On-line EURAXESS Study Visit

May 19, 2021 - Rehovot, Israel

1. Value Chain Creation by Scientific Entrepreneurship

CEST Time

Institution

Topic

9:00

IP&D- Innovation and Development Ltd.

Welcome and introduction – Dr. Isser Peer, President

9:10

9:35

10:05

10:35

Weizmann  Institute of Science

Tech Transfer - How you do it in a basic research institute - Mr. Paz Barnett, Technology Transfer Chief of Staff

YEDA, WIS’ commercial arm - Successful commercialization of the Weizmann Institute research - Dr. Opher Shapira, CEO

Academia-Industry - Why do we need BINA, the newly founded applied research unit and how is it going to work? Dr. Sharon Fireman, Head of Bina

Q&A

10:50

              Coffee Break ☕  

11:00

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

The intersection of research and commercialization - Dr. Shuli C. Shwartz, Managing Director

T-HUB: Entrepreneurship education at the Technion - TBC

DRIVE Technion Accelerator -  Dr. Shuli C. Shwartz

Q&A

12:50

Virtual lunch break 😊

2. Contribution of Israeli academia to overcoming COVID- 19

13:00

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

From Science to Public Health Practice: Learning from BGU
interdisciplinary research

Case studies of genomics, Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad

COVID19 – surveillance, Prof.  Nadav Davidovitch 

Community resilience, Prof. Limor Aharonson-Daniel

13:50-14:00

University of Nis, Serbia

Wrap up – Prof. Milan Zdravkovic