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| Annual High-Tech and Venture Capital Conference The Israel Venture Association (IVA) announced today that it will host leading entrepreneurs and CEOs in their fields, that have established and led the largest and most successful international companies, to address the annual High-Tech and Venture Capital Conference. The Conference will be held on June 10 - 11, 2007 at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. The speakers who will address the Conference include: Shay Agassi; Israel Makov; Prof. Paul Gompers; Dov Moran, Founder; Eyal Waldman; Haim Shani; Yigal Jacoby, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Allot Communications (Nasdaq:ALLT). Jacoby, a veteran entrepreneur, previously founded Armon Networking which was eventually sold to Bay Networks in 1996. The theme for this year's event is "Start Up Big!" and it will focus on Building Large Companies with a stimulating program that includes how to better leverage Israeli innovations to create larger companies, what this means to Israeli entrepreneurs/VC's and LPs, local and global case studies, which sectors to invest in, CleanTech and other emerging sectors with the potential to impact the industry. In addition, the Conference will include focused breakout sessions on Networking and Home Networking, Web 2.0 & 3.0, new models for Enterprise Software, Medical Devices and Biotech as well as Gaming and Digital Media. IVA has partnered with the Red Herring business and technology magazine to co-manage the Conference panels and the "Start-up of the Year" competition. The competition will honor the best start-ups of 2007 in the categories of Software & Internet, Semiconductor & Communications, and Life Sciences. In addition, a special IVA committee will elect the IVA Persons of the Year in the following categories: the most significant contribution to the Israeli high-tech and venture capital industry, the technology entrepreneur, and the venture capitalist who has prominently contributed to the community. Representatives of the IVA and Red Herring will present the awards to the winning start-ups in each category of the start-up competition and the IVA Person of the Year awards. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |