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Spotlight on… Israel’s Emergency Relief Technologies

Monday, December 19th, 2011

In light of Israel’s great experience in the fields of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, we are often asked by partner countries to share our expertise. In the last few years, MASHAV has sent numerous teams to conduct courses on Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Please click here to see a profile booklet of Israel’s Emergency Relief [...]

Spotlight on… Retail Technologies from Israel

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Following on from the successful Israeli Retail Technology and IT delegations to Australia, we are pleased to present you with the latest retail technologies coming out of Israel. Please  CLICK HERE to view the latest Retail Technology catalogue, featuring the latest retail technologies to come out of Israel and including a brief profile on these [...]

Spotlight on… IT Security Technology

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Israel’s technologies have a dual influence of first being superior innovations, meeting the newest technical threats with the most elegant and creative technical solutions. But also, Israel ’s innovators set the bar very high for other technologies around the world. Please click here to see a profile booklet of Israel’s leading IT security companies.   [...]

Israel – Nurturing great minds

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

What do all these Israelis have in common? Prof. Daniel Kahneman (2002), Prof. Aaron Ciechanover & Prof. Avram Hershko (2004), Prof. Robert Aumann (2005), Prof. Ada Yonath (2009), and this year (2011) Prof. Dan Shechtman: In the past decate, They all won a Nobel Prize in various fields of research. Israel finds great pride in [...]

Ministry of Finance – Economic Overview of Israel

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

The Israeli economy is a diverse open market economy. Being a relatively young state in the modern era, Israel is recognized as a developed market by many major indices. Israel also became a member of the OECD in 2010. Israel is also home to many international high tech companies, who understand its cultural and economic [...]

How Israel turned itself into a high-tech hub

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

As reported on the BBC News website; When a grey-haired grandmother clutching a smartphone mounted the stage at Montreal’s Start-up Festival this summer, young Israeli entrepreneur Guy Rosen knew he had pocketed a very special award. His company, Tel Aviv-based Onavo, offers an application that shrinks mobile phone data to help users save money – and [...]

Telmap wins $5m Australian deal

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Telmap will power Optus’s new real-time navigation service with live-traffic for all mobile platforms Telmap today won a $5 million contract with Australian mobile carrier Optus Ltd., in the Israeli company’s first deal since it was acquired by Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) for $300 million in September. Telmap will power Optus’s new real-time navigation service [...]

Spotlight on… Israel’s Agro-Technology

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Israel’s Agro-technology industry is characterized by intensive research and development of innovative systems that in large part stemmed from the need to overcome the scarcity of the country’s natural resources, in particular water and arable land. The constant growth in agro-technologies is due to the close cooperation between researchers, extension agents, farmers, and agriculture-related industries. [...]

Kinrot Ventures – A Rainbow of Water Technologies

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Kinrot Technology Ventures, a company privately held by the Canadian Stern Group in cooperation with the Israeli Chief Scientist as part of Israel’s technology incubator program, is the world’s first fully dedicated water technology incubator, providing a solid platform for developing and commercializing water and clean-tech related innovations. This seed investment mechanism stands at the [...]

E – Health Solutions and Israel HealthCare IT Industry

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Key Challenges in the  HealthCare Sector in Australia: Ageing Population: Oldest baby boomers (1946-1964) approaching 65 Increase in the incidence of Chronic Illnesses More than 67% of aging population have at least two chronic illnesses Critical need to lower soaring costs (Upwards of 11% of Europe’s GDP) New technologies, devices, drugs, and personalized treatment options [...]