Amcham Israel's Board of Directors, AmCham's members, friends and colleagues around the world are united in standing with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as it fights to defend Israel and its citizens in the murderous war that was launched by the Hamas and other terrorist organizations on October 7th.
In addition to those who were drafted and whose family members already serve in the IDF and other security forces, AmCham and its member companies, board members, and staff are involved in dozens of support efforts to the IDF, the Israeli healthcare system, and local authorities from supply chain of medicine and medical equipment, to cyber defense and volunteering efforts around the country.
We thank the United States Government for its unequivocal support of Israel and the immediate assistance. We thank our friends in the US Chamber, and the AmCham Network for expressing their strong support of Israel's right to fully defend itself and unequivocal condemntation of the viscious attacks on Israel.
AmCham sends its deep condolences to the hundreds of families who lost their loved ones, our prayers for the swift healing of the thousands wounded and for the immediate return of those captured.
Our prayers for better days soon!
Jerusalem, July 3rd,2023. AmCham Israel met with Florida Senator and Former Governor Rick Scott to discuss strengthening of Forida - Israel business relations.
The meeting bolstered the already strong and growing business relations between Israel and Florida. Only a few week ago, AmCham and the Israeli Innovation Authority signed a cooperation agreement with the State of Florida with specific focus on healthcare cooperation and with the intent to establish a HealthTech Hub for Israeli startups.
Preparing for changes in the supply chain: Monday, 12.6.23, Herzeliya
AmCham Israel held the Scope3 conference to focus and prepare for the upcoming regulatory and customer requirements to report and to reduce the carbon footprint and pollutant emissions in the supply chain. The conference was held in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Microsoft, EY, Herzog Law Firm, and with ISCMA, Manufacturers Association, Dow, Teva and Strauss and other partners.
The conference discussed the regulatory changes regarding carbon footpriint in the supply chain (Scope3), the challenges that Israeli companies face today, the solutions and opportunities that will allow companies to continue to be competitive in the international markets in general, and the U.S. market in particular.
The regulatory changes in the U.S. will start in 2024, and will require companies to report the emissions of their suppliers in the third circle along the supply chain. A supplier who will not be able to measure and report emmissions from its own activities (Scope1 + 2) will not be able to supply products and materials to the major U.S. Corporations quite soon.
According to AmCham, the regulatory changes have very significant effect on the work of the Israeli companies that sell products and services to the U.S., and they must prepare for this change, in order to maintain competitiveness with similar companies around the world and avoid significant damage to their business.
AmCham's CEO, Oded Rose: "Israeli companies that will not implement measuring and reporting of the carbon footprint of their products and services today, will find themselves very soon pushed out of the supply chains of the leading companies and large customers, who are already required to report their carbon footprint throughout their supply chain. AmCham Israel responded to the needs of its members, the leading companies in the Israeli economy, and initiated the Scope3 conference, in order to bring and increase the awareness and application of measurement and reporting methods and tools already now, in order for the Israeli industry to remain competitive with the rest of the world."
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Petach-Tikva, June 21, 2023. The AmCham Healthcare Committee at its quarterly meeting met with Dr. Doron Netzer, CTO, Clalit HMO, the largest HMO in Israel.
In his enlightening presentation Dr. Netzer discussed the launch of C-PI AI based predictive and preventative platform that was launched this year for the family doctors of Clalit who serve over hald of Israel's population. The discussion went on future applications of AI to Healthcare and cooperation of Healthcare providers and the industry.
C-PI was created as as a part of Clalit's effort to provide to primary care physicians a set of preventive tools that can help them to find high risk patients and intervene at the right time for the right patient. It combines machine learning model with clinical knowledge to create a list of chronic patients with high risk of non-ambulatory hospitalization within one year.
Physician or nurse can see this list in the web application and contact a patient to decide what preventive actions can be done.
Tel Aviv, June 1, 2023. The Israel-America Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Israel) held its Annual General Assembly meeting today. U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides, honorary chair of the Chamber, addressed the Chamer members and its board on current regional, economic and political affairs. Oren Sagi, newly appointed AmCham Israel Chairman and Oded Rose, Amcham's CEO, gave Ambassador Nides an antique map of the Middle East as a thank you gift from the Chamber members for his great service to the Israel-U.S. relationships as he will be departing his role this summer.
AmCham Israel welcomes the US State Department's announcement on Israel joining the visa waiver program.
The Chamber has put a lot of efforts for many years with the relevant parties, to push through adding Israel to the US visa waiver program.
The inclusion will have a significant impact on the economic relations between the countries by further expanding and strengthening the business ties between Israeli and American companies.
AmCham's Chairman, Cisco Israel's CEO Oren Sagi, commented: "The entrance of Israel to the US visa waiver program is very good news. The economic and commercial relationship between Israel and the United States is an important and essential pillar for the prosperity of Israel, and is of enormous importance especially these days. AmCham Israel works resolutely to promote and develop this relationship and promoted Israel's admission to the visa waiver program for a long time already. This program, which is a significant step in the promotion of trade relations between our two countries, indicates to the strength of the relationship and its importance, and it will greatly assist Israeli companies and business people in their business activities in the US".
AmCham's CEO Oded Rose added: "This is a particularly happy day for Israel and for Amcham's members. Over the years, we have done a lot to promote the visa waiver program for Israelis, and I am convinced that this will have a positive and significant effect on the business relations between Israelis and Americans, and will greatly contribute to the economic relations between the two countries."
June 1, Tel Aviv. The AmCham Israel Board of Directors today voted unanimously to appoint Oren Sagi, Managing Director of Cisco Israel as its new Chairman. Oren succeeds Yaniv Garty, former CEO of Intel Israel, after a five-year service as AmCham's chairman.
Sagi has been serving as the Managing Director, Cisco Israel since 2015. During his tenure, the company significantly expanded its business operations in Israel, acquiring six leading companies and establishing itself as a leading technological powerhouse in the global innovation landscape. Sagi holds a bachelor's degree in law and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Reichman University. He is a registered member of the Israel Bar Association and resides in Ra'anana with his wife and three children.
Sagi also serves on the board of directors of the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce since 2016, the Multinational Corporations Association, and the Executive Committee of the Economic-Social Forum.
Sagi succeeds Yaniv Garty, former CEO of Intel Israel, who held the AmCham Chairman position for the past five years.
Among Garty's notable achievements as Chairman of the Chamber, he handled visa bureaucracy for Israelis and established strategic cooperation frameworks in the healthcare sector between Israel and the United States. The project recently received federal funding for an additional two years. Additionally, Garty promoted the creation of an infrastructure for Israeli companies operating abroad and international companies with operations in Israel; thus, ensuring proper compliance with the new ESG reporting regulations that will come into effect in the United States in January 2024.
The Israel-America Chamber of Commerce brings together approximately 300 Israeli and American companies from diverse sectors, representing about one-third of Israel's economic activity. Recently, the Chamber signed a unique cooperation agreement with the state of Florida in the Health-Tech field, as well as various other economic domains.
Oded Rose, CEO, AmCham Israel, said: "We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Yaniv Garty for his five years of dedicated service as Chairman of the Chamber's board of directors. Under his leadership, the Chamber focused on broad-ranging issues that provide significant value to their member companies. Today, the Chamber engages in a wide range of semi-industrial fields such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility, training, as well as realms such as healthcare, taxation, and other areas that employ both American and Israeli companies. It also works to establish strategic connections between Israel and the United States in new sectors. We welcome Oren Sagi, a member of the board of directors, as the newly elected Chairman, and are confident that under his leadership, the Chamber will deepen and expand its scope of activities, strengthening economic and trade relations and fostering cooperation between Israel and the important and friendly United States".
After being appointed to the position, Oren Sagi, Managing Director Cisco Israel said: "I am excited to be appointed as Chairman of the AmCham Israel and I thank the board of directors for their trust and choice. The AmCham Israel has a central and significant role in the development and promotion of economic trade cooperation between Israel and America, as well as accelerating innovation by entering new industrial domains. I am confident that AmCham Israel will continue to be a platform with a significant impact on creating partnerships and mutual investments. I would like to thank my friend Mr. Yaniv Garty, the outgoing chairman, who made a tremendous contribution to strengthening trade relations and promotion, and for that, our gratitude is given".
In the photo: Top - Governor Ron DeSantis, Bottom (left to right): Oded (OD) Rose, CEO, Israel-US chamber of commerce, @Laura DiBella, MPE, Florida Secretary of Commerce and President & CEO of Enterprise Florida, Shlomi Kofman, VP & Head of International Collaborations Division, Israel Innovation Authority
AmCham Israel supports AmCham EU Position paper - Joint industry statement on the need for a swift adoption of the EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services without sovereignty requirements.
For more information visit: https://www.amchameu.eu/position-papers/joint-industry-statement-need-swift-adoption-eu-cybersecurity-certification-scheme
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