ACHIEVE

The New Excellence that is Emerging at the Forefront of Israel’s Science and Technology

Tuesday, November 29, 2022
09:45-10:45

Lilienblum St 28, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Start-Up Nation Central)

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Our world is changing very rapidly. It is fast-moving, competitive, and more digital than ever before. These changes are shaping our everyday lives, influencing the way we interact with each other and how we learn and work. Within this context, the meaning of performance, readiness, achievement, and success are also changing. The achievement of ‘excellence’ has become a moving target – now in addition to deep knowledge and technique, it implies skills such as grit, agility, and entrepreneurship.

In this opening session, we will talk with leaders of elite IDF intelligence units, prestigious university departments, and high-tech companies who recruit talent for Israel’s science and technology centers of expertise.

Questions

  • What do you look for in your candidates and how did your requirements change in the past five years?

  • Is the new generation of candidates different from previous generations and how would you characterize the difference?

  • In practice, most tech employees share similar backgrounds: male Jews who grew up in the metropolitan center of Israel. How do you respond to this trend?

Background Materials

Participants

1st Round
  • Pazit Hochman / Host
    Director of Top15 Initiative at Sheatufim

  • Karin Eibschitz-Segal
    GM of Intel Israel Development Centers and VP Intel Validation Engineering Group

  • Prof. Yossi Rosenwaks
    Former Dean of School of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University

  • Asaf (Pizzer) Cohen

    Co-founder & CRO at Datorios

  • Prof. Natalie Q. Balaban
    Biophysicist and system biologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • Maya Horowitz
    VP Research at Check Point Software Technologies

  • Dadi Perlmutter
    Chairman of the Public Committee to Increase Human Capital in High-tech and former Executive VP, Chief Product Officer and General Manager at Intel