Friday, October 23, 2015

Israel Innovation Showcase & Awards Celebration








Israel Innovation Showcase
&
Awards Celebration


Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 5:00 PM
(4:30 PM Check In & Registration)
The Standard Club

Young Leaders Only $50. Register Now!
INNOVATORS  /  NETWORKING
ISRAELI BEER & WINE  /  FOOD & FRIENDS

4:30pm: Doors Open/Registration
5:00pm: Israel Innovation Showcase
6:15pm: Award Presentation and Keynote Address
7:00pm: Reception/After Party

Details

5:00pm: Israel Innovation Showcase
Israeli startup and early stage companies presenting their technologies to a panel of investors and an audience. Moderated Q&A and feedback from investors. Real-time audience participation via their mobile devices.

  • Moderated by Fred Tannenbaum of Gould & Ratner
  • Introduction to Israel by Brian Rosenzweig of JANVEST Capital
  • Audience participation regulated through electronic interactive devices.
Featured Israeli Companies
Investor Panelists
6:15pm: Award Presentation and Keynote Address
  • Business Leadership Award presentation to Howard Tullman, CEO of 1871.
  • Keynote Address "Living Entrepreneurially" by Steve Miller, Partner & Co-Founder of Origin Ventures, lead investor in GrubHub.
7:00pm - 8:30pm and beyond: After Party
  • Network, business, food, open bar, Israeli wine & fun...
  • No Dinner Tables!


HONORARY CHAIRS
  • The Honorable Bruce Rauner, Governor of the State of Illinois
  • The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of the City of Chicago
  • The Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
  • The Honorable Roey Gilad, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest
  • The Honorable Guy Cohen, Consul for Economic Affairs, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest 
EVENT CO-CHAIRS
  • Howard I. BernsteinHoward I. Bernstein Group, Ltd.: The America-Israel M&A Link
  • Jane Fischer, Trygve LLC
  • Fred TannenbaumGould & Ratner LLP