Israel Dealmakers Summit. March 29-30, 2016. Sofitel San Francisco Bay, Silicon Valley
 
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Announcing the 2016 Israel Dealmakers Summit Agenda!

Israel Dealmakers Summit 2016 will be held on March 29-30 in Silicon Valley. 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 29, 2016 (PRE-CONFERENCE)

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INNOVATION SHOWCASE

Tuesday, March 29th at 10:00am




The Innovation Showcase is a speed-networking platform
that connects 10 Dealmakers (Corporations & Investors) with
10 Hot Israeli Startups in a highly-curated 5 minute pitch format.


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ISRAEL IOT DELEGATION

Tuesday, March 29th at 10:00am


Corporations & Investors: Schedule 1x1s
with the Early-stage IoT Delegation

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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016


12:30pm - 1:30pm
DAY ONE – WELCOME & REGISTRATION
Session 1 | Dealmaking

Session Leader: Yaniv Feldman, Editor-in-Chief – Geektime

1:30pm - 1:45pm

 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
1:45pm - 2:15pm THE FRONT LINES OF GLOBAL HIGH-TECH DEALMAKING [video]
  • Jacob Lamm, EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development – CA Technologies
  • Brett Rochkind, Managing Director – General Atlantic
  • Eden Shochat, General Partner – Aleph Venture Capital
  • Moderator: Garrett Herbert, Managing Partner – Deloitte
2:15pm - 2:20pm Power Pitch: Transforming Collective Knowledge INto Innovation
  • Noam Danon, Chief Executive Officer & Founder – Qmarkets
2:20pm - 2:40pm CHANGING THE CONVERSATION WITH STARTUPS [video]
  • Nagraj Kashyap, Corporate Vice President, Global Head – Microsoft Ventures
  • Yifat Oron, Chief Executive Officer, LeumiTech – Bank Leumi
2:40pm - 2:55pm SPECIAL ADDRESS: ISRAEL'S ECONOMY [video]
  • Ron Dermer, Ambassador to the United States – State of Israel
2:55pm - 3:10pm TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
3:10pm - 4:00pm NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure)
BOARDROOM: 1
SCALING ACROSS BORDERS: KEYS TO GLOBAL SUCCESS
  • Michael Brous, Lead Growth & Strategic Partnerships – Airbnb
  • Roy Glasberg, Global Lead, Google Accelerator & Startup Program – Google
  • Brian Heimberg, Investment Director – Tsing Capital
  • Jacques Benkoski, Partner – U.S. Venture Partners
  • Moderator: Jeremy Lustman, Partner – DLA Piper
 BOARDROOM: 2
TRENDS IN DIGITAL HEALTHCARE
  • Arun Kumar, Strategy & Business Development, Digital Health – Bayer
  • Kash Kapadia, VP & General Manager – Stanford Healthcare
  • Matthew Rabinowitz, Chief Executive Officer – Natera
  • Lisa Hammitt, VP, IBM Cloud Marketplace and SaaS – IBM
  • Moderator: Shelley Zhuang, Founder & Managing Partner – Eleven Two Capital
BOARDROOM: 3
THE BUSINESS OF VR
  • Nir Blumberger, Corporate Development – Facebook
  • Bin Shen, VP, Strategy New Business & Partner Development – Verizon
  • Diana Moldavsky, Partner – 500startups
  • Sachin Deshpande, Senior Director of Product Management – Qualcomm Ventures
  • Moderator: Sivan Iram, General Manager – River Studios
 BOARDROOM: 4
COLLABORATING WITH STARTUPS: PERSPECTIVES ON GROWTH
  • Chen Linchevski, Chief Executive Officer – Precog
  • Richard Irving, Executive Chairman – Emefcy
  • Mark Gazit, Chief Executive Officer – ThetaRay
  • Amir Haramaty, Chief Commercial Officer - SparkBeyond
  • Avner Ben-Bassat, President & CEO – Plataine
  • Moderators: Jonathan Pulitzer, Managing Director, GE Ventures & Yinnon Dolev, Director, GE Digital Startup Program, Israel – GE
BOARDROOM: 5
DOING BUSINESS IN ISRAEL
  • Nahum Itzkovitz, Director, Israel Investment Center – Ministry of Economy and Industry
  • Tzvika Leybovich, Head of the Tax Department for the Encouragement of Capital Investment Law – The Israel Tax Authority
  • Noam Bar Gal, Head, MNC Collaboration, Office of the Chief Scientist – Ministry of Economy and Industry
  • Ziva Eger, Chief Executive, Foreign Investments and Industrial Cooperation – Ministry of Economy and Industry
  • Moderator: Arik Makukh, Investment Manager – Ministry of Economy and Industry
4:00pm - 4:10pm TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
Session 2 | Entrepreneurship

Session Leader: Zeev Klein, General Partner – Landmark Ventures

4:10pm - 4:20pm

 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
4:20pm - 4:30pm SLAYING THE UNICORN MYTH & WHY ISRAELI COMPANIES AREN’T HITTING THAT MARK [video]
  • David Blumberg, Founder & Managing Partner – Blumberg Capital
4:30pm - 4:35pm POWER PITCH: SOLVING YOUR TOP 3 DATA & BI CHALLENGES [video]
  • Ronen Fischler, Chief Business & Corporate Development – Sisense
4:35pm - 4:45pm FROM THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TO ISRAEL: 8 LESSONS ON INNOVATION [video]
  • Lou Kerner, Partner, Flight VC; Founder and Manager – The Social Internet Fund
4:45pm - 4:55pm SCiO - THE WORLD’S FIRST HANDHELD MOLECULAR SENSOR
  • Dror Sharon, Founder & Chief Creative Officer – Consumer Physics
4:55pm - 5:15pm DEALMAKERS PROFILE: ENTREPRENEURIAL CHAMPION [video]
  • Vinod Khosla, Entrepreneur, Investor & Technologist; Founder – Khosla Ventures
  • Interviewer: Douglas MacMillan, Reporter – The Wall Street Journal

5:15pm - 7:15pm
NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016


8:00am - 9:00am
DAY 2 – WELCOME & REGISTRATION
Session 3 | BEYOND R&D

Session Leader: Ziva Eger, Chief Executive, Foreign Investments & Industrial Cooperation – Ministry of Economy and Industry

9:00am - 9:15am

 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
9:15am - 9:20am

 OPENING REMARKS [video]
  • Amit Lang, Director General – Ministry of Economy and Industry
9:20am - 9:50am BEYOND R&D [video]
  • Galit Levy, Manager, Government Affairs and Regulations, Intel Israel – Intel
  • Uri Yaron, VP, WW R&D Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions; General Manager, Sterilmed – Johnson & Johnson
  • Oded Meirav, Manager, Global Research Israel Technology Center – GE
  • Moderator: Ziva Eger, Chief Executive, Foreign Investments & Industrial Cooperation – Ministry of Economy and Industry
9:50am - 9:55am POWER PITCH: HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD [video]
  • Daphna Nissenbaum, Chief Executive Officer – TIPA
9:55am - 10:15am KEYNOTE: THE PHARMA "START-UP" – INNOVATING BEYOND THE PILL [video]
  • Yitzhak Peterburg, Chairman of the Board of Directors – Teva
10:15am - 10:25am TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
10:25am - 11:20am NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure)
BOARDROOM: 1
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY: M&A AND INVESTMENTS
  • Nimrod Gindi, VP, M&A and Head of Investments – Mellanox
  • Yoav Samet, Vice President Corporate Development – Cisco
  • Frederic Hanika, Head, M&A and Corporate Ventures – Software AG
  • Amir Shevat, Director of Developer Relations – Slack
  • Moderator: Alon Sahar, Partner – Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal
 BOARDROOM: 2
INNOVATION AND DISRUPTION: HOW TO ENHANCE CROSS BORDER BUSINESS
  • Asaf Homossany, Managing Director, EMEA – NASDAQ
  • Yael Oppenheimer, Director, International Operations – Plug and Play Tech Center
  • Zvika Krieger, Senior Advisor for Technology & Innovation – U.S. Department of State
  • Moderator: Daniel Bonner, Program Manager, Jewish & Israel Philanthropy – The Paul E. Singer Foundation
BOARDROOM: 3
FINTECH: WILL BANKS AND TECH COMPANIES CONVERGE?
  • Geoff Iddison, Group Executive, Strategic Partnerships and M&A – MasterCard
  • Chris Gottschalk, Principal – Blumberg Capital
  • Dovi Frances, Managing Partner – SGVC
  • Sam Rosenblum, Head, Americas & Asia Pacific – Coinbase
  • Moderator: Ori Kaufman Gafter, VP, Head of Technology Banking West Coast – Bank Leumi
 BOARDROOM: 4
FAST PITCHES: MEDIA TECH
  • Tal Schwartz, Founder, Chairman & CEO – Clicktale
  • Avinoam Rubinstain, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – my6sense
  • Oren Mukades, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – Mobiright
  • Moderator: Eran Metzer, Senior Director – Yahoo!
BOARDROOM: 5
TRENDS IN IOT & SMART CITIES
  • Grant Allen, Senior Vice President – ABB Technology Ventures
  • Alexander Rozenfeld, Venture Principal – Shell Technology Ventures
  • Gadi Toren, Investment Partner – Robert Bosch Venture Capital
  • Anoushka Vaswani, Investor – Matrix Partners
  • Mu Li, VP, Corporate Development – Silver Spring Networks
  • Moderator: Gili Ovadia, Consul, Head of Economic and Trade Mission to the West Coast – Israeli Ministry of Economy
11:20am - 11:30am
 TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
Session 4 | Media & Internet

Session Leader: Paul Willard, General Partner – Subtraction Capital

11:30am - 11:40am

 Introduction by session leader [video]
11:40am - 12:00pm DealmakerS Profile: INTERNET PIONEER [video]
  • George Conrades, Chairman of Akamai; Board Member at Oracle, Harley-Davidson
  • Moderator: Izhar Shay, Managing General Partner – Canaan Partners Israel
12:00pm - 12:05pm POWER PITCH: PERSONALIZED VIDEOS: NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS [video]
  • Yotam Ben-Ami, General Manager, Americas – Idomoo
12:05pm - 12:30pm THE SMART ENTERPRISE WAVE: MOBILE, AI, DATA & SENSORS [video]
  • Joe Lonsdale, Entrepreneur, Investor; Founding Partner – 8VC
  • Suresh Madhavan, Director – Verizon Ventures
  • Moderator: Yossi Vardi, Media Entrepreneur & Investor
12:30pm - 12:45pm WAZE TO THE FUTURE [video]
  • Noam Bardin, Chief Executive Officer, Waze – Google
  • Interviewer: Alexandra Suich, U.S. Technology Editor – The Economist

12:45pm - 2:00pm
GROUP LUNCH & NETWORKING
Session 5 | Innovation

Session Leader: ‎Timothy Harris, Partner – Morrison & Foerster LLP

2:00pm - 2:10pm
INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
2:10pm - 2:30pm
THE POWER OF INNOVATION [video]
  • Bruce Aust, Vice Chairman – NASDAQ
  • Sue Siegel, Chief Executive Officer, GE Ventures – GE
2:30pm - 2:35pm
POWER PITCH: BIG DATA ++ [video]
  • Ami Gal, Chief Executive Officer – SQream
2:35pm - 2:40pm
THE NEW “HIGH” TECHNOLOGY: OPPORTUNITIES IN CANNABIS [video]
  • Sean Murphy, Managing Partner – Miracle Ventures
2:40pm - 2:55pm
INVESTING FOR SOCIAL IMPACT: LEADERS, ACTIONS, SOCIAL CAPITAL [video]
  • Jeff Swartz, Businessman & Philanthropist; Former CEO – Timberland
2:55pm - 3:10pm TRANSITION TO NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK
3:10pm - 4:00pm NETWORKING & INTERACTIVE BOARDROOM WORKSHOPS
(choose your own adventure)
BOARDROOM: 1
DEALMAKING IN CYBERSECURITY
  • Nick Nikols, Senior Vice President, Product Management & Security – CA Technologies
  • Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf, Managing Partner – YL Ventures
  • Ido Zemach, Partner – Goldfarb Seligman & Co.
  • Rami Efrati, Founder & President – Firmitas Cyber Solutions
  • Brian Abrams, Partner – Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund
  • Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
 BOARDROOM: 2
TRENDS IN MEDIA & DATA SCIENCE
  • Louis Toth, Managing Director – Comcast Ventures
  • Paul Haddad, SVP & General Manager, Advanced Data Analytics – Cablevision
  • Nate Rackiewicz, SVP, Program Planning & Analysis – HBO
  • Punit Chiniwalla, Senior Director – SingTel Innov8
  • Moderator: Scott Zakheim, General Partner – Landmark Ventures
BOARDROOM: 4
FAST PITCHES: IOT
  • Avner Ben-Bassat, President & CEO – Plataine
  • Nir Flatau, EVP, Business Development – MTS
  • Chen Linchevski, Chief Executive Officer – Precog
  • Moderators: Nate Bosshard, Investment Partner – Khosla Ventures & Nili Shalev, Economic Minister to North America – Ministry of Economy and Industry
BOARDROOM: 5
TECH FOR GOOD
  • Elad Komissar, Vice President, Corporate Business Development – Strauss Group
  • Nadav Efraty, Chief Executive Officer – Desalitech
  • Elad Benjamin, Co-Founder & CEO – Zebra Medical Vision
  • Moderator: Oded Distel, Director, Investment Promotion Center – Ministry of Economy and Industry
4:05pm - 4:15pm TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION
Session 6 | Advanced Technology

Session Leader: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures

4:15pm - 4:25pm

 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
4:25pm - 4:35pm Collaborative Disruptive Innovation [video]
  • Scott Fouse, Vice President, Advanced Technology Center – Lockheed Martin
4:35pm - 4:45pm THE INTERNET OF REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS [video]
  • Greg Petroff, Chief Experience Officer – GE Digital
4:45pm - 4:50pm POWER PITCH: UNCOVERING THE UNKNOWN [video]
  • Mark Gazit, Chief Executive Officer – ThetaRay
4:50pm - 5:10pm Dealmaker Profile: CORPORATE INNOVATOR [video]
  • David Eun, President, Global Innovation Center – Samsung
  • Interviewer: Laura Mandaro, Managing Editor, West Coast – USA TODAY
5:10pm - 5:15pm SPECIAL REMARKS [video]
  • Safra Catz, Chief Executive Officer – Oracle

5:15pm - 7:15pm
NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION


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