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GarageGeeks & Yossi Vardi hosting Brainstorm with Google

If you’re an Israeli start-up and you want to brainstorm with 53 of Google most talented young marketeers this is your chance.
Fill in this form and you’ll get invited to a unique event and a chance to sit down with top Googlers about your marketing strategy.

The invitation is free - registration is required.
please register at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEtXeDFPOHpHc3hQNXo2V29ocjNYeXc6MQ#gid=0

GarageGeeks
Sunday, August 26, 18:30 PM
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel

* Admission is free, pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event
On Tuesday, July 31, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet:
Megan Smith - Vice President Google, and the former CEO of Planet Out.
Kara Swisher - Founder and co-executive editor of All Things Digital, Wall Street Jounal.

GarageGeeks
Tuesday, July 31, 20:30 PM
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel

* Admission is free, no pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders,” the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event. On Tuesday, July 17, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet William J. Ruckelshaus, President and Chief Executive Officer of Blucora, and Mike Glover, Vice President of Business Development of InfoSpace.

Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington in the U.S., InfoSpace is a leading provider of white label search and monetization solutions. With a network of more than 100 web publishers globally, InfoSpace offers search solutions as a proven means to monetize audiences via a search-based advertising revenue stream. InfoSpace’s proprietary technology selects from the leading search engines, including Bing, Google, Yahoo! and Yandex, then aggregates, filters and prioritizes the results to provide a comprehensive and partner-branded search experience. Founded in 1996, InfoSpace also operates its own branded search sites, including Dogpile®, MetaCrawler® and WebCrawler®. InfoSpace is a business unit of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOR), a provider of industry-leading, online solutions for consumers and business partners. Learn more about InfoSpace at http://partner.infospace.com/ and www.Blucora.com.

GarageGeeks
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel
Tuesday, July 17, 20:30 pm

* Admission is free, no pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

In our series “meet the Industry leaders”, the GarageGeeks invite you to a special garage event, to meet Red Hat executives.
3 senior Red Hat executives are coming to visit Israel, and it’s your chance to meet them face to face and tell them your story.

These senior execs focus on Strategic Alliances, PaaS, SaaS and other Open Source tools for the Enterprise.

Who will attend?
* Dion Cornett- VP, Strategic Alliances
* Ryan King- Global Program Manager, Red Hat Innovate
* Steven Citron-Pousty, Developer Advocate (PaaS)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012
8:00pm until 11:00pm

What to expect?
Beer, refreshments and face2face time with the people who drive the future of Red Hat.

How to get in?
Just show up. Admission is free, Please pre-register.

* This is a User Generated Dinner, so, bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

You are invited to a special pre-KinnerNet 2012 GarageGeeks party.
This time we have invited KinnerNet participants from Israel and aboard to join us.

In GarageGeeks fashion, we will have beer and light snacks on the event, but only if you bring some with you.

Tuesday, 8 May 19:30
GarageGeeks HQ
HaPeled 40, Holon

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/
* Photo credit: Ron Shoshani (”Ronsho“) www.facebook.com/ronsho

In our series “meet the Industry leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event, on Tuesday ,April 24, 17:00 pm to hear and meet

Tom Rielly, Fellows Director TED Conferences
Tom created and runs the international TED Fellows program among other responsibilities. He will update you on TED’s growth and have a discussion. Plus: Meet an Israeli TED Fellow!

What to expect?
Beer, refreshments and Face2Face time with one of the senior people who make TED happen.

How to get in?
Just show up at the GarageGeeks, 40 Hapeled st , Holon

Admission is free, no pre-registration required.

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

In our series “meet the Industry leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event, to meet Microsoft executives.
Monday, April 23, 20:00 at GarageGeeks HQ, Holon.
25 senior Microsoft executives are coming to visit Israel, and it’s your chance to meet them face to face and tell them your story.

These senior execs focus on Cloud and BI technologies, online advertising, Kinect apps and applied research.
Who will attend?
* Rick Rashid - Chief Research Officer
* S. Somasager - VP Developer Tools
* Gurdeep Singh-Pall - VP Bing Mobile
* Bharat Shah - VP Identity & Security
* Jennifer Chayes - Distinguished Scientist
* Marc Davis - Social media senior advisor
* Dennis Buchheim  - Online Advertising
* Kamal Hati - SQL and Big Data analysis
* JP Wollersheim - Product Management, Kinect for Windows
* Emma Grant - Business & product planning, Kinect for Windows
* Sheridan Jones - Business & Strategy, Kinect for Windows
* Prakash Sundaresan - GM, India R&D, Startups & accelerators
* David Lin - Sr. Director, Asia-Pacific R&D,  Startups & accelerators

What to expect?
Beer, refreshments and Face2Face time with the people who drive the future of Microsoft.

How to get in?
Just show up. Admission is free, no pre-registration required.

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

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Think Next - Sunday, April 22, Hangar 11,
Tel Aviv Harbor, 16:30
The leading event of Israel’s high-tech industry celebrates creativity and innovation, providing center stage for industry leaders, mind provoking speakers and ground breaking developments.

What to Expect?
A festival of technology, great networking opportunity and an energetic stage.
* 40 demos from Israeli startups and Microsoft labs around the world
* Keynote by Rick Rashid- Chief Research Officer, Microsoft Research
* Cool on-stage demos and presentations by:
** Hod Lipson - Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Computing & Information Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
** Gurdeep Sing Pahl - Corporate Vice President, Information Platform & Experience
** JP Wollershiem - Group Product Manager, Kinect for Windows.
** And more…

How to get in?
Register at http://microsoftrnd.co.il/about/think-next/think-next-2012 and don’t forget to enter the code to ensure you get in:  TNgg006
Registration is “first come-first serve” basis. GarageGeeks have a limited allocation of tickets so hurry up.

* 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/

The GarageGeeks, SpaceIL and NASA invites you to International Space Apps Challenge.

The International Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day technology development event during which citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need. The International Space Apps Challenge will take place on all seven continents – in space -  and at GarageGeeks HQ - on 20-21 April 2012.

The International Space Apps Challenge is a “codeathon-style” event. A codeathon is a unique event that brings together citizens interested in collaborating on the development solutions that address critical challenges. A codeathon celebrates software development in its most positive context—using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create outside- the-box solutions in response to interesting problems. Codeathons are technology development marathons, drawing on the talents and initiative of the best and the brightest software developers, engineers, designers and technologists from around the world, who volunteer their time to respond to real- world problems with solutions than can have immediate impact.

At the events, individuals collaborate with others by forming teams focused on solving a particular challenge. The teams compete with other teams around the world to utilize publicly available space and data to design innovative “solutions” to a pre-determined series of global “challenges.”

Official Website: http://spaceappschallenge.org
Overview Presentation: http://spaceappschallenge.org/resources
FAQ: http://spaceappschallenge.org/faqs
NASA sites:
http://open.nasa.gov/appschallenge
http://data.nasa.gov
http://code.nasa.gov

GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital

A [nearly] 48-hour game jam inspired by the works of @petermolydeux. Jamming will commence Friday morning and continue through Saturday evening.

http://www.whatwouldmolydeux.com/

The Israeli Molyjam will take place at Garage Geeks, Holon!
Watch this space for details and more info as we approach the date.

Get inspired at http://molydeux.tumblr.com/ !!
Even more ideas here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmKS9o_SW0ovdHZDYWVHb0lOa1NJV3FST3h3UGFOTFE#gid=0
(Thanks Or!)

EDIT: Garage Geeks is at HaPeled 40, Holon.
Map: http://g.co/maps/5hur2

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital.