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In the DLD festival the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi will host “Meet the Industry Leaders” party.
We are inviting the entire entrepreneur community to meet with the leaders of the digital media industry.

Werner Vogels - CTO Amazon.
Jean Yves Naouri - COO Publicis group.
Tim Draper - Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson venture capital.
Don Rosenberg - Executive Vice President and General Councel, Qualcom.
Julian Codorniou - Head of Gaming Partnership EMEA, Facebook.
Rob Dyer - Head of partner publishing, Zynga.
Stephanie Hospital - Executive Vice President, Orange Advertisement, Orange.
John Hanke - Founder of Keyhole (Google Earth) ,VP product, in charge of Niantic Labs ,a mobile apps research group.
Tony Saigh - Head of Business Development Mobile, Skype

Please note that registration to this free and open event is required.
Please register at:
http://dldtelaviv.com/garage-geeks-registration

This event will create a unique opportunity for leaders of the industry to connect with the next generation of leading entrepreneurs and potential business partners.
Moderated by Dr. Yossi Vardi – Co-Chairmen, DLD Tel Aviv Summit.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the giants of the industry!

24 October, 18:30-20:30, Hangar 1, Jaffa Port

This is one of the events of DLD Tel Aviv Festival. Registration to this event will not enable you access to DLD Tel Aviv Summit.

Registration to DLD Tel Aviv Summit is separate and can be made only if you received a personal invitation or received approval after submitting an application through the registration page at http://www.dldtelaviv.com/

* Innovation Zone
You are also invited to visit the Innovation Zone, where Makers and Hackers are showing what they created,
before the event, entry is free and doesn’t require registration.

* Bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.
* Admission is free, registration is required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

You are cordially invited to attend a day of discussion regarding:

Next Generation Innovation
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 09:00-15:30, Bar-Shira Auditorium, Tel-Aviv University

Program:
08:45 – 09:00 Gathering
09:00 – 09:45 Opening Session
Chair: Prof. Aron Shai, Rector, Tel-Aviv University
Innovation for Survival
Yanki Margalit, Ex-founder and CEO Aladdin, Chairman Space-IL

On Innovation, Ingenuity and in between
Dr. Shlomo Markel, Vice-President, Broadcom Corporation
09:45 – 11:15 Second Session:

Environmental Catalysts for Innovation
Chair: Leonid Bakman, PhD, Founder & Executive Director ISTIPI
Innovation Catalysts in the IDF
RADM Ophir Shoham, Director of Defense, R&D

A State in Transformation
Orna Berry, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President and General Manager for Israel Center of Excellence, EMC Corporation

Innovating Innovation!
Dov Moran, Manager, Entrepreneur, Inventor

The innovation Engine
Nir Tenzer - VP, Business Development & Platform Strategy Division Lead, Microsoft Israel

11:15 – 11:30 Recess

11:30 – 12:30 Third Session:

Education – A Prime Condition for Innovation

Chair: Prof. Shimon Yankielowicz, School of Physics and Astronomy
Tel-Aviv University

Curiosity Driven Education
Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science

Innovation and Discipline
Prof. Maj. Gen. (Res.) Isaac Ben Israel, Head of Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security

The Sky is the Limit, as Long as We Believe It
Barak Ben Eliezer, CEO Winnovation, Former Commander of “Talpiot” Program

12:30 – 14:00 Fourth Session:

Innovation in Practice
Chair: Yossi Vardi

Tradition and Innovation in Security Organizations
Tzafrir Katz, Former Head of the Technology Branch, Israel Security Agency

Innovation and Stagnation in Space Projects
Yariv Bash, Founder and CEO SpaceIL

How Once a Year I Go Back to Being a Child
Yosi Taguri - Founder, Labgoo

GarageGeeks
Rafael Mizrahi, Founder and CEO Feng-GUI, Member of the GarageGeeks Community Core Team

The Machines are back
Ami Ben Bassat, Projects Manager, Writer and Co-Founder of StartupSeeds

14:00 – 14:45 Recess

14:45 – 15:30 Fifth Session:

Young Innovation
Chair: Dr. Haim Assa, Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security

Academy in the Youth
Amit Levin, Student from the Future Scientists and Inventors program, Tel-Aviv University

Young Innovation in Israel
Or Sagi, Student from the Future Scientists and Inventors program, Tel-Aviv University

Biological Innovation: Re-programming the World
Roey Tzezana, Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Center for Technology Analysis & Forecasting at Tel-Aviv University

http://www.facebook.com/events/327372530658962/

In the DLD festival the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi will host “Meet the Industry Leaders” party.

We are inviting the entire entrepreneur community to meet with the leaders of the digital media industry.

This event will create a unique opportunity for leaders of the industry to connect with the next generation of leading entrepreneurs and potential business partners.
Moderated by Dr. Yossi Vardi – Co-Chairmen, DLD Tel Aviv Summit

* Christian Hernandez Gallardo – Director, Platform Partnerships EMEA, Facebook
* David Lawee – VP, Corporate Development, Google
* Dan Powers – Global VP Sales and Business Development, Amazon
* Dr. Hubert Burda – Co-Chairmen, DLD Tel Aviv Summit
* Haran Sold – Chief Strategy Officer, Alcatel-Lucent
* Arkady Volozh – Founder, Yandex
* Bhavneet Singh – Managing Director and Executive VP, MTV International

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the giants of the industry!

Wednesday, November 2 · 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Hangar 2, Jaffa Port , Tel Aviv

please RSVP at
http://www.dldtelaviv.com/garagegeeks

Note: This is one of the events of DLD Tel Aviv Festival. Registration to this event will not enable you access to DLD Tel Aviv Summit.

Registration to DLD Tel Aviv Summit is separate and can be made only if you received a personal invitation or received approval after submitting an application through the registration page at http://www.dldtelaviv.com

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Carmel Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds

MuseNet is a music/technology camp in the spirit of Kinnernet: good people, business-free environment and participant-generated agenda.

MuseNet 2011 will take place on Friday, September 2nd, at the Bank Hapoalim Campus in Shfayim. [more about MuseNet]

Special thanks to our hosts and all whose contribution made MuseNet possible.

The core team

Participation is by invitation only (sorry!), but anybody can peek at images, video and web sites of past MuseNet.

IMAGinE (read: Imagine in IMAGE) is a gathering of like-minded people in the fields of animation, computer vision, 3D graphics, image processing, visualizations, augmented reality, video and photography. IMAGinE is one of the unconference events initiated and inspired by Yossi Vardi, which include Kinnernet, GeekCon and MuseNet.

As an unconference, the content is created by the event participants, so we depend on YOU to propose discussions, workshops, project displays and any crazy mash-up that comes to mind and can drive technologists and creative types to create, learn and inspire.

IMAGinE 2011 will be held on Friday, August 19th 2011, 8:30am - 4:00pm

at Beit Hecht in Haifa.

If you’re active in visual technologies or visual arts, and are willing to actively participate in the event (give a presentation, show a project, etc.), you are welcome to register at
http://imagine-2011.eventb​rite.com/

If your company is in one of these fields, we also have some sponsorship opportunities available, please contact drorgill@gmail.com

See you there!
The IMAGinE organizing team: Dror Gill, Liad Nishlis, and Yossi Vardi.

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IMPORTANT: To register for this event, go to http://imagine-2011.eventb​rite.com/ and purchase a ticket. Marking your status as “Attending” in this Facebook event is not enough!
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תערוכה חדשה של קורס IDHO הייחודי במעבדה לאינטראקציה יוצאת לדרך ותתקיים בתאריכים

17 לפברואר, יום חמישי בין השעות 18:00 - 22:30 .

18 לפברואר, יום שישי בין השעות 10:00 - 14:00.

 במסגרת התערוכה יוצגו אובייקטים אינטראקטיבים עובדים. אתם וחבריכם מוזמנים להגיע, לגעת, לראות, לשמוע ולהרגיש, להפעיל ולהתפעל!

התערוכה תתקיים ב-H.I.T מכון טכנולוגי חולון, רח’ גולומב 52, במעבדה לאינטראקציה.כולם מוזמנים!

http://he-il.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183366505036406

Israeli President Shimon Peres visited the city of Holon.
The president was meeting with high school students, visited the “Invitation to Silence” exhibition at the Children Museum, and met the GarageGeeks and Dr. Yossi Vardi at the MediaTheque.
GarageGeeks member, Rafael Mizrahi, presented to the president’s staff about of the underground high-tech scene and creative activities in Holon and Israel.

You are invited to join the first traditional Jeff Pulver (and friends) Purim Marching Breakfast. Please attend in a Purim costume.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285236291808

This will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to have an impact in the lives of the kids at the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv.

If possible, please plan to bring toys and chachkes for the kids.

I am also looking for volunteers to help with the organization of the event. If you are interested in helping out, please please follow this link and fill out this form so that I can help the school contact you directly: http://140conf.wufoo.com/forms/volunteer-at-purim-adlayada-marching-breakfast/

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The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12 are looking for friends to come to the Bialik Rogozin School on Friday, February 26th.

The event starts at 0900 and will include a marching parade.

I am asking my friends in Israel to consider joining me on this day the Bialik Rogozin School and help bring a smile to the these kids.

I would appreciate it if you could share this event with your friends and encourage your friends to help make a difference in the lives of these at-risk kids. I am asking for your help to show that it is possible to use social media for the social good in Israel.

The campus is Haa’liya street 49 Tel aviv, website : http://www.schooly.co.il/cbr/

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Background: The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv is an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12. The school is run by principal Karen Tal and her devoted staff, and with children and teenagers from twenty-eight countries. They are new immigrants, children of foreign workers, refugees from Darfur and Israeli Arabs. Many are from single-parent families. Bialik Rogozin is a caring and nurturing center that provides hot meals, music and art instruction, specialized tutoring and a solid education in a safe and welcoming environment.

The time you spend at the school will be felt and will help transform the lives of these kids.

Where:
HIT - Holon Institute of Technology
Golomb 52, Holon

When: 
Thursday 18/2/2010 19:00 - 23:00
Friday 19/2/2010 10:00-15:00