Gidi Grinstein
The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Thirty Years and Counting
Summary
Gidi Grinstein, secretary of the Israeli peace delegation in 1999-2001, just co-authored (In)Sights: Peacemaking in the Oslo Process, Thirty Years and Counting. He will speak about his experiences during the dramatic Camp David negotiations among Clinton, Barak and Arafat and their present day relevance. Gidi believes that talking about the Oslo Process is not a conversation about “the Palestinians” or about “the past”, but rather about the future of Israel, Zionism and American Jewry.
Gidi Grinstein
Gideon (Gidi) Grinstein is an Israeli serial social entrepreneur, leader,and author. He founded the Reut Institute, which specializes in societal disruptions. Within Reut, Gidi initiated TOM, which is a bold global social project with the goal of helping 250 million people within a decade through global open innovation by using 3D printing. TOM has been recognized by the Blackstone Charitable Trust, Inc. and Forbes magazine. Gidi’s seminal book, Flexigidity: The Secret of Jewish Adaptability (2013), offers a unique systemic view of the Jewish People. In 2000, Gidi served as the secretary of the Israeli delegation for the Camp David Summit; before that he led the Israeli team that designed Birthright Israel, which is the largest generational project of the Jewish People. Gidi is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School of Government and of Tel-Aviv University Schools of Law and Economics. He is a long-distance runner and is married to Betty with whom he has 5 children.
Carly Maisel
Carly Maisel is the global CEO of Kirsh Philanthropies.