JOURNEY 2022, Israel’s most prestigious annual High-Tech conference, is where you want to be!
From senior corporate executives and entrepreneurs to financial experts and world leading investors, now is your chance to join some 2,000 participants who are looking to gain insight and inspiration from over 100 of the biggest names in the industry.
The technological landscape is constantly evolving as more and more inventions are being introduced into the market. While some products provide us with specific solutions, others are fully integrated into our lives causing their use to expand beyond their original purpose. So what is really unfolding in the tech industry and how will new inventions play out once they are introduced into the market? This year’s JOURNEY will reveal how innovative technologies are transforming humanity and impacting our daily lives.
Mark your calendars and register now.
- 08:00 - 09:00
Registration & gathering
- 09:00 - 10:30
THE PITCH Finals
Live contest on stage - 8 selected entrepreneurs pitch new promising ventures, using multimedia, to attract 4 seasoned mentors as well as compete for the votes of investors, professionals and peer-entrepreneurs in the audience.
In partnership with IBM Alpha Zone, Meitar Law Offices, ESOP, and Barry Katz.
Moderator: Elad Sternlicht (EY Israel)
- 10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
- 11:00- 11:15
THE JOURNEY SURPRISE! Don't miss the opening act
- 11:15- 11:30
Opening presentation
Yoram Tietz (EY Israel)
- 11:30- 13:00
Plenary session
> Three steps to the future: Benedict Evans
> Fireside chat: Jeff Horing (Insight Partners) & Liad Agmon (Insight Partners) interviewed by Noam Canetti (EY Israel)
> Francesco De Ferrari (Credit Suisse)
Panel:
Moderator: Noam Canetti (EY Israel)
Participants:
Amit Ben Dov (Gong.io),
Philippe Bouaziz (Deel),
Michael Reitblat (Forter)
> Young Sohn (Walden Catalyst)
- 13:00- 14:00
Lunch
- 14:00-15:00
Session 1: Infinite reasons to merge
Moderator: Joshua Dubofsky (Latham & Watkins)
Speakers: Danny Akerman (Key1 Capital),
Nir Debbi (Global-e),
Irit Kahan (DTCP),
Dr. Daniel Pindur (CVC Advisers),
Mike Rimon (Meitar Law Offices),
Liat Zakay (Shopify)
- 14:00-15:00
Session 2: Fintech
Moderator: Elliott Gotkine
Speakers: Omry Ben David (Viola Ventures),
Dovi Frances (Group 11),
Michal Kissos Hertzog (Poalim Hi-TECH),
Assaf Wand (Hippo Holdings Inc.), Lior Wilczynski (Morning)
- 14:00-15:00
Session 3: The (truly) big cyber opportunity - How to win over the big players from day one
Moderator: Yoav Leitersdorf (YL Ventures)
Speakers: Royi Benyossef (Samsung Next)
Evans Brooks (Roblox)
Liat Hayun (Eureka Security)
Uri May (Hunters)
Srinath Kuruvadi (Netflix)
Justin Somaini (Unity)
- 14:00-15:00
The art of investor relations track
Part 1: What’s happening in the capital markets amid stormy times
Moderator: Marc Jaffe (Latham & Watkins)
Speakers: Justin Forsythe (Credit Suisse), Stephen D Ju (Credit Suisse),
Moshe Orenbuch (Credit Suisse)
TBD
- 15:00-16:00
The art of investor relations track
Part 2: “Now, what do you do?”
Moderator: Sharon Zalewski (EY Israel)
Speakers: Christopher Danne (The Blueshirt Group), Eliran Glazer (monday.com),
Chris King (OTC Markets Group), Tamar Rapaport Dagim (Amdocs),
Jason Schwartz (Similarweb), Josh Siegel (CyberArk Software),
Dan Shamgar (Meitar Law Offices),
Erez Shachar (Qumra Capital)
- 15:00-16:00
Session 4: The future of hospitals - What hospitals will want in 2030
Moderator: Yahal Zilka (10D VC)
Speakers: Dr. Eran Eden (MeMed),
Moran Shochat Snir (Nest Genomics),
Elad Walach (Aidoc)
TBD
- 15:00-16:00
Session 5: Enablers of the e-commerce blast
Moderator: Nir Sabato, (Entrée Capital & The Big Picture podcast)
Speakers: Arjun Bhatia (William Blair),
Hani Goldstein (Snappy),
Michael Reitblat (Forter),
Anat Shakedd (Nexite)
- 15:00-16:00
Session 6: Workshop - Web 3.0 & me
Moderator: Gigi Levi Weiss (NFX)
Speakers: Morgan Beller (NFX),
Zaki Manian (Sommelier), Balaji Srinivasan (Coinbase)
TBD
- 16:00- 17:00
Closing plenary session
> THE PITCH 2022 winner announcement
> The time capsule: Leading entrepreneurs, investors and professionals share their forecasts for the Israeli high-tech industry in 2030
Moderator: Yoram Tietz (EY Israel)
Speakers: Yuval Cohen (Fortissimo Capital), Alan Feld (Vintage Investment Partners), Ruthi (Simha) Furman (Viola Credit), Gigi Levi Weiss (NFX), Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, (Sheba Medical Center), Erel Margalit (JVP), Dov Moran (Grove Ventures), Yifat Oron (Blackstone), Haim Sadger (ScapitalVC), Adi Soffer Teeni (Meta), Nadav Zafrir (Team8), Yahal Zilka (10D VC)
- 17:00
Closing cocktail
agenda
Speakers
Liad Agmon
Managing Partner, Insight Partners
Danny Akerman
Managing Partner, Key1 Capital
Morgan Beller
General Partner, NFX
Omry Ben David
General Partner, Viola Ventures
Royi Benyossef
Investment Director, Samsung Next
Arjun Bhatia
Co-Head Tech Equity Research, William Blair
Philippe Bouaziz
Co - Founder & CFO, Deel
Noam Canetti
Senior Partner, EY Israel
Yuval Cohen
Founder & Managing Partner, Fortissimo Capital
Christopher Danne
Managing Partner, The Blueshirt Group
Francesco De Ferrari
CEO Wealth Management, Credit Suisse
Nir Debbi
President & Co - Founder, Global-e
Joshua Dubofsky
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Dr. Eran Eden
Co-Founder & CEO, MeMed
Alan Feld
Founder & Managing Partner, Vintage Investment Partners
Justin Forsythe
Research Analyst, Credit Suisse
Dovi Frances
Founding Partner, Group 11
Ruthi (Simha) Furman
Founder & General Partner, Viola Credit
Eliran Glazer
CFO, monday.com
Hani Goldstein
Co-Founder & CEO, Snappy
Elliott Gotkine
Master of Ceremonies & Moderator
Liat Hayun
Co - Founder & CEO, Eureka Security
Jeff Horing
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Insight Partners
Marc Jaffe
New York Office Managing Partner & Former Global Chair, Corporate Department, Latham & Watkins
Irit Kahan
Partner, DTCP
Chris King
Senior Vice President, OTC Markets Group
Michal Kissos Hertzog
CEO, Poalim Hi-TECH
Prof. Yitshak Kreiss
Director General, Sheba Medical Center
Srinath Kuruvadi
Head of Cloud Security, Netflix
Yoav Leitersdorf
Managing Partner, YL Ventures
Gigi Levy Weiss
General Partner, NFX
Zaki Manian
CEO, Sommelier
Uri May
Co - Founder & CEO, Hunters
Dov Moran
Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
Moshe Orenbuch
Managing Director & Research Analyst, Credit Suisse
Yifat Oron
Senior Managing Director & Head of Blackstone Israel, Blackstone
Aya Peterburg
Founding Managing Partner, S Capital VC
Dr. Daniel Pindur
Managing Partner, CVC Advisers
Tamar Rapaport Dagim
COO & CFO, Amdocs
Mike Rimon
Partner, Meitar Law Offices
Nir Sabato
Investor, Entrée Capital & Co-Creator, The Big Picture podcast
Haim Sadger
Managing Partner, S Capital VC
Jason Schwartz
CFO, Similarweb
Erez Shachar
Co - Founder & Managing Partner, Qumra Capital
Anat Shakedd
Co-Founder & CEO, Nexite
Dan Shamgar
Partner, Meitar Law Offices
Moran Shochat Snir
Founder & CEO, Nest Genomics
Josh Siegel
CFO, CyberArk Software
Adi Soffer Teeni
VP & GM Israel, Meta
Young Sohn
Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst
Justin Somaini
Chief Security Office, Unity
Yoram Tietz
Managing Partner, EY Israel
Elad Walach
Co - Founder & CEO, Aidoc
Assaf Wand
Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hippo Holding Inc.
Liat Zakay
Director of Strategic Growth, Shopify
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The JOURNEY event will take place on October 28, 2020, at a variety of restaurants in Tel-Aviv between 16:30pm-20:00pm.
Both physical and virtual participation will be offered. So even if you join a gathering at a restaurant or joining virtually – you will be part of the entire JOURNEY community.
Please register here and we will let you know by email until 25.10.2020 if you participate at the restaurants events or at the virtual event.
JOURNEY is free this year!!!
You can register here
Due to the restrictions, the number of physical participants will be very limited and will officially be determined around the time of the event (in accordance with the purple tag).
So those who won’t be able to attend physically will enjoy the content digitally. A message specifying your form of participation (virtual or physical) will be sent prior to the event.
Registration is for the online event. Due to the restrictions, the number of physical participants is limited and will officially be determined around the time of the event (in accordance with the purple tag) So those who won’t be able to attend physically will enjoy the content digitally.
A message regarding physical participation in the event will be sent by 25.10.2020 with all the details.
Please contact: anat.paz@scherfcom.com