9:45-10:30
Greetings
10:30-10:45
One-On-One
Red Orbach, life-size puppet from Israel’s hit music group,
Red Band, interviews Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem.
10:45-11:30
Comedy for a Change – The Test Cases
Comedy writer, Ido Rosenthal, and Channel 10 foreign affairs correspondence, Nadav Eyal, present an overview of case studies in which comedy changed politics and politics used comedy.
11:30-12:15
One-On-One
Channel 2 News Anchor, Yonit Levi, interviews the Director of BBC Television, Danny Cohen, about the role of entertainment in generating social change.
12:15-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-14:00
Master Class
“YidLife Crisis" – Eli Batalion & Jamie Elman show their new original web series and talk about comedy from the Jewish point of view.
14:00-14:30
Master Class
Writers Mika Almog and Youval Friedman give us the backstage scoop on former Israeli President Shimon Peres’ viral video: “Job Hunting.”
14:30-15:10
How to be Funny 101
Comedy director Alon Gur-Arye speaks about the basic principles of using humor to drive home a message.
15:10-16:00
The Secrets Behind The Jews Are Coming
Creators of The Jews Are Coming talk about their popular show and screen some of
its never-before-seen sketches.
14:00
Closed Event: Writer's Room
Top comedy writers from around the world gather in what will be known as the most international writers room to create a sketch for the leading comedy show in Israel.
9:45-11:00
Speed Dating with Noa Tishby
Writers reveal the jokes that they would rather leave on an uncharted island…
11:00-11:40
That's What She Said
Writers and executives of the American, German and Israeli versions of The Office talk about comedy transcending geographic and cultural boundaries.
11:40-12:20
It's News to Me
A panel with Steve Bodow (US, The Daily Show) and Dan Patterson (UK, Mock the Week) about the relationship between comedy and the news.
12:20-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-14:45
The Non-Diplomatic Peace Talks
Two Israeli comedians, two Arab comedians and one savvy mediator draft the treaty that will solve the problems of the Middle East.
14:45-15:05
End of the Comedy for a Change Challenge
Introducing the campaigners of our Comedy for a Change challenge.
15:05-16:00
Putting Comedy to the Test
Yes, we conducted some risky social experiments; now, after testing old comedy sketches on teens and current Israeli ones on foreigners, we’ll reveal the skit that transcended time geographical borders and discuss why and how they did it.
9:30-11:00
Closed Event: Comedy in Action
Nonprofit professionals sign up for office hours with leading comedians to work on leveraging comedy to sharpen their messaging.
Closed Event: Master Class with Noreena Hertz
English academic, economist, best-selling author and renowned TED speaker, Noreena
Hertz, will talk about our modern day decision-making process and how we need to treat external recommendations.
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