Israel Through the High Tech Lens

Conference Agenda

Wednesday February 1 - Wells Fargo Room - Haas School of Business

8:45 - 9:15	Breakfast and Registration

9:15 - 9:30	Opening Remarks

9:30 - 10:30	The Trillion Dollar Question: Can Israel Maintain its Position as a High-Tech Leader? A Comprehensive Perspective and an Insider's View: A Conversation With Two Leading Experts
	Chair: Professor Steven Tadelis, Haas School of Business Speakers: * Professor Jerome S. Engel, Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business * Michael Eisenberg, General Partner, Benchmark Capital

10:30 - 11:00	Break

11:00 - 12:15	The Israeli Start-Up Today, A View From the Ground: A Conversation with Entrepreneurs Competing in the Global Market
	Chair: Shuly Galili, California-Israel Chamber of Commerce; Co-Founder, UpWest Panel: * Ronni Zehavi, CEO, Cotendo * Dr. Eitan Sharon, CTO and Co-Founder, VideoSurf * Hagai Tal, CEO, Plimus * Noam Bardin, CEO, Waze

12:15 - 1:45	Lunch

1:45 - 3:00	From R&D to M&A: Global Corporations in Israel
	Chair: Steven Khadavi, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney Panel: * Yoav Samet, Senior Director, Corporate Business Development, Cisco Systems * Michal Miasnik, West Coast Representative, Bird Foundation * Leor Stern, Principal, New Business Development, Google

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:45	Funding Innovation: The Landscape of Technology Investments in Israel
	Chair: Isaac Applbaum, President California-Israel Chamber of Commerce; General Partner, Opus Capital Panel: * Jacques Benkoski, Ph.D., Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners * Dror Berman, Managing Partner, Innovation Endeavors * Itamar Novick, Senior Associate, Morgenthaler Ventures

Wednesday, February 1 - Booth Auditorium - Boalt Hall

5:00 - 7:00	Reception and Keynote Address Dan Senor, Co-Author, Start-up Nation

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Thursday, February 2 - Warren Room (295 Boalt Hall) - UC Berkeley School of Law

8:45 - 9:15	Breakfast & Registration

9:15 - 10:30	Navigating the Legal Waters: Challenges to US-Israel Tech-Business Collaboration MCLE Materials can be dowloaded here.
	Chair: Gal Eschet, Morrison & Foerster Panel: * Dr. Ayal Shenhav, Partner, Shenhav & Co. * Professor Omer Tene, College of Management School of Law, Rishon Lezion, Israel * Sharon Segev, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Cadence Design Systems

10:30 - 11:00	Break

11:00 - 12:15	The Challenge of Inclusion: Expanding Opportunity in the Tech Labor and Investment Markets for Arab Israelis
	Chair: Dr. Yaad Rotem, The Center of Law & Business in Ramat Gan, Israel; Academic Director of the Center of Law & Business School of Law Panel: * Dr. Jimmy Levy, Managing General Partner, Co-Founder, Al Bawader; Founder, Galil Software * Kheir Abdel Razek, Deputy CEO, Kav Mashve * Zika Abzuk, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Cisco Systems

12:15 - 1:45	Lunch (45 minutes luncheon speaker keynote) MCLE Materials can be downloaded here.
	Topic: Israel's IP Landscape: Ten Need to Know Topics Speaker: Dr. Amir H. Khoury, Tel Aviv University Law School

1:45 - 3:00	Clean-Tech in Israel: Promises and Pitfalls
	Chair: Professor Alon Tal, Ben Gurion University, Department of Desert Ecology Panel: * Gilad Almogy, CEO, Cogenra Solar * Adi Aron-Gilat, Head of Policy, Better Place * Arthur Haubenstock, VP of Regulatory Affairs, BrightSource Energy

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:45	Cross-Border Collaboration in the Middle East: Can Technology Overcome Physical and Political Boundaries?
	Chair: Dr. Anat Binur, Founder, MEET - Middle East Education for Technology Panel: * Ambassador (Ret) Ram Aviram, BIT Consultancy, Water Beyond Boundaries * Kamran Elahian, Principal and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners * Zika Abzuk, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Cisco Systems

4:45 - 5:00	Break

5:00 - 5:45	Closing Keynote Address: David (Dadi) Perlmutter, Executive VP & GM, Intel Architecture Group, Chief Product Officer

5:45	Closing Reception

Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society

UC Berkeley School of Law