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Save the Date!
From Science to Industry: Successes and Challenges
of the U.S. - Israel Binational Model
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
The National Academy
of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW Washington,
D.C. 20037
A unique opportunity to
hear leaders in government, science and industry from the United States and Israel discuss the challenges
and successes of bringing innovations from the lab to the marketplace.
The seminar will explore
the path of new ideas, highlighting the U.S.
- Israel
binational model and its future impact.
Keynote
speakers:
Prof.
Sidney Altman, Yale University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1989
Prof. Victor Lechtenberg, Vice Provost for
Engagement, Purdue University
Dr. Ed Mlavsky, Chairman & Founding Partner, Gemini Israel
Funds
Dr. Sass Somech, Founder, Musea
Ventures
Greetings:
The Hon. John D.
Negroponte, U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State
The
Hon. Sallai Meridor, Israeli
Ambassador to the U.S.
Dr.
Eli Opper, Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry
of Industry, Trade & Labor
Click
here to view the agenda
Kindly RSVP by Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Click
here to RSVP
This one-of-a-kind program is
jointly organized by BARD
– U.S.-Israel
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund; BIRD – U.S.-Israel
Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation; & BSF – U.S.-Israel Binational
Science Foundation
Corporate
sector representatives, policymakers, government officials, and academics
will find this program to be of great value.
For more information, please
contact:
In the United States:
Limor Nakar-Vincent at limorn@birdf.com Tel:
(312) 923-1095
In Israel: Chava
Doukhan at chava@birdf.com Tel:
03-6470710 ext. 307
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