“Facing Tomorrow” – the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference under the auspices of President Shimon Peres focused on the human factor, its role in shaping tomorrow and whether the quality of leadership can make a difference. Prominent speakers like singer Barbara Streisand, Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fisher, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Former President Bill Clinton joined other  world leaders, international scholars, activists, poets and scientists, artists, clergy, entrepreneurs, economists and industrialists, as well as representatives of the next ge​neration of leaders from around the world in engaging the prominent issues of tomorrow.  ​