Anexa 2

EU - Israel Innovation Seminar

The Place of Venture Capital in the Innovation Ecosystem

15 September 2014

HaTahana (The New Station Compound)

HaMered Street corner of Koyfman Street Tel Aviv

DRAFT PROGRAMME
Gathering 8:30 – 9:15
Registration 9:00 – 9:30
Opening session
9:30-10:00
Ambassador Designate Lars Faaborg-Andersen
EU Delegation to the State of Israel / Greetings
Israeli Official tbc / Greetings
Yossi Vardi
Session 1 - VCs in a Changing World
10:00 – 11:45 tbc
Panel Discussion 10:00-11:30 tbc
Moderator: Yoav Chelouche co-chair IATI
Panelists:
Dörte Höppner – European Venture Capital Association, Chief Officer, Belgium

Loukas Pilitsis -Venture Capital and Private Equity Group ( Piraeus Bank) Head, Greece

Tõnis Arro- Estonian Development Fund, Chairman, Estonia
Robert Cohen – Benson Oak, Managing Partner, Czech Republic
(+1-2 more EU)
Jeff Dykan – Vitalife, Partner, Israel
Adam Fisher – BVP, Partner, Israel
Jon Medved – OurCrowd, Founder and CEO, Israel
Gadi Tirosh – JVP, General Partner, Israel
Avi Zeevi – Carmel, Co-Founder and General Partner, Israel
Yahal Zilka – Magma, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Israel
Coffee break
11:45 – 12:00
Facilitated discussion with the audience
12:00 – 12:30
Session 2 - Different Perspectives - Testimonials from the Field
12:30– 14:00 tbc
Panel 12:30– 13:30 tbc
Moderator Stefan Rizor, Senior Partner Osborne Clarke
Diego Pavia, CEO KIC InnoEnergy / KIC – An Innovative Public Private Partnership (title tbc)
Ehab Farah, Partner Al Bawadar / (title tbc)
Itzik Fried, CEO & Managing Partner, TAKWIN / (title tbc)
Dr. Abdul Malik Al Jaber, Arabreneur, Chairman and Founder / (title tbc)
Company tbc
Company tbc
Facilitated discussion with the audience
13:30 – 14:00 tbc
Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Wrap Up tbc
15:00 – 16:00
Facilitator:


Issues to be discussed

·  VCs and Entrepreneurs – an Evolving Relationship

·  Entrepreneurs as investors

·  Partnership or competition

·  How do companies financed by VCs deal with this particular kind of investor

·  VC Investment Strategies

·  Project selection strategies

·  Risky/less risky sectors/technologies

·  Which sectors are hot? Which are fading out?

·  The Role of VCs

·  At which stage of development should the VC get involved

·  Risks related to relying on VC as a major investment source – as a company and at national level

·  Traditional VCs vs. VCs created by businesses

·  Alternatives /Complements to VCs – angels, crowd funding

·  VCs in Israel

o  In crisis?

o  Local vs Foreign

Draft 16 July 2014