What will our lives look like in 2030?

conference iNNOVEX2018 For the first time in Israel, an interactive panel will be held that will predict what our lives will look like in 2030; will include dozens of one-on-one meetings between large international companies and Israeli start-up companies; as well as discussions and lectures that will include the presentation of innovative technologies in the most innovative fields starting from Innovation in precision agriculture and AI Committee Medicare and- Industry 4.0

iNNOVEX2018, the main event for technological innovation in Israel, It will be held this year (for the sixth time) on February 7, 2018 and will be held at the Avenue Convention Center, in Kiryat Airport, Lod.

The conference will be held in cooperation with the Innovation Authority, and will focus on encouraging connections and collaborations between mature and multinational companies and young and innovative Israeli start-up companies. Hundreds of young start-up companies will participate in it with the aim of meeting business partners, potential investors and customers. iNNOVEX2018 is expected to attract about 2,000 engineers, researchers, scientists, managers in high-tech companies and start-ups and venture capitalists.

Dozens of lecturers from all over the world and Israel will take part in the iNNOVEX2018 conference, multinational and Israeli companies will present developments and innovations that will affect our lives in the fields of communications, medicine, automobiles and transportation, IoT, data security, agriculture, green energy and more. Among the dozens of speakers at the conference: Adrian Chernoff, the innovation guru of Fortune 500 companies; as well as the innovation managers of the world's largest technology companies, including Ken Kawashima, VP of business development and innovation at Lenovo; Dr. Christian von Ruwentlov, product and innovation manager at Deutsche Telekom; Ricardo Amoroso, director of innovation and sustainability at the manufacturer of green energy solutions, Enel Green Power, and more.

For the first time in Israel, the conference will hold an interactive panel that will deal with the topic "What will our lives look like in 2030?and will present the audience's answers in a poll on a giant screen during the discussion. The panel will be moderated by veteran entrepreneur Dov Moran and will be attended by successful entrepreneur Benny Schneider, Dr. Shlomo Markel, vice president of Broadcom Global (which has already made 13 acquisitions of Israeli companies), Tzipi Ozer Armon, CEO of Luminis, Ruth Polikin Baruchi, CEO of Mindyou startup and Dan Inbar, CEO of Dell EMC XtremIO.

The conference will be opened by Shlomo Gerdman, entrepreneur and co-chairman of the iNNOVEX2018 conference. After that, the conference will be divided into sessions. During a session The smart factory Innovative technologies from the field ofIndustry 4.0. The session will be led by the Innovation Authority, during which there will be a discussion with the participation of Anya Eldan, Deputy Director General of the Innovation Authority; Malka Nir, Director of Manufacturing at the Innovation Authority; Yogev Katzir, Director of the Infralab Innovation Center (founded by Shachon Vabinui and Enel), and Agmon Porat, Director of the Innovation Center The Hamlet company's innovation Let lab will be distributed during the closing session of the conference.The global innovation leaders"To entrepreneurs who have influenced the development of Israel's technological innovation at the international level. The signal distribution ceremony will be led by Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Innovation Authority and co-chairman of the iNNOVEX2018 conference.

For the first time, a special session will be held at the conference precision agriculture - This is one of the hottest fields in the knowledge-rich industry and will be attended by Dr. Victor Alhanati, Israel's No. 1 expert on precision agriculture; Dr. Ilya Laizerson, leader of the field of precision agriculture at Elbit Co.; Dr. Kobi Inbar, a lecturer at Ariel University and an expert in the field of precision agriculture as well as a series of startup companies that have developed groundbreaking technologies in this field.

Another session will deal with the issue of passing on the culture of Innovation in organizations. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Yonatan Menuhin, CEO of the Israel Institute of Innovation and will be attended by the innovation managers of Elbit, Dell-EMC and WIX.

In light of the severe shortage of manpower in the industry, a special discussion will be held to deal with this in innovation in the education system and the necessary changes in the education system in Israel to adapt to the rapidly changing technological world. The panel will be held in collaboration with the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation and will be attended by, among others: Tamar Chai Shagiv, Director of Education at the Peres Center; the serial entrepreneur Avigdor Vilanz who invests heavily in the education system in Israel; and Mohanna Fares, director of the "Five times two" program at the Ministry of Education.

Shlomo Gerdman, entrepreneur and co-chairman of the iNNOVEX2018 conference, noted that "especially this year, when the competition in the technological world is increasing, it is important that the knowledge-rich industry in Israel takes care of encouraging innovation processes in organizations to ensure Israel's place in the forefront of the global high-tech industry in the years to come." . The iNNOVEX2018 conference has become the annual meeting place for all those involved in promoting innovation in the industry and this year our collaboration with the (new) Innovation Authority only emphasizes the importance of innovation to the Israeli economy. This year we will also devote a central part of the conference to the connection between innovative start-up companies and multinational companies, in order to allow both parties to exhaust the full potential inherent in Israeli innovation. I call on everyone for whom the Israeli high-tech industry is important to take part in the conference."

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