Conference Program

 
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2001
16:00 - 19:00 Registration and Distribution of Conference Material
19:00 - 21:00 Opening Reception

Opening Remarks:

Mr. Gideon Tolkowsky
WG '83, Founding Partner, Veritas Venture Partners

Greetings:

Mr. Ron Huldai
AMP '88, Mayor-Municipality of Tel-Aviv-Yafo

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Ambassador to Israel (tbc)



MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001
8:00 - 9:00 Coffee and Registration
9:00 - 10:30 Session 1: Managing Emerging Technology Start-Ups in a Volatile Environment

Moderator and Faculty Co-ordinator:

Prof. Raphael Amit
Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Wharton eBusiness Initiative (WeBI), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Panel Members:

Dr. Lior E. Yahalomi
PhD '91, Managing Partner, CMGI@Ventures Technology Fund

Dr. Shlomo Kalish
Founding Partner, Jerusalem Global Ventures

Mr. Zamir Bar-Zion
Managing Director, NZ&Co - US Bancorp Piper Jaffray

Mr. Yossi Vardi
Chairman, International Technologies and Founder, Mirabilis Ltd. (ICQ)

Dr. Gad Ariav
PhD '84, Head of High-Tech Management School and Faculty of Management, Leon Recanati School of Business, Tel-Aviv University

Dr. Howard Morgan
Vice Chairman and President, Idealab
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 2: Access to Global Capital Markets

Moderator and Faculty Coordinator:

Prof. Richard J. Herring
Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking, Professor of Finance, Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies and Co-Director, Wharton Finance Institutions Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Panel Members:

Mr. Marshall A. Heinberg
W '79, Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking  CIBC World Markets

Mr. Orni Petrushka
Co-President and Chairman, Chromatis Networks

Mr. Zeev Holtzman
Chairman and CEO, Giza Venture Capital

Mr. Eyal Kaplan
WG '90, General Partner, Walden Israel Venture Capital Fund

Mr. Amos Goren
Director, Apax Partners

Mr. Isaac (Itzik) Devash
WEV '88, Founding Partner of The Israel International Funds and Fantine Capital
12:30 - 14:00

Luncheon Keynote Address

Dean Patrick T. Harker
PhD '83, MA '83, MSE '81, BSE '81, Dean, Professor of Management and Private Enterprise, Professor of Operations and Information Management and Systems Engineering - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (video)

Sir Paul Judge
WG '73, Chairman, Oxbridge Capital Ltd. and Chairman, Digital Solutions Group Ltd.

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: The Evolution and Future of the Israeli High-Tech Industry - Possible Implications for other Nations

Moderator and Faculty Coordinator:

Prof. David J. Reibstein
William Stewart Woodside Professor, Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Panel members:

Mr. Eli Horowitz
CEO, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Zohar Zisapel
Chairman, Rad-Binat Group

Mr. Oded Tyrah
President, The Manufacturers Association of Israel

Mr. Carmel Vernia (tbc)
Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade

Dr. Jonathan Shimshoni
Managing Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Mr. Ram Waisbourd
W '92, Vice President, Biomedical Investments Ltd.
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 4: Global Business Strategy of a Technology Start-Up
Live Broadcast to the Wharton School via Teleconference

Moderator and Faculty Coordinator:

Prof. Yoram (Jerry) Wind
The Lauder Professor, Professor of Marketing and Director, SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Panel Members:

Sir Paul Judge
WG '73, Chairman, Oxbridge Capital Ltd. and Chairman, Digital Solutions Group Ltd.

Mr. Arad Naveh
Director of Worldwide Business Development - Cisco, Founder and CEO of Class Data

Mr. Yoel Gat
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Gilat Satellite Networks

Mr. Eli Mintz
Founder, CEO and President of Compugen Inc.

Mr. Raz Steinmetz
WG '93,President and CEO, Ampal-American Israel Corporation

Mr. Gideon Tolkowsky
WG '83, Founding Partner, Veritas Venture Partners
19:00-21:00 Gala Dinner
Live Broadcast to the Wharton School via Teleconference

Opening Remarks:

Mr. Isaac (Itzik) Devash
WEV '88, Founding Partner of The Israel International Funds and Fantine Capital Keynote

Speaker:

Minister Shimon Peres
Minister for Regional Cooperation
21:00 - Entertainment Program

* tbc - to be confirmed

 

 

TUESDAY, 13 MARCH 2001
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 Session 5: Developing perspectives of Globalizing Start-ups - Experience of Wharton, Tel Aviv University and The Interdisciplinary Center in Herzelia

Prof. Leonard M. Lodish
Samuel R. Harrell Professor, Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Shmuel Kendel
Dean, Faculty of Management, The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University

Prof. Yoram (Jerry) Wind
The Lauder Professor, Professor of Marketing and Director, SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Shimon Schocken
Dean, School of Computer Science, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzelia
10:00:-15:00 Field Experience: Meet some of the Most Promising High-Tech Companies in Israel

Parallel Tracks:
Track A- Telecom

Track Guide:

Mr. Dan Mintz,
WG '96, Apax Partners, Associate Israel

Companies:
OnePath Networks
Designs and manufactures broadband optical access equipment which solves "first-mile" bandwidth bottlenecks through convergence of data, video and voice communications over a single fiber and coaxial cable for delivery to multiple dwelling unit and single family unit residences. (www.onepath.com)

Flash Networks
Flash Networks develops network performance solutions that enable satellite and wireless data networks to effectively utilize existing bandwidth for high-speed TCP/IP connections. (www.flashnetwroks.com).

LaserComm
LaserComm is a leader in developing and manufacturing innovative broadband optical componenets and modules that manage chromatic dispersion in advanced communications networks. LaserComm's solutions enable optical systems manufacturers and communications service providers to carry more data at faster rates and over longer distances, at reduced cost. (www.lasercomm-inc.com)

Track B - Biotech

Track Guide:

Mr. Ram Waisbourd
W '92, Vice President, Biomedical Investments.

  Compugen
Compugen combines the disciplines of mathematics and computer science with molecular biology to develop products and services that enable life scientists to significantly enhance and accelerate their research efforts in the discovery of drugs, therapeutics, diagnostics and agricultural products. (www.cgen.com, NASDAQ: CGEN).

Gamida Cell
Gamida Cell develops a family of biological "cell-in-a bottle" products. These products are based on the company's proprietary technology for expansion of stem cells which are derived from cord blood. These products will be supplied from tissue banks as frozen cell units and will be widely used for treatment of cancer: Leukemia, Lymphoma and solid tumors.

XTL Biopharmaceuticals
A biotechnology company which develops therapeutics to treat Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and other infectious diseases using fully-human monoclonal antibodies and synthetic chemical products. (www.xtlbio.com, LSE: XTL).

Track C - Software

Track Guide:

Mr. Yair Safray
WG '93, General Partner, Concord Ventures.

Companies:
Commtouch
A leading global provider of outsourced integrated e-mail and messaging solutions for service providers. Enterprises, wireless carriers and internet businesses. (www.commtouch.com, NASDAQ: CTCH)

Proficiency Solutions
An Engineering Supply Chain Collaboration (ESCC) company. Proficiency revolutionaizes customer-supplier relationships and collaboration in engineering enterprizes, by providing high impact, web-based software solutions to the extended enterprise. (www.proficiency.com).

Trivnet
Trivnet has developed the world's first Internet payment system that enables one-click payment for e-commerce transactions, with no need for registration or software download by the user. Trivnet is focused on e-commerce in digital goods and services, primarily in a cellular environment.(www.trivnet.com)
15:00 Back to the Hotel
17:30 - 19:00 Travel to Jerusalem
19:00 - 20:30
 Dinner in Jerusalem 
Greetings: Mr. Ehud Olmert, Mayor of Jerusalem
20:30 - 23:00 Jerusalem by Night Tour
24:00 Return to the Hotel

MARCH 14-17, 2001
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