Our office is inviting you, as an Israeli company with operations in Australia, to join us in an official delegation capacity during the week of May 22 to 28.
This Northern Territory delegation is in conjunction with The Northern Australia Food Futures Conference, Australia’s leading event on agricultural development in the North.
The conference is integral in driving expansion in Northern Australia and places northern agriculture on the national agenda. Investors, politicians, industry innovators, industry and community leaders, and stakeholders from around Australia and the world attend the conference. New to the Food Futures Conference this year is an Ag Tech Showcase afternoon for leaders in Australia’s Ag Tech industry to demonstrate tools and technologies that foster growth, innovation, and efficiency in agriculture.
Northern Territory Farmers Association has offered the opportunity to participate in the Ag Tech Showcase during the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference and to assist with developing a farm tour program upon the conclusion of the Conference program. The tours will showcase the Northern Territory’s plant industries, the potential for agricultural investment and innovation, and opportunities for the sharing and Israeli knowledge exchange around technology. The tour will have a particular focus on the management of biosecurity challenges, water-use efficiency practices, protected cropping technology, arid zone agriculture research and development, Northern Territory’s horticultural genetic programs, including mangoes and jackfruit, and the use of using LiDAR data to guide agricultural efficiencies, crop yield data, agronomic management, and agricultural development.
“I deeply believe that COP27 is an opportunity to showcase unity against an existential threat that we can only overcome through concerted action and effective implementation.”
The Australian government has announced it will bid to co-host the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in 2026 with Pacific nations.
The Australian government has announced it will bid to co-host the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in 2026 with Pacific nations.
Chris Bowen, minister for Climate Change and Energy, recently said the government has decided against bidding to host the 29th session of the Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2024, and will instead focus on 2026, Xinhua news agency reported.
“Our delegation at COP27 and our COP31 bid will go a long way to help drive Australia’s economic transformation to a net-zero economy, and strengthen green trade partnerships and secure jobs for Australian workers,” he said in a media release on Saturday.
He said the upcoming COP27, slated for November 6-18 in Egypt, is an opportunity to showcase Australia’s renewed climate leadership, “as we demonstrate our potential as a renewable energy superpower.”
The announcement has been welcomed by environmentalists.
Dermot O’Gorman from the World Wide Fund For Nature said hosting COP31 would “revive” Australia’s reputation on climate issues.
“This is an Olympic moment — a huge opportunity to host a nation-building global event,” he told the Australian Associated Press.
At the COP27 in Egypt, Australia’s delegation will demonstrate the government’s commitment to action on climate change, according to Bowen.
Ahead of the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit, MarineTech venture capital fund theDOCK’s co-founder Hannan Carmeli shared his thoughts on automation opportunities in the maritime sector and his aim to build relationships with Australian firms.
A graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy and Israeli Navy, Mr Carmeli has spent 30 years working in the tech sector, including a 10-month stint as Director of International Activity at the Israel Innovation Authority.
Five years ago, he sought to marry his work experience with his long-time passion for sailing, eventually co-founding theDock, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in startups in the maritime, supply chain, and offshore sectors. The fund has a particular focus on automation in marine vessel and docking terminal operations. For example, portfolio company Orca AI is developing a platform which could facilitate autonomous shipping.
Now running its Navigate II fund, worth US$30 million, Mr Carmeli said theDock’s deal flow is currently 60-70 per cent Israeli, with the remaining spread around the world. Investment partners include Singaporean port operator PSA International’s venture capital arm and Japanese logistics company NYK Line.
Mr Carmeli will speak on a panel at the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit to discuss the opportunities to ‘Digitise Supply Chains in a Services-driven Economy’ on October 19. The summit is organised by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
“Today, there is much more data generated than back 10 years ago, even five years ago. Every terminal operation, every vessel, every truck, every car, they all generate data because of different IoT devices that were installed. And now there is a big trend of companies and startups looking at how to leverage all that data in order to bring better efficiency, in order to reduce emissions, and in order to do better future planning,” Mr Carmeli said.
“With the enormous amounts of data available today already it is only through technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality…that stand a chance to actually convert the data into meaningful insights and observations.”
He added that the insights would help build supply chain resilience, learning from the disruptions of the Covid-19 and the blockage of the Suez Canal in March 2021.
Design partnerships where large corporations help mould and direct startup innovation is “extremely important for both sides” he added. Large corporations get “new out of the box ideas about how to solve problems”, while startups get “realistic data and information about how the innovation would work” in real-world applications.
Mr Carmeli said that companies generally have two options when it comes to taking equity in startups. It could be done through the creation of an internal corporate venture capital (CVC) arm or by investing in a venture capital fund with subject matter expertise. Although he acknowledged that the creation of a CVC gives companies more control over the end product, Mr Carmeli argued in favour of the latter option.
Firstly, establishing a CVC can be very costly for firms, it requires building a whole new set of operations “when this is not the main business of the company”, he said.
“The other [downside] is that when a corporate invests in a startup through a CVC, it may associate the startup too closely with that one company, preventing that startup from doing business with competitors of the company.”
He also noted that some firms may choose to invest in venture capital funds to avoid the “heavy-lifting” of screening startups. “We are trying to make investments in one startup out of 100,” Mr Carmeli said.
“When you’re screening startups, that’s a lot of heavy lifting, because I’ll give you an interesting piece of data. We are trying to make investments in one startup out of 100…Not each and every cooperate, can or wishes to engage in that heavy lifting so sometimes they see value in having other independent VCs doing all the heavy lifting and then deciding through a CVC platform, deciding if they wish to invest directly in any of the startups that was picked up by the independent VC.”
Mr Carmeli said “Australia has quite a heritage when it comes to maritime” and that he is eager to strengthen theDOCK’s relationships with Australian corporations and startups. He also added that it’s “no question that Australia has a lot to offer” the global supply chain sector.
“We’re always looking for good strong strategic investors in our fund…but because of our vertical nature we like to [work with large corporates].”
There’s one event to experience the full-powered synergies of cyber security across industries, across enterprises, across governments.
GISEC is the undisputed show for security business and the industry’s leading super-connector – bringing together 300+ global cybersecurity providers and powerhouse vendors from 40+ countries, globally renowned hackers, heads of national security agencies and CISOs of major corporations.
As a leader in Cyber Security, Israel is back participating in GISEC 2022 exhibition, presenting a full spectrum of advanced solutions tailored for Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Financial Institutions, Manufacturers, and IT Enterprises.
The Israel Pavilion at GISEC Dubai 2022 will provide a centrally located, high-profile venue for 8 Israeli leading Cyber companies, presenting the cutting edge technology in IT, OT, IoT, and Cyber Training domains.
Over 1,500 exhibitors. 1,050 speakers. Four days of unrivalled networking. And the hottest tech insights and reveals. Don’t miss the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event.
Applications are now open for the evokeAG. Global Demo Day – a virtual event where international innovators will pitch their game-changing technologies to an Australian and New Zealand audience of investors, corporates, producers and industry professionals in March 2022.
Pollination: Automated pollination, warning systems for bushfires, bushfire recovery
Exporting and shipping solutions: Technology or service providers that allow best use of shipping container volume to maximise container use and lowers shipping costs
Geospatial accuracy: Technologies that allow geospatial imaging to be more accurate to support things like construction and automation [in market or in concept]
Lean farming: Lean farming platforms or solution providers; data, design, lean design principles to increase on-farm efficiency
Meat exporting and shipping solutions: Freezing technology that allows meat products to be shipped in larger quantities over longer distances
Biosecurity technologies: Technologies to prevent, respond to and monitor local biosecurity scenarios, as well as supporting export/import biosecurity scenarios. These technologies may include decontamination processes, imaging, pest or contaminate detection, wearable devices, remote monitoring and sensors.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could share this with stakeholders whose technology may be providing a solution to one or more of these six areas, and who would be interested in gaining connections and exposure in the Australian market.
Join Arab Health, at the Dubai World Trade Centre this January, to create meaningful connections and support innovation in healthcare. Get the most out of your participation with the online tool allowing you to start networking before meeting face-to-face in Dubai.
Meet with these leading Israeli MedTech companies:
A global leader in mobile telecommunications, Israel is back in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2021 presenting a full spectrum of advanced solutions tailored for Telecom Service Providers, Equipment Vendors, Smart device manufacturers, corporates in the area of Automotive, Smart Home, Smart city, Finance and enterprises and users.
The Israel Pavilion at Mobile World Congress 2021 will provide a centrally located, high profile venue for 65 of Israel’s leading high technology companies, presenting the latest solutions for IoT, AR/VR and mobile communications. The pavilion is organized by The Israel Export Institute in cooperation with the Foreign Trade Administration of the Israel Ministry of Economy.
The Israel Pavilion highlights telecommunications infrastructure and presents hardware & software that enable efficient conversion to the latest LTE networks and 5G technologies, enabling reliable IoT connectivity, while optimizing and visualizing the performance of current systems, thus maximizing operator revenue.
Israeli companies will also demonstrate solutions from a wide variety of verticals such as: IOT, Cyber, Health, Transportation, Smart city, Smart Home, Industry 4.0, Content Delivery, Content creation, Customer care and many more.
Many Israeli exhibitors focus on connected devices, with advanced hardware and software products enhancing the functionality and usability of those devices. The Israel pavilion will also feature AR/VR, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and big data technologies.
The Israel Export Institute, a non-profit organization supported by the government of Israel and the private sector, facilitates business ties, joint ventures and strategic alliances between international and Israeli companies. The Institute is committed to bringing together mobile-centric corporations around the world with Israeli companies whose mobile applications, services and platforms provide a business advantage in the highly competitive mobile market.
For further information:
Mrs. Shiri Ram Head of Mobile Sector The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute T +972 3 514 2938 M +972 53 8231351 shirir@export.gov.il www.export.gov.il
RSA Conference 2019 will take place March 4 to 8, 2019 in San Francisco.
RSA has over 50,000 attendees per year and it is the largest cyber conference and exhibition in the world. With some of the industry’s most forward-thinking leaders speaking, all the leading and upcoming cyber technologies on display at the exhibition and the chance to network with thousands of peers it is an unparalleled opportunity.
There will be an Israeli pavilion at the event with many participating Israeli companies with groundbreaking and market leading technologies.
Israel Trade and Economic Commission in Sydney, Australia 