in support of the official process to accelerate progress toward peace.
Co-founders Munib R. Masri, chairman of the Palestine Development and Investment Company (PADICO), and Yossi Vardi one of Israel's leading high-tech investors and entrepreneurs, were joined by Miroslav Dusek of the World Economic Forum in a Davos-style discussion moderated by Amb. Daniel Kurtzer about the importance and impact of the "Breaking the Impasse" initiative.
