Monday, March 15th  2010

08:00 - 09:00  Registration

09:00 – 09:45 Opening & Welcoming Note by:
- Edouard Cukierman, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund & Chairman ,Cukierman & Co.
- Mr. Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Minister of Economy
- Andrew Standley, Ambassador & Head of EU delegation to the State of Israel


10:00 – 11:00   Becoming market leader in an economic downturn  Moderator:  Luc Muller, CEO – OTTO, Vice Chairman Cukierman & Co.
- Henri Starkman, Chairman – Veolia Israel
- Yair Shamir, Managing Partner – Catalyst Fund
- Elyezer Shkedy, President & CEO – EL AL

11:00 – 11:20 Elevator Pitches: introducing 8 Israeli companies 
Yaacov Cohen, CEO Mainsoft – Yuval Viner, CEO  B.O.S – Gideon Mantel, CEO Commtouch  –  Nadav Palti, CEO Dori Media – Ruvi Kitov, CEO Tufin – Assaf Tamir, CEO Sensomatix – David Gluck, CEO W2P – Itzhak Yoffe, CEO Miba Plast.

11:20 – 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 – 12:40   Where to invest and how to raise funds in Europe
Moderator: Guy Ravid, CEO – Cukierman & Co.
- Michel Cicurel, Chairman – LCF Rothschild
- Ronald Kent, Vice President – NYSE Euronext
- David Jacobson, Managing Director M&A – Leumi Partners


12:40 –14:10 Lunch

14:10 – 15:10 Panel 1: How a Technology company becomes a market leader in Europe?
Moderator: Avihay Weiss, Managing Partner TMT, Cukierman & Co.
- Eden Bar-Tal, CEO – Minister of Communications, Israel
- Didier F. Kohn, Investor Relations Officer – France Telecom
- Dr. Georg  Schwegler, CEO –  T-Venture (Deutsche Telekom)
- Dr. Shelley Harrison – Harrison Enterprises, Senior Advisor – Coller Capital & B.O.S
- Gideon Mantel, CEO –  Commtouch 
 
Panel 2: Growing an Innovative Medtech Business through Financing, Strategic Partnerships and M&As
Moderator: Dr. Alexandra V. Eberhard, Partner - Cukierman & Co Life Sciences
- Jean-Frédéric Berthoud, Managing Director - DEV
- Eyal Lifschitz, CEO – Peregrine Ventures
- Dr. Nissim Darvish, Senior Managing Director – Orbimed
- Didier Toubia, CEO –  NLT
 

 Panel 3: Renewable Energies in the context of global warming
- Gilad Erdan, Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection
Moderator: Eyal Hadas, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. Renewable Energy
- Christian Herrero de Egana, Managing Director – SolFocus Europe, Inc - EMEA
- Dan Waysman, Founder & Managing Partner  –  WindSolare Ltd
- Itay Zetelny, Partner, Cleantech Advisory Leader – E&Y
- Renaud de Matharel, CEO – Fonds Cube Infrastructure

15:10 – 16:10  Panel 1: Asset Management Allocation, Fiscal Residency: Europe or Israel?
Moderator: Mor Weiss, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. Family Office
- Doron Levy, Partner – Amit, Pollak, Matalon and co.
- Roger Cukierman, Director – Cukierman & Co.
- Samuel Pinto, General Manager – Cie Financière Saint Honoré
- Jacek Byrt, Co-founder & Board Member – Azimutus S.A.

 
Panel 2: Innovation for Pharma and Access to Finance for Biotech
Moderator: Dr. Laurent Choppe, Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
- Dr Benoît Dubuis, Chairman – BioAlps & Managing Director – Eclosion
- Marc Princen, President EEMEA – Merck Sharp & Dohme
- Jasper Bos, Director – Merck-Serono Venture
- Dr. Daniel Teper, CEO – Immune Pharmaceuticals

Panel 3: Secondary Market and Private Equity cycles
Moderator: Rene Montsma, Managing Partner Cukierman & Co. Secondary Advisory
- Christiaan de Lint, Partner – Headway Capital Partners
- Monica Vinje, Managing Partner – Nakatomi Capital
- Abe Finkelstein, Managing Partner – Vintage Venture

16:10 – 16:30 Coffee Break
In cooperation with  

16:30-17:30  How European Policy promotes European and Israeli Business
Moderator: Prof. Daniel Rouach, Dean Master of Entrepreneurship – ESCP
- Marian-Jean Marinescu – Vice-Chairman of the European People's Party – Romania
- Pawel Zalewski, MEP, Vice-Chairman Committee on International Trade – Poland
- Vasco Cal, Economical Advisor of President of the EU Commission – Portugal