Program Agenda

Part A: Macro

English

Moderator: Prof. Shlomo Maital, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

16:00 – 16:10

Welcome & Greetings
Prof. Zviran Moshe, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University

16:10 – 16:40

The Role of The University in Successful High Technology Entrepreneurship: Education and Ideas

Fiona E Murray, Sarofim Family Career Development Professor, Associate Professor,

Management of Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management

16:40 – 17:00

Science Policy and R&D Infrastructures: The Israeli Perspective

Prof. Jacob Ziv, Chairman, Forum for National Research and Development Infrastructures (TELEM), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

17:00 - 17:45

Panel Discussion: Overhauling Israel's Hi-Tech Growth Engine -
The Role of Government, Industry and Academe

with Fiona Murray, Jacob Ziv and repeat Entrepreneurs Shimon Eckhouse and Zohar Zisapel

17:45 – 18:00

Q&A

18:00 –18:45

Break & Refreshments

Part B: Micro

Hebrew

Moderator: Izhar Shay, General Partner, Canaan Partners

18:45 - 19:00

Greetings
Mr. Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor

19:00 – 19:15

Success Factors and Success Predictors

Ayla Matalon, Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum

19:15 – 20:00

Panel Discussion: Success Factors and Success Predictors, a Local Point of View

with Repeat Entrepreneurs Zohar Zisapel (RAD Group) and Dr. Shimon Eckhouse (Syneron, Ventor)

20:00 – 20:30

Q&A, Summary