The Israel Conference™ starts at 7:30am and concludes at 9:00pm. The day includes superb networking around Breakfast, Lunch, and a Media Reception in the evening. Attendees will feast on delicious food and get their fill of high quality networking throughout the day.
Throughout the day, CEOs of Israel-facing companies and VCs will speak about their successes, their breakthrough technology, their markets, their deals, and their exits. Come early, stay late, and bring plenty of energy as you meet the movers and shakers who are doing business with Israel-facing companies.
Panels Throughout the Day
Schedule subject to change |
| 7:30am |
Breakfast Buffet and Registration |
|
| 8:40am |
Welcome
STEP Strategy Advisors - Sharona Justman, Managing Director
The Israel Conference™ co-Founder |
|
| 8:50am |
Israel In California - Consul General for the State of Israel |
|
| 8:55am |
Pavilion of Companies Introduction
|
|
| 9:00am |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 9:05am |
Fast & Cool™ - RayV - Ori Birnbaum, Founder |
|
| 9:15am |
Mobile Connections
What is in the future for your fingers?
Talking, Watching, Connecting, and Commerce - Incredible devices with eye-popping technology to keep you connected for action!
Smart Phones that Innovate, Elevate, Communicate.
- Marvell Technology - Iri Trashanski, Senior Director Strategic Alliances and New Initiatives
- PageOnce - Guy Goldstein, Founder and CEO
- Orange - Roseline Kalifa, Managing Director for Innovation
- DudaMobile - Itai Sadan, Co-Founder and CEO
- Nokia Siemens Networks - Amir Lahat, Head of Business Ventures
|
|
| 9:55am |
Fast & Cool™ - Powermat - Ran Poliakine, Founder and CEO |
|
| 10:05am |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 10:10am |
Special Speaker - Flying High and Seeing Far with Innovation in Defense and Security
Elbit Systems of America - Raanan Horowitz, President and CEO |
|
| 10:25am |
Taste of Israel
|
|
| 10:30am |
Networking Break |
|
| 10:50am |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 10:55am |
Fast & Cool™ - Physical Virtue - Hilla Sarig Bahat, Founder |
|
| 11:05am |
Creative Consumer Products
Imaginative and high end consumer products
coming from Israel to a store near you!
See what your Shekel can buy today
from the Land of Milk and Honey.
- AHAVA - Elana Drell Szyfer, General Manager, North America
- Carmel Winery - Israel Ivzan, Chairman of the Board
- Segal Bikes - Gal Segal, General Manager
|
|
| 11:40am |
Fast & Cool™ - Ceedo - Dror Wettenstein, Founder and CEO |
|
| 11:50am |
From Seeding Ideas to Selling Shares
Companies that Rock!
What it takes to be a successful and publicly traded Israeli company. From a concept to going public. How an idea is funded, the company developed, and brought to the public markets. Which Israeli companies are making a difference?
- Toronto Stock Exchange - Kevan Cowan, President
- Private Investor - Oren Zeev,
- Trendlines Group - Todd Dollinger, Chairman and CEO
- Adira Energy - Alan Friedman, Co-Founder and EVP
- SVB Capital - Aaron Gershenberg, Managing Partner
|
|
| 12:35pm |
Special Guest Speaker - Israel on my Mind
Supernatural Entertainment - Lior Suchard, Mentalist |
 |
| 12:55pm |
Lunch Buffet |
|
| 1:55pm |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 2:00pm |
Business in Israel - Sigal Admony-Ravid, Consul for Economic Affairs |
|
| 2:05pm |
Fast & Cool™ - VivoText - Gershon Silbert, CEO |
|
| 2:15pm |
Special Speaker - The Name of the Game is Digital News
News Corp. Digital Media Group - Jonathan Miller, Chief Digital Officer, Chairman, and CEO |
|
| 2:30pm |
Fast & Cool™ - Genieo - Sol Tzvi, Co-Founder and CEO |
|
| 2:40pm |
Cool Content and Convergence
Access Everything Now!
What is driving content to you, where is the creativity center, and how do you download content worth viewing? How does Israel stay ahead of the convergence curve?
Are you watching tomorrow, today?
- Microsoft / Xbox - Ilan Spillinger, Corporate VP IEB, Hardware Architecture
- Genesis Partners - Jonathan Saacks, General Partner
- Mindspark InterActive Network - Joey Levin, CEO
- 5min Media - Tal Simantov, Co-Founder and CMO
- Side-Kick - Asaf Sela, Co-Founder and Creative Director
- Kaltura - Ron Yekutiel, Chairman and CEO
|
|
| 3:25pm |
Fast & Cool™ - PicScout / Getty Images - Offir Gutelzon, CEO and Co-Founder |
|
| 3:35pm |
Pavilion of Companies Introduction
|
|
| 3:40pm |
Networking Break |
|
| 4:10pm |
A Fireside Chat with Haim Saban and Yossi Vardi
- International Technologies - Yossi Vardi, Chairman
- Saban Capital Group - Haim Saban , Chairman and CEO
|
|
| 4:30pm |
Fast & Cool™ - Netafim - Ervin Leibovici, VP, Head of Developed Markets Division |
|
| 4:40pm |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 4:45pm |
- eBay - Amit Menipaz, Country Manager Israel
- LivePerson, Inc. - Robert LoCascio, CEO and Chairman of the Board
- Magento eCommerce - Roy Rubin, Co-Founder, CEO
- Plimus - Hagai Tal, CEO
- Blumberg Capital - David Blumberg, Managing Partner
|
|
| 5:25pm |
A Maze in Video
- Interlude - Yoni Bloch, CEO and Co-Founder
|
|
| 5:35pm |
Taste of Israel
|
|
| 5:40pm |
Special Speaker - Profiting from the 'Real' Social Network
Burson-Marsteller - Jim Goldman, US Technology Practice Chair |
|
| 5:50pm |
Social Advertising
Advertising, Marketing, and Socializing.
Bringing the imagery of products and services into focus. Creating a compelling experience that translates into loving the products, wanting the services, and needing to buy!
- Yahoo! AdLabs - Ken Mallon, Head
- Dotomi - Yair Goldfinger, Co-Founder
- Dapper from Yahoo! - Eran Shir, Co-Founder and CTO
- Eyeview Digital - Oren Harnevo, Co-Founder and CEO
- Amobee - Zohar Levkovitz, CEO
- DoubleVerify - Oren Netzer, Founder and CEO
|
|
| 6:30pm |
Fast & Cool™ - Waze - Noam Bardin, CEO |
|
| 6:40pm |
Special Speaker - The Biz of Music and Entertainment Content
- Universal Music Publishing Group - David Renzer, Former Chairman and CEO
- CommTouch - Isabel Maxwell, President emerita
|
|
| 6:55pm |
Win a Prize
|
|
| 7:00pm |
Closing |
|
7:00pm
to
9:00pm |
Media and Entertainment Reception
featuring Isreali Rockstar Yoni Bloch |
|
| Pavilion of Companies |
The Pavilion of Companies is in the highly trafficked networking area for companies with compelling technology or products to demonstrate all day and interact directly with the attendees.
Recommend a company !
|

Watch The Israel Conference™ online:
Click here to watch The Israel Conference™ 2011 which took place on June 2, 2011
Click here to watch The Israel Conference™ 2010 which took place on June 3, 2010
|