Innovating for the Future: Technion’s Entrepreneurial Impact
September 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
In laboratories across the Technion campus, scientists are turning once unfathomable ideas into research they hope will become the next lifesaving cancer treatment, indispensable assistive device, or environmental savior. The road to commercialization isn’t easy. But you wouldn’t know that from the success stories coming out of the Technion and the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.
Join this can’t miss webinar to learn how the Technion’s close ties with industry and its entrepreneurial-focused programs, accelerators, and incubators help transform what might have been mere pipe dreams into reality.
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Speakers:
Lihi Zelnik-Manor
Professor Lihi Zelnik-Manor ’95 is the executive vice president for innovation and industry relations at the Technion. She is a member of both the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences.
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Karen Karniol-Tambour is co-chief investment officer at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, where she is responsible for managing the company’s investment process.
Assaf Glazer
Assaf Glazer, Ph.D.’13, is a Technion alum and former postdoctorate of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Runway Startup Postdoc Program. A seasoned entrepreneur and technologist, he first made his name as founder of the smart baby monitor Nanit.