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The upcoming Israel Dealmakers Summit 2019 will be held on March 26-27 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. If you or your organization are interested in getting more involved with the upcoming program as a speaker or partner, please email us at zmiller@landmarkventures.com

DAY 1 | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019

10:00am VIP PRE-CONFERENCE
1:00pm MAIN SUMMIT – WELCOME & REGISTRATION

SESSION 1: GLOBAL DEALMAKING

1:45pm
 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION [video]
  • Zeev Klein, Co-Chair, Israel Dealmakers Summit; General Partner –
    Landmark Ventures
  • Yossi Vardi, Co-Chair, Israel Dealmakers Summit; Media Entrepreneur &
    Investor
1:55pm
 THE ISRAELI TECH SCENE IN NUMBERS [video]
  • Dan Shamgar, Partner – Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal
2:05pm
 DEALMAKING IN THE DIGITAL AGE [video]
  • Sanjay Jain, Chief Strategy Officer – Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
  • Michael Granoff, Managing Partner – Maniv Mobility
  • Moderator: Zeev Klein, Co-Chair, Israel Dealmakers Summit; General Partner –
    Landmark Ventures
2:25pm
 HIGH GROWTH, DOWN UNDER [video]
  • Max Cunningham, Executive General Manager, Listings & Issuer Services – Australian Stock Exchange
2:30pm
 POWER PITCH: HARNESSING THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • Ido Levanon, Chief Executive Officer & Director – Dragontail Systems
2:35pm CORPORATE VENTURING: A 31,135 FOOT VIEW [video]
  • Raj Singh, Managing Director – JetBlue Technology Ventures
2:45pm COFFEE BREAK & TRANSITION TO INTERACTIVE BREAKOUTS
3:00pm INTERACTIVE BREAKOUTS SESSIONS

BREAKOUT #1


DEALMAKERS PANEL: CROSS-BORDER DEALMAKING
  • Austin Noronha, Managing Director,
    Sony Innovation Fund     – Sony
  • Boaz Peer, Director, Ventures – Qualcomm Ventures
  • Lu Zhang, Founder & Managing Partner – Fusion Fund
  • Jon Soberg, Managing Partner -- MS&AD Ventures
  • Moderator: Tal Hacohen, Partner – Orrick

BREAKOUT #2


DEALMAKERS PANEL: TRENDS IN FINTECH
  • Oshri Kaplan, Investment Director -- Munich Re Ventures
  • Gili Ovadia, Head of Global Business Development – Orbs
  • Ittai Ben-Zeev, Chief Executive Officer -- Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
  • Moderator: Eric Sugar, General Partner and Chief Revenue Officer– Landmark Ventures

BREAKOUT #3


DEALMAKERS PANEL: ENTERPRISE TECH, CLOUD & SECURITY
  • Dan Feld, Head, Global Enterprise Business – Google
  • Mireille Helou, Chief Executive Officer – Orange Silicon Valley
  • Ilan Regenbaum, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Spokesperson Unit – Israel Defense Forces
  • Leo de Luna, Managing Director, M12 – Microsoft's Venture Fund
  • Moderator: Anthony Juliano, Chief Technology Officer – Landmark Ventures

BREAKOUT #4


DEALMAKERS PANEL: INDUSTRIAL IOT & SMART MANUFACTURING
  • Dragos Maciuca, Executive Technical Director, Research & Innovation Center – Ford Motor Company
  • Dirk Schapeler, Vice President, Digital Innovation – Bayer
  • Heriberto Diarte, Corporate Ventures & External Innovation – Schneider Electric
  • Lotan Levkowitz, Partner, Ventures -- Grove Ventures
  • Moderator: Isaac Brown, Vice President, Enterprise IoT– Landmark Ventures
3:50pm TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION

SESSION 2: DIGITAL INNOVATIONS

4:00pm INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
  • Lloyd Rothenberg, Partner – Loeb & Loeb
  • Seth Rose, Partner– Loeb & Loeb
4:10pm DISRUPTIVE TECH: THE INTERSECTION OF DIGITAL, MEDIA & SPORTS [video]
  • Brano Perkovich, Chief Investment Officer – San Francisco 49ers
  • Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner – SeventySix Capital
  • Moderator: Scott Zakheim, General Partner, Digital Marketing & Media – Landmark Ventures
4:30pm POWER PITCH: SECURING THE ENTERPRISE [video]
  • Amir Ofek, Chief Executive Officer – CyberInt
4:35pm SFO to TLV: A GLOBAL JOURNEY [video]
  • Yoram Elgrabli, General Manager, North & Central America – EL AL Israel Airlines
4:40pm KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: MAY THE (SALES)FORCE BE WITH YOU [video]
  • John Somorjai, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Ventures – Salesforce
  • Yossi Vardi, Co-Chair, Israel Dealmakers Summit; Media Entrepreneur & Investor
5:00pm NETWORKING & COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019

8:00am MAIN SUMMIT – WELCOME & REGISTRATION

SESSION 3: PLATFORMS OF THE FUTURE

9:00am
 INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
  • Jon Medved, Chief Executive Officer – OurCrowd
9:10am
DRIVING INNOVATION: SMART CARS, SMARTER TECH [video]
  • Ulrich Quay, Managing Partner– BMW i Ventures
  • Oren Betzaleli, Senior Vice President, Software Platforms & General Manager, Israel – HARMAN International
  • Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director – Landmark Ventures
9:30am
 SEEING THE FUTURE ON THE ROAD [video]
  • Eran Shir, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer – Nexar
9:40am
 STREAMING, AND THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT [video]
  • Amir Shevat, Vice President, Product & Developer Experience – Twitch
9:50am
 KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: FROM MOBILEYE TO BEYOND [video]
  • Trina Van Pelt, Vice President & Senior Managing Director – Intel Capital
  • In Conversation with: Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive Officer – Start-Up Nation Central
10:10am COFFEE BREAK & TRANSITION TO INTERACTIVE BREAKOUTS
10:20am INTERACTIVE BREAKOUTS

BREAKOUT #1


DEALMAKERS PANEL: M&A AND INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY
  • Gadi Krumholz, Vice President, Corporate Development – SAP
  • Gadi Toren, Investment Partner - Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)
  • Aaron Jacobson, Partner – NEA
  • Moderator: Tomer Shani, Partner – Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal

BREAKOUT #2


DEALMAKERS PANEL: DIGITAL, MARKETING, SPORTS & MEDIA
  • Guy Horowitz, Partner – Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners
  • Carl Fremont, President – Wavemaker-Wunderman Alliance
  • Ken Sobajima, Senior Director of Investments – KDDI
  • Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner – SeventySix Capital
  • Moderator: Seth Rose, Partner – Loeb & Loeb

BREAKOUT #3


DEALMAKERS PANEL: FUTURE OF AUTO & TRANSPORTATION
  • Leif Axelsson, Director, Innovation Strategy – China Euro Technlogy AB
  • Anil Rachakonda, Director, Startup Program – Continental
  • Valery Miftakhov, Deputy Head of Enel X e-Mobility -- Enel
  • Sanjay Jain, Chief Strategy Officer – Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
  • Moderator: John Kunschner, Managing Director, – Landmark Ventures

BREAKOUT #4


MEET THE Industry 4.0 DELEGATION
Meet the top visiting Industry 4.0 companies from Israel including: CASTOR; Fieldbit; Muralise; Nano Dimension; Rayven IOT; vHive; VocalZoom; and WonderLogix
Hosted by: Start-Up Nation Central
11:10am TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION

SESSION 4: INVESTING IN DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

11:20am INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
  • Aaron Mankovski, Managing General Partner – Pitango Venture Capital
11:30am SECURITY & PRIVACY: ENSURING TRUST WITH THE GLOBAL CUSTOMER [video]
  • Adam Ely, Vice President & Deputy Chief Information Security Officer – Walmart
  • Radhika Kakkar, Vice President, Operations & Global Online Sales – Snap
  • Yosef Levine, Managing Director, Global Technology Controls, Confidentiality & Privacy – Deloitte
  • Moderator: Anthony Juliano, General Partner, Chief Technology Officer – Landmark Ventures
11:55am DATA CENTER, EDGECLOUD, COMPUTING, NETWORKS, AND TECH DREAMERS [video]
  • Yuval Bachar, President, Open19 Foundation; Principal Engineer – LinkedIn
12:05pm POWER PITCH: VISUAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY [video]
  • Adam Kaplan, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer – Edgybees
12:10pm FIRESIDE CHAT: THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION [video]
  • Steve Phillpott, Chief Information Officer – Western Digital
  • Jonathan Pulitzer, Managing Director – GE Ventures
  • Moderator: Yossi Vardi, Co-Chair, Israel Dealmakers Summit; Media Entrepreneur & Investor
12:30pm
GROUP LUNCH & NETWORKING

SESSION 5: INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS

1:45pm INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER [video]
  • Naomi Maryles, ‎Director, Israel Business Development – DLA Piper
1:55pm COMMERCIALIZATION OF DECENTRALIZATION: THE FUTURE OF ENTERPRISE BLOCKCHAIN [video]
  • Danny Brown Wolf, Head, Strategy & Partnerships – Orbs
2:05pm RE-IMAGINING THE DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN [video]
  • Joseph Dudas, Vice Chair, Supply Chain Strategic Initiatives – Mayo Clinic
2:15pm ENABLING CONTINUOUS MOBILITY WITH ULTRA FAST CHARGING [video]
  • Doron Myersdorf, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – StoreDot
2:25pm FASHIONING INNOVATION... "MADE IN ISRAEL" [video]
  • Viktoria Kanar, Founder – GeekChicTLV, Center for Fashion Entrepreneurship
2:40pm INTERACTIVE DEALMAKING: THEMED ROUNDTABLES


AGTECH
  • Paimun Amini, Director of Digital Partnerships – Bayer Crop Science
AI/ML & DEEP LEARNING
  • Jean-Marc Mommessin, New Ventures Lead, Intelligence – Konica Minolta
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
  • Michael Brous, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships – Airbnb
CHINA < -- > GLOBAL DEALMAKING
  • David Cao, Chief Executive Officer – F50
DIGITAL HEALTH INNOVATION
  • Joseph Dudas, Vice Chair, Supply Chain Strategic Initiatives -- Mayo Clinic
DOING BUSINESS IN ISRAEL
  • Moran Zilbershtein, Head, Economic &Trade Mission to the West Coast – Government of Israel
EARLY STAGE INVESTING
  • Itai Maron, Business Development & Operations Executive – Heroic Ventures
FASHION TECH
  • Viktoria Kanar, Founder – GeekChicTLV, Center for Fashion Entrepreneurship
FINTECH
  • Jon Soberg, Managing Partner – MS&AD Ventures
FOOD TECH
  • Eyal Briller, Director of Product -- Impossible Foods
INVESTING IN INDUSTRIAL IOT
  • Lotan Levkowitz, Partner – Grove Ventures
PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTING
  • Peter Stone, Senior Director, Business Development – H.I.G
ROBOTICS
  • Ashish Aggarwal, Principal – Grishin Robotics
3:30pm
 TRANSITION BACK TO GENERAL SESSION

SESSION 6: CLOSING THE DEAL

3:35pm INTRODUCTION BY SESSION LEADER
  • Ori Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Israel – Landmark Ventures
3:40pm POWER PITCH: THE FUTURE OF ENTERPRISE SCALE DRONE DEPLOYMENT [video]
  • Itai Karelic, Vice President – vHive
3:45pm 3 LESSONS FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION [video]
  • Yuri Aguiar, Director of Innovation & Transformation – The Ogilvy Group
3:55pm DEALMAKERS DERBY: THE BIG BRAND GAME SHOW [video]
  • Goran Kukic, Chief Innovation Technology Officer – Nestle
  • Alan Boehme, Chief Technology Officer & IT Innovation Officer – Procter & Gamble
  • Michael von Stern, Vice Head of Global Advertising Business – Rakuten
  • Hosted By: Scott Zakheim, General Partner, Digital Marketing and Media – Landmark Ventures
4:20pm CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION

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