Annual mission at the Technion in Haifa and the Israeli ecosystem – ‘Applying Big Data’ – May 15-18
Technion France organizes from 15 to 18 May 2015, the 10th edition of its Annual Mission at the TECHNION, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa Israel: “Applying BIG DATA”.
This edition will focus on the following themes: Personalized Medicine, Mobile Health, E-Health, Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Green Tech, Connected Objects, Digital Media and Telecom, Humanitarian, Social and Personalized Education.
For 3 days, from Friday 15 to Monday 18 May, a professional delegation will benefit a high quality program, starting with a cultural and spiritual visit to the heart of Jerusalem and to the Start-Up incubator of Nazareth ‘Naztech’, on Saturday, May 16.
Sunday and Monday will be marked by visits at the Technion Campus, in its various laboratories, as well as interventions at the highest level – in multidisciplinary scientific and technological fields.
A Gala dinner – in presence of Technion Governance and distinguished guests – will close this exceptional mission.
Personalized appointments will be organized in parallel to the program according to the desiderata of the delegation participants.
The logistic and academic programs as well as details of our travel agency (VPLBusiness Travel in Paris) are available on www.technionfrance.org
This mission aims to put in direct interface, TECHNION best experts with the members of the delegation on issues of common interest in order to develop and implement strategic partnerships between the French ecosystem and the TECHNION.
Full programm of Technion France mission organized by Muriel Touaty.
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
20:00 Private dinner for the delegation in the German Colony – Douzan restaurant with the participation of Faculty members who participated in ATF events in France, French speaking faculty and graduate students (Ben Gurion 35 – 852 5444- 0522694343)
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Accompanied by student:
08:30-09:00 Travel from the Dan Carmel Hotel to the Visitors Center (auditorium):
09:00-09:45 Greetings and overview of the Technion by Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Executive Vice President for Research (Coler)
09:45-11:15 Panel Program “From the Lab to the Market Place”
09:45-10:10 Presentation of the Technion Technology Transfer Unit (T3) activities by Mr. Benjamin Soffer, Director
10:10-10:30 Meet with AssistantProf. Avi Shroeder, Nanotechnology and Personalized Medicine, Faculty of Chemical Engineering: New approaches and opportunities
10:30-10:50 Meet with Mr. Zeev Gilkis, CEO of Accelta
10:50-11:10 Meet with Dr.Ohad Ben Dror, CEO, NanoSpun Technologies Ltd (Smart Fibers for Clever Solutions – (Tel: 972 4 870 8320/054 206 0026)
11:10-11:15 Concluding remarks
11:15-11:30 Coffee break
11:45-13:00 Interactive Science fair on Digital and Big Data in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management with the participation of 5 faculty members
From the Faculty of Computer Science: Either Prof. Nir Ailon /Prof. Shaul Markovitch/Prof. Yoav Etsion, Prof. Assaf Shuster, Prof. Reuven Cohen, Prof. EranYahav and grad student Anastasia Dubrovina, Prof. Ran El Yaniv, Prof. Yosef Naor, Prof Roi Friedman
From the Faculty of Electrical Engineering: Either Prof. Mark Silberstein, Prof. Yaakov Crammer, Daniel Mankowitz, Prof. Raphi Rom, Prof. Shie Mannor
From the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management: Either Prof. AvishaiMendelbaum; Prof. Oren Kurland, Prof. Avigdor Gal, Prof. Roi Reichart, Prof. Elad Hazan,
13:00-14:00 Buffet lunch with the participation of the hosting faculty members and graduate students
14:00-14:45 Lecture by Mr. Oded Ben Dov, Co-Founder & CEO of Sesame Enable http://sesame-enable.com/ and/or Dr. Amit Goffer, ARGO technologies
15:00-17:30 On-site visits to faculties and research centers: the delegation will break up to learn about latest research advances in the fields of
– Smart cities and green
– E-Health and Mobile health, personalized medicine
– Connecting media and telecommunications
17:30 Transportation back to the Dan Carmel Hotel
19:30 Festive Dinner at the Rondo, Dan Carmel Hotel with the participation of
From the Technion:
Prof. Peretz Lavie, President and Dr. Lena Lavie;
Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Executive Vice President for Research and Dr. Marielle Kaplan;
Prof. Boaz Golany, Vice President For External Relations and Resource Development and Mrs. Rachel Golany;
Distinguished Prof. Avram Hershko, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Distinguished Prof. Moti Segev, Faculty of Physics
Others to be advised
From the French Embassy in Israel
Mr. Zaccharie Gross, First Counselor
Mr. Lionel Corre, Economic Counsellor
Dr. Jacques Baudier, Science & Technology Attache, French Embassy in Israel
Mr. Gilles Courregelongue, Consul de France in Haifa
From the Israeli Hitech Industry:
Dr.Yoelle Maarek, Corporate Vice President, YAHOO
Mr. Guido Pardo Roques, General Manager, Philips Medical
Dr. Kobi Vortman, CEO Insightec and or Dr. Robert Sigal, President and Chief Commercial Officer, Insightec
Others to be advised
From the Municipality
Mr. Yona Yahav, Mayor of Haifa
Opening remarks by Prof. Peretz Lavie, President
Greetings by Mr. Yona Yahav, Mayor
Guest Speaker: Mr. Aharon Aharon, Head of Apple’s Israel R&D Center
Overnight at the Dan Carmel hotel
Monday, May 18th, 2015
Accompanied by undergraduate students
08:00-08:45 Presentation by Mr. Oded Ben Dov, Co-Founder & CEO of Sesame Enable http://sesame-enable.com/ and/or Dr. Amit Goffer, ARGO technologies (after breakfast and check out)
09:00-10:00 Transportation to Herzilya
10:15-11:30 Industry visits in Herzliya
- General Motors’ Advanced Technical Center in Israel (ATC-I) hosted by Mr. Gil Golan, Director, Herzeliya http://dld-conference.com/users/gil-golan
- Microsoft Israel R&D – hosted by Mr. Yoram Yaacovi, General Manager http://dld-conference.com/users/yoram-yaacovi
11:30-12:00 Transportation to Tel Aviv
12:00-12:45 Guided walking tour of the Sarona campus, Tel Aviv
12:45-13:45 Lunch on site
13:45-14:30 Transportation to Ben Gurion Airport
17:15 Departure EL AL flight to Paris
CONTACT AGENCE DE VOYAGE – 01.42.81.55.44 Gil AMIEL ou NATTY resa@vplbtravel.com
CONTACT TECHNION France – 01.40.70.13.28 – Muriel TOUATY
