Monday, 31st of October 2011
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Monday, 31st of October 2011 |
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| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Opening & Welcoming Note by: Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund, Chairman – Cukierman & Co. Mr. Dan Meridor – Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Intelligence – Israel Mr. Antonio Tajani – Vice President of the European Commission |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Go4European Achievement Prize to Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Founder – TEVA |
| 10:00 – 11:00 |
Being a market leader and succeeding through M&A in Europe. Moderator:Luc Muller, General Manager – OTTO Group Michael Avnimelech, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. M&A Arnon Fishbain, General Manager – Veolia Israel Thierry Leyne, Chairman – Assya Cie Financière Yair Shamir, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund Dr. Michael Traem, CEO – Arthur D. Little Gerald Turner, Chairman – M&A Europe |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
Showcases for Israel: Elevator Pitches Bizzabo; Cerac; Dmedical; Dori Media Group; Growponics; Gvahim Pilot Accelerator; harmon.ie; Kahr; Morflora; Neuronix; Orckit; Tufin; VGS; 4D MicroRobotics |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Coffee Break |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
Keynote speaker: Mr. Shalom Simhon – Minister of Industry, Trade & Labour – Israel
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| 11:50 – 12:50 | Where to invest and how to raise funds in Europe
Moderator: Guy Ravid, CEO – Cukierman & Co. Damien Brady, CEO – Aedificium Capital Roger Cukierman, Former CEO – Ed de Rothschild & Director Cukierman & Co. Slawomir Majman, President of Polish Information & Foreign Investment Agency – PAIiIZ Peter Rasenberger, Chairman – Rasenberger Toschek AG Marc Touati, Head of Economic Research – Assya Cie Financière
Anne Louise Van Linden Van Sandenburg, Head of International Listings EMEA – NYSE Euronext |
| 12:50 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Panel 1: How a European company becomes a world market leader Moderator:Yossi Vardi, Chairman – International Technologies RT Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science – UK
Eden Bar-Tal, Director General – Ministry of Communications, Israel Gervais Pelissier, CFO – France Telecom Erik Vermeulen, Senior Counsel Corporate – Philips Arkady Volozh, CEO – Yandex
Panel 2: How to match Israeli and European start-ups with MedTech players Moderator:Dr. Laurent Choppe, Managing Partner – Cukierman Life Sciences Dr. Alain Coudray, VP International Clinical Research & Innovation – Medtronic Lior Maayan, CEO – Orsense Ilana Odess, Partner – VB Israeli Orthopedic Technology Accelerator Dr. Hadar Ron, Managing Partner – Israel Healthcare Ventures (IHCV)
Panel 3: Go4Russia Opening remarks by Arkady Volozh, CEO – Yandex Moderator: Arkady Milman, former Ambassador of Israel to the Russian Federation Scott Antel, Partner – DLA Piper Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund, Chairman – Cukierman & Co. Boris Evseev, Managing Director – Gazprombank Oleg Kiselev, Deputy CEO & Member of Executive Board – Rusnano Yan Ryazantsev, Director of Investment and Expertise – Russian Venture Company Konstantin Torgov, Senior Banker – EBRD |
| 15:00 – 16:00 |
Panel 1: Challenges & opportunities in the Green Economy in Europe & Israel Moderator:Lior Hessel, Head of Ag-Tech – Cukierman & Co. Marc Azuelos, New Technologies Manager – Veolia Environment Israel Alain Baruc, Dr. Development – Vinci Group Lucien Y. Bronicki, Chairman – Ormat David Cohen, CEO – Cohen Corporate Finance Horst Hartwig, Partner – Graf Von Westphalen Gal Oren, Partner – APM & Co.
Panel 2: How can Biotech get to Specialty & Big Pharmas sweet spots? Moderator:Daniel Cohen, Partner – Cukierman Life Sciences Pierre d’Epenoux, Head of Business Development Europe – Sanofi Neil Goldsmith, CEO – Evolva Dr. Florent Gros, Managing Director – Novartis Venture Funds Jan Honore, Senior Director GBD – Ferring Pharmaceutical
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| 15:00 – 16:00 |
EU – Israel Business Dialogue (by invitation only):
Moderated by EU and Israel Co-Chairmen: Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chairman & CEO – Five Arrows Mr. Yair Seroussi, Chairman – Bank Hapoalim
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee Break |
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16:15 – 17:30
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Panel 1: The image of Israel in Europe Moderator:Roger Cukierman, VP – World Jewish Congress & Board Member – ELNET
Ronnie Chan, Chairman – Hang Lung Properties – Hong Kong Matthew Gould, HM Ambassador – British Embassy in Israel Ron Houldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv Yaffo – Israel Dr. Gunter Krings, CDU Fraktion Deutscher Bundestag – Germany Andrew Standley, Ambassador, Head of EU delegation – State of Israel
Panel 2: Technology transfer in Europe: Best Practices (by invitation only) Moderator: Pr. Daniel Rouach – ESCP Europe |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks:
Mrs Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing– France
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