2011 AICC Activities The Amazing Robots of Israel - February 15, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Dr. Amir Shapiro (pictured at right), Director of the Robotics Lab, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago with American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. - Hosted by Greenberg Traurig Seeing is Believing: Computer Vision from The Hebrew University Coming to a Camera Near You... - February 16, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Professor Shmuel Peleg, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, America-Israel Economic Forum, with American Friends of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - Hosted by Miller Canfield The Non-Profit Sector in Israel: Its Dual Functions and its Structure - March 2, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Prof. Benjamin Gidron, Founder of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research of  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. - Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, co-sponsored by America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, and American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Israel IT: Meeting Today's Financial Industry Challenges Through Software Solutions - March 8, 2011, Chicago, IL - Government of Israel Economic Mission, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Information Technology Group, and America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group "RAND in Israel: Energy Resources and Beyond" - March 24, 2011, Chicago, IL and Highland Park, IL - Featuring Dr. Steven W. Popper, Senior Economist at the Rand Institute - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by Robinwood Consulting Group (Chicago) and Leumi Investment Services Inc. (Highland Park) Israel: Cultivating Jewish-Arab Business Development - March 28, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Helmi Kittani, Director, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development - Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, America-Israel Economic Forum, and  Chicago Sister Cities International Program Buy Israeli Products Day - Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and Stand With Us Meet 13 of Israel's Top Start-Ups! - March 30, 2011, Chicago, IL - Trendlines Porfolio Companies U.S. Roadshow - Trendlines, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, America-Israel Economic Forum, and Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest - Sponsored by Trendlines and Ernst & Young Israel's Water Sector: Leveraging Scarcity into Opportunity - April 27, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Prof. David Katz, Diector, Akirov Institute, Tel Aviv University - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, and Chicago Sister Cities International Program - Sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Getting Better Results From Wicked Innovation: The Challenges of Commercializing Cutting Edge Innovation - May 2, 2011, Skokie, IL - Featuring Michael Radnor, Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and Government of Israel Economic Mission. - Sponsored by Graeser Associates International, Ltd., Co-Sponsored by the Illinois Science + Technology Park Israel's Economy: An Insider's Perspective - May 5, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Avraham "Beiga" Shochat, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Tel Hai College, Former Minister of Finance, and Former Minister of National Infrastructure, State of Israel - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and Government of Israel Economic Mission - Sponsored by Bank Leumi USA Private Equity Investing in the West Bank - May 12, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Bashar Masri, Chairman of the Board of Massar International - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, Chicago Sister Cities International Program, and Israel-America Chamber of Commerce in Tel Aviv. - Hosted by Miller Canfield Starting a Business: Practical Do's and Dont's - May 19, 2011, Chicago,IL - Featuring Eric Friedler, Friedler Construction, and Professor David Ramirez, Loyola University Chicago - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago - Sponsored by ISH International and Krasnow Saunders Cornblath Israeli Wines and Tasting Pavilion, at the International Wine, Spirits, & Beer Event at the National Restaurant Association Show - May 22 & 23, 2011, Chicago, IL - Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, with the America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago's BuyIsraelGoods.org and Food, Beverage and Consumables Committee Delegation to ILSI-BioMed 2011 - May 22 - May 26, 2011, Israel - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group, Government of Israel Economic Mission and the Center for Healthcare Innovation Two I's of Innovation: Israel and Illinois - May 24, 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel - Dinner and Panels - Featuring panelists from Abbott Biotech Ventures, Forest City Science + Technology Group, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, University of Illinois Chicago, Hadassit Bio Holdings and P-Cure - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group - Sponsored by the Office of Trade and Investment (DCEO), and co-sponsored by Graeser Associates International "Israel's Evolving Economy" - June 15, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Uriel Lynn, Chaiman of the Fedration of Israeli Chambers of Commerce - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by McGladrey U.S.-Israel Bio-Tech Forum - June 27, 2011, Washington, D.C. - U.S.-Israel Business Initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Government of Israel Economic Mission, Maryland-Israel Development Center, America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group. - Sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Affective Neuroscience: Can We Study the Neurobiology of Emotions?" - August 4, 2011 and August 5, 2011, Chicago, IL and Skokie, IL - Featuring Professor Gal Richter-Levin, Head of the Haifa Forum for Brain and Behavior and Co-Director of the Institute for the Study of Affective Neuroscience, University of Haifa - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group, National Institutes for Psychobiology in Israel, and America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by Funkhousen Vegosen Liebman & Dunn (August 4) and the Illinois Science + Technology Park (August 5) "Intel Powers High-Tech... Technion Powers Intel" - August 24, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Professor Uri Weiser, The Technion - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Information Technology Group and American Technion Society,& America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Reception with Shalom Simhon, Israel's Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor - September 13, 2011, Highland Park, IL - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, and Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living - Sponsored by Judith Joy 2011 Awards & Celebration Dinner - November 14, 2011, Chicago, IL - Reception and Dinner - Honoring Beatrice Goldberg Crain of the Crain-Maling Foundation and Yakov M. Yarmove of SuperValu - Keynote address by William A. Osborn of the Northern Trust Corporation - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and America-Israel Economic Forum Buy Israeli Goods Week - November 27, 2011 - December 4, 2011 - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and Stand With Us U.S.-Israel Healthcare Innovation Conference: "Advances in Imaging and Radiology - November 29, 2012, Chicago, IL - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group, Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, Center for Healthcare Innovation, and America-Israel Economic Forum - Sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione. Co-Sponsored by the Illinois Science + Technology Park Annual Board of Directors and Membership Meeting - December 14, 2011, Chicago, IL - Featuring Steve Lavin, Chairman of the Board, Bank Leumi USA - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago - Hosted  by Ungaretti & Harris Chanukah Networking Event #2 - December 21, 2011 , Chicago, IL - Featuring Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford - America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago and Jewish Business-to-Business Network - Hosted by Grossinger City Autoplex