Next Generation Innovation
March 28th, 2012You 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
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