2015 Israel Dealmakers Summit Agenda
We are looking forward to another amazing event bringing together the top leaders from around the world for an intense series of discussions, debates and networking.
Tuesday, MARCH 24, 2015 / PRE-CONFERENCE
(by invitation only)
Breakfast with Israeli Smart Grid
Tuesday, March 24th at 9:00am
INNOVATION SHOWCASE*
Tuesday, March 24th at 9:00am
• IT & Software • Internet of Things
• Digital & Mobile • Digital Health
• Active Fundraising • CyberSecurity
• China Delegation •
Data
Science
*The Innovation Showcase is a platform for 10 Disruptive /
Innovative Solution Providers to introduce their company to
10 Dealmakers
– Senior-Level F500 Corporate Executives or Venture Partners
– in a highly-curated 5 minute pitch format.
LOGISTICS NOTE: Some of these innovation sessions may take place as private roundtables later in the day on March 24th or 25th.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 @ Credit Suisse
12:30pm - 1:30pm
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DAY ONE – WELCOME & REGISTRATION
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Session 1: INVESTING
Session Leader: Jon Medved, Chief Executive Officer – OurCrowd
1:30pm - 1:35pm
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SPECIAL WELCOME BY NILI SHALEV, ECONOMIC MINISTER OF ISRAEL TO NORTH AMERICA
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1:35pm - 1:50pm
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INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
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1:50pm - 2:10pm
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STATE OF THE UNION: THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF VENTURE CAPITAL & CORPORATE VENTURE
- Claudia Fan Munce, Managing Director, Venture Capital Group – IBM
- Mary Kay James, Managing Director, Investment Portfolio Manager – Dupont Ventures
- Moderator: Jacques Benkoski, Partner – US Venture Partners
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| 2:10pm - 2:20pm |
OPPORTUNITIES IN ARAB-ISRAEL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Imad Telhami, Chairman – Takwin Labs
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| 2:20pm - 2:25pm |
Power Pitch: Re-Thinking Fresh
- Benny Shoham, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer – GreenOnyx
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| 2:25pm - 2:35pm |
10 TIPS FOR ISRAELI LEADERS (WHO THOUGHT THEY KNEW EVERYTHING)
- Ori Eisen, Founder – 41st Parameter
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| 2:35pm - 2:45pm |
Turning Ideas Into Invoices
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| 2:45pm - 2:55pm |
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: BIOELECTRONIC MEDICINE
- Kevin J. Tracey, MD, President & CEO; Feinstein Institute for Medical Research – North Shore-LIJ Health System
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| 2:55pm - 3:10pm |
TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:10pm - 4:00pm |
NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure) |
BOARDROOM #1
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INVESTING: FROM STARTUP NATION TO IPO NATION
- Uri Levine, Chairman & Co-Founder (former President of Waze) – FeeX
- Yahal Zilka, Managing Partner & Co-Founder – Magma Venture Partners
- Amir Orad, Chief Executive Officer – Sisense
- Moderator: Yossi Beinart, Chief Executive Officer – Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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BOARDROOM #2
DEALMAKING: DIGITAL HEALTH
- Thierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice President & Head, Healthcare – Orange
- Sebastian Titz, Manager New Ventures, North America – 3M
- Jason Sibley, Director – GE Ventures
- Moderator: Max Kahn, Managing Director, Global Health Innovation Fund – Merck
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BOARDROOM #3
DEALMAKING: SILICON VALLEY
- Jacques Benkoski, Partner – US Venture Partners
- Joel Fisch, Director, Strategic Business Development, IP & Technologies Group – Intel Corporation
- Matthew Marolda, Chief Analytics Officer – Legendary Entertainment
- Moderator: Shuly Galili, Co-Founder – UpWest Labs
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BOARDROOM #4
GLOBAL ACCELERATORS, GOING GLOBAL: DRIVING STARTUPS TO SCALE & GROWTH
- Claire Cockerton, Founding CEO, Innovate Finance; Deputy Head – Level39
- Domenico Nesci, Partner – LVenture Group
- Evan Burfield, Co-Founder & Co-CEO – 1776
- Moderator: Ben Zlotnick, Founder – Incubes Technology Accelerator
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| 4:00pm - 4:10pm |
TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
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Session 2: INFRASTRUCTURE
Session Leader: Shelly Palmer, Managing Director, Digital Media Group – Landmark|ShellyPalmer
4:10pm - 4:20pm
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INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
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| 4:20pm - 4:40pm |
ENTERPRISE, SECURITY & CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
- Jacob Lamm, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development – CA Technologies
- Tsvi Gal, Chief Technology Officer – Morgan Stanley
- Moderator: Alex Benik, Partner – Battery Ventures
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| 4:40pm - 4:50pm |
CYBER SECURITY: EVERYONE IS AT RISK
- Harry Raduege, Jr., Lieutenant General (Ret) – U.S. Air Force; Chairman – Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation
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| 4:50pm - 5:00pm |
DIGITAL DISRUPTION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
- Nir Erez, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder – Moovit
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| 5:00pm - 5:10pm |
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YES
- Gideon Amichay, Founder & Chief Creative Officer – No, No, No, No, No, Yes
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| 5:10pm - 5:30pm |
POWER INTERVIEW: MEDIA IN A DIGITAL WORLD
- Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., Chairman & Publisher – The New York Times
- Moderator: Martin Nisenholtz, Former Head of NY Times Digital; Advisory Board – Carmel Ventures
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5:30pm - 7:30pm
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NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015 @ Hilton New York
8:00am - 9:00am
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DAY 2 – WELCOME & REGISTRATION
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Session 3: INGENUITY
Session Leader: Zeev Klein, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
9:00am - 9:10am
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INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
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9:10am - 9:15am
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OPENING REMARKS
- Amit Lang, Director General, Ministry of Economy – State of Israel
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| 9:15am - 9:30am |
ECONOMIC INCLUSION AS A MODEL FOR SUCCESS
- Wendy Coplan-Gould, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – HRS
- Moderator: Oded Distel, Director, Investment Promotion Center & Israel NewTech – Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
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| 9:30am - 9:40am |
INNOVATION MODELS & PARTNERSHIPS FOR GROWTH
- Jonathan Pulitzer, Senior Director, Investments – GE Ventures
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| 9:40am - 9:50am |
100% RECYCLED: THE EVOLUTION OF PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
- Guy Yadlin, Chief Executive Officer, Paper Division – Hadera Paper
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| 9:50am - 10:15am |
POWER INTERVIEW: ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
- Alfred Mann, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist; Chairman – MannKind Corporation
- Stanley Bergman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer – Henry Schein
- Moderator: Pimm Fox, Television Anchor & Radio Host – Bloomberg
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| 10:15am - 10:30am |
TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
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| 10:30am - 11:20am |
NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure)
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BOARDROOM #1
DEALMAKING: MEDIA & ADTECH
- Joshua Seiden, Executive Director – Comcast Innovation Labs
- Jeffrey Black, Director – Verizon Ventures
- Susanne Greenfield, Director, Corporate Development – Priceline
- Keith Zakheim, Chief Executive Officer – Antenna Group
- Moderator: Shelly Palmer, Managing Director, Digital Media Group – Landmark|ShellyPalmer
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BOARDROOM #2
STARTUP NATION: ISRAEL AS AN INNOVATION HUB
- Michael Idelchik, Vice President. Advanced Technology Programs – GE
- Amit Lang, Director General of the Ministry of Economy – State of Israel
- Asaf Homossany, Managing Director, EMEA – NASDAQ
- David Goodtree, Global Venture Partner – OurCrowd
- Moderator: John Harthorne, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – MassChallenge
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DEALMAKING: SMART CITIES, IoT AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
- Girish Nadkarni, Managing Director, Head – ABB Technology Ventures
- Alex Tepper, Managing Director – GE Ventures
- Lior Maayan, Chief Marketing Officer – Orbotech
- Moderator: R.J. Lyman, Member – Mintz Levin
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DEALMAKING: ASIA
- Kay Iwaisako, Head of US – Ricoh Ventures (Japan)
- Coco Sun, Director, Investments – LeTV (China)
- Jaewon Peter Chun, Chief Executive Officer – APEX Investment & Company (Korea)
- Moderator: Jeremy Lustman, Partner, Corporate and Securities Group – DLA Piper
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TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
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Session 4: INTERNATIONAL
Session Leader: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
11:30am - 11:40m
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Introduction by session leader
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| 11:40am - 12:00pm |
Global Dealmaking: The Art of the Deal
- Matt Olton, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development – EMC
- Steve Ingram, Partner, Venture Capital Practice and Technology Practice Leader – Deloitte
- Moderator: David Gitlin, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig
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| 12:00pm - 12:05pm |
POWER PITCH: LET'S GETT GOING!
- Ori Karev, Chief Executive Officer, USA – Gett
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| 12:05pm - 12:15pm |
INVESTING IN CHINA: BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BIGGEST MARKET
- Amir Gal-Or, Managing Partner – Infinity Equity
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| 12:15pm - 12:20pm |
POWER PITCH: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES – THREAT DETECTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
- Mark Gazit, Chief Executive Officer – ThetaRay
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| 12:20pm - 12:30pm |
More Than One Way to Make an Exit
- Yossi Beinart, Chief Executive Officer – Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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| 12:30pm - 12:35pm |
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
- Shira Gavrielov, Israeli Singer / Songwriter
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12:35pm - 1:45pm
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GROUP LUNCH & NETWORKING
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Session 5: INNOVATION
Session Leader: Jitendra Kavathekar, Managing Director, Open Innovation – Accenture
1:55pm - 2:05pm
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INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
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| 2:05pm - 2:15pm |
21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP: THE NEXT BIG THING?
- Ayelet Baron, Futurist & Chief Instigator
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| 2:15pm - 2:25pm |
INNOVATION IN COMMERCE
- Michael Phillips Moskowitz, Chief Curator & Editorial Director – eBay
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| 2:25pm - 2:45pm |
MARKET TRENDS: DIGITAL MEDIA, DATA SCIENCE & IoT
- Kern Schireson, Executive Vice President, Data Strategy & Consumer Intelligence – Viacom
- Matt Krna, Partner –SoftBank Capital
- Moderator: Shelly Palmer, Managing Director, Digital Media Group – Landmark|Shelly Palmer
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| 2:45pm - 2:55pm |
INNOVATION BEYOND THE CORE
- Nagraj Kashyap, Senior Vice President, Ventures & Innovation – Qualcomm
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| 2:55pm - 3:05pm |
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL HEALTH – A NEW ERA OF PRODUCTIVITY
- Yair Snir, Director, M&A and Business Development Europe – Microsoft
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| 3:05pm - 3:20pm |
TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:20pm - 4:10pm |
NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure)
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BOARDROOM #1
DEALMAKING: ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
- Frederic Hanika, Senior Vice President, Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures – Software AG
- Nimrod Gindi, Managing Director – Mellanox Capital
- Maurice Werdegar, Chief Executive Officer – WTI
- Ori Eisen, Founder – 41st Parameter
- Moderator: Anthony Juliano, General Partner & Chief Technology Officer –Landmark Ventures
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DEALMAKING: MOBILE, DIGITAL & DATA
- Bruce Dines, Partner – Liberty Global Ventures
- Mark Li, Vice President – LeTV Holdings
- Yuval Almog, Chairman & Founder – Coral Group
- Matt Schwartz, Associate Director – Verizon Ventures
- Moderator: Scott Zakheim, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
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CONNECTING BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND US-ISRAEL COMMERCE
- Omar Parbhoo, Financial Economist – U.S. Department of State
- Yariv Becher, Economic Consul to the U.S. Midwest – Israel’s Ministry of Economy
- Ronit Benbasat Rom, Chief Executive Officer – Israel-America Chamber of Commerce
- Moderator: Josh Kram, Executive Director, Middle East Commercial Center – U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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DEALMAKING: FINTECH, BITCOIN AND PAYMENTS
- Sri Muthu, Head of Technology, Wholesale Innovation, R&D and Accelerator – Wells Fargo
- David Blumberg, Managing Partner – Blumberg Capital
- Moderator: David Montes, Managing Director, Financial Services, Strategy – KPMG
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| 4:10pm - 4:20pm |
TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
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Session 6: IMPACT
Session Leader: Yifat Oron, Chief Executive Officer – LeumiTech
4:20pm - 4:30pm
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INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
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| 4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Global Perspectives on Venture Investing
- Gilad Novik, Chief Technology Officer – Horizons Ventures
- Moderator: Zeev Klein, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
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| 4:45pm - 4:50pm |
POWER PITCH: LISTENING TO YOUR BODY – TRACKING YOUR HEALTH
- Yoav Hoshen, Co-Founder & Board Member – Beyond Verbal
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| 4:50pm - 5:05pm |
LEUMITECH – LAUNCHING IN THE US
- Yifat Oron, Chief Executive Officer – LeumiTech
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| 5:05pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote Conversation: What's Next? Beyond Start-up Nation
- Dan Senor, Senior Adviser, Elliott Management; Author – Startup Nation
- Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy – State of Israel
- Moderator: N.J. Burkett, Correspondent – WABC-TV New York
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5:30pm - 7:30pm
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LEUMITECH LAUNCH
PARTY: NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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*tentatively confirmed
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