Former NBC chief and current Co-CEO and Chairman of Propagate, Ben Silverman, has joined the speaker lineup for the upcoming International TV Formats Conference which will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, between September 12 and 14. Silverman will be part of the Scripted, Unscripted or Hybrid Productions? panel. Both CEETV and TVBIZZ will be reporting exclusively from the event.

Also, the organizers have confirmed the participation of Doug Herzog, Former President of Viacom’s Music Entertainment Group, who will be part of the Comedy – Are we all Heading Towards Giggly, Fun Television? discussion. As we reported earlier, John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions, will give a keynote speech titled The Future of Television.

Also joining the event are Erez Ben-Harush, VP Content, Reshet International, Assaf Gil, CEO, Gil Formats, Karni Ziv, Head of Drama and Comedy Division, Keshet, Keren Shahar, COO and President of Distribution, Keshet and Ricardo Coeto, EVP Productions, Telemundo Studios.

Other speakers currently confirmed for the conference include Adam Berkowitz, Co-head of CAA’s Television Department; Ramzi Gabbay, Chairman, Export Institute, Israel; MK. Eli Cohen, Minister of Economy and Industry, Israel; Avi Armoza, Founder and CEO, Armoza Formats; Danna Stern, VP Acquisitions, Channels and Programming, YES – DBS Satellite Services; Doug Herzog, Former President of Viacom’s Music Entertainment Group; Henrik Biskjaer, Head of Acquisitions & Development, Nice Entertainment Group; Johnathan Barak, Stand-up Comedian; Larry Tanz, Vice President & Content Acquisition, Netflix; Lisa Shiloach Uzrad, Vice President, Kan – The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation; Michael Lombardo, Former President, Programming, at HBO; Michael Schmidt, Chief Creative Officer, Red Arrow USA; Michal Cooper Keren, Screenwriter, Head Writer and Series Creator; Mira Geshel, Manager, Content: Film, TV & Music, Israel Export Institute and Revital Basel, VP Sales, Dori Media.