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Theme: Future Talk

This event occurred on
March 2, 2017
9:30am - 8:30pm IST
(UTC +2hrs)
eilat, HaDarom
Israel

TEDxEilat locally grown and produced at Eilat. A celebration of the mind where we share "Ideas worth spreading".

TEDxEilat presents the best speakers of their represented fields: professors, doctors, CEOs, industry leaders, community leaders, change makers, artists and more.

This year TEDxEilat theme is: "Future Talk": talking about the main issues of our lives and how will they look like and affect us in the future to come.

Ben Gurion University auditorium, Eilat campus
Sderot HaTmarim 162, Eilat
eilat, HaDarom, 88000
Israel
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Speakers

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Dr Liat Ben David

CEO, Wolf Foundation.
About the speaker: Liat is an outstanding and experienced speaker, highly professional in the field of education in general, and excellence in STEAM in particular, areas in which she has developed unique and specific models that are implemented throughout Israel. She holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, lectures and teaches regularly in various spheres (including academia and TEDx) about science, technology, society and education. LIat is also an accomplished author who has published numerous books, fiction and non-fiction alike.

DR LIAT YAKIR

Liat holds a Ph.D. from the Molecular Genetics Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. Her research interests include topics in biochemistry, genetics and evolution. Today she is passionate about science communication and science education for the benefit of society. In addition, she studies the evolutionary roots of human behaviors, in its female and male colors.

Dr Orr Karassin

Head of Public Law Program the Department of Sociology and Political Science - the Open University Israel.
About the speaker: Dr. Orr Karassin is an expert on regulation and governance and sustainability. She is head of the Public Law Program at the Open University of Israel. Dr. Karassin has won many prizes, grants and scholarships for her work. She has acted as a member of various national and international environmental governance committees.

Fiona Darmon

COO and Partner at JVP
About the speaker: Fiona Darmon, a Partner with internationally acclaimed VC Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), has spent the past 23 years in Israel’s investment and venture capital community rising the ranks to being perceived today as one of the leading figures in Israel’s VC scene. From her childhood in the UK and France, through her teen years in Israel and serving as an officer in Israel’s elite 8200 unit Fiona filled her toolbox with impressions and skills that went on to serve her through her accession in Israel’s tech scene. Fiona is a keen supporter of the next generation and is a mentor both with 8200 units Woman2Woman forum and the College of Management’s Mentorim project. Married to Avishay, Fiona has two children and when not travelling enjoys creating wines with her winemaker husband.

Hana Rado

Supersonas Founder & Dessert19 Investor
When my granddaughter Lennie was born, I promised her a gender balanced society by her 18th birthday. But today, although women account for over 50% of the world’s population, we are the largest minority in the Business & Governmental decision making platforms, in key positions, conferences and panels and, regrettably, in our paychecks. The misconceptions are that “there are no suitable women candidates” or that “women are simply not interested”. As a serial social entrepreneur and liberal feminist, I decided to step up to the challenge and change the misconceptions. Two years ago I founded SUPERSONAS: a social organization aimed at promoting gender balance in influential and decision-making platforms. Today SUPERSONAS embraces 1400 female professionals from our home base in Israel and in our branches in NY, Chicago, London and Berlin, on our website and in our virtual and actual communities. Our work also resulted in the founding of SHE

Keren Atia-Litani

Founder and CEO socialbusiness.co.il
Founder & President, Socialize Keren earned her BA in Communications and Management from the Israeli College of Management. Prior to being an entrepreneur, for over a decade, Keren has achieved some remarkable goals as an executive corporate citizen. She excels not only in sales and marketing channel management, but also in marketing and business development in high-profile global corporations such as Oracle, HP and McAfee both in Israel and the Mediterranean region. Keren is a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder and president of Socialize Summits, where top experts across industries gather to share knowledge and insight about business and technology challenges relating to the emerging social layer of business.

Professor Yesha Sivan

Executive Director of The Coller Institute of Venture at Tel Aviv University
Executive Director of The Coller Institute of Venture at Tel Aviv University Global trends that will shape our future. Prof. Yesha Sivan is the Executive Director of The Coller Institute of Venture at Tel Aviv University faculty of management. He is also the founder of Metaverse Labs (MVL) - a leading think tank focusing on innovation via virtual and real worlds. Sivan's professional experience includes developing and deploying innovative solutions for corporate, hi-tech, government, and defense environments (see for example: the Harvard 9-Keys for Knowledge Infrastructure). He published numerous papers in the areas of strategy and IT, innovation and venture, knowledge, 3D3C virtual worlds, and standards. Sivan received his doctorate from Harvard University. He has taught EMBA, MBA, engineering and design courses in his areas of expertise.

Professor Yoav Yair

Dean, School of sustainability, IDC Herzlia.
About the speaker: Prof. Yair is Dean of the School of Sustainability at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC). He is an atmospheric physicist specializing in severe weather, lightning (on Earth and other planets), cosmic rays, solar-terrestrial relations, dust storms and climate change. He is the author of text books in the atmospheric sciences and authored (and co-) over 85 refereed research papers.

Rom Hendler

Rom is an innovator and a leader in the global travel ecosystem. Rom has many years of experience as an executive in the worlds leading hospitality and Hotel brands. Rom is the founder of Innovel, Israel's Travel Tech platform.

Teddy Lazebnik

M.Sc at Bar Ilan University and Algorithms at WingSourcingI started my studies at the age of 14 and shifted to mathematics and computer science at the age of 16. Finish my first and second degree at the age of 19 and solving open question in numerical calculation algorithms. Was partner in 3 startups… Now days, working on algorithms for medical nanorobotics.

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eilat, Israel
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