Australia-Israel Innovation Summit 2020

Agenda

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Calendar21-10-2020 14:3022-10-2020 20:30Australia/SydneyAustralia-Israel Innovation Summit 2020 The Australia-Israel Innovation Summit is a half day virtual event which will showcase Australian and Israeli thought leaders from across a range of key sectors and aims to stimulate new thinking and expose innovative solutions to Australian organisations grappling with the challenges and accelerated disruption caused by the COVID-era. The virtual Summit will include plenary sessions, panel discussions, opportunities for one-on-one virtual meetings, private round-table discussions, networking and business development opportunities. It will also feature a virtual exhibition showcasing ground-breaking Israeli tech companies.

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10:00 - 14:00

Summit Platform Open

14:30 - 15:17

Opening welcome and Plenary Session 1 – New Thinking for a New Era – the role of social impact investment

Jillian Segal AO

Chair, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (NSW)

Hon Scott Morrison MP

Prime Minister of Australia

Shemara Wikramanayake

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Group

Sir Ronald Cohen

Chair, GSG (Global Steering Group for Impact Investment)

15:17 - 15:49

Plenary Session 2 – Alternative strategies for a digital post-pandemic world

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin

Chief Executive Officer, Optus

Karin Eibschitz Segal

Vice President, General Manager, Intel Israel Development Center

Head of Content, ausbiz, Moderator

15:49 - 16:55

Plenary Session 3 - Revitalising Australia’s Economy though Innovation and Technology

Chair of the Board, Tesla Inc, Moderator

David Gonski AC

Chairman, ANZ Banking Group Ltd

Professor Andrew Cuthbertson AO

Senior advisor & Executive Director, CSL Limited

Hon Karen Andrews MP

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology

CEO, Israel Innovation Authority

Dr. Larry Marshall

Chief Executive, CSIRO

Bg (Ret) Dr. Daniel Gold

Head, Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D – MAFAT), Israel

Managing Director,Microsoft

17:00 - 18:00

Break-out panel discussion sessions

Stream 1 - The Future of Healthcare
Stream 2 - Cyber Security - Opportunities and Threats
Stream 3 - Innovation and Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Industries

18:00 - 19:00

Break-out panel discussion sessions

Stream 1 - Water Resilience and Innovation
Stream 2 - Workplace of the Future

19:00 - 19:11

Closing Remarks

Minister of Economy and Industry and Member of the Knesset (MK)

19:11 - 20:00

Expo Spotlight

Meet our exhibitors
Virtual Meetings

20:00

Summit close

17:00 - 18:00

The Future of Healthcare

Secretary, NSW Health

Chief Executive Officer, Medibank

Chief Executive Officer, Healthscope

Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc

Deputy Director General; Chief Medical Officer; and Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center

Dr. Yossi Bahagon

Managing Partner, Qure Ventures

CEO, Hadasit, the Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organization

Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin, Moderator

18:00 - 19:00

Water Resilience and Innovation

Chairman & CEO , Booky Oren Global Water Technologies

Chairman, Israel Water Association

Director General and Chairman of the Board, Authority for Water and Sewage of Israel

The Hon. Melinda Pavey

MP, NSW Minister for Water, Property and Housing

Managing Director, Sydney Water

Carmel Krogh OAM

National President, The Australian Water Association.

Macinley Butson

NSW Young Australian of the Year 2018

Australasia Water Leader, Arup 2020 Professional Engineer of the Year, Moderator

17:00 - 18:00

Cyber Security Threats and Challenges

Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD)

Partner and the Head of Research at Team8

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben Israel

Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Centre Tel Aviv University; Chairman of the Israel Space Agency

Jonathan Fischbein

CISO, Checkpoint

Abigail Bradshaw CSC

Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)

Nicholas McKenzie

Chief Security Officer, NAB

National Lead Director, Security Strategy & Governance, KPMG Australia

Chair of the Board, Tesla Inc, Moderator

18:00 - 19:00

Workplace of the Future

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, GreenSoil Investments

Vice President, Cisco Australia and New Zealand

Ayalla Reuven Lelong

Founder and CEO, EQ-EL

Natalie Slessor

Head of Customer Futures, Lendlease

Managing Director, Optus Business, Moderator

Leonie Wilkinson

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management, Real Estate Brookfield

17:00 - 18:00

Innovation and Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Industries

Sagie Davidovich

Co-Founder & CEO – Spark Beyond

Chief Executive of eCommerce, Coles

Dr. Kira Radinsky

Chairperson and CTO, Diagnostic Robotics

Michael Zolotov

Co-founder and CTO, Razor Labs

Sonia Nazaretian

Director of Retail, Media Communications, Enterprise Commercial Division, Microsoft, Moderator