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Agenda
June 1, 2005
8:00 am
Registration & Networking
8:25 am
Welcome
Speaker: Oded Har-Even, Attorney, ZAG/S&W
8:30 am
The Merits of Investing in Israel
Gateway Reports releases the findings of its
one-year, two-hundred page report. This report discusses the elements—demographic, military
commercialization, entrepreneurial culture, etc.--
that have contributed to Israel achieving its commercial success. This report provides insight into
whether or not these elements will remain in place. The report also discusses how Israel will
fare in terms of competing with other rapidly developing nations such as China and India.
Speaker: David Wanetick, Managing Director,
Gateway Research
9:15 am
Israel’s Place Among Rapidly Developing, Technology Embracing
Nations
How will Israel be able to compete against India
and China when each of those nations graduate 25 times as many engineers and scientists as
Israel? How will Israel be able to collaborate with these nations as they both have large
Muslim populations and are dependent on oil
from Arab nations? Will Israel have access to these emerging markets or will Israel be
blocked from them?
Panelists: Professor Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University
(expert on China)
Kenneth Rind, Israel Infinity Fund (expert on Russia)
Amir Gal-Or, Israel Infinity Fund (expert on China)
10:10 am
Coffee and Networking Break
10:30 am
Aladdin Knowledge Systems (ALDN)
A leader in digital security, providing solutions for
software commerce and internet security since 1985.
Speaker: Erez Rosen, CFO, Aladdin Knowledge Systems
11:00 am
Zone4Play
Develops interactive game technology that provides an end-to-end solution, allowing service providers to deliver games to their subscribers over multiple network platforms such as interactive TV, wireless networks and the Internet, internally run, by the provider, or accessed from Zone4Play hosting environment.
Speaker: Idan Miller, SVP
11:30 am
How Israel’s Legal System Stimulates Risk Taking, Encourages Capital
Formation and Facilitates the Monetization of Initiative?
How does Israeli bankruptcy law engender risk
taking? How do Israeli laws protect intellectual
property? How do Israeli laws protect foreign investors? How do Israeli securities laws enable
companies go public?
Moderator: Howard Berkenblit - ZAG/S&W
Panelists: Richard Sanders, Attorney, ZAG/S&W
Lior Harary-Nitzan, Israeli Tax Desk, Ernst & Young LLP
Adam Rothstein, Weiss, Peck & Greer
12:15 pm
Luncheon & Networking
1:30 pm
Ha Matzav Hanochachi ("The Current Situation")
Will Israel experience a peace dividend? How
long will it last? Will it boost Israeli exports? How fast is Israel privatizing its industries? How much
stimulus is the Israeli government providing its
private sector in terms of corporate incentives?
Panelists: Ori Israely, Managing Director, Giza Venture Capital
Zohar Peri, Economic Minister to North America,
The Government of Israel
2:00 pm
On Track Innovations, Ltd. (OTIV)
OTI designs, develops and markets secure contactless
microprocessor-based smart card technology to address the needs of a wide variety of markets.
Speaker: Ohad Bashan, President & CEO of OTI AMERICA Inc.
2:30 pm
Attunity, Ltd. (ATTU)
Attunity is a leading provider of enterprise data integration
software.
Speaker: Aki Ratner, CEO
3:00 pm
Coffee Break & Networking
3:15 pm
The Seeds of Israeli Ingenuity
What is the fountain of Israeli creativity? Will the
sensational ideas keep coming? Or is Israel experiencing a brain drain? How do research
grants spur innovation? Or do research grants distort the commercialization of technology? If
companies do not receive the research grants they seek and subsequently decide not to locate
in Israel, how competitive are Israeli engineers and scientists?
Panelists: Azi Hemar, Israel’s Office of Chief Scientist
Deborah Magid, Director of Strategic Alliances, IBM Venture Capital Group
Sita Vasan, Intel Venture Capital
Ken Rind, Israel Infinity Fund
4:05 pm
Do Israeli Companies Resemble the Kfir or the
Merkava?
Does Israel build its companies like it builds its
fighter aircraft? Or its ruggedized tanks? Or both? How does Israel build its companies to
rapidly scale? Will Israel be able to remain at the forefront of
scientific discovery? How has Israeli management improved? How has Israeli marketing
improved? What are the most lethal challenges to Israeli companies? Are Israeli companies
maneuverable and indomitable?
Moderator: Mitchell Shelowitz, Nixon Peabody
Panelists: Leonard Rosen, Lehman Brothers
Stanley Stern, Oppenheimer & Co.
Richard Mashaal, Senvest International
Jonathan Art, Senior Portfolio Manager, Federated Kaufman Fund
5:00 pm
Adjournment & Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Nixon Peabody LLP
*agenda subject to change
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