Agenda
February 11-13, 2020 | Jerusalem, Israel
Startups: Going Beyond
The theme of the 2020 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit is “Startups: Going Beyond,” reflecting the breathtaking potential of startup technologies to push the limits of what’s possible. Onstage, in working sessions, and in a multitude of tech demos, Summit attendees will learn about the latest breakthroughs, hear from the people living with the technology, and discover where investment opportunity lies.
In this 7-hour academic masterclass designed by NYU and OurCrowd for corporate executives, we will examine how to adopt innovation know-how and best practices, and successfully bring the innovation that you’ve seen in Israel back to your corporation.
To find out more information and to view the agenda, visit nyu.ourcrowd.com.
Register here - open to all Summit attendees.
OurCrowd Advisory Forums harness the extensive knowledge and experience held by OurCrowd’s most elite investors and senior corporate contacts. Knowledge Advisors from all over the globe will share perspectives, leverage their networks, and tackle the biggest challenges in their sector.
New this year, a select group of leading corporate innovation executives will receive a curated and customized demo session with relevant OurCrowd portfolio companies, as well as an overview of OurCrowd Innovate, the breakthrough program that leverages Israel’s largest startup network to help corporations boost their innovation journey.
Sneek peek into Israel's cutting-edge technologies and high velocity growth.
Capping a day of tech and cultural tours and high-level meetups, the global crowd moves to Patrick's Irish Pub, one of the premier nightspots in Tel Aviv, in the heart of the tech district. Join the crowd for an evening of great food and drink, productive networking, and a lot of fun.
Registration & Breakfast
Plenary
The international OurCrowd elite gather to hear an Insiders’ Preview for 2020, the venture capital world and the tech landscape. Active investors, corporations and OurCrowd portfolio companies will join together to examine the current and future ecosystem challenges and deliberate on their potential, creative solutions. As always, top speakers will be drawn from the worlds of innovation, business, and government.
Viola Group
OurCrowd
New York University
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Investor Track: Pre-Summit Show
In an entertaining, talk-show format, hear from the people behind your investments and gain insights into the latest, ground-breaking technology from the most promising startups in the tech ecosystem.
Startup & Corporate Track: A Walk Along the Innovation Journey
This track will feature content from Innovate, OurCrowd’s breakthrough platform that leverages Israel’s largest startup network to help guide corporations along their innovation journey. Topics will focus on the three Innovation Blocks:
1. Knowledge – access to expert thought-leadership
2. Engagement – connecting with startups that solve your big needs
3. Community – building relationships in the Startup Nations largest innovation network.
Roundtable Discussions
Small groups of entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate representatives conduct lively discussions of 15 important themes, each led by an industry thought leader. The result is greater insight, collaboration, and practical steps – a true example of the power of the crowd.
Lunch
Delicious mix of gourmet Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food.
Pre-Scheduled Networking
An unparalleled opportunity to connect with leaders of the tech ecosystem.
The OurCrowd Cocktail Gala brings together luminaries of the tech ecosystem from inside and outside Israel for an evening of wonderful food, fine wine, and great conversation.
The global crowd will gather at First Station, a lively center of music, restaurants, and colorful markets. Repurposed from the Ottoman-built terminus of the historic Jerusalem-Jaffa railway, the food, drink, and vibe are some of the best in the city.
The State of the Crowd
OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved provides an intriguing update on the tech landscape, the Innovation Nation, and how the crowd continues to revolutionize startup investing. He will also debut a special video presentation.
OurCrowd
Startups: Going Beyond
A series of eye-opening sessions revealing how startup technologies are creating astonishing solutions to old problems, overturning industries, and impacting individuals and societies alike. Showcases from the entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and investors making it happen – as well as the people whose lives are being changed by the tech.
OurCrowd
Seagate Technology
Beyond Meat
Proof VC
Alpha Tau Medical
Sight Diagnostics
Investment Spotlight
Sneak peeks and snapshots of some of the most exciting startups and funds available today.
OurCrowd
The High-Tech Horror Show: Our Worst Fears and How Startups Can Address Them
Climate Change, the Dark Web, Gene Tinkering, Fake News, Cyberhacking... We're putting the sum of all fears on stage in dramatic live demos, scary videos, and audience participation, then showing how Armageddon can be postponed through breakthrough technologies that will protect your privacy, treat disease, save lives, and help you sleep at night.
The Long and Winding Road: Making Autonomous Driving a Reality
Technological and regulatory roadblocks have postponed the dream of self-driving vehicles. The four keys to accelerating progress -- including integration of transportation solutions and cooperation amongst traditional competitors -- are explained by top startup, corporate, and venture capital experts in mini keynotes and lively Q&A.
Toyota AI Ventures
TechCrunch
Is Three a Crowd? The Israel-U.S.-China Conundrum
As Israel's importance as an innovator and exporter of technology grows, so do the complexities of international relationships. In a revealing dialogue, three high-profile government and financial figures -- representing Israel, America, and China -- will square off to explore the current situation, where it will be in 10 years, and how politics affects the global tech landscape.
MedTech 2030: Where We'll Be and How We'll Get There
The most dynamic sector in venture capital will be unrecognizable 10 years from now. Top entrepreneurs, VCs, and futurists map out the four key global trends driving medical innovation, what technologies to bet on, and the state of our health a decade hence.
Tissue Dynamics
Fast Company
OurCrowd University for Investors
Startup Investing Bootcamp
Get ready to learn everything you need to know about investing in private companies, from valuations and term sheet essentials to deal selection and portfolio diversification.
OurCrowd Entrepreneurs Academy
The Fine Art of Fundraising
Meet the Startups
The entrepreneurs behind the most exciting tech startups in OurCrowd's portfolio present updates on their investment opportunities.
Eat the Sharks: The Startups Grill The VCs
We’re turning the tables again on the venture capitalists, as the founders of three successful startups put the feet of three leading investors to the fire. The VCs compete to explain what they can do for their investments, illuminating the upsides and downsides of the whole venture process. Once again, the sharks are in the cages, looking out.
Cirque Du Soleil
OurCrowd
Is This News? Top Tech Journalists Save or Ruin the Day for Four Startup CEOs
In a game show format, a lineup of startup CEOs make announcements about their latest tech or business breakthroughs -- and representatives of some of the most influential media organizations in the world shoot them down or write them up. If you've ever wondered why things make the news, this is the session for you.
Computer Weeky
The Business Times
OurCrowd
Business Insider & Techworld
Feeding the Planet Without Killing It: Breakthroughs in AgriFood
FoodTech and AgTech startups and corporations alike are innovating every step in the process of feeding people, from production and processing to distribution and preservation -- even as they push the frontiers of sustainability. An overview from a top scientist followed by presentations from some of the most leading edge companies, as well as VCs on the best areas for investment.
The Venture Platform You Need To Know About: Incubators
The phenomenon that's driving the unprecedented growth of venture investment, providing crucial support to underserved seed-stage startups. Top VCs, entrepreneurs, investors and global innovation execs – OurCrowd partners in the broadest network of Israeli and global incubators – explain how these platforms work and how to benefit from them.
OurCrowd University for Investors
Inside the Black Art of Venture Valuation
OurCrowd Entrepreneurs Academy
Getting the Best People - and Keeping Them
Meet the Startups
The entrepreneurs behind the most exciting tech startups in OurCrowd's portfolio present updates on their investment opportunities.
Top 10 Tech Trends for 2020, and Beyond
A look at what will be hot, disruptive, and actionable in the coming year. In light of the end of the decade, this highly anticipated annual presentation by senior OurCrowd investing leaders will also identify which of the trends will shape the tech landscape for the next 10 years.
Labs/02
TEK Talks: Keren Elazari
Global News Desk: Tech Announcements and More
Breaking news and features on major announcements from around the world, including OurCrowd, portfolio companies, partners and more.
OurCrowd
OurCrowd
Presentation of the OurCrowd Connectors Circle Award
Individuals within OurCrowd’s broad, multifaceted network -- investors, corporate innovation executives, entrepreneurs, VCs, and others -- make connections on behalf of startup companies, building value for every stakeholder. The OurCrowd Connectors Circle Award is presented to the most effective connector of the past year.
OurCrowd
Investment Spotlight
Sneak peeks and snapshots of some of the most exciting startups and funds available today.
OurCrowd
Demo Theater: No Pitches, Just Wow
A lineup of the coolest, most eye-popping technologies from leading-edge startups. Live demonstrations by the innovators themselves, with a bit of unique audience participation mixed in. Popcorn will be served!
Kemtai
Power to the People: The FinTech Revolution
Innovation has empowered people in communications, transportation, healthcare, and more -- and now it's finance's turn. CEOs of cutting-edge startups explain how they're providing individuals with unprecedented tools for managing money, managing risk, and even buying insurance. Then top VCs reveal where they’re placing their bets.
Lemonade
Rewire.to
Frank
Reinventing the Startup Nation: What You Need To Know About Israel's Next Decade
Ten years after the publication of the book that coined the term "Startup Nation," Israel has become a world leader in innovation and more. But what's next? Top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and government leaders provide invaluable insight into the future of innovation and investment in the fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the world.
Protecting Us From Ourselves: Cybersecurity to the Rescue
From users who click on things they shouldn't, to bad guys committing cyber crimes, to design flaws that allow them, the human factor is the biggest risk factor in cybersecurity. Hear about the cutting-edge innovation that's preventing theft, damage, disruption, and misdirection.
Business Insider
Four Top Fund Managers Walk Into a Bar: Incredible War Stories and Lessons Learned
Join the managers of the most innovative venture funds in the world as they tell terrifying and inspiring tales of how they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The audience will learn the mechanics and opportunities of investing through VC funds, with actionable takeaways and some empty beer bottles.
OurCrowd
OurCrowd University for Investors
Get schooled on the fundamentals of investing in startups in this three-part intensive course. Front-line experts will teach you everything you need to know, from valuations and term sheet essentials to deal selection and portfolio diversification.
OurCrowd Entrepreneurs Academy
MBA-style courses taught by professionals in each topic area will help startup founders and executives expand their global perspective and lead at a higher level. From managing cash flow and scaling up to entering foreign markets and undertaking an IPO, this is a can't-miss opportunity to gain a working knowledge of business practices essential to success.
Meet the Startups
The entrepreneurs behind the most exciting tech startups in OurCrowd's portfolio present updates on their investment opportunities.
Investment Spotlight
Sneak peeks and snapshots of some of the most exciting startups and funds available today.
HIL Applied Medical
TEK Talks: Jun Sawada
TEK Talks: Ron Kruszewski
The Democratization of Venture Capital
The Chairman and CEO of Stifel -- with 1 million clients the seventh largest U.S. retail brokerage network and the largest U.S. equity research platform -- explains how technology is changing the wealth advisory business, its groundbreaking partnership with OurCrowd, and its strategy behind opening an office in Israel.
Stifel
TEK Talks: Michael Eisenberg
When Will Israel Produce a Hectocorn?
Legendary venture investor Michael Eisenberg on Israel's increasing dominance in innovation, where it's going in the next decade, and getting to the first $100 billion startup.
Aleph VC
OurCrowd
Maimonides Award
The third annual OurCrowd Maimonides Award for Lifetime Achievement in Science, Leadership and Menschlichkeit, will be presented to the industry figure whose career and character have driven progress and inspired colleagues.
Weizmann Institute of Science
Let loose at the legendary OurCrowd post-Summit party, featuring Israeli craft beer and a whole bunch of surprises.
At the end of Summit Day, the incredible networking continues into the night, as the crowd moves to Mahane Yehuda Market, the cultural center of Jerusalem. Along with delicious food, craft beer, live music, and video, the night will be filled with informal pitches, CEO meetups, and great conversation.