Jewish Funders Network International Conference

Please note: The conference schedule is under development, and this page may not reflect the most up-to-date listings. Please review the daily schedules for current program information.

3/18/2012

10:00 - 16:00	Registration and JFN Membership Desks Open

03/19/2012

09:00 - 10:00		Pre-Conference Programs	Sifriyat Pijama Site Visits: Hosted by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
10:00 - 11:30	Registration and JFN Membership Desks Open			Young Adults in Israel—Who Are They and What Do They Need? Hosted by the Gandyr Foundation
11:30 -12:00
12:00 - 13:00			Global Perspectives in a Changing Middle East / The Israel Project Update
13:00 - 14:30
15:00 - 16:00			First Timers Welcome/Orientation Reception
16:00 - 17:00			Sport, Social Change and Philanthropy
17:00 - 18:00			Championing Equality of Opportunity and Shared Society in Israel
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 - 22:00	Welcome Reception

03/20/2012

Early AM	Registration and JFN Membership Desks Open	Gaga by the Sea	Text Study	Shared Society: Coffee and conversation on Israel's diversity and Jewish-Arab relations
09:00 - 10:30	Embracing Risk and Failing Well: Learning for Philanthropic Success
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:15	Deeper Dive: Sir Ronald Cohen--Developing a Social Capital Market in Israel	Deeper Dive: Sarah Stein Greenberg--Applying Design Thinking to Philanthropic Challenges	Deeper Dive: Grant Oliphant--Risk, Failure, and the Art of Measuring Success	Sunsetting Foundations: What Happens After?	Case Study: When a Grant Goes Wrong
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch and Program
14:15 - 15:30	Philanthropy Across Generations	From the Back of the Bus: Women as Agents of Change	Israel in the Eyes of the World	Venture Lab
15:30 - 16:00	Break	Next Generation 'Talkback' with Dame Stephanie Shirley
16:00 - 17:15	Criticism and Loyalty: The Jewish People and Israel	From Donations to Strategic Leadership: Shifting the Paradigm in Israel and Abroad?
17:15 - 17:45	Shimon Peres addresses the Jewish Funders Network
17:45 - 18:45	Sunset Reception
19:00 - 21:30	Dinner On Your Own	Home Hospitality Dinners	Next-Gen Funder Dinner (Funders only)
21:30 - 22:30	Foundation Professionals Reception

03/21/2012

08:00 - 10:00	Registration and JFN Membership Desks Open
All Day	Arts & Culture	Urban Innovation (Environment)	Jewish renewal/Peoplehood	The Galil	Jerusalem	The Negev: Let all your senses experience the Southern Frontier
All Day	Integration of people with disabilities	Poverty/Hunger/Social services	Social business	Education	Social responsibility	Expanding Israel's Economic Growth: Opportunity in the Arab Sector
All Day	Israel's image and public diplomacy	Rebuilding Lives: Trauma and Rehabilitation

03/22/2012

07:30 - 12:30	Registration and JFN Membership Desks Open
09:00 - 10:15	The Socioeconomic Crisis in Israel and the Role for Philanthropy
10:15 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:00	The Elephant in the Room: Power and Philanthropy	The Tie that Binds: The Meaning of Tzedakah in Israel and Throughout the Jewish World
12:30 - 12:45	Batsheva Dance Company
12:30 - 12:45	Closing Plenary and Lunch
14:30 - 15:30	JFN Board Meeting (invitation only)

03/25 - 28/2012

All Day	Inter–Agency Task Force & JFNA Venture Fund Israel Study Tour

The Jewish Funders Network (JFN) is an international organization dedicated to advancing the quality and growth of Jewish philanthropy. JFN's members include independent philanthropists, foundation trustees and foundation professionals. We are a unique community that seeks to transform the nature of Jewish giving in both thought and action.