Start the day on the right foot by arriving early.

You will meet more people, enjoy more insightful content and get a higher ROI from attending the conference.

We’re happy to present the finals of our Startup Competition! The Top-5 finalists will pitch their startup and get graded by our panel of judges and the audience in the hall.

Finalists:

• Xtras > Amit Oestreicher, Founder & CEO
• Whizor > Keren Raviv, Co-Founder & CEO
• Punch > Ofir Korkus, CEO
• Enerjoy > Viki Glam, Founder & CEO
• Book Like A Boss > Nachum Kligman, Co-Founder & CEO

Judges:

• The Junction (by F2 Capital) > Tal Zackon, General Manager
• Mindset Ventures > Boaz Albaranes, Partner
• Together ECF > Shuki Cohen Sharet, Chairman & Co-Founder
• Nielsen Innovate > Liron Langer, Chief Investment Officer
• ZipRecruiter > Avi Golan, VP Engineering & GM Israel

Session Abstract

Using data and analytics, HR can improve the talent in the organization, view different parameters of communication and collaboration, and even predict employees behavior. In this talk we present the conceptual and technological change in data-driven HR. We further demonstrate some advanced analytics and discuss ways to integrate it to the management systems.

Speaker Bio

Yael received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science and PhD in Education in Science and Technology from the Technion. She has published her work in books, conferences and journals related to development engineering and project management. Yael has a significant experience with guiding agile implementation processes. Yael is consulting to Israeli startups on developing their products and services. She is also an adjunct senior lecturer at Technion IIT, and a member of the Data Science Steering Committee of the Israeli Engineering Association.

Moderator: Hadar Pode, Head of Startups​ Business Development @ Deloitte Israel 

• Lior ​Barzilai​, Director of Business Development @ Mindspace
• Eitan Singer, Co-Founder & CEO @ Spacing
• Shiri Green-Elgavish, CEO @ OpenValley
• Roi Dimand, CEO @ Powerball
• Maor David-Pur, Business Group Lead @ Microsoft

Session Abstract

What if you could save your business millions of $s by cutting inefficient meetings? Or, uncover the behaviors that makes your best people successful, or, use data to create strong networks that build more business. In this session you will learn how Workplace analytics can unlock your opportunities.

Speaker Bio

Empowering organizations in Israel to become more productive and secured is Asaf’s main goal. In the last 2 years Asaf has lead the Modern workplace solution selling for enterprise customers in Israel where his top responsibilities include:
• Deliver customer business transformation and success through accelerated adoption.
• Proactively win new business through differentiated customer business value
• Identify customer business challenges and bring them to agreement on the business value of the Modern Workplace solutions – including detailed relevant BDM & Industry use cases, financial analysis such as Total Cost of Ownership & Return on Investment
• Own opportunities from start to close by orchestrating an extensive virtual teams consisting of technical and partner roles across an extensive portfolio of products.

Session Abstract

A lecture based on the book “I Want All” – an alternative career guide that answer the question “How to find a job you love?” Based on dozens of books and studies in the fields of career, motivation and the Y generation, the lecture includes insights and tips collected by Lior Frankel from his Facebook group “The New World” (30,000 people), and interviews with dozens of people in his podcast (Popcorn) – people who have undergone a career change.

Lior Frenkel is CPO & Partner @ Jolt.us – building the school of the new world. Lior is an expert in Education-Tech entrepreneurship. He has written a best-seller, has a blog and a popular podcast and is leading a huge community – all around “Career in The New World”. The Israeli leading economic paper called him “The Voice of Generation Y”.

Lior has graduated from the Technion (B.Sc in Electrical Engineering) and has an M.A. in Philosophy and History, Tel-Aviv Uni. His projects were mentioned in Wired, Forbes, Fast Company, The Next Web, etc. Occasionally he works with corporates (Bulgari, Leumi Bank), helping them to make the leap into the digital world.

Speaker Bio

Lior Frenkel is CPO & Partner @ Jolt.us – building the school of the new world. Lior is an expert in Education-Tech entrepreneurship. He has written a best-seller, has a blog and a popular podcast and is leading a huge community – all around “Career in The New World”. The Israeli leading economic paper called him “The Voice of Generation Y”.

Lior has graduated from the Technion (B.Sc in Electrical Engineering) and has an M.A. in Philosophy and History, Tel-Aviv Uni. His projects were mentioned in Wired, Forbes, Fast Company, The Next Web, etc. Occasionally he works with corporates (Bulgari, Leumi Bank), helping them to make the leap into the digital world.

Speaker Bio

With years of experience, Amit provides active assistance to multinational high-tech, semiconductor, banking, beverage, and business consultancy corporations, in the transfer of employees to Israel.

Amit is a member of the Committee on Foreign Workers of the Israel Bar Association, responsible for leading legislative and policy activities with regard to the entry of foreign experts to Israel. Amit served as a moderator and speaker of the 1st and 2nd legal conference regarding legislation relating to foreign employees in Israel, which was attended by over 200 members of the Israeli legal community.

Amit regularly authors articles on the topic of Israeli immigration and is frequently published on the Israeli Bar Association web site. Amit is a member of the IPBA (Inner Pacific Bar Association) and a Co-Chair of the Scholarship committee of the same organization. Amit was selected to be an M.S. Lin Scholar to the 14th Annual IPBA Conference 2004 in Seoul, Korea. Amit is an Aila International Associate (Amit does not provide legal services and/or councel concerning or relating to the immigration laws of the United States of America).

Amit holds an LLB Honors degree from the Faculty of Law of Thames Valley University, London, U.K.

Amit is also at The Israel -America Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors .

A quick coffee break in the conference exhibition and networking area

Speaker Bio

Rami leads Vanywhere, a startup that is aiming to revolutionise the global workforce in the world. “We’ve developed a new way that allows to almost anyone with a skill to monetise their knowledge and time by sharing them with people around the world.” Vanywhere is building its skill sharing platform that is currently focusing on freelancers, influencers and enterprises that are looking for the next level of customer engagement.

For the past 30 years, Rami has been at the forefront of the digital advertising industry in Israel. He has founded and lead a number of successful agencies specializing in digital marketing, social media and e-commerce, working with both Israeli clients and international brands including LivePerson, Clinique, Pizza Hut, Warner Brother and Avis among others.

Abstract

In a world of speed and growth, the human connections and informal learning inside organizations is shifting from an HR matter to a business necessity.

Michal Oshman, Head of Leadership and Learning, EMEA at Facebook and Chedva Kleinhandler, CEO and Co-founder of Emerj, will discuss this from the tech leader and the startup perspectives – and talk about how this is impacted by the trends and facts of the Future of Work, why company values matter and how technology plays in.

Emerj connects employees and mentors to provide timely and confidential career advice on demand. It supports economic empowerment, as well as builds more diverse, and productive businesses while reducing employee turnover. Prior to Emerj Chedva grew brands into globally recognizable entities through social media, content strategy and public relations.

Session Abstract

Disruptive business models. Innovative platforms and tools. Gen Z and Millennial mind-sets. Digital and human transformation. Communities.
Start-ups. CoWorks. Technology. Chief Happiness Officers. Incubators. Chief Innovation Officers. Work culture. The 3rd space. Robots. AI. Tech. Sleep pods. 4 day weeks. Gig economy.

The world of the workplace is changing fast and we must adapt, thine radical and begin by designing experiences built around our most valuable assets – our employees.

Steve Lidbury, Principal at Eight Inc., takes the audience on a journey into the future of Employee Experience for brands and businesses.
He’ll look at how human transformation is just as critical to intersect with both digital and physical transformation in the places people are spending their lives working.

How this in turn, creates meaningful and tangible value for both employees and businesses alike will be highlighted with case studies of globally renowned clients.

Speaker Bio

Steve leads a team of strategic designers and business creatives to deliver holistic, human-centric experiences for world-renowned brands such as Apple, Nike, Coach, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Barclays, Citi, and FC Barcelona. Sometimes called “Apple’s best kept secret” Eight Inc. came up with the original concept for Apple Store worldwide working closely with the late Steve Jobs, and designed the standards that were to be used in creating them.

Today there are more than 500 Apple Stores globally that provide breakthrough branded customer experience and have the highest sales per square foot in the world. Eight Inc. is one of the most progressive design firms working today. It is helping to transform organisations to be relevant in the worlds most highly competitive environments by looking at the design factors that drive successful human interactions.

Speaker Bio

Yossi is a startup investor, business mentor, and the former President and CEO of Elbit Systems, an Israel-based international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world.

Yossi began his career at Elbit Systems in 1982, and has served in various managerial positions, including his last 16 years as the company’s President and CEO. Under his leadership, Elbut has become Israel’s largest defense company and one of the leaders in the worldwide defense and aerospace industry.

When Yossi took over as CEO in 1996, Elbit had annual sales of $286 million and a market capitalization of just $106 million. After a string of 40 acquisitions, during which Elbit took control of much of the non-government sector of Israel’s defense industry, its revenue last year reached $3.9 billion and its market capitalization $1.6 billion.

Enjoy your lunch in the conference exhibition and networking area

Speaker Bio

Sigal has over 20 years of experience in the software industry in which she served in a wide range of professional and managerial positions. During the last 12 years Sigal led the Agile transformation in NCR (Retalix), AT&T and NICE Actimize. Sigal has strong hands-on experience in driving organizational changes and quality initiatives from incubation to deployment with a focus on promoting Agile, Lean and SAFe™ practices and mindset within organizations.

Most recently, Sigal led the SAFe™ implementation across the R&D and Product organizations in NICE Actimize covering 6 ARTs (Agile Release Train) and more than 30 agile teams working in SAFe™ across the globe in less than 6 months, all the while delivering on NICE Actimize business commitments.

Moderator: Inbal Orpaz, Startup Ecosystem Expert & Storyteller

• Galia Nevo, VP Human Resources @ Bizzabo
• Sharon Argov, VP Growth @ bob
• Yoav Ilovich, VP product @ Woo.io
• Inbal Arieli, Co-Founder, Co-CEO @ Synthesis

Dror has over 20 years of experience in the fields of education, training and workforce enablement, and he is a frequent speaker in industry conferences.

Dror has served as special consultant to iClass, the largest educational R&D project in the EU. The project is operated by a consortium of 22 partners from 11 different countries, which include some of Europe’s top educational research institutions.

Dror has also served as board member for The Center for Futurism in Education (CFE) at Ben-Gurion University.

Moderator: Eliran Rubin, Director of Business Development @ TLV Partners

• Gali Arnon, CMO @ Fiverr
• Ori Shlezinger, Musical Producer, Pianist and Pro Seller on Fiverr
• Yotam Alroy, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer @ Mindspace

Abstract

The Future of Work is already here, and the Open Talent Economy brings a new era of employment, recruitment and talent retention; In this talk, you’ll get a glimpse to emerging technologies in the HR space, and how AI becomes a key player in mindset shift of employees, managers and executives.

Bio

Noam Mordechay is the Head of Enterprise Innovation at gloat (previously Workey) – an AI-based recruitment platform using smart algorithms to personally match users with career opportunities while they remain completely anonymous.

Noam is a reserve officer in the IDF’s Navy and Intelligence Corps. He has a vast experience in management consulting and business development both in Israel and abroad, which he gained after he graduated from the Technion and Tel Aviv University.

Apart from Tel Aviv Marathon trail, you’d also find Noam among MassChallenge alumni community members – the largest startup accelerator in the world, and on the Board of Directors of ATIDIM – a leading Israeli non-profit empowering bright young students from underprivileged backgrounds through higher education.

You don’t want to miss the happy hour of Innov8 Work!

We will also announce the winners of our startup competition.