The Bridge: Israel-Australia Investment Summit was coordinated and hosted by The Israel Trade Commission in November 2015. The Bridge: Israel – Australia Investment Summit is the premier event to inspire, disrupt and connect innovators and investors in Israel and Australia.
The invitation only event brought the largest ever delegation of VC’s and startups from Israel together with high-profile corporates and investors in Australia for a number of keynote addresses, panels and round-tables. High calibre keynote speakers in 2015 included Israel’s Chief Scientist Avi Hasson, Co-Founder of Pitango Investments Chemi Peres, Head of JVP Cyber Labs Nimrod Kovlovsky and Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy. The event also included start-up company pitches, the first ever real elevator pitching competition, and opportunities startups to demonstrate their technology and meet speakers and attendees.
It is our privilege to share with you the highlights and key addresses from The BRIDGE.
To see videos of full presentations from The BRIDGE 2015, please follow the links below:
MC – Nathan Cher, Director OurCrowd
Welcome by Ethy Levy, Israel Trade Commissioner
Opening Remarks by Amit Lang – Director General, Israeli Ministry of Economy
Address by Vish Nandlall – CTO, Telstra
Israel’s Innovation Story – Jon Medved – Founder and CEO, OurCrowd
GENIUS PRESENTATION – Doron Marco – Founder, Genie
Innovation – The Key to Enterprise Growth
Chairperson: Hugh Bradlow – Chief Scientist, Telstra
Corporate Panel: Ajoy Mallik, ex Tata & Cognizant I Kevin Bloch, Cisco I Nimrod Kozlovski, JVP I Shannon Bell, Amdocs
Israel’s Negev Initiative – The Creation of a World Hub for Cyber Security
Keynote: Nimrod Kozlovski – Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners
Nurturing Innovation & Harnessing Disruption – Israel’s Model
Chairperson: Jon Medved – Founder & CEO, OurCrowd
Panel: Kate Mckenzie, Telstra I Professor Shy Arkin, Hebrew University I Edit Goldberg, Trendlines I Hamish Hawthorn, ATP Innovation
Investing in the Future of IOT
Chairperson: Eitan Beinstock, Founder Everything IOT
Panel: Kevin Bloch, Cisco I Emma Lo Russo, Digivizer I Esther Loewy, Upround Ventures I Professor Mike Briers, University of Technology Sydney
Human vs Machine: the Future of Investment Decisions
Intro by Eliav Alaluf, Follow[the]Seed
Chairperson: Alan Feld, Vintage
Panel: Mathew Koertge, Telstra Ventures I Renata Cooper, Forming Circles Global I Eliav Alaluf, Follow[the]Seed I Shelly Hod Moyal, iAngels
Alan Feld – Founder, Vintage Investment Partners
Paul Bassat – Director, SquarePeg
Investing in You! Branding Through Social Media
Cliff Rosenberg – CEO, LinkedIn Australia
Chemi Peres – Managing General Partner & Co-Founder Pitango VC
The First Real Elevator Pitch Competition
Impact Pitches –
Julie Horn, Manager, NewCO2Fuels
Shannon Bell – VP of Business, Amdocs
Avi Hasson – Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Economy
Moderated by: Nathan Cher – Director, OurCrowd
Innovators:
Doron Marco, Genie I Adir Shiffman, Catapult I Ayal Steiner, OutBrain I Alison Hardacre, Healthkit
Investors:
Chemi Peres, Pitango I Laura Mckenzie, Scale Investors I Tony Holt, SquarePeg I Mor Assia, iAngels
Government:
Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist I The Hon. Wyatt Roy MP, Assistant Minister for Innovation I Ziva Eger, Israel Ministry of Economy I Bill Ferris, Chair of Innovation Australia
Closing Panel: Israel-Australia Scaling Up the Relations
Chairperson: Ethy Levy, Israel Trade Commissioner
For more details or questions about The BRIDGE 2016, please contact our office on +612 9388 0382.
Israel Trade and Economic Commission in Sydney, Australia 