Get ready for CleanTech 2012
On July 3rd and 4th Tel Aviv hosts the 16th Annual International Summit and Exhibition for Water Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Recycling, Green Transportation and Green Building. Israel’s most advanced CleanTech products and technologies will be on display.
Innovate Israel 2012 is in London
Check out the 28 Israeli start-ups coming to London to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012. The event aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts.
Israeli model of cosmic history
Astronomers led by scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new method of detecting the first stars formed when the universe was in its infancy. Using powerful 3-D computer models, they have shown that the first stars clumped together into a “cosmic web” formation.
Americans visit Israel’s clean energy sites
Energy experts from the USA and Puerto Rico have been touring Israel’s CleanTech development sites. They include Ben Gurion University’s Institute for Desert Research, BrightSource Energy’s Solar Development centre and Ashkelon’s desalination plant.
It’s not a battery; it’s an energy bank
Nation-E has launched a smart grid and energy storage system. The lithium-ion battery system allows homes, hospitals, utilities and other institutions to produce renewable energy from solar panels and wind turbines and store the unused surplus for backup or selling to the National Grid.
The Israeli Mango-Nectarine
Introducing a new fruit that many will want to say a special blessing on this year. The Israeli company Ben Dor Fruits & Nurseries took 10 years to perfect the nectarine/mango. The fruit is heart-shaped and has the smooth peel of a mango. It is currently being exported to the UK and South Africa.
One of the world’s most visionary hi-tech leaders
Mooly Eden, President of Intel Israel, was named one of the world’s 10 most brilliant technological minds on this year’s Fortune 500 list. Under Eden’s leadership, Intel Israel has been responsible for the innovation behind processors like the Core 2 Duo and Sandy Bridge.
Record-breaking PhD graduates
366 new doctorate students received their Ph.D.’s from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They also received a pep talk from honorary doctorate Rick Hansen who has been paralysed since the age of fifteen. “New goals and new dreams will be unfolding. Anything is possible.”
MIXiii conference – Israel at its full prowess
The Israel Innovation (MIXiii) conference is the first in the world where Biomed and High-tech join hands in a unique and exciting new international conference format. At least 1,500 participants from over 45 countries and 4,500 one-on-one meetings are expected.