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| Tuesday
November 10 |
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5:00 pm -
6:45 pm |
Registration and Welcome
(Biddle House)
Cocktail and Dinner Reception
(Biddle House, Drawing Room Terrace) |
6:45 pm -
7:00 pm |
Welcome Remarks
(Mary Duke Ballroom, Biddle House)
Speaker:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm Master of Ceremonies |
7:00 pm -
7:10 pm |
Greetings & Special Message for Prime Minister Netanyahu
Speaker:
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (via video) |
7:10 pm -
8:00 pm |
The Israel Test:
Envy Versus Investment
Speaker:
George Gilder, Author, The Israel Test; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Featuring: David Brog, Author, Standing with Israel; Executive Director of Christians United For Israel
Do you admire and emulate excellence and accomplishment, even if it excels your own? Or do you envy and resent it? And try to tear it down? |
8:00 pm -
9:00 pm |
Israel Inside:
Can EZchip Move Beyond the Metro Niche?
Speaker:
Eli Fruchter, Chief Executive Officer, EZchip Technologies
The faster the network scales, the greater the challenge and the greater the opportunity |
9:00 pm |
The Israel Test Book Signing & Fireside Chat,
with George Gilder and Eli Fruchter (Cellar 49) |
Wednesday
November 11 |
|
7:00 am -
8:00 am |
Breakfast Buffet
(Biddle House, Winter Palace) |
8:00 am -
8:10 am |
Morning Remarks
Speaker:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm Master of Ceremonies |
8:10 am -
9:00 am |
Venture Capital in Israel:
Will it Outperform Silicon Valley?
Introduction and Q&A:
George Gilder, Author, The Israel Test ; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Speaker:
Jonathan Medved, Israeli Venture Capitalist; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vringo
Investment prospects for Israel and in Israel |
9:00 am -
10:10 am |
Can Graphics Supercomputers Obsolete the PCs?
Introduction:
Steven Sprague, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wave Systems
Speakers:
Jules Urbach, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OTOY
Panelists:
Stevie Clifton, Co-founder and CTO, Animoto
Steven Sprague, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wave Systems
Jules Urbach, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OTOY
Cloud Play: Console-free Cloud Gaming
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10:10 am -
10:45 am |
Refreshment Break |
10:45 am -
12:00 pm |
The Last Convergence: 3D Chips and Wafer Stacking
Speaker:
Nick Tredennick, Technology Advisor; Contributing Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum
Panelists:
Larry Boucher, Chief Executive Officer, Alacritech
J. Tom Pawlowski, Chief Technologist, Micron
Nick Tredennick, Technology Advisor; Contributing Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum
|
12:00 pm -
1:30 pm |
Luncheon Reception
(Biddle House, Terrace) |
1:30 pm -
2:30 pm |
Technology and the Coming (Radically) Free Market in Education
Speaker:
David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science, Yale University;
Author; Contributor, City Journal , The Weekly Standard , Commentary and the LA Times
The ideals worth shooting for whenever we think about big changes in education
|
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm |
The Singularity is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology
Speaker:
Ray Kurzweil,
Inventor; Prophet; Author, The Age of Intelligent Machines , The Age of Spiritual Machines , Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, The Singularity is Near |
3:30 pm -
4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break
(Linden Room) |
4:00 pm -
4:30 pm |
From Biology to Life Science: Misunderstandings and Incredible Opportunities
Speaker:
Martin Gerstel, President and Chief executive Officer, Compugen
A personal perspective on understanding the new world of Life Science |
4:30 pm -
5:45 pm |
Bioentrepreneurialism: World-beating Bioscience Opportunity
Introduction:
Scott Gottlieb, Physician; Forbes Columnist; Former Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker:
Clint McClellan, Senior Director of Market Development, Health & Life Sciences, Qualcomm
Ehud Shapiro, The Harry Weinrebe Professional Chair of Computer Science and Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Moderator:
Scott Gottlieb, Physician; Forbes Columnist; Former Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Panelists:
Martin Gerstel, President and Chief executive Officer, Compugen
Clint McClellan, Senior Director of Market Development, Health & Life Sciences, Qualcomm
Ehud Shapiro, The Harry Weinrebe Professional Chair of Computer Science and Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science |
5:45 pm -
7:45 pm |
Cocktail Reception and Dinner
(Biddle House, Drawing Room Terrace) |
7:45 pm -
8:30 pm |
The New Israel:
The Greatest
Opportunity in Our Lifetimes
Introduction:
George Gilder, Author, The Israel Test
Speaker:
Tal Keinan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KCPS & Company
Radical entrepreneurial activity and increasingly free and creative financial markets. |
8:30 pm -
9:30 pm |
Investing Under Fire: The Economics of Peace
Speaker:
Daniel Doron, Founder and Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
Moderator:
Bret Swanson, President, Entropy Economics
Panelists:
Daniel Doron, Founder and Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
Tal Keinan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KCPS & Company
Providing prosperity in the face of the war against wealth |
| 9:30 pm |
Telecosm Lounge
(Cellar 49) |
Thursday
November 12 |
|
7:00 am -
8:00 am |
Breakfast Buffet
(Biddle House, Winter Palace) |
8:00 am -
8:10 am |
Morning Remarks
Speaker:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm Master of Ceremonies |
8:10 am -
8:40 am |
Protecting Your Investments From Terror
Speaker:
Bill Kinane, Vice President, Guardsmark; Former FBI legal attache
David Szady, Vice President Government Services, Guardsmark, LLC
The latest security threats |
8:40 am -
9:00 am |
Protected and Connected:
How Neutral Datacenter Hubs are Creating New Information Markets
Speaker:
Lane Patterson, Chief Technologist, Equinix
Safely serving over 90% of the world's data
|
9:00 am -
10:00 am |
The 3 Big Lies About Israel -- Any Why They Matter
Speaker:
Michael Medved, Host of the Nationally Syndicated “The Michael Medved Show”, Film Critic, and Best-Selling Author
Combating destructive distortions
|
10:00 am -
10:30 am |
Refreshment Break ( Linden Room ) |
10:30 am -
11:30 am |
Weapons of Peace:
Investing in Anti-terrorist Warfare
Speaker:
Aharon Aharon, Chief Executive Officer, Camero (ultra-wideband battlefield transparency)
Panelists:
George Gilder, Author, The Israel Test
Bill Kinane, Vice President, Guardsmark; Former FBI legal attache
Lane Patterson, Chief Technologist, Equinix
Steven Sprague, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wave Systems
Zohar Zisapel, Chairman, RAD Data
Moderator:
Nick Tredennick, Technology Advisor; Contributing Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum
The Arms Race: Quantitative vs. qualitative |
11:30 am -
12:00 pm |
Long-life Silicon Batteries: Revolutionizing electronics
Speaker:
Digby Macdonald, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and Director, Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
The future of battery technology |
12:00 pm -
1:30 pm |
Luncheon Reception
(Biddle House, Drawing Room & Terrace) |
1:30 pm -
2:30 pm |
Wire-free HD and Zero-Latency Teleputing
Speakers:
Dan Charash, Chief Executive Officer, Provigent
Noam Geri, Co-founder, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development AMIMON
Moderator:
Bret Swanson, President, Entropy Economics
Panelists:
Dan Charash, Chief Executive Officer, Provigent
Noam Geri, Co-founder, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development AMIMON
Clint McClellan, Senior Director of Market Development, Health & Life Sciences, Qualcomm
Powerful air interfaces
|
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm |
Start-up Nation: The Secrets of Israel's Economic Miracle
Featuring:
Dan Senor, Co-author, Start-up Nation ; Foreign Affairs Analyst, FOX News
Saul Singer, Co-author, Start-up Nation; Columnist, The Jerusalem Post
How is it that Israel produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful nations like Canada, Japan, China, India, and the U.K.?
|
3:30 pm -
4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break
(Linden Room) |
4:00 pm -
5:00 pm |
Scaling the Last Mile: Broadband Access & Transport
Speakers:
Raanan Gewirtzman, Chief Executive Officer, BroadLight
Zohar Zisapel, Chairman, RAD Data
Moderator:
Charles Burger, Senior Technology Analyst, Gilder Publishing, LLC
Crucial connectivity |
5:00 pm -
5:50 pm |
Street Fighting Science and Engineering
Speaker:
Sanjoy Mahajan, Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory & Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Improving the teaching of science, mathematics, and engineering |
6:00 pm -
8:00 pm |
Cocktail & Dinner Reception
(Biddle House, Terrace) |
8:00 pm -
9:15 pm |
Capitalism in Crisis: The Mideast Problem
Introduction:
George Gilder, Author, The Israel Test ; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Speaker:
Steve Forbes, Editor in Chief, Forbes magazine
Sustaining and expanding capitalism |
| 9:15 pm |
Telecosm After Hours
(Cellar 49) |
Friday
November 13 |
|
7:00 am -
9:00 am |
Breakfast Buffet (For overnight guests only. Biddle House, Winter Palace) |
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