Program:


 
  Monday, June 26, 9:30am-8:30pm Tel Aviv: David Intercontinental Hotel
     
  9:30am Registration
     
  10:00am Seminar I (ROOM A):Limited seating
"Patent Pending - what is all the fuss about?"
by Joseph Bach, Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC 
     
  10:00am Seminar II (ROOM B): Limited seating
"Fund Raising: Lessons I learned"
by Nir Zuk, Palo Alto Networks
     
  11:00am Seminar III (ROOM A): Limited seating
"My experience in advising Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs"
By Sam Haddad
     
  11:00am Seminar IV (ROOM B): Limited seating
"Networking, a 2 way Street" by Adrie Reinders, OHM Inc.
     
  12:15pm Lunch (Jaffa Courts Restaurant), Poster Session/ Networking
     
  1:45pm Company presentations (Convention Center)
     
  2:30pm Master of Ceremony: Ram Banin, EIR, Global Catalyst Partners
     
    Keynote Speaker: Atiq Raza, former President and COO of AMD
    Topic: "Challenges and opportunities in the global high tech economy"
     
  3:00pm Panel I: Infrastructure, Enablers and Accelerators
   

Topics covered include: Comparing how different countries provide government and public sector support, and handle technology transfer from Academia and Industry to new startups
Moderator: Yigal Erlich, The Yozma Group
Panelists:
  3:50pm Keynote Speaker: Ed Mlavsky, Chairman & Founding Partner of Gemini Israel Funds
    Topic: "Israeli High Tech: One more miracle from the land thereof"
     
  4:10pm Panel II: Investment community view: Angel, VC and Corporate Funding
   

Topics covered include: How investment decisions are made; Preferred investment profiles; What to expect beyond money; How to tackle “multi-national” global startups
Moderator: Kevin Matsushita, SVB
Panelists:
  5:00pm Coffee Break
     
  5:30pm Panel III: Entrepreneurs' view: What makes it worthwhile?
   

Topics covered include: The driving forces: personal, cultural and social that motivate people to dedicate their lives to turning ideas, dreams and visions into successful realities. Special feature: Successful entrepreneurs share their personal stories
Moderator:Batya Feldman, Globes
Panelists:
  6:20pm Keynote speaker: US Ambassador, Richard H. Jones
    Topic:TBA
     
  6:40pm Buffet Dinner (Jaffa Courts Restaurant)
   
  Tuesday, June 27, 8:00am-6:00pm Jerusalem
     
    Limited space, first come first served
     
  8:00am Departure from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (transportation provided by Silicom)
     
  9:00am Guided tour of Armon Hanatziv, panoramic view of Jerusalem
     
  10:00am Greetings by Parliament Member, Avshalom Vilan. Keynote Speaker: Ophir Pines-Paz, Minister of Science and Technology . Meet Knesset (Israeli parliament) members.
     
  11:30am Visit Teva Pharmaceutical Industries facilities (directions) with guest speaker
Eli Hurvitz the Chairman of Teva
     
  1:00pm Lunch at Montefiore Restaurant
     
  2:15pm Visit the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
     
  3:20pm Guided tour of the Wailing Wall's tunnels from the 10th century BCE, including digital imaging presentation of Temple Mount
     
  5:00pm Return back to Tel Aviv
     
 

Wednesday, June 28, 8:00am-6:30pm Haifa

     
    Limited space, first come first served
     
  08:00am Departure from Tel Aviv to Caesarea (transportation provided by Silicom)
     
  09:00am Guided Tour in Caesarea including an ancient history multi media show
     
  11:00am Visit the TEIC (Technion Entrepreneurial Incubator Company Ltd.) Welcome by Uzia Galil, founder and former CEO of Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. Meet with Zohar Gendler, Managing Director. (Situated in MATAM, Haifa’s advanced Science and Technology Park)
     
  12:15pm Travel to Technion campus
     
  12:45pm Greetings at the Coler-California Center. Includes a view of a short film about the Technion ‘Circles of Learning Circles of Life’
     
  1:15pm Lunch at the Coler-California Center and meeting with Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig, President of the Technion, Prof. Moshe Eizenberg, Executive Vice President for Research and Benjamin Soffer, Head of the Technology Transfer Unit
     
  2:15pm Dan Maydan delivers welcome words in the Dalia Maydan Center followed by a presentation of Prof. Leor Gepstein on Stem Cell
     
  3:00pm Presentation by Prof. Uri Sivan, Director of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (and member of the Faculty of Physics) at the Dalia Maydan Center
     
  4:00pm Visit the Faculty of Computer Science: Greetings by Prof. Oded Shmueli,. Tour the Intelligence Systems Laboratory to hear a presentation on “Visual Feedback Walker for Movement Disorders” by Prof. Yoram Baram, and a presentation by Prof. Alfred Bruckstein on "Distributed Robotics and Search."
     
  5:00pm Return back to Tel Aviv
     
   

The above program might be subject to change, due to the complexity of coordination with government, academia and executives.

  
       
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