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Events Archive
on: Dec. 03, 2009
The Chamber Annual Conference in New York
More than 400 guests participated in the Chamber Annual Conference - U.S. & Israel: Confronting Challenges - in New York on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 Fifty speakers in fourteen panels and sessions discussed business and financial issues concerning Israel and the U.S. The event opened with a power breakfast with Prof. Jacob Frenkel, former Governor of the Bank of Israel, and Ms. Abby Joseph Cohen, senior analyst at Goldman-Sachs Investment House. The two speakers agreed that the financial crisis is nearing conclusion, but Americans' biggest concern is the inability to come up with immediate solutions to the rising rate of unemployment. The keynote speakers were the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Stanley Fischer -who described the encouraging data of the Israeli economy in face of the crisis, which is winding down; Minister of National Infrastructures, Dr. Uzi Landau, who called on the Israeli government to increase funding for bi-national funds for R&D, and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Michael Oren; who surveyed Israeli-U.S. relations. The conference focused on a number of central issues: education, alternative energies, medical technology, new media, real estate, security and finances. Among the speakers: Inventor Dean Kamen; visionary of solar energy and founder of SunEdison, Jigar Shah; Real Estate mogul Jared Kushner; Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Joel Klein; SVP of Research and Innovation at the Coca Cola Company, Bilal Kaafarani; VP Renewal Energies, Christopher Myers, and CEO of Henry Schein distribution company, Stanley Bergman. During the conference, three Israeli companies were presented: ExactCost in the medical equipment field; Time to Know regarding education technology, and Better Place in the solar energy field. A delegation of 40 businesspeople arrived from Israel, led by Chemi Peres, Chairman of the Chamber, and Amb. Danny Gillerman, Chairman of the America-Israel Friendship League. Participants included Avner Raz, Chairman of the Israel Military Industries; David Kolitz, Chairman of Elul Technologies; Moshe Gaon, Chairman of Gaon Holdings; Dr. Idan Tamir, CEO of Rad-Biomed; Entrepreneur Zvi Alon; Yossi Rosen, Chairman of Oil Refineries; Nir Lampert, CEO of Golden Pages; Avi Bzura, CEO of Bank of Jerusalem; Danny Fishman, partner at Tamir-Fishman Investments and Managing Partner at Gaia Real Estate; Rami Kalish and Isaac Hillel, Managing General Partners at Pitango Venture Partners, and Shlomo Grofman, Chairman of FaireFund. The group participated in "Israel Day" at the New York Stock Exchange and participated in the Opening Bell Ceremony. Booky Oren, Chairman of Miya, Arison Group; Israel Makov, Chairman of Netafim; Michael Federmann, Chairman of Elbit Systems and Hon. Daniel C. Kurtzer, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, moderated workshops. Dan Senor, author of the best-seller Start-Up Nation, described the popularity of the book among Americans unfamiliar with the Israeli hi-tech industry. A special award was presented to Advocate Kenneth J. Bialkin for his activities and contribution to Israel over the past few decades. Amb. Dan Halpern, Vice Chairman of the Chamber, moderated the event. The event was made possible with the cooperation of the America-Israel Friendship League; America-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry in New York and Israeli Business Forum of New York. The event was sponsored by: Continental Airlines; Bank Hapoalim, Citibank; Hapoalim Securities, Lockheed Martin; Matimop; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kushner Companies; Pitango Venture Capital; Rudin Management Company, Schulte Roth & Zabel and The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. For photos from the event, click here. |
Israel has entered into several trade agreements in order to strengthen its position in international markets. The most significant agreements are the Free Trade Area Agreement (FTA) with the United States, the Free Trade Area Agreement with the European Union and the Free Trade Area Agreement with the European Free Trade Association States (EFTA).
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The United States is located in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean and is approximately 9,629,091 sq. kms. This area includes Alaska, Hawaii and Washington D.C. The United States borders with Canada to the North and Mexico to the South. The coastline of the United States is 19,924 km. The United States is the third largest country in the world. Various terrains can be found in the United States, such as hills, mountains, valleys, agricultural land and desert landscapes. There are national parks all across the country, such as Yellowstone and Yosemite in the West and Acadia in the Northeast. read more » 1. Georgia manufacturer of machinery, tools and fixtures, to fabricate tubular products, is seeking representatives to sell and service its machinery (471). In the framework of our ongoing efforts to assist U.S. companies and their subsidiaries, and further to the Forum meeting with then-Minister of Industry, Trade & Labor Mr. Ehud Olmert, our Chamber is represented on the Special Advisory Committee for issuing permits for the employment of experts by U.S. companies. read more »
Jan. 13, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces Mandatory Registration Prior to Visa-Free Travel to the United States The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), a Web-based system for the collection of information on Visa Waiver Program (VWP) nationals prior to boarding U.S.-bound air or sea carriers. Registration in ESTA, voluntary since August 1, 2008, will become mandatory for citizens of all 34 VWP countries on January 12, 2009. Citizens of the seven countries admitted to the VWP on November 17, 2008 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea) are required to possess a valid ESTA travel authorization as of November 17, 2008 in order to request admission into the United States under the VWP .
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"The Internet is only in the 2nd inning of a long baseball game" said Serial
Entrepreneur Yossi Vardi, at a Chamber-sponsored event that took place on
Aug. 8 at the Green House in Tel Aviv before dozens of Chamber Members. He
discussed Trends of Internet Development in Israel and around the World.
Dr. Vardi, who invested in 1996 in Mirabilis, creator of ICQ, continues to
invest in Israeli hi-tech companies. "Israelis have something no one else
has. They have the will and the strength to follow up on what they want
without giving up," an essential quality for entrepreneurs.
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