This is what the chairman of the Israel Space Agency says, ahead of the opening of the Tel Aviv workshop for science, technology and security by Prof. Yuval Ne'man, which will be held tomorrow at the University of Tel Aviv. ".
"Israel is one of the few producers in the world in the commercial space market and it hardly operates in this market which generates over 150 billion dollars a year. Today, Israel is ranked in the second fifth in the world in the field of space, while its technological ranking is higher" says Major General (Res.) Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel ahead of the opening of the Tel Aviv Workshop on Science, Technology and Security by Prof. Yuval Ne'man that will be held on November 3, 2009 at 08:30 in the "Bar Shira" auditorium at Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Ben Israel, who also serves as the chairman of the Israel Space Agency, stated that "a government policy is needed that will turn the existing asset in the space industry into an economic lever that will have consequences for growth, preventing brain drain and improving the standard of living." According to him, the space industry, which was built to meet security needs, has not yet broken into the global commercial market, even though it is defined in global competition indices as a "leader in the technological field". In order to utilize the infrastructure in commerce, a different government policy and appropriate allocation of resources is needed. "If immediate action is not taken, the downsizing and layoffs of the space industry in Israel will begin this year and the technological advantage we have today will be lost," said Prof. Ben Israel.
The opening conference for the year 51 (Conference No. XNUMX in the number of conferences, open to the general public) will deal with the topic: "Space in Israel: Crisis or Opportunity"
The first session will deal with the economy and space in Israel and will be chaired by Dr. Orna Berry, independent partner, Gemini Israeli funds, and will be attended by:
Prof. Danny Levitan - Rector of Tel Aviv University
Prof. Eugene Kendall - Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister's Office
Dr. Eli Ofer - Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science and Technology
Amitsur Rosenfeld - CEO (MSI) Microsat - Israel
Prof. General (res.) Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel
The second session will deal with the space industry in Israel and will be led by Alf (res.) Uzi Elam, a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and will be attended by:
Brigadier General (res.) Uzi Elam - research fellow at the National Security Research Institute
Yossi Weiss - Vice President of the Aerospace Industry, Director of the Missile and Space Systems Division
Gabi Sarosi - Vice President and Director of the Visual Intelligence Division at Elbit Systems - El Op
Erez Antavi - CEO of Gilat Satellite Systems
Yair Ramati - VP of Marketing of the Aerospace Industry
Dr. Dafna Getz - senior research associate at the Shmuel Naaman Institute, the Technion
The third session will discuss space in Israel and the world and will be led by Prof. Zvi Piren, Rakah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, and will be attended by:
Dr. Zvi Kaplan - Director of the Israel Space Agency
Prof. Haim Ashad - head of the space program at the Ministry of Defense
Ms. Daganit Paikovsky – Tel Aviv University
Dr. Zvi Kaplan - Director of the Israel Space Agency
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Since commenter number 1 knows only the very tip of the Israeli space program, he can write from his heart's content. Unfortunately, Israel's exact capabilities in the field of space radar, space cameras, and other subjects cannot be disclosed today for reasons of confidentiality.
It is no coincidence that the USA is considering buying SAR satellites from Israel, and that cameras made in the country are installed in the satellite tubes abroad.
Hanan, I would have said that the arguments of the professor and the group he publishes are quite similar
Israel "space power"????????
Launching satellites here and there still does not make Israel a space power. I wonder where these megalomaniacal arguments about Israel come from? A little proportion and less spirit would be accepted here with greater seriousness than convincing ourselves of what we are as far from as east from west.
Hanan Sabat
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