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PROPEL Seminar on Alternative Funding: The BIRD Foundation Option - Breakfast seminar on alternative to funding joint collaborations between Israeli and American companies in the life sciences area through the BIRD Foundation - Thursday, August 5 at 8:30 am - 10:00 am. - PROPEL is a program of iBIO (Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization) - For more information and registration, click here.
Local Challenges and Israeli Solutions - A Discussion on the Future of Homeland Security - Featuring Major General Aharon Ze'evi Farkash, Former Director of Military Intelligence, Israel Defense Forces (2002 - 2006) - Monday. September 20, 2010. Registration opens at 5:00 pm (Downtown) - Government of Israel Economic Mission and AICC Chicago
Membership Connection with Members of the Polish American Chamber of Commerce - Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm. NEW DATE. Replaces July 14. (Downtown) - AICC Chicago and PACC Chicago
Annual Awards & Celebration Dinner - Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 6:00 pm (Northern Suburbs) - Honoring Michael Levy and Greg Levy
U.S.-Israel Healthcare Innovation Conference: "The Future of Radiology" - Monday, November 29 (Downtown) - AICC Chicago Life Sciences Practice Group with the Government of Israel Economic Mission and the Center for Healthcare Innovation
Annual Membership and Board of Directors Meeting - Thursday, December 16, 2010 (Downtown) - Program TBA
Networking Reception with Eight Israeli Defense Companies - Monday, July 12 at 6:00 pm (Western Suburbs) - Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest
The Economics of Terrorism: Criminal activity that funds terrorism and the role of banks and business in stopping the flow of funds - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 12:00 noon (Downtown) - AICC Chicago - Sponsored by Stern Investment Advisors and the Israeli Law Research Society's Anti-Terrorism Law Student Research Organization, Loyola University Law School - Chicago
Delegation to ILSI-BioMed 2010 - Sunday, June 13, 2010 - Thursday, June 17, 2010 (Israel)
Breakfast Reception to Welcome the AWWA ACE 10 Israel Delegation
- With special guests: Debra Shore, Commissioner of The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; Oded Distel, Director of Israel New Tech; and Avraham Tenne, Head of Desalination at Water Authority Israel
- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7:30 am (Downtown) - AICC Chicago and Government of Israel Economic Mission with Jewish National Fund - Sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Reception: Honoring Noa Asher, Israel's Economic Consul to the Midwest at the Conclusion of Her Chicago Tenure and Welcoming Her Successor Yariv Becher - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm (Downtown) - AICC Chicago
Israeli Wines and Tasting Pavilion, at the International Wine, Spirits, & Beer Event at the National Restaurant Association Show - May 23 & 24, 2010 (McCormick Place) - Government of Israel Economic Mission, with AICC's BuyIsraelGoods.organd Food, Beverage and Consumables Committee
US - Israel Life Sciences Partnering Breakfast - Sunday, May 2, 2010, Reception (Downtown) - Monday, May 3, 2010 Business Partnering Breakfast (Downtown): Organized by the AICC and the Israel Economic Mission. Welcoming speaker will be Gavin Samuels, Senior Partnering Director of Teva Innovative Ventures. This networking event will give you an opportunity to meet with high level executives from U.S. and Israeli companies participating in Bio 2010.
Israel Pavilion at the 2010 BIO International* Conference at McCormick Place - May 3 - 6. Israel focused activities during BIO include the following (click here for information and to rsvp):
> > Israel's Country Seminar - Innovative Structures Promoting Commercialization of Israeli Life Sciences:
May 4, Featuring Dr. Eli Opper, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (Israel), Dr. Ora Dar, Consultant to the Chief Scientist for Biotechnology (Israel), Dr. Dan Zabrowski, Executive Vice President, Global Head Pharma Partnering, Roche-Pharma (Switzerland), Dr. Tomer Kariv, General Manager, Pontifax Venture Capital (Israel), and Dr. Alex Kozak, CEO, D-Pharm Ltd. (Israel).
> > U.S.-Israel Biotechnology Business Roundtable: May 5 . This roundtable, organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, will provide a forum for bio-tech industry stakeholders in the United States and Israel to discuss the challenges and obstacles to greater biotechnology trade and cooperation between the two countries.
Breakfast with Jordanian and Israeli Young Women Entrepreneurs - Friday, April 30, 2010 (Downtown) - Presented by the Amman & Petach Tikva Committees of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, the BIRD Foundation, AICC Chicago, and the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Fight Back Against the Boycott - March 1 - March 14, 2010 - A community effort to fight unfounded boycotts of Israeli products - The 6th annual so-called "Apartheid Week" takes place March 1-14, 2010, and includes boycotts against stores selling Israeli consumer products. Likely focus will be on Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, especially in New York and Boston. - Buy Israel Goods asks Israel supporters to turn this into a surge of support for Israel. Shop for Israeli products and tell the store managers why you are there that day.
Oneg Shabbat - - With Ella Gera, Israeli Feminist and Womens' Rights Advocate - Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Discussion: "Women in Israel - - The Myths, The Realityand a Gender View of the Israeli Economy" - With Aitz Hayim Center For Jewish Living and the Petcah Tikva Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program
Breakthrough for a Cure - Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 8:00 am - Featuring Dr. Eli Lewis - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Diabetes Expert - With American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, AICC Life Sciences Practice Group and America-Israel Economic Forum
"Brothers" Film Screening - Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:30 pm - Featuring discussion with the film's director, Igaal Niddam - Sponsored by AICC's Buy Israel Goods, which provided Israeli wine from Barkan and Merom Galil - A program of the LucerneandPetach TikvaCommittees of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program, the Consulate General of Switzerland to the Midwest and the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest.