INNOVATECH 2018
@The Paris Motor Show
Israel reinvents the wheel at the Paris Motor Show
Calcalist and Connecting Leaders Club bring the Israeli innovation to Paris.
Meet the Leading Israeli entrepreneurs, the best startups of the automotive industry at the INNOVATECH2018 conference & B2B Meetings.
Cyber Security * Autonomous & Connected Cars * Smart Transportation
- Meet the best Israeli startups in mobility, sensors, cyber, computer vision, connectivity and cyber security.
- Exchange on best practises and regulations on autonomous cars.
- Discover the best way to establish partnership with Israeli companies or open R&D centers in Israel.
October 2nd 2018
Paris Convention center - Expo Porte de Versailles - Hall 7
English
AGENDA
OUR SPEAKERS
François Robinet,
Managing Partner
AXA Ventures
François Robinet, Managing Partner, AXA Venture Partners
François Robinet
Managing Partner, AXA Venture Partners
François Robinet, Managing Partner and highly experienced at AXA, is the go-to expert in financial innovation and risk management. His extensive knowledge, network and truly innovative mindset are a key component to detect, select and support portfolio companies, making the fund a unique strategic asset for startups. François has held several top-level management positions at AXA entities: CEO of Global Investment Management firm AXA Rosenberg, Chief Risk Officer for AXA Group and more recently, Managing Director of AXA Life Invest. In addition, he sits on the Board of Microcred, a microcredit company, and is a member of FTV Capital’s strategic committee in San Francisco. François is a Stanford and ENSAE graduate, holds a Ph.D. from CHEA and is a certified actuary.
About the company
AXA Venture Partners is $275M venture capital firm investing in seed and early stage companies through AVP Early Stage, and in growth equity companies through AVP Capital.
Yuval Diskin
Chairman CyMotive & former head of Israel Security Agency
Yuval Diskin, Chairman CyMotive & former head of Israel Security Agency
Yuval Diskin
Chairman of CyMotive and former head of Israel Security Agency
Diskin has extensive experience working in security. As Head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA), he had overall responsibility for a range of areas, including intelligence, personnel protection, protecting and defending against terrorism, domestic terrorism, counter-intelligence, national security and politics, protecting state secrets and the nation’s critical assets. During his time as ISA Director, Yuval also led the development of the Agency’s counter-cyber terrorism capabilities – both offensive, preventing terrorist and suicide attacks to the point of their termination in Israel, and defensive, protecting Israel’s essential infrastructure. In 2012, Yuval was named by Foreign Policy magazine in the US as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers, for his standout contribution to the intellectual debate around foreign policy.
About the company
CyMotive Cyber Security software and hardware products, solutions and exclusive services for the Connected Car / Self Driving Car
Fiona Darmon
General Partner & COO,
JVP
Fiona Darmon General Partner & COO, JVP
Fiona Darmon
General Partner & COO, JVP
Fiona is an integral part of the leadership team at JVP, overseeing the firms ongoing operations including defining the groups’ strategy as well as leading the raising of numerous funds that have allowed JVP to continue building world class technology companies. Fiona has over fifteen years of experience in venture capital, strategic planning, capital raising and investments in public and private companies, having previously held a variety of executive roles with leading Israeli investment conglomerate, Koor Industries, as well as serving as a founding member of the first Israeli corporate VC – Koor CVC. Fiona started her career as a financial analyst with Claridge Israel LLC, the investment arm of the Bronfman family of Canada.
About the company
Founded in 1993, Israeli venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has raised to date over $1.1 billion, and has been ranked as one of the top-ten consistently performing VC firms in the world. JVP has built over 120 companies, leveraging a broad network of partners and market expertise to help companies become global market leaders. JVP has led 29 notable exists – 12 IPOs and 17 M&As – the most recent being the NASDAQ-listed security forerunner CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR). JVP is renowned for its hands-on approach in creating companies from seed through its State Sponsored incubators and deep expertise in the fields of cyber security, big data, enterprise software, storage, mobile, media and IoT. Leveraging a rich network of global industry partners, JVP works closely with international corporations in Europe, the US and China to drive portfolio expansion. JVP is a major player in the cyber investment world and is currently invested in 12 cyber companies at various stages. In 2014, JVP launched the CyberLabs incubator in Beer-Sheva’s in partnership with BGU and already invested in 8 companies there.
Michael Granoff,
Founder & Managing Partner,
Maniv Mobility
Michael Granoff Founder & Managing Partner, Maniv Mobility
Michael Granoff
Founder & Managing Partner, Maniv Mobility
Mr. Michael J. Granoff, J.D. is a Managing Partner at Maniv Investments. In 2007, he took on the additional role of Head of Oil Independence Policies for Better Place. Mr. Granoff has served as a National Constituency Organizer for a United States Presidential campaign and developed information systems for an apparel manufacturer. Since 1985 he has co-managed Val d’Or Farms. He serves on the Board of Directors of three non-profit institutions including Founding Board Member of SAFE (Securing America’s Future Energy), Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, and a division of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). He has been active in several presidential campaigns and political organizations. In 2010 he was awarded the Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship by the International School of Business at Brandeis University. Mr. Granoff holds a J.D. from Northwestern School of Law, M.B.A. degree from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and a B.A. degree from Tufts University.
About the company
Maniv Mobility supports outstanding entrepreneurs digitizing transportation - through connectivity, data, software, sensors and automation. Our goal is to identify, invest in and give ongoing support to the companies bringing about a safer, cleaner, less expensive, more convenient, and more accessible transportation future.
Jean-Claude Girot
General Commissioner
Mondial Paris Motor Show
Jean claude girot
Jean-Claude Girot
Executive Manager, Paris Motor Show
Born on August 2nd 1952, after following accounting and business studies, Jean-Claude GIROT began his career at the Finance department of Chrysler Europe. In 1981 he started his long business career first at Volvo France and, from 1986, at Renault Trucks (Volvo Group since 2001). He was Director of External Relations at Renault Trucks from 2010 to 2014 when he became the Director of Public Affairs of the Volvo Group France until March 31 2016. Jean-Claude GIROT is the President of the AFGNV (the French non-profit organization of natural gas for vehicles). 7th Dan Kendo, former Captain of the French national team, then coach for the French teams, he has won the European Champion title 6 times and the French Champion title 9 times. Jean-Claude GIROT is Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and of the National Order of Merit.Since the 1st June 2016, Jean-Claude GIROT is Executive Manager of the Paris Motor Show.
Yoel Esteron
Founder & Publisher
Calcalist
Yoel Esteron, Founder & Publisher, Calcalist
Yoel Esteron
Founder & Publisher, Calcalist
Yoel Esteron is the founder and publisher of Calcalist, the leading Israeli business daily newspaper and media group since January 2008.
Before starting Calcalist, Mr. Esteron held top positions in Israeli leading media groups. Between the years of 2005 and 2007 he served as Managing Editor of “Yedioth Ahronoth” newspaper. In the years between 1994 and 2004 he held the position of Managing Editor of “Haaretz” newspaper.
Calcalist website has more than 2,800,000 unique users monthly, making it the most popular business website in Israel. In November 2017, Mr. Esteron also founded CTech (calcalistech.com), technology news site providing international readers with real-time, high-impact stories from the Israeli tech scene.
Mr. Esteron also started Calcalist’s national and international prestigious conferences, among them “The Airborne Conference” to Silicon Valley, “Israel Forecasts” and “The National Conference” in Tel Aviv, “Mind the Tech” in London and New York and many start-ups competitions. For many years he has been involved in the Israeli Hi-Tech scene.
Mr. Esteron has been a lecturer at various Israeli universities since 1991.
Ziva Eger
Chief Executive
Foreign Investments & Industrial Cooperation Ministry of Economy and Industry
Ziva Eger, Chief Executive at Foreign Investments and Industrial Cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Israel
Ziva Eger
Chief Executive at Foreign Investments and Industrial Cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Israel
Ziva Eger has been serving as Chief Executive of the Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation Authority at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry since October 2014. Eger, a retired IDF Colonel, received her BA and MA in Economics (with honors) from Tel Aviv University, an MA in Political Science from Haifa University, and another BA from the National Security College operated by the IDF. In the two years preceding this position, Ziva served as Chief of Staff of the Communication and Home Front Defense offices lead by Minister Gilad Erdan, where she was in charge of the promotion and execution of comprehensive reforms in the local communication market.
About Invest in Israel
Leading the process of attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to Israel’s innovative economy; Helping any foreign company, fund or private investor that wants to “Invest In Israel” Authorizing, monitoring and exploring opportunities in offset, as the head of ICA
Philippe Guez,
Founder & CEO
Guez Partners
Philippe Guez, Founder & CEO, Guez Partners
Philippe Guez
Founder and CEO, Guez Partners
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz
Co-Founder & CTO
Nexar
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz Co-Founder & CTO Nexar
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz
Co-Founder & CTO Nexar
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz is the co-founder and CTO at Nexar. Previously, Bruno was a senior fellow at Yahoo, where he oversaw the development and delivery of Yahoo’s personalization, ad targeting, and native advertising teams; his prior roles at Yahoo included chief architect for Yahoo’s cloud and platform. Prior to joining Yahoo, Bruno founded OneSoup (acquired by Synchronica and now part of the Myriad Group) and YamiGo; was an enterprise architect for Fidelity Investments; served as manager in Accenture’s Center for Strategic Research Group, where he cofounded Meridea Financial Services and Accenture’s claim software solutions group. Bruno holds an MSc. in Operations research and transportation science from MIT, with a focus on intelligent transportation systems.
About the company
Nexar develops software to protect the user and their business against car crashes and road casualties. Nexar connects cars in an open vehicle-to-vehicle network. Moreover, Nexar provides real-time alerts to prevent vehicle, cyclist, and pedestrian collisions. Leveraging millions of crowd sourced road miles jointed with sensor-fusion, deep-learning, map-layering and artificial intelligence driving-cognition technologies, Nexar provides a series of data products and services for the automotive, insurance, and mapping industries.
Omer Keilaf
CEO and Co-Founder
Innoviz Technologies
Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz Technologies
Omer Keilaf
CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz Technologies
Omer has spent over 18 years driving cutting edge technologies from inception to commercialization. In 2016, Mr. Keilaf founded Innoviz Technologies with the vision of creating a LiDAR sensor that would enable widespread adoption of autonomous driving technology. Today Innoviz leads the LiDAR space and has achieved unprecedented milestones including: a major design win with BMW for series production of Autonomous Vehicles and strategic partnerships with major Tier1s Aptiv, Magna and Samsung-HARMAN. Innoviz raised $82 million dollars in 2 funding rounds.Before founding Innoviz, between 2013-2015 he led the system and product definition efforts at Consumer Physics, Inc., where he helped to create the world’s first handheld molecular sensor for mobile devices. From 2010-2013 he led the system architecture and engineering teams at bTendo, a small startup acquired by ST Micro for developing a pico-projector for mobile phones. Between 2007-2009 he led integration and research teams at Anobit Technologies, a start-up that was acquired by Apple for almost $500M. From 2001 through 2007, Mr. Keilaf served and became an officer in the elite technological unit of the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces. He was a Project and System Manager, as well as Integration Team Leader, managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary systems. During this time, as part of his military service, he received his MBA and MSEE degrees.
About the company
Innoviz is a leading provider of cutting-edge LiDAR remote sensing solutions to enable the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles. The company’s LiDAR products deliver superior performance at the cost and size required for mass market adoption. Innoviz is backed by strategic partners and top-tier investors including Aptiv (Delphi Automotive), Magna International, Samsung Catalyst, SoftBank Ventures Korea, 360 Capital Partners, Glory Ventures, Naver and others.
Erez Lorber
COO
StoreDot
Erez Lorber COO, StoreDot
Erez Lorber
COO, StoreDot
Mr. Lorber is a highly accomplished executive with over 20 years of domestic and international management experience in strategic planning, operations management, technology and business development and sales with both private and public organizations.
Prior to joining StoreDot, Erez was the CEO of Tri-Logical – a leader in mobile assets management solutions. Prior to that he was an Executive Vice President at The Challenge Fund–a leading private equity fund. Before joining the Challenge Fund, Mr. Lorber served as CEO & Director of Backweb Technologies (NASD: BWEB). Mr. Lorber’s rich background also includes CEO roles of Hermes Softlab USA and Deloitte & Touche Technologies, Israel. Mr. Lorber holds an MBA from the Reccanati School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University, and a Bachelor’s degree (with high honors) from Temple University, Philadelphia.
About the company
StoreDot develops fast-charging batteries for mobile phones, tablets, and laptops, as well as for electric vehicles. Their flash battery technology for lithium-ion batteries enables a charging time of five minutes. Six years after it was founded and before it launched a single product, Storedot is already valued at $500 million. The company raised $130 million to date from private investors Roman Abramovich and companies including Daimler AG, Samsung Ventures, Tokyo-headquartered TDK Corporation, and BP Ventures.
Karina Odinaev
Co-Founder
Cortica
Karina Odinaev, Co-Founder, Cortica
Karina Odinaev
Co-Founder, Cortica
With a background in neuroscience and biological research, Karina guided Cortica’s original research on the computational function of the cortical neural network. Karina helped transition this research into the software that is the foundation of Cortica’s technology.
Prior to co-founding Cortica, Karina was chief operating officer and product manager of real-time voice recognition company Liquid Comp Bit (LCB). Before that, she was a software engineer at Zoran Corporation.
Karina holds a B.A. in biology from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Prior to this, she served in the elite 8200 intelligence unit of the Israeli Defense Force where she was introduced to advanced areas of signal processing and big data analytics.
About the company
Cortica is a technology company developing AI capable of learning and reacting on its own. Cortica is the first AI company capable of human-level image understanding. Even the most advanced technology has never been able to understand the visual world as well as people do - until now. By leveraging proprietary brain research to create unsupervised AI, Cortica has developed the most effective computer vision system. This technology, based upon the mammal cortex is utilized to build products impacting many industries. The company’s mission is to lead the emerging AI market with a strong focus on computer vision and establish its “universal visual index of the world” as the global standard enabling machines to read and understand images. Cortica’s vision is to embed its capabilities in all next-generation platforms where understanding images is a critical task. This includes autonomous vehicles, smart city applications, security cameras, drones, media, robotics, and medical image analysis. Cortica’s headquarters and R&D center are based in Israel employing over 80 leading AI researchers and veterans of elite Israeli military intelligence units.
Hagai Zyss
CEO
Autotalks
Hagai Zyss, CEO Autotalks
Hagai Zyss
CEO Autotalks
Hagai Zyss has spent over 20 years driving cutting edge technologies from definition to profitable business. Before joining Autotalks, Hagai served as VP R&D at EZchip. Previously, Hagai served in various executive positions at Ceragon Networks. In his last role as the Executive VP of Products Business Line, he was responsible for the bottom line success of a complete mobile backhaul business product line, with annual revenues of $350M. During this period Ceragon became the largest independent supplier of wireless backhaul solutions.
Prior to Ceragon, Hagai served 7 years at the Electronic Research Department, a top research and development unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Hagai holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from the Tel Aviv University.
About the company
Autotalks is a smart car company that specializes in vehicle to vehicle communications in autonomous driving. Autotalks enables the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication revolution by providing OEMs, Tier1 and Tier2s comprehensive, automotive and commercial grade, standard-compliant V2X VLSI solutions at the highest performance and reliability.
Ofer Ben-Noon
Co-Founder & CEO
Argus
Ofer Ben-Noon Co-Founder & CEO Argus
Ofer Ben-Noon
Co-Founder & CEO Argus
Ofer has vast cyber security experience, from both technical and management aspects. About me: * Former Captain in the IDF Cyber Intelligence Unit 8200. * Took part in two Israel Defense Prize winning projects. * Co-founded CampusVille, communication and e-learning app for students. * B.A. Cum Laude, Computer Science, from IDC. * Graduate of the Management and Entrepreneurship Program at Wharton, UPenn. * Graduate of the “Zell” Entrepreneurship Program.
About the company
Argus, the global leader in automotive cyber security, provides comprehensive and proven solution suites to protect connected cars and commercial vehicles against cyber-attacks. With decades of experience in both cyber security and the automotive industry, Argus offers innovative security methods and proven computer networking know-how with a deep understanding of automotive best practices. Customers include car manufacturers, their Tier 1 suppliers, fleet operators and aftermarket connectivity providers. Founded in 2013, Argus is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Michigan, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart and Tokyo. Argus Cyber Security acquired by German car maker Continental on November 2017 for an estimated value of US$450 million.
Dror Jerushalmi
CEO & Co-founder
Valens
Dror Jerushalmi CEO & Co-founder, Valens
Dror Jerushalmi
CEO & Co-founder, Valens
Dror Jerushalmi draws upon 20 years of high-level international business development and marketing management experience in the semiconductor industry to steer Valens on a path of growth and success. Dror defines the company’s market penetration and business strategies, and has been the leading force behind establishing HDBaseT as the global standard for digital connectivity. Under his leadership, the company has completed rounds of financing, continues to develop new product families, and has reached significant milestones, including considerable revenue growth and the successful introduction of the company’s technology into the automotive market. Previously, Dror was Director of Business Development at Saifun Semiconductor (acquired by Spansion), a provider of intellectual property (IP) solutions for the nonvolatile memory (NVM) market. Before that, he was Vice President of Marketing at Emblaze Semiconductor (acquired by Zoran Corporation), where he established the company’s reputation as an industry leader recognized by customers, press and analysts. He also held Business Development and Marketing management positions at Tioga and DSPG. Dror holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s (Cum Laude) degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Israel branch. ™ Dror Jerushalmi CEO & Co-founder Valens: Winner of a 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award
About the company
Valens Semiconductor Ltd., a fabless chip company, provides semiconductor products for the distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content. Valens’ HDBaseT Automotive combines the best of alternative existing technologies into one, simple solution for in-vehicle connectivity, to address the needs of today’s & tomorrow’s connected cars.
Raviv Melamed
Co-Founder & CEO
Vayyar
Raviv Melamed Co-Founder & CEO Vayyar
Raviv Melamed
Co-Founder & CEO Vayyar
Raviv Melamed is the Co-Founder of Vayyar Imaging Ltd and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He served as Vice President of Mobility Group and General Manager of Mobile Wireless Group for Intel Corporation. Raviv Melamed was in charge of research, development and operation of wireless products for various Intel platforms. He served as the Director of Engineering for the mobile WiMAX Chipset group. Raviv Melamed joined Intel in 2004 as part of Intel’s acquisition of Envara, Inc., where he served as vice president of R&D. He served several roles in the military where he dealt with project management and system engineering of large-scale communication and radar systems spanning from acoustic to Ka band. He has co-authored several papers in the areas of airborne reconnaissance, infrared technology and laser communications. Raviv Melamed holds a BSC and MSC in electrical engineering from Ben-Gurion University.
About the company
Vayyar develops leading-edge 3D imaging sensors, opening the world to a new generation of safe, mobile and low cost imaging devices. Our sensors look into objects using technology that breaks through known barriers and brings highly sophisticated imaging capabilities to your fingertips. Vayyar’s new 3D sensors provide a detailed look inside the car, including information about passengers. The 3D sensor tech also doesn’t use any optical image capture, so it’s better from a privacy perspective than cameras, and they can work in any lighting as a result, too.
Pascal Cagni
Chairman of the Board of Business France French Ambassador for International Investment
Pascal Cagni, Chairman of the Board of Business France French Ambassador for International Investment
Pascal Cagni
Chairman of the Board of Business France French Ambassador for International Investment
Jean-Marie Letort
VP for Cybersecurity & Technology
Thales Group
Jean Marie Letrot
Jean-Marie Letort
VP for Cybersecurity and Technology, Thales Group
Jean-Marie Letort is Vice President in charge of cybersecurity consulting and operations activities for the Thales Group worldwide. Previously, he served as Vice President Strategy and Marketing for the Thales Group Cybersecurity Division. Thales has developed strong expertise on cybersecurity for connected and autonomous vehicles based on its knowledge of embedded technology in Aerospace and its technological investment for Automotive and Transportation. Jean-Marie worked in closed collaboration with major OEMs to make sure the future of mobility will be cybersecured.
Amit Nisenbaum
CEO
Mobiwize
Amit Nisenbaum, CEO, Mobiwize
Amit Nisenbaum
CEO, Mobiwize
Amit Nisenbaum is a seasoned business leader with 20+ years’ experience in the Automotive, Energy and Software industries. In the past Mr. Nisenbaum led Strategic Alliances for Better Place Inc., served as a project leader at the Boston Consulting Group and held senior Business Development and Product Management positions at ECTel as well as FAST Search and Transfer (acquired by Microsoft).Amit holds a B.sc in Computer Science from the Technion and earned his MBA from Cornell University.
Dr. Ami Appelbaum
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry & Chairman of Israel Innovation Authority
Dr. Ami Appelbaum
Dr. Ami Appelbaum
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry and Chairman of Israel Innovation Authority
Dr. Appelbaum has more than 36 years’ experience in research, development and senior level management in the field of the Semiconductor.
Prior to the current job as Chief Scientist, Dr. Appelbaum served for 22 years at numerous executive positions at KLA Tencor, $15.6B Market Cap and world leader in the business of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry based in the Silicon Valley, CA.
Dr. Ami Appelbaum recent job was Corporate Senior Vice President and president of KLA Tencor Israel.
Dr. Appelbaum also held jobs as General Manager of a startup by the name Gallium Arsenide Diodes (GAD), in Israel. VP Operations and Program Manager at Semiconductor Devices (SCD) in Israel, manager of semiconductor lasers and detector development at Rockwell International in Richardson Texas and Newbury Park California and Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at AT&T Bell Lab in Murray Hill New Jersey (US).
Gil Brandes
Partner, Head of High Tech practice
Naschitz Brandes Amir
Gil Brandes
Gil Brandes
Partner, Head of High Tech practice, Naschitz Brandes Amir
Gil Brandes’ practice specializes in high-tech, venture capital transactions, corporate law, commercial transactions and securities law. Mr. Brandes has acquired extensive legal and business experience assisting hi-tech companies in all phases, from incorporation through seed funding and eventually to exit transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and others). He is also well-qualified to advise high-tech companies (including those from the life sciences field) in various aspects of their day-to-day business. In addition, Mr. Brandes has extensive experience advising clients in complex litigation matters. Mr. Brandes has been noted by both Chambers and Legal500 as a leading lawyer in the hi-tech practice of the firm “which is recommended for its valuable service and knowledgeable lawyers”. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Brandes completed his internship with the Tel-Aviv law firm of Yigal Arnon & Co. and worked in the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Laurent des Places
Partner & Head of Automotive
KPMG France
Laurent des Places, Partner & Head of Automotive, KPMG France
Laurent des Places
Partner & Head of Automotive, KPMG France
Laurent des Places is a Global Lead Partner with knowledge and technical expertise in the automotive sector. He has more than 20 years of audit and advisory experience, serving KPMG’s global clients and leading international teams. Laurent des Places has led audit engagements for a range of clients along the whole automotive value chain, and has taken Global Lead Audit Partner roles on the Renault and Valeo audits, bringing to his clients a deep understanding of OEMs and Auto components financial reporting issues, and the ability to deliver value and insights to management and audit committees locally and globally. Laurent des Places has been a member of KPMG’s Global Automotive Steering Committee since 2006, contributing in this position to the development of emerging issues and thought leadership publications that impact the automotive industry. Laurent has also significant experience in the A&D industry, bringing cross-sector value and insights.
Yoav Levy
Co-Founder & CEO
Upstream Security
Yoav Levy
Yoav Levy
Co-Founder & CEC, Upstream Security
Yoav has over 17 years of experience with multi-national high-tech companies and start-ups. He brings rich leadership experience in management, marketing and business development of IT and security products spanning over a dozen years of experience in category leading vendors Check Point, Juniper Networks and Broadcom industries.
Pinchas Buchris
Managing Partner, State of Minds ventures & Former head of 8200 Unit
Pinchas Buchris
Pinchas Buchris
Managing Partner, State of Minds Ventures & Former head of 8200 Unit
Pinchas is a recognized leader in the development of Israel’s military intelligence, cyber and technology capabilities (Ret. Brig. General) and an experienced investor. He was Managing Director of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Commander of a classified technology unit, and Head of the prestigious 8200 division - Israel’s signal processing intelligence unit - where he initiated many of Israel’s cyber programs. Pinchas was a Partner with Apax Partners and served as a mentor to several successful cyber technology startups.
Ben Volkow
Co-Founder & CEO
Otonomo
Ben Volkow, Co-Founder & CEO, Otonomo
Ben Volkow
Co-Founder & CEO, Otonomo
As founder and CEO of three successful companies, Ben brings an extensive track record and rich entrepreneurial experience. Prior to founding Otonomo in 2015, Ben served for four years as a Business Unit General Manager at F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV), which he joined after the acquisition of Traffix, where he was Co-Founder and as CEO. As the founder and CEO of Traffix, Ben has built a multi-million-dollar global business, working with partners and tier-1 service providers around the world. Before founding Traffix, Ben managed R&D groups in Sendo (UK), which provided advanced mobile data solutions. Prior to Sendo Ben has filled various roles in Panasonic Mobile Communications (UK), which included building their first European market products. Ben was also Co-founder of VC-backed Sedona Networks, a provider of advanced network solutions.
About the company
Otonomo paves the way for new apps and services that make transportation safer, more convenient, and truly rewarding. We offer the first neutral automotive data services platform, which provides simple, secure data access and transforms data into actionable insights for services such as predictive maintenance, emergency services, on-demand fueling, insurance, and smart cities. With a research and development center in Herzeliya, Israel and presence in the United States, Europe, and Japan, we have more than 75 partners in our ecosystem. Leading venture capital and strategic investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Aptiv (Delphi Automotive), Dell Technologies Capital, Hearst Ventures, Stageone Ventures, and Maniv Mobility.
Nir Erez
Co-founder & CEO
Moovit
Nir Erez, Founder & CEO, Moovit
Nir Erez
Founder & CEO, Moovit
Nir Erez is Co-founder and CEO of Moovit. Prior to Moovit, Nir was founder and CEO of both ActionBase and Eyron Software Solutions. Nir is co-owner and co-founder of Eyron Group. He holds a degree in Physics from Bar-Ilan University, Israel
About the company
Moovit simplifies your urban mobility all around the world, making getting around town via mass transit easier and more convenient. Moovit is the world’s largest transit data and analytics company with the #1 transit app in 80 countries and +2,200 cities around the world. By combining information from public transit operators and authorities with live information from the user community, Moovit offers it’s +170 million users a real-time picture, including the best route for their journey. The Moovit community sends active reports about their travel experience, such as bus congestion levels, cleanliness, and more to help others have a better travel experience. Moovit generates up to 4 billion data points daily data points a day that comprise the world’s largest repository of transit data. Moovit is an early pioneer of Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and was named “Best Local App of 2016” by Google and “Best of 2017” app by Apple.
Stephane Lasfargue
Co-head of department Co-innovation - Alliance Purchasing Organization Strategy
Stephane Lasfargue Co-innovation and sustainable development senior manager, Renault Group
Stéphane Lasfargue
Co-head of department Co-innovation - Alliance Purchasing Organization Strategy,
Renault Group
Stéphane Lasfargue has been with Renault company for more than 30 years. He is on Alliance Purchasing Organization Strategy, head of department co-innovation. He’s in charge to develop innovative partnerships with suppliers, start-ups, or research centers. He’s working 5 years before the start of production of a car, and he’s looking for affordable innovation for all. He is very involved in the development notably of Proof of concept with start-up and at the origin of the creation of the Tel-Aviv open lab.
Prior to that, Stéphane has done a lot of job in Renault on different automotive area: Sustainable development, powertrain, vehicle program profitably, cost analysis, body in white.
Haim Pinto
CTO
Bank Hapoalim
Haim Pinto
Haim Pinto
CTO Bank Hapoalim
Mr. Pinto is a well respected executive with over 25 years of global experience in technical leadership in support of designing, architecting and delivery of solutions to address business needs across multiple technical disciplines.
Haim joined Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, in 2016 after spending 12 years in New York working in the financial services industry. He is currently the CTO of the bank, leading a highly skilled team of technology evangelists focused on disruptive technologies. In his role Haim is also responsible of leading the banks interface with Fintech oriented startups and technology firms while developing new business modules and exploring future revenue streams. Haim’s group is forming strategic partnerships with relevant institutions such as financial firms, investment firms, higher education establishments and large scale domestic and international companies. As CTO , Haim is has a key role in shaping and leading the creation of the future banking experience in Israel and defining the banks future state.
Prior to joining Bank Hapoalim, Haim worked for Morgan Stanley in New York where he served as the global head of Client Experience in the firms Enterprise infrastructure CTO office. Haim was responsible for leading the firm’s strategy and vision for Client Experience (CX), Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC), Mobility, BYOD, Social Media Enablement, Customer digital engagement and disruptive innovation.
Haim lead Morgan Stanley’s vision for how the corporate workspace will look in the next few years, developing unique perspective on market trends and opportunities for the firm, this includes addressing changes in application development practices, endpoint security and cyber challenges to mitigate Data Leakage risks (DLP) as SaaS based services drive Financial Services organizations to consider Cloud adoption.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Haim held senior technology roles with Cisco systems and Avaya including heading solution architecture for Avaya Israel. As an active member of the Startup community in Israel and NYC, Haim is in constant contact with entrepreneurs and VC’s, looking for the next disruptive technologies in Fintech, Enterprise Software, Cyber Security and End User segments.
Born and raised in Israel, Haim studied at the Technion – the Israeli Institute of Technology and is a Lieutenant and veteran of the Israeli Defense force.
Dr. Michal Vakrat Wolkin
Managing Director, Lear Corporation, Israel
Michal Vakrat
Dr. Michal Vakrat Wolkin
Heading Lear Corporation activities in Israel
Dr. Michal is heading Lear Corporation activities in Israel. She is responsible for investments, M&A and strategy with a focus on autonomous, connected, and electric cars. Lear is the largest tier 1 supplier in the USA & from the top 5 worldwide in electrical, electronics & seating.
Previously, Dr. Vakrat Wolkin was heading R&D activities for several Fortune 150 corporation in both Silicon Valley & Tel Aviv including Xerox PARC, NASA , & 3M Israel.
She managed R&D groups as well as established innovation hubs while leading partnerships with startups and the local ecosystem around automotive and EV batteries, energy and IOT, nanotechnology materials and devices, etc
Michal has a PhD in Applied Physics focused on Light Phenomena in quantum particles for electro-optical and computing applications and her research is widely cited.
Lior Sethon
Deputy General Manager for the Aftermarket Division, Mobileye
lior Sethon
Lior Sethon
Deputy General Manager for the Aftermarket Division at Mobileye
Lior Sethon is the Deputy General Manager for the Aftermarket Division at Mobileye, an Intel Company, where his vision is to reduce collisions and improve road safety around the world. For over a decade, he has held leadership positions in sales and marketing, including CEO at SN Management Services Ltd. Since 2014, Sethon has helped to lead Mobileye’s aftermarket strategy in new directions, presenting the company and its activities at multiple conferences and trade shows to policymakers, influencers, and decision-makers.
Christian Peugeot
Président du Comité des Constructeurs Français d’Automobiles
Christian Peugeot
Christian Peugeot
President of CCFA, Comité des Constructeurs Français d’Automobiles
Christian Peugeot graduated from HEC Paris Business School, he has spent his professional life in PSA Group starting 1978, in various positions: HR Director of Malakoff local branch, Director of Normandy region, General Director of PSA Germany (1989), Marketing Director of Peugeot brand (1993), Communication and Strategy Director (2006), Head of Marketing for the group (2009), Director for Public Affairs (2012).
Since 1st January 2016, he is President of CCFA, Comité des Constructeurs Français d’Automobiles, the association of French manufacturers that defends the interests of Renault Group, PSA Group and Renault Trucks.
Amongst other mandates, Christian Peugeot is also President of UNIFAB, the French association against counterfeiting de mon iPhone
sigalit Klimovsky
General Partner
Grove Ventures
sigalit Klimovsky, General Partner, Grove Ventures
sigalit Klimovsky,
General Partner, Grove Ventures
Sigalit is a serial global business architect, from strategy formation and marketing through business development and operations.
She brings to Grove over 20 years of global experience in setting the foundation for start-ups and transforming them to large and successful companies. Sigalit’s experience covers all corporate aspects including operations, customer services, technology infrastructure, business systems, marketing and business development in the Telecommunications, Mobile, New Media, Consumer Electronics, Financial and Technology sectors.
Sigalit fulfilled key executive roles during the establishment and growth periods of Orange Australia, 3 Hutchinson Wampoa (Australian mobile operator), Partner Communications Ltd. (Israeli mobile operator), Barak Telecommunications (Israeli ISP) and IBM. She has also held business development and marketing C-Level roles at venture backed start-ups such as modu and Comigo.
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Israeli Tech is Coming to the Paris Motor Show
Calcalist will lead a delegation that will present Israeli technologies, together with events firm Connecting Leaders Club
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After Silicon Valley, London, and New York, Calcalist’s international conference series will be landing in Paris in October for the city’s biennial motor show. Calcalist will lead a delegation that will present Israeli technologies and innovation.
Paris Auto Conference to showcase Israeli Startups
Calcalist will lead a delegation representing Israeli auto and mobility technologies and innovation to the Paris Motor Show in October
Israeli tech executives, entrepreneurs, and some of Israel’s most prominent mobility and autotech executives will meet in Paris in October for the city’s biennial motor show. Calcalist’s international conference series arrives in Paris after hosting five conferences in Silicon Valley, London, and New York.
Held in October once every two years, the Paris Motor Show, or Mondial de l’Automobile, is one of the largest auto shows in the world. Over 1.2 million visitors are expected to attend this year’s show, which will be held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles on October 4 through 14.
The 2018 Paris Motor Show will feature, for the first time, the Mondial Tech, a new event that will bring together businesses across the entire automotive value chain. Mondial Tech will be held on October 2-6 and will be open to industry professionals only. Israel was chosen as a guest state at the event, and a conference showcasing Israeli technologies and innovation will be held on October 2.
OUR PARTNERS
Valerie Hoffenberg, President Connecting Leaders Club
CEO & Co-founder Otonomo
President of CCFA
Co-Founder & CEO, Vayyar
Co-Founder & CEO Valens
COO, StoreDot
Haim Pinto, Chief Technology Officer, Bank Hapoalim
Hagai Zyss Co-Founder & CEO AutoTalks
Panel: How Technology Is Transforming the Automotive Industry
Investments Panel: Automotive 2020 - An Industry at Crossroads
Laurent des Places, Partner & Head of Automotive, KPMG France
Lior Sethon, Deputy General Manager, Aftermarket Division, Mobileye
CEO Tactile mobility
Co-Founder, Cortica
Omer Keilaf CEO and Co-Founder, Innoviz Technologies
Founder & CEO, Moovit
Yuval Diskin, Chairman CyMotive former head of Israel Security Agency with Gil Brandes Partner, Head of High Tech practice, Naschitz Brandes Amir
Dr. Ami Appelbaum, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry and Chairman of Israel Innovation Authority
Pascal Cagni, Chairman of the Board of Business France French Ambassador for International Investment
Panel: Cyber Security: The Cornerstone of Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Safety
Co-Founder & CEO, Argus
Jean Claude Girot, General Commissary, Paris Motor Show
Amos Haggiag Co-Founder & CEO, Optibus
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz Co-Founder & CTO, Nexar