Our Agenda

7:30 AM

Optional: Nice Jewish Runners / Central Park

4:00 PM

Doors Open

4:30-5:00 PM

Davening / Kabbalat Shabbat Service

5:30 PM

Candle Lighting

6:15-9:00 PM

Shabbat Dinner

8:30 - 10:00 AM

Davening (optional)

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Breakfast

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Excel Updates / Summit Chairs (Max Katz, Noah Chaikof, Ryan Berger), Global Board Chair and Vice Chair (Sophie Dezen, Sam Merrick), Israeli Board Chair (Natanel Meron)

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote / Jason Lupatkin, Excel 2011, CIO at Thiel Macro

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 - 2:00 PM

Keynote / David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

2:00 - 3:30 PM

Breakout Sessions / Led by Excel Fellows

2:00 - 3:30 PM

Senior Fellow Event: Taking Action Post 10/7 / Sam Zussman, CEO, BSE Global (parent company of Brooklyn Nets)

3:30 - 7:00 PM

Break

6:30 - 7:00 PM

Minyan (Optional)

7:00 - 7:15 PM

Havdalah / Led by Justin Koolik, Excel 2023 and American Idol 2026

7:15 PM - 10:30 PM

Soirée

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Senior Fellow Cocktail Party

10:30 PM - Late

Afterparty / Stay tuned for location

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Breakfast & Headshots

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Keynote / Robert Kraft, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Kraft Group; Owner, New England Patriots

11:30 - 12:15 PM

Keynote / Anne Neuberger, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, The White House; Senior Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz

11:30 - 12:30 PM

Parents' Event

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lunch / Catered by Eyal Shani

1:30 - 2:25 PM

Keynote / Sheryl Sandberg, Former COO, Meta; Founder, Lean In

2:25 - 2:45 PM

Meet-and-Greet with Sheryl Sandberg / Only for $720+ donors

2:25 - 2:45 PM

Raffle and Closing Remarks

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Schmoozing