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.
| | | | | | |  2:00pm - 2:05pm | Opening Remarks
- Zeev Klein, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
| | 2:05pm - 2:35pm | Global Dealmakers: Corporate Strategies for Applied Innovation
- Sophie Blum, CEO – Procter & Gamble
- Michael Idelchik, VP, Advanced Technologies – GE
- Joshua Shani, VP, Israel Operations – Lockheed Martin
- Moderator: Robert Wolcott, Co-Founder & Executive Director – Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
| | 2:35pm - 2:45pm | Lightning Round #1: 3D Printing and The Maker Movement
- Natan Linder, Co-Founder – Formlabs
| | 2:45pm - 3:10pm | Enterprise Technology: Whats Next in Cloud, Big Data & Software?
- Tsvi Gal, Chief Technology Officer – Morgan Stanley
- Lonne Jaffe, SVP, Corporate Strategy – CA Technologies
- Moderator: Anthony Juliano, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
| | 3:10pm - 3:20pm | Lightning Round #2: Robotics are the Future
- Limor Schweitzer, Founder & CEO – RoboSavvy
| | 3:20pm - 4:15pm | Networking & Coffee Break
Interactive Boardroom Workshops & Roundtables (choose your own adventure)
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Room #1. Cloud & Big Data (Showcase)
- Ari Tuchman, CEO – Quantifind
- William Simmelink, CEO – FiberZone
- Ofer Bengal, CEO – Garantia Data
- Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
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Room #2. Open Innovation by Japan-Israel Delegation (Roundtable)
- Phil Bryson, General Manager Nanotechnology Systems Division – Hitachi High Technologies America
- Toshinori Arita, Senior Manager – RICOH
- Naoji Taniguchi, Co-Founder – Open Innovation Box
- Yukinori Ohshiro – Open Innovation Box
- Moderator: Kenji Takeda, Sr. Corporate Auditor – Mediaseek Inc.
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| | 4:15pm - 4:20pm | Transition Break | | 4:25pm - 4:50pm | Accelerating & Sustaining the Water Innovation Ecosystem
- Girish Nadkarni, Managing Director, Head – ABB Technology Ventures
- Zeev Efrat, CEO – Aquarius Spectrum
- Moderator: Oded Distel, Director, Israel NEWTech, Investment Promotion Center – Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
| | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Rountables & Themed Discussions
In parallel, we will be hosting roundtables & open networking.
We are pleased to welcome an interactive series of roundtable discussions and open networking.
Join us in Room #1 and connect with your colleagues around key industry themes!
- Table #1: Austin Noronha, VP, Growth Ventures & Innovation – Sony
- Table #2: Ajoy Mallik, Head of the Global Venture Capital & Startup Ecosystem – Cognizant
- Table #3: Efi Cohen-Arazi, Founder & CEO – Rainbow Medical
- Table #4: Dr. Uri Geiger, Managing Partner – Accelmed Fund
- Table #5: Dr. Markus Thill, Managing Director – Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH
- Table #6: Dr. John D. Evans, VP, Corporate Engineering & Technology – Lockheed Martin
- Table #7: Lonne Jaffe, SVP, Corporate Strategy – CA Technologies
- Table #8: Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO – Israel Advanced Technology Industries
| | 4:50pm - 5:15pm | The Next BIG Thing in Mobile
- Eric Nordlander, Engineering Partner – Google Ventures
- Thomas Neubert, VP, Group Business Development – Deutsche Telekom
- Moderator: Yoav Tzruya, Partner – JVP
| | 5:15pm - 5:25 pm | Lightening Round #3: Green Transportation in Motion
- Nimrod Elmish, CEO – I.G. Cardboard Technologies
| | 5:25 pm - 5:55 pm | World Business Trends: Innovation Across the Global Marketplace
- Marcos Battisti, Managing Director, West Europe and Israel – Intel Capital
- Valerie Coscas, Services Strategy Director, Strategic Partnerships & Open Services – Orange Group
- Thomas Hartwell-Krämer, Managing Partner & CEO – Cross Seed Ventures
- Moderator: David Gitlin, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig LLP
| | 5:55pm - 6:00pm | Closing Remarks
- Jeff Swartz, Former President & CEO – Timberland
| | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Networking & Cocktail Reception |
| | | | | | | | 8:00am - 9:00am | Welcome & Registration | | 9:00am - 9:20am | Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote
- Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York – Government of Israel
- Robert Wolcott, Co-Founder & Executive Director – Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
| | 9:20am - 9:50am | Global Dealmakers: M&A and Investment Perspectives
- Nagraj Kashyap, SVP, Ventures and Innovation – Qualcomm
- Issam Dairanieh, Global Director; Head – BP Ventures
- Chad Cornell, Vice President of Corporate Development – Medtronic
- Moderator: Louis Toth, Managing Director – Comcast Ventures
| | 9:50am - 10:20am | Keynote Interview: The Strategic Importance of Global Innovation
- Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO – GE
- Moderator: Dan Senor, Co-Author – Start-up Nation
| | 10:20am - 11:15am | Networking & Coffee Break
Interactive Boardroom Workshops & Roundtables (choose your own adventure)
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Room # 1: IT & Enterprise Software (showcase)
- Ilan Yaniv, CEO and Founder – ProductionMap
- Gideon Shmuel, CEO – eyeSight
- David Furstenberg, Co-chairman – NovelSat
- Moderator: Lori Hoberman, Chair, Emerging Company/Venture Capital Group – Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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Room #4: Healthcare (showcase)
- Guy Weinberg, CEO – HeadSense Medical
- Uri Geiger, Board Member – MCS
- Noam Emanuel, CTO – PolyPid
- Moderator: Sue Siegel, CEO, healthymagination – GE
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Room #2: Digital Media (roundtable)
- Scott Levine, Managing Director – Time Warner Investments
- Adi Pundak Mintz, Venture Partner – Gemini Israel Ventures
- Jeff Pulver, Dreamer, Entrepreneur, Investor
- Moderator: Ronn Torossian, President & CEO – 5W PR
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Room #5: Investor's Perspective On Growth (roundtable)
- Jason Ostheimer, Partner – Advancit Capital
- Jeff Parks, Founding Partner – Riverwood Capital
- Shuly Galili, Co-founder – UpWest Labs
- Moderator: Jon Medved, CEO – OurCrowd
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Room #3: Partnerships, IP & Innovation (roundtable)
- Yaacov Michlin, CEO – Yissum Hebrew University
- Brad Roberts, Assistant Director – Intellectual Ventures
- Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO – Israel Advanced Technology Industries
- Moderator: Paul Tanck, Partner – Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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Room #6: Cleantech & Smart Energy (roundtable)
- Girish Nadkarni, Managing Director, Head – ABB Technology Ventures
- Eran Tagor, Chairman – PowerSines
- Noam Ayali, Partner – Chadbourne & Parke LLP
- Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
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| | 11:15am - 11:25am | Transition Break | | 11:25am - 11:55am | How to Make Green from Green: Opportunities in Clean Technology
- David Wells, Partner, Cleantech – Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
- Dr. Eric Isaacs, Director – Argonne National Labs
- Aviv Tzidon, CEO & Founder – Phinergy
- Moderator: Oded Distel, Director, Israel NEWTech, Investment Promotion Center – Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
| | 11:55am - 12:05pm | Lightning Round #1: Optimizing the Waze to Success
- Uri Levine, Founder & President – Waze
| | 12:05pm - 12:30pm | Cyber Security & Big Data: Threats, Trends and Opportunities
- Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist – Fortinet
- Bill Ruh, VP & Global Technology Director – GE
- Moderator: Izhar Shay, General Partner – Canaan Partners
| | 12:30pm - 12:40pm | Lightning Round #2: Turning Sound and Touch Into Sight
- Dr. Amir Amedi, Associate Professor of Medical Neurobiology (IMRIC) and Cognitive Sciences (ELCS) – Hebrew University
| | 12:40pm - 1:40pm | Group Lunch & Networking
Interactive Boardroom Workshops & Roundtables (choose your own adventure)
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Room #1: Mobile & Internet (showcase)
- Olivier Amar,CEO & Co-Founder – MyPermissions
- Liam Galin, CEO – Flash Networks
- Roy Timor Rousso, CEO – fring
- Moderator: Louis Toth, Managing Director – Comcast Ventures
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Room #4: Healthcare (showcase)
- Eyal Aharon, CEO – Medic Vision Imaging Solutions
- Gavriel Meron, CEO – NovoGI
- Yaron Front, Director, Marketing & Business Development – Applied Spectral Imaging
- Moderator: Michael Mandel, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
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Room #2: Driving Social Impact in Israel (roundtable)
- Wendy Singer, Executive Director & Co-Founder – Start Up Nation Institute
- Taly Dunevich, US Director – Israel Venture Network
- Orlee Guttman, Senior Development Executive – American Friends of The Hebrew University
- Moderator: Yadin Kaufmann, Founder & Chairman – Tmura
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Room #5: Culture & Leadership: Behind the Success of Startup Nation (roundtable)
- Ofer Segev, CEO – Ness Technologies
- Jon Medved, CEO – OurCrowd
- Yaron Samid, CEO – BillGuard
- Ronit Benbasat Rom, Executive Director – Israel-America Chamber of Commerce
- Moderator: Nurit Berman, Chairperson & CEO– Emda Group/Korn Ferry
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| | 1:50pm - 2:20pm | The Future of Social Media, Seriously
- Carole Zibi, Head of Corporate Marketing – LinkedIn
- Martin Ringlein, Design Manager – Twitter
- Brian Cohen, Chairman (First Investor, Pinterest) – New York Angels
- Moderator: Yossi Vardi, Media Entrepreneur & Investor
| | 2:20pm - 2:30pm | Lightning Round #3: Never be Powerless
- Ran Poliakine, Founder, Chairman & CEO – Powermat
| | 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Driving Innovation in a Dynamic Healthcare Environment
- Stanley Bergman, Chairman & CEO – Henry Schein
- Simone Botti, Head, Israel Bioincubator Fund – Merck Serono
- Dr. Ken Stein, SVP & Chief Medical Officer, CRM – Boston Scientific
- Moderator: Dr. Uri Geiger, Managing Partner – Accelmed Fund
| | 3:00pm - 3:25pm | Fireside Chat: The Creative Power of Collaborative Ventures
- Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer – GE
- Ronny Conway, General Partner – Andreessen Horowitz
- Moderator: Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer / US Business Editor – The Economist
| | 3:25pm - 4:20pm | Networking & Coffee Break
Interactive Boardroom Workshops & Roundtables (choose your own adventure)
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Room #1: Mobile (showcase)
- Neil Edwards, President – Pango
- Dr. Oren Boiman, CEO & Co-Founder – Magisto
- Ramgopal Vidyanand, VP, Corporate Marketing & BD – Celltick
- Moderator: Shai Goldman, Venture Partner – 500 Startups Ventures
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Room #4: Cleantech (showcase)
- Guy Sella, Chairman and CEO – SolarEdge Technologies
- Huageng Pan, Chairman of the Board – Guangzhou Dowell Environmental Technology
- Yoram Valent, CEO & Co-Founder – GridON
- Moderator: David Gitlin, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig LLP
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Room #2: Network & Communication (roundtable)
- Andrew Stern, Head of M&A/Corporate Development – F5 Networks
- Matthew Olton, SVP, Corporate Development – EMC Corporation
- Wallace Pai, CVP, Corporate Development & Investments – Motorola Mobility, LLC
- Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
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Room #5: Healthcare (roundtable)
- John Steadman,VP, Corporate Development & Strategy – Welch Allyn
- Gelston Howell, SVP, Strategy and Marketing – Sanmina Corporation
- Yuval Binur, Managing Partner – Orchestra
- Moderator: John Pomerance, Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice – Mintz Levin
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| | 4:20pm - 4:30pm | Transition Break | | 4:30pm - 4:55pm | Creating Global Impact: Venture Philanthropy & Social Entrepreunership
- Kay Koplovitz, Chairman of Fifth & Pacific (formerly Liz Claiborne); Chairman – Springboard Enterprises
- Eric Benhamou, Former CEO of 3Com & Palm; Chairman – Israel Venture Network
- Moderator: Marc Pollick, President and Founder – The Giving Back Fund
| | 4:55pm - 5:05pm | Lightning Round #4: Consumer Communications in the Digital Age
- Jay Samit, President – ooVoo
| | 5:05pm - 5:30 pm | Fireside Chat: Leading Perspectives from the Media World
- Shari Redstone, Co-Founder and Managing Partner – Advancit Capital
- Noa Tishby, Israeli Actress, Producer, Model, and Singer
- Moderator: Zeev Klein, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
| | 5:30pm - 5:45pm | Special Remarks & NASDAQ Closing Bell - Group Ceremony
- Robert Steel, Deputy Mayor, Economic Development – City of New York
- Asaf Homossany, Managing Director – NASDAQ
| | 5:45pm - 8:00pm | Networking & Cocktail Reception |
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