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LET'S MAKE IT WORK

LEADERS & INNOVATORS MEET
IN ONE MEGA-EVENT IN JERUSALEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2021
JERUSALEM

IMPROVATE’S INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION FORUM WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ORIENT HOTEL IN JERUSALEM. AMONG THE SPEAKERS: THE ARTIST AND TECH ENTREPRENEUR WILL.I.AM. THE RT. HON. TONY BLAIR AND FORMER WORLD CHESS CHAMPION MR. GARRY KASPAROV.

"NEXT MONTH IN JERUSALEM"

Mr. Garry Kasparov interview about his attending the International Innovation Forum In Jerusalem

EXCLUSIVE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY​

 

The forum will be attended by world leaders and government ministers, investors looking to invest in Israeli companies, ambassadors, heads of financial institutions, senior government officials and decision-makers from eastern and western Europe, the United Arab Emirates, and Africa. Leading Israeli technology companies will present at the conference with the aim of creating wide-ranging business collaborations.

 

ONLY 300 INVITEES

The forum constitutes an exclusive networking opportunity with only 300 invitees, including some of the world’s biggest investors. The goal of the conference is to match Israeli innovation with top-level decision-makers in order to create future business deals that will make tomorrow’s world a better place.

THE AGENDA

07:30

09:00

09:20

10:10

11:25

12:10

13:20

14:50

16:15

16:30

18:00

Breakfast

 

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Moderator: Ms. Lauren Izso

Opening address
Ms. Irina Nevzlin, IMPROVATE Founder & Chair

Welcome address on behalf of the city of Jerusalem
Mr. Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem

Opening speech
President Rosen Plevneliev, Former President of Bulgaria.

PANEL: INNOVATION FOR ALL

Moderator: Ms. Lauren Izso

How innovation can boost economic growth, reduce social gaps, and lift countries out of poverty. Featuring global leaders including will.i.am, Musician and tech entrepreneur; IMPROVATE founder Ms. Irina Nevzlin; The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland; and Mr. Or Lenchner CEO, Bright Data; and other global tech leaders.

Keynote speech
Ms. Mirlinda Karcanaj, General director of National Agency for Information Society Albania

PRESENTATION

 

The impact of the Digital Revolution in Albania
Ms. Mirlinda Karcanaj, General director of National Agency for Information Society Albania

IAI: Holistic Disruptive Solutions
Mr. Boaz Levy, President & CEO | Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

HOMELAND SECURITY, THREATS AND SOLUTIONS

 

Keynote speech
Dr. Danny Gold, Brigadier General (Ret.), Head of the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Research & Development

PANEL

Moderator: Mrs. Shanna Fuld

 

As Homeland Security threats continue to proliferate, from terrorism to public safety, criminal activity and climate-induced natural disasters, governments around the world are looking for innovative technological solutions to a host of challenges.

The panel will engage the latest technological innovations and solutions for HLS threats.

Featuring representatives of leading Israeli technology companies, as well as
Major Gen. (Ret.) Ronny Numa, the former Ben Gurion Airport COVID Commissioner; Mr. Vlado Buchkovski, former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia; Mr. Ivo Josipvic former President of Croatia.

PRESENTATION

 

General Robotics
Mr. Shahar Gal, CEO

The true meaning of co-labor-ability
Mr. Hagay Azani, President & CEO | CONTROP Precision Technologies

COFFEE BREAK

FOOD TECH & WATER

Moderator: Ms. Lauren Izso

PRESENTATION

Keynote speech
Mr. Dudi Balsar, Mr. Dudi Balsar

PANEL

 

As the world faces climate change and rapid population growth, food security and water resources are perhaps the major global challenge.

In this Panel we will be looking at how innovation can help feed the world.

Featuring representatives of leading food security technology companies:
Mr. Elad Levi, Vice President, Head of Middle East and Africa, Netafim; H.E Khedaim Abdulla Al Darei, Co- Founder and Managing Director of Aldahra Group; President Rosen Plevneliev, Former President of Bulgaria; Mrs. Bora Muzhaqi Minister of State for Youth and Children of Albania.

Keynote speech
Ms. Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Israel’s Minister of Innovation, Science & Technology.

 

One-on-one interview with Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Investor Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky will give an exclusive one-on-one on-stage interview by
Ms. Lauren Izso.

PRESENTATION

 

Introducing AVA Bio Defender- the master terminator of viral mutations
Lior Ziegler, Founder & CEO | AVA Bio Defender

 

Medigus- advanced innovative solutions
Mr. Yaki Baranes, VP Strategy and Business Development, Medigus

LUNCH

TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF MEDICINE

 

PRESENTATIONS

Cell technology: Mankind’s Next Great Revolution
Mr. Yaky Yanay, CEO & President | Pluristem Therapeutics

 

Keynote Speech
Dr. George Cheriyan CEO and Chief Medical Officer | American Mission

Hospital. Manama. Bahrain

Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Towards a brighter future
Prof. Dan Peer Vice President for R&D | Tel Aviv University | EPM Group

PANEL

Moderator: Prof. Zeev Rotstein
Former director-general of both Sheba and Hadassah Medical Centers

Technology is changing the future of medicine with advances in the use of artificial intelligence and big-data analysis in diagnostics, robot-assisted surgery, immunotherapies in cancer care, personalized medicine, telemedicine, and more.

The panel will discuss the trends and directions in medical technologies together with CEOs of leading medical centers and companies.

Featuring
Prof. Roni Gamzu, director of Ichilov Hospital, and a former director-general of the Health Ministry, and Israel’s former coronavirus commissioner; Prof. Ivo Petrov, Head of the Cardiology and Angiology Department at Acibadem City Clinic Cardiovascular Center; Mr. Reshef Swisa, CEO & Founder, EPM Group; Dr. Andrei Baciu, State secretary, Ministry of health, Romania; Ms. Milena Stoycheva, a Chair of Digital Health and Innovation Cluster, and CEO of Junior Achievement, Bulgaria. and Dr. Yoav Shechter, Global Public Policy Knowledge Hub Lead MSD.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Yacov Geva Managing Director and CEO | G Medical.

4D Bio-Fabrication – From Theory to Clinic
Mr. Aryeh Batt CEO & co-Founder | Precise Bio

When Medical Drone Delivery and IOT meet
Mr. Eyal Regev Chairman & CEO | GADFIN Aero-Logistics Systems

One On One
The
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND SOLUTIONS

 

Keynote speech
Mr. Garry Kasparov was the youngest ever world chess champion and is a globally renowned expert on AI and Cyber. He is the Chairman of the New-York based Human Rights Foundation; he is an ambassador for Avast Software, where he discusses cybersecurity and the digital future; and is on the executive board of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics.

PANEL

Moderator: Shanna Fuld

Mr. Garry Kasparov, will head a panel to discuss how governments, business, and the financial sector can protect data, and how to protect critical infrastructures from cyber threats.

Featuring
Ms. Eka Tkeshelashvili President of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS); Mr. Victor Ponta, Former Prime Minister of Romania, and founder and sole shareholder of VP Projects Advisors; Mr. Kosta Petrov, Managing Director at Fund for Innovations and Technology Development, Macedonia; and Major Gen. (Res.) Prof. Isaac Ben -Israel, Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), and Chairman of the Israel Space Agency.

Keynote speech
Mr. Niko Peleshi, Minister of Defense of Albania

The Atmosphere Fund: An Investment Innovation in the Start-Up Nation
Mrs. Alexandra Cohen, Director of Investor Relations, Atmosphere Fund

Shani Shenhav Ltd

Keynote speech
H.E Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of Republic of Srpsk

CLOSING REMARKS

By Ms. Lauren Izso

 

END OF ONE DAY CONFERENCE – REST BREAK

DELEGATION PROGRAM

PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED

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The RT Hon Tony Blair

Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Mrs. Irina Nevzlin

Founder & Chair
IMPROVATE
ISRAEL

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Mr. Will.i.m

Musician & Tech Entrepreneur
USA

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Mr. Rosen Plevneliev

Former President
BULGARIA

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Mr. Garry Kasparov

AI Expert | Former World Chess Champion
NEW-YORK.
USA

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H.E Zeljka Cvijanovic

President
Republic of Srpska

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Mrs. Orit Farkash Hacohen

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology
ISRAEL

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Phd. Vlado Buchkovski

Former Prime Minister
MACEDONIA

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Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Investor
UK

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Prof. Ronni Gamzu

CEO
Sourasky Medical Center - Tel-Aviv
ISRAEL

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Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilead

Executive Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at IDC Herzliya
ISRAEL

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Mrs. Linda Karcanaj

General Director of National Agency of Information Society
ALBANIA

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Mrs. Milena Stoycheva

Chairperson
Digital Health & Innovation | Cluster
BULGARIA

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Major Gen. (RET) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel

Head of Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), and Chairman of Israel Space Agency
ISRAEL

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Mr. Boaz Levy

President & CEO | Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
ISRAEL

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Mr. Reshef Swisa

CEO & Founder | EPM Group
ISRAEL

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Mr. Yaky Yanay

CEO & President | Pluristem Therapeutics
ISRAEL

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Mr. Victor Ponta

Former Prime Minister of Romania | Leader at PRO Romania Founder and sole shareholder of VP Projects Advisors.
ROMANIA

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Prof. Dr. Ivo Josipovic

President of CROATIA 2010-2015 | Professor at University of Zagreb - Faculty of Law
CROATIA

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Mr. Leonid Nevzlin

Philanthropist | Publisher
ISRAEL

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Prof. Zeev Rotstein

Health Care Systems Specialist
ISRAEL

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Major Gen. (Ret.) Ronny Numa

Former Ben Gurion Airport COVID Commissioner
ISRAEL

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Mr. Kosta Petrov

Managing Director at Fund for Innovations and Technology Development
NORTH MACEDONIA

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Mr. Elad Levi

Vice President | Head of Middle East and Africa
Netafim
ISRAEL

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Mr. Hagay Azani

President & CEO | Controp
ISRAEL

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Mr. Eyal Regev

Chairman & CEO | GADFIN Aero-Lodistics Systems
ISRAEL

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Mr. Aryeh Batt

CEO & Co-Founder | PRECISE BIO
ISRAEL

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Mr. Sahar Elbaz

VP of Biz Development | Initium
ISRAEL

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Mr. Yves Leterme

Former Prime Minister of Belgium | Innovation Investor and VC Consultant
BELGIUM

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Mrs. Eka Tkeshelashvili

President | The Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS)
GEORGIA

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Dr. Daniel Gold

Retired Brigadier General | Head of IMOD Directorate of Defense R&D
ISRAEL

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Mr. Moshe Lion

Mayor of Jerusalem
ISRAEL

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PROF. IVO Petrov

Chief of Cardiology and Angiology
Acibadem City Clinic Cardiovascular Center
Bulgaria

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Mr. Or Lenchner

CEO
Bright Data
ISRAEL

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Mr. Eli Cohen

CEO
Mekorot
ISRAEL

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Mr. Shahar Gal

CEO | GENERAL ROBOTICS
ISRAEL

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H.E Khedaim Abdulla Al Darei

Vice-Chairman and Managing Director | Al Dahra Group
UAE

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Dr. Yacov Geva

President & CEO
G MEDICAL INNOVATION
ISRAEL

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Prof. Dan Peer

Vice President for R&D | Tel Aviv University &EPM Group
ISRAEL

Dr. George Cheriyan

CEO & Chief Medical Officer | American Mission Hospital. Manama.
Bahrain

Participating Companies

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BLACK EYED PEAS CONCERT

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NEWS & MEDIA

ABOUT IMPROVATE

IMPROVATE is a platform that makes technology and innovation accessible to new markets around the world. Launched in September 2020, IMPROVATE operates out of London and Tel Aviv and serves as a platform to connect leaders, decision-makers, companies, and investors with technology and innovation. Among IMPROVATE’s Board members are former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, President Rosen Plevneliev – former President of Bulgaria, Prof. Zeev Rotstein, and IDF Major Gen. (Ret.) Amos Gilead. IMPROVATE’s partners include: Rosen Plevneliev – Former President of Bulgaria | Victor Ponta – Former Prime Minister of Romania | Yves Leterme – Former Prime Minister of Belgium | Vlado Buchkovski – Former Prime Minister of the REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA 
Our website:  www.improvate.net

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