Silicon Dragon Tel Aviv 2015

                   
The Israel-China Connection: Two Startup Nations Exploring the Growing Links for VC, Tech Innovation, R&D and market expansion in two of the most important startup nations in the world.
VIDEOS: Silicon Dragon Tel Aviv 2015

 
Welcome Lunch 12pm-1:30pm OPENING REMARKS  1:30pm Rebecca Fannin, Founder/Editor, Silicon Dragon David Tadmor, Co-Chairman & Co-Managing Partner, Tadmor & Co. Yuval Levy & Co.

 
OUTLOOK: China’s Tech Climb 1:45pm

William Bao Bean, Investment Partner – Asia, SOSV / Managing Director, China Accelerator

MULTINATIONAL STRATEGISTS 2:15pm Multinational corporate managers are leveraging China-Israel connections for innovation, R&D, and expansion
  
Oded Salomy, General Manager, Visa Europe Collab Israel Ariella Grinberg, Innovation Manager, GM Advanced Technical Center Dror Pearl, Cloud & Global Technology Unit Leader, IBM Israel Moderator: Aviv Frenkel, Senior Tech Correspondent, Channel 10 News

BOOK REVIEW: Israel and China 2:30pm
 
Lionel Friedfeld, CEO & MD, Israel Asian Fund Philippe Metoudi, Managing Partner and Head of Hong Kong Office, AlfaSec Advisors Co-Authors, Israel And China: From Silk Road To Innovation Highway (2015)

PANEL: ACCELERATING ISRAELI-CHINA R&D LINKS 3pm Joint R&D with Chinese companies is giving Israeli startups the edge
    
Roy Wiesner, CEO, Hutchison-Kinrot Zohar Gendler, CEO & Managing Partner, NGT3 Holo Zheng, General Manager, Techcode Israel Avi Luvton, Executive Director, APAC, Office of Chief Scientist Moderator: Gwen Ackerman, Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

REFRESHMENTS BREAK: 3:30pm-3:45pm

TECH CHATS: 3:45pm
Leading Israeli entrepreneurs discuss their China strategy
   
Viktor Ariel, CEO, Tekoia Shlomo Talitman, Executive Chairman, Shekelonline Giora Dishon, CEO & Chairman, Utilight Moderator: Tal Reshef, Israel-Asia business specialist

M&A /PARTNERSHIPS   China & Israel Deals  4:15pm Partnering, selling and merging with Chinese companies is giving Israeli companies a boost in scaling up globally
     
Danny Shacham, Founder, President & Board Director, Nextec Technologies Hillel Schuster, Head of Corporate Finance / China Practice, KPMG Somekh Chaikin Sagi Bakshi, General Manager, IronSource Ziv Tamir, Owner & Acting Managing Director, Zdev Medical Ltd. Ilan Maor, Managing Partner, SHENG Enterprises & Vice Chairman, Israel-China Chamber of Commerce Moderator: Ziv Wassercug, Partner, Head of China Practice, Tadmor & Co. Yuval Levy & Co.

CROWD TALK 5pm
 
Jon Medved, CEO, OurCrowd with Dan Marom, Co-Author, The Crowdfunding Revolution (2012)

PANEL: VCs/DEALMAKERS  5:15pm Israeli VC firms are raising money from China, doing co-investments with Chinese firms and pushing their portfolio companies into the Mainland. What’s the future for China’s economy and technology innovation?
    
Gilad Novik, CTO, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures Ronen Nir, General Partner, Carmel Ventures Kobi Rozengarten, Managing Partner, JVP Net Jacobsson, Co-Founder & General Partner, SparkLabs Global Ventures & Former, Director, International Business Development, Facebook Zvi Shalgo,  Partner, China Synergy Funds Moderator: Rebecca Fannin (MC), Author –  Silicon Dragon (2008),  Startup Asia (2011) & Co-Author, Innovation in Emerging Markets (2016)
Commentators:

Howard J. Krongard, former Inspector General, U.S. Department of State, and VC Investor Yesha Sivan, Executive Director, The Coller Institute of Venture, Tel Aviv University 

Welcome Reception: Dec. 1, 6pm-8pm (Invite only) Forum: Dec. 2, 12-6pm Venue: IBM Client Center, IBM Israel 94 Derech Em-Hamoshavot, Kiryat Arie Petach-Tikva 49527 Rooftop Networking Party: 7:30-9pm, Location: lool.vc

Sponsors: IBM Innovation Center,  Tadmor & Co. Yuval Levy & Co.,  KPMG         Supporting Organizations:                 

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