Infographic highlights participants at Presidential Conference

5,000 people scheduled to attend Peres’s annual three-day meet of top world leaders and innovators

Shimon Peres at his Jerusalem residence (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Shimon Peres at his Jerusalem residence (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The 2013 Israeli Presidential Conference is set to open Tuesday and is expected to bring draw some 5,000 delegates to Jerusalem.

This year’s conference is titled “Facing Tomorrow 2013: The Human Factor in Shaping Tomorrow” and is scheduled to run June 18-20, with some opening events to take place on Monday evening, June 17.

The conference, conducted under the auspices of President Shimon Peres, who will also celebrate his 90th birthday at the event, attracts leaders in business, politics, science, economics, and the arts from around the world.

Scheduled to appear this year, among others, are Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Stanley Fischer, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Image courtesy Israeli Presidential Conference.
Image courtesy Israeli Presidential Conference.

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