TechCrunch Tel Aviv

Agenda

June 7th

9:30AM – 9:35AM

Opening Remarks: Jordan Crook, TechCrunch Senior Editor

9:35AM – 9:55AM

Fireside Chat with Raj Kapoor (Lyft)

9:55AM – 10:15AM

Are Commercial Drones Here to Stay? – In Conversation with Yariv Bash (Flytrex)

10:15AM – 10:40AM

The Car’s Eyes and Ears – In Conversation with Omer David Kailaf (Innoviz Technologies), Orit Nissan Messing (Iguazio) and Rani Wellingstein (Oryx Vision)

10:40AM – 11:05AM

Investing in Israel – In Conversation with Mike Granoff (Maniv Mobility), Yifat Oron (LeumiTech), Chemi Peres (Pitango Venture Capital) and Yahal Zilka (Magma Venture Partners)

11:00AM – 12:00PM

Sponsored Workshop – Insights from Silicon Valley

Located in the Workshop Room – In this session a panel of Israeli founders who participated in ICON’s 2 week boot camp program in Silicon Valley, SV101, will share lessons learned and insights they gathered during the program.

11:05AM – 11:30AM

The Future of Transportation – In Conversation with Uri Levine (Serial Entrepreneur) and Dave Waiser (Gett)

11:30AM – 11:50AM

Innovation Break with the European Innovation Council

DG research & innovation will highlight the recently announced new Work Programme covering the budgetary years 2018 – 2020 that has been earmarked with €2.7B for the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, which will support market-creating innovation. The talk will be conducted by DG RTD deputy head of unit, Ramona Samson.

11:50AM – 12:45PM

Lunch

12:45PM – 1:05PM

Fireside Chat with Ofer Ben Noon (Argus Cybersecurity)

1:00PM – 2:00PM

Sponsored Workshop – How to Build Smart, Effective Chatbots with SnatchBot

Located in the Workshop Room – With 2018 being a landmark year in chatbot usage, what are the essential qualities of an intelligent, effective chatbot? The SnatchBot team at TechCrunch Tel Aviv will lead a discussion of all things chatbot as well as demonstrate live the most valuable features of their award-winning platform.

1:05PM – 1:25PM

Is Regulation Coming? In Conversation with Anat Lea Bonshtien (Smart Mobility Initiative, Office of the Prime Minister) and Erel Margalit (JVP)

1:25PM – 1:45PM

Fireside Chat with Yossi Matias (Google)

1:45PM – 2:10PM

Will Mobility as a Service Unlock Autonomous Cars? – In Conversation with Liad Itzhack (HERE Technologies) and Oren Shovel (Via)

2:10PM – 2:35PM

What Are the Next Cybersecurity Threats? – In Conversation with Yoav Levy (Upstream Security) and Tal Ben David (Karamba Security)

2:30PM – 4:30PM

Sponsored Workshop – HERE Mobility Hackathon

Located in the Exhibit Hall – HERE Mobility invites you to see their mobility hackathon finalist projects and find out who will be the grand prize winner and win a trip to TechCrunch SF Disrupt 2018 to exhibit in the Hackathon demo area.

2:35PM – 3:00PM

Arab-Israeli and Palestinian Innovation – In Conversation with Ryan Sturgill (Gaza Sky Geeks) and Fadi Swiden (Hybrid)

3:00PM – 3:20PM

Break

3:20PM – 3:45PM

Can We Trust Autonomous Vehicles to Keep us Safe? – In Conversation with Danny Atsmon (Cognata) and Eran Shir (Nexar) and Hilla Tavor (Mobileye)

3:45PM – 4:05PM

Fireside Chat with Joerg Lamparter (Daimler)

4:05PM – 4:25PM

Fireside Chat with Austin Russell (Luminar)

4:25PM – 4:50PM

Scaling Up and Moving Abroad – In Conversation Fiona Darmon(JVP), Shuly Galili (Upwest Labs), Merav Oren (WMN) and Natalie Refuah (Viola Growth)

4:50PM – 5:20PM

Autonomous Cars – In Conversation with Ariella Grinberg (General Motors), Jamil Mazzawi (Optima Design Automation) and Ben Volkow (Otonomo)

5:20PM – 5:40PM

Changing the Ratio: Let's Talk About Equality in Deep Tech – In Conversation with Inbal Lavi (Webpals Group), other speakers to be announced

5:40PM – 6:00PM

The Seed Scene – In Conversation with Mor Assia (iAngels) and Shelly Hod Moyal (iAngels)

6:00PM – 6:25PM

Will Flying Cars Get Off the Ground? – In Conversation with Omer Bar-Yohay (Eviation Aircraft) and Rafi Yoelli (Urban Aeronautics)

6:30PM – 8:00PM

Closing Reception – Sponsored by United

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