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Tom Livne is the CEO & Founder of Verbit, the world’s leading AI-powered transcription and captioning platform. Tom has vast leadership experience in technology companies, ranging from early-stage startups to enterprises with tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Tom served as a board member and investor in Convexum, a counter-drone platform that was acquired for $60M. He holds an L.L.B & B.A (cum laude) from IDC Herzliya and an MBA from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. 

Having studied Genetics of Human Disease, Celine is well aware of the impact our environment has on predisposition to conditions. When her mother’s autoimmune condition flared up as a result of a highly stressful lifestyle she made it her mission to help her in any way she could. WholyMe stems from this experience. She wanted to revolutionize people’s approach to everyday stresses aches and pains. At WholyMe they offer the healthiest most effective solutions without any compromise on long-term health.

Aryeh is the author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land about his hike on “Shvil Yisrael”, the 700-mile Israel National Trail, and meeting personal challenges, and is chief strategy officer at Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy platform for Africa based in Jerusalem.  Aryeh is a former senior advisor to Natan Sharansky in Israel's prime minister's office and was the founder and director of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem project of HonestReporting providing services for the foreign press in the region.

As Deputy General Manager of E.ON Romania, Andreea coordinates areas of strategy, product innovation and development, market research and customer analysis, as well as digital transformation & development and IT. She has an international experience of over 14 years in the telecom industry, in Romania, Great Britain, Sweden and in several countries in Africa as well, working in different management positions for companies such as Orange, Ericsson and Vodafone.

An entrepreneur and CEO, with a Ph.D. in computational cognitive neuroscience and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science. My passion is enabling businesses to drive tangible value with AI. My expertise includes Analytics, AI, Deep Learning and Computational Psychology, as well as a strong background in Data Science, Statistical Data Analysis and Business Analytics. 

Kobi is a serial entrepreneur at heart with over twenty-five years of experience in various technology and investment fields, co-founded Glilot Capital Partners in 2011. Kobi’s vision for Glilot was to provide an environment for a solid partnership and investment model between entrepreneurs and investors. Kobi brings his previous experience in building businesses and effective execution to his role in Glilot’s portfolio. His contributions have resulted in ten exits and a strong portfolio.

Asaf is CEO & co-founder of Pico - Get personal, a data-driven fan marketing platform helping sports organizations across the globe identify their digital fans. Nevo and his team of founders are revolutionizing fan-marketing and in turn, the fan experience, through Pico's AI and data-capture technology. With more than 50+ international teams, Pico is leading the paradigm shift on fan marketing and data management, creating opportunities for personalized fan experiences that entice greater levels of connection from fans to franchises.

"Ido is a Product Marketing and Corporate Development executive, and former VC.
He was the GM of the Internet of Things Group at Wind River and the VP of Product Marketing for its Testing Business unit. Earlier, he was the CMO of BDNA, and before that, a partner with Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, where he focused on enterprise software. He began his career with Mercury Interactive as a VP of Product Marketing and the VP of Technology Strategy."

Arnon is a business and operations executive with over 20 years of General Manager & Vice President level experience from Fortune 500 companies (Microsoft, SanDisk) and startups. Until 2018 he was with Microsoft, managing a business scope of multi-billion USD’s and building strategic partnerships with the leading tech companies. In 2018 Arnon moved back to Israel where he currently represents two leading technology MNC's from Asia as their Strategic Advisor and Technology Scout. In addition, Arnon brings his extensive experience and serves as an active advisory board member for start-up companies where he helps CEO’s and COO’s to scale up their growing companies.

In 2018 Romi joined the Israel Innovation Institute with a clear vision of forming a professional, first of its kind community in the field of innovation management in organizations, corporates, and on a geographical level. Following this passion, Romi co-founded and today the Director of CatalystIL community, with more than 2300 community members, 200 innovation managers, and 100+ professionals- all part of the ecosystem.