2015 Speakers

The Israel Dealmakers Summit brings together the top Global Executives, Dealmakers, Investors and Entrepreneurs from around the globe to discuss and debate key innovations, trends and technologies shaping high-growth sectors of the economy.

Featured Speakers


ALEX BENIK

Partner
Battery Ventures


ALEX TEPPER

Managing Director
GE Ventures


ALFRED MANN

Entrepreneur & Philanthropist; Chairman
MannKind Corporation


AMIR GAL-OR

Managing Partner
Infinity Equity


AMIT LANG

Director General, Ministry of Economy
State of Israel


ANTHONY JULIANO

General Partner & Chief Technology Officer
Landmark Ventures


ARTHUR O. SULZBERGER, JR.

Chairman & Publisher
The New York Times


ASAF HOMOSSANY

Managing Director, EMEA
NASDAQ


AVI HASSON

Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy
State of Israel


AYELET BARON

Futurist & Chief Instigator


BEN ZLOTNICK

Founder
Incubes Technology Accelerator


BENNY SHOHAM

Partner
Liberty Global Ventures


BRUCE DINES

Partner
Battery Ventures


CLAIRE COCKERTON

Head, Innovation Programs
Level39


CLAUDIA FAN MUNCE

Managing Director, Venture Capital Group
IBM


COCO SUN

Director, Investments
LeTV Holdings


DAN SENOR

Senior Adviser – Elliott Management; Author
Startup Nation


DAVID BLUMBERG

Managing Partner
Blumberg Capital


DAVID GITLIN

Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig


DAVID GOODTREE

Global Venture Partner
OurCrowd


DAVID MONTES

Managing Director, Financial Services & Strategy
KPMG


DOMENICO NESCI

Partner
LVenture Group


FREDERIC HANIKA

Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures
Software AG


GIDEON AMICHAY

Founder & Chief Creative Officer
No, No, No, No, No, Yes


GILAD NOVIK

Chief Technology Officer
Horizons Ventures


GIRISH NADKARNI

Managing Director, Head
ABB Technology Ventures


GUY SCHORY

Head, Corporate Strategic Initiatives
eBay


HARRY RADUEGE, JR.

Chairman, Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation; Lieutenant General (Ret)
U.S. Air Force


HOWARD TULLMAN

Chief Executive Officer
1871


IMAD TELHAMI

Chairman
Takwin Labs


ITTAI HAREL

General Partner
Pitango


JACOB LAMM

EVP, Corporate Development & Strategy
CA Technologies


JACQUES BENKOSKI

Partner
US Venture Partners


JAEWON PETER CHUN

Chief Executive Officer
APEX Investment & Company


JASON SIBLEY

Director
GE Ventures


JEREMY LUSTMAN

Partner, Corporate and Securities Group
DLA Piper


JITENDRA KAVATHEKAR

Managing Director, Open Innovation
Accenture


JOEL FISCH

Director, Strategic Business Development, IP & Technologies Group
Intel Corporation


JOHN HARTHORNE

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
MassChallenge

JOHN KUNSCHNER

Managing Director
Landmark Ventures

JON MEDVED

Founder & CEO
OurCrowd


JONATHAN PULITZER

Investment Director
GE Ventures


JOSH KRAM

Executive Director, Middle East Commercial Center
U.S. Chamber of Commerce


JOSH SEIDEN

Executive Director
Comcast Innovation Labs


KAY IWAISAKO

Head, US
Ricoh Ventures


KEITH ZAKHEIM

Chief Executive Officer
Beckerman PR


KEVIN J. TRACEY, MD

President & CEO; Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North Shore-LIJ Health System


LIOR MAAYAN

Chief Marketing Officer
Orbotech


MARK GAZIT

Chief Executive Officer
ThetaRay


MARK LI

Vice President, Big Data
LeTV Holdings


MARTIN NISENHOLTZ

Advisory Board (Former Head of NY Times Digital)
Carmel Ventures


MARY KAY JAMES

Managing Director, Investment Portfolio Manager
DuPont Ventures


MATT OLTON

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
EMC


MATT SCHWARTZ

Associate Director
Verizon Ventures


MAURICE WERDEGAR

Chief Executive Officer
WTI


MAX KAHN

Managing Director, Managing Director, Global Health Innovation Fund
Merck


MICHAEL FEGAN

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer, USA
Bank Leumi


MICHAEL IDELCHIK
VP, Advanced Technologies
GE Global Research

NAGRAJ KASHYAP

Senior Vice President, Ventures & Innovation
Qualcomm


NILI SHALEV

Economic Minister to North America
Government of Israel


NIMROD GINDI

Managing Director
Mellanox Capital


NIR EREZ

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Moovit


N.J. BURKETT

Correspondent
WABC-TV New York


ODED DISTEL

Director of the Investment Promotion Center
Israeli Ministry of Economics


OMAR PARBHOO

Financial Economist
U.S. Department of State


ORI EISEN

Founder
41st Parameter


ORI KAREV

Chief Executive Officer, USA
Gett


PIMM FOX

Television Anchor & Radio Host
Bloomberg


R.J. LYMAN

Member
Mintz Levin


RONIT BENBASAT ROM

Chief Executive Officer
Israel-America Chamber of Commerce


SCOTT ZAKHEIM

General Partner
Landmark Ventures


SEBASTIAN TITZ

Manager New Ventures, North America
3M


SHELLY PALMER

Managing Director, Digital Media Group
Landmark|ShellyPalmer


SHIRA GAVRIELOV

Israeli Singer & Songwriter


SHULY GALILI

Co-Founder
UpWest Labs


SRI MUTHU

Head of Technology, Wholesale Innovation, R&D and Accelerator
Wells Fargo


STANLEY BERGMAN

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Henry Schein


STEVE INGRAM

Partner, Venture Capital Practice & Technology Practice Leader
Deloitte

SUSANNE GREENFIELD

Director, Corporate Development
Priceline

THIERRY ZYLBERBERG

Executive Vice President
Orange

TSVI GAL

Chief Technology Officer
Morgan Stanley


URI LEVINE

Chairman & Co-Founder (former President of Waze)
FeeX


WENDY COPLAN-GOULD

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
HRS

YAHAL ZILKA

Co-Founder
Magma Venture Partners

YAIR SNIR

Director, M&A and Business Development Europe
Microsoft


YARIV BECHER

Economic Consul to the U.S. Midwest
Israel’s Ministry of Economy


YIFAT ORON

Chief Executive Officer
LeumiTech

YOSSI BEINART

Chief Executive Officer
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

YUVAL ALMOG

Chairman & Founder
Coral Group


YUVAL MOR

Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Verbal


ZEEV KLEIN

General Partner
Landmark Ventures