Agenda – December 14, 2026
December 14, 2026 – Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach
10:00 – 19:00
8:00 – 9:00
Registration & Networking
9:00 – 9:15
Welcoming Notes
Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund
9:15 – 9:30
Opening Remarks
Honorable Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel
9:30 – 10:00
GoforIsrael Achievement Prize
Eyal Waldman, Chairman – Waldo Holdings*
Eyal Shekel, Founder & CEO – Civan Lasers
10:00 – 10:30
Introduced:
Start-Ups:
High Tech Elevator Pitches
Pola Cejko, VP – Cukierman & Co. High Tech
Claroty, Realsense, OpenWeb, Speedata, Addionics, Arbe, Baseline Vision, Blings, Blink Technologies, Capow, Catalyst Investors’ Club, Civan Lasers, GuardRdF, Guardz, Nexar, Storycard, Trilogical, Zyg*
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10:30 – 10:45
Moderator:
Fireside Chat with:
Betting on AI: What Actually Wins Beyond the Hype Cycle
Dana Somberg, Board Member & Entrepreneur– Catalyst Investors’ Club
Michael Fertik, Managing Director & Founder – Verdict Capital
10:45 – 11:25
Moderator:
Panelists:
Key Success Factor of Israeli High Tech
Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner – Catalyst Funds
Hanan Friedman, CEO – Bank Leumi
Michael Fertik, Managing Director & Founder – Verdict Capital
Yadin Kaufmann, Founder & Chairman – A Good Option
Michael Jesselson, President – Jesselson Capital Corp
11:25 – 11:55
Moderator:
Panelists:
Democratizing PE Investments in AI Era
Daniel Elfen, COO & Business Development – Catalyst Investors’ Club
Alex Witkoff, CEO – Witkoff Group
Justine Fisher, Managing Directoret – Nasdaq Private Market
Tomer Bar Zeev, Co-Founder & Chairman – Zyg*
11:55 – 12:35
Moderator:
Panelists:
The State of Defense
Michael Cukierman, Partner – Cukierman & Co. Defense
Amir Elichai, SPV Global Strategy – Axon
Eyal Shekel, Founder & CEO – Civan Lasers
Yair Shamir, Managing Partner – Catalyst Funds
Wesley Clark, Chairman & CEO – Wesley K. Clark & Associates*
12:35 – 14:00
Networking Lunch
(by invitation only)
14:00- 14:30
Introduced:
Start-Ups:
Biotech / Foodtech & Agritech Elevator Pitches
Julia Bismuth Solomon, Senior Associate – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
CannaLean, CarobWay, CropX, Curalife, Cytora, Day-8, Exosomm, Melt & Jet, Naya Therapeutics, Picker Agrobotics, Ever:Red, Remedy Cell, Rumafeed, ToBe, Tracells
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14:30 – 15:00
Moderator:
Panelists:
How US Investors Look at Israel as a Source of Life Sciences Innovation?
Dr. Laurent Choppe, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
Dr. Stephen Nimer, Director – Sylvester Cancer Center University of Miami
Ilanit Kabessa, Partner – Cukierman & Co. Foodtech & Agritech
Dr. Doron Junger, Portfolio Manager – Sanvia Capital
Peter Kash, Chairman – Camelot BioCapital*
15:00 – 15:30
Introduced:
Start-Ups:
Medtech Elevator Pitches
Dr. Sarah Amouyal, Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
Cell-Lipo, Elda Technologies, Etrog Systems, Fize Medical, Imma Health, LaserTeam, NanoPass, Nanose Medical, Nina Medical, Omeza, SmartValves, TENGable, Venocare
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15:30 – 16:00
Moderator:
Panelists:
Israel Medtech & Aesthetics Global Leadership
Shy Zyman, Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
Maurice Ferre, CEO & Chairman – Insightech
Robert Grossman, Former Chair, Israel Practice – Greenberg Traurig
Dr. Shimon Eckhouse, Chairman & Co-Founder – Alon MedTech
Eyal Aviram, CEO – Galil Ofek Innovation
16:00 – 16:30
Moderator:
Panelists:
M&A Opportunities for Israeli Companies
Ariel Anati, Partner – Catalyst Fund
Motti Kushnir, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. High Tech
Eyal Ofir, Global Head of M&A – IBM
Stan Gowisnock, Chief Strategy Advisor – Focus Investment Banking
Representative from RealSense
16:30 – 17:00
Moderator:
Panelists:
Israel goes to Miami
David Blumberg, Founder & Managing Partner – Blumberg Capital
Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor – Miami-Dade County
Steven Meiner, Mayor – Miami Beach
Maurice Berkower, CEO – Berkower LLC
17:00 – 17:30
Moderator:
Panelists:
Image of Israel Abroad
Al Goldstein, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO – Avant & StoicLane
Josh Brody, President – Cadma Capital Partners
Shirley Shahar, General Partner – Desert Tech Ventures
Representative TASE
Representative from EL AL
17:30 – 18:30
Happy Hour GoforIsrael 2026
10:00 – 19:00
One on One Meetings
*to be confirmed
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