The California Israel Chamber of Commerce has just announced the return of their highly successful IsraelWebTour competition and roadshow. Current returning sponsors include Google, Yahoo and Adobe. The Tour will kick off on February 4th, 2008 when fifteen chosen CEO’s from Israel’s most exciting startups will arrive in Silicon Valley for a week of activities. The companies will meet with investors, strategic partners, customers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders in a mix of private one-on-one meetings, roundtable discussions and ad-hoc networking events . The highlight of the week will be a public showcase on Wednesday, February 5th where each start-up will present their business to the industry and press . The Tour will end with a closing night party in San Francisco on Thursday February 7th.The CICC is now soliciting applications for participating companies and sponsors. If you want to participate in this year’s IsraelWebTour, submit an application to CICC by Monday, December 3rd at 5:00 PM PST. Conference organizers & Steering Committee will select 15 companies to participate in the tour.
The 2008 IsraelWebTour Steering Committee:
- Dr. Yossi Vardi, Chairman, International Technologies
- Gil Ben-Artzi, Corporate Development, Yahoo!
- Jacques Benkoski, USVP
- Daniel Cohen, Partner, Gemini Israel Funds
- Etay Gafni, Sr. Director, User Experience and Web 2.0, SAP Labs
- Jason Harinstein, Corporate Development, Google
- Eyal Keren, VP, Business Development, The Pudding Inc.
- Jeff Pulver, Technology anthropoligist, Pulver.com
- Ido Sarig, Partner, Tomas Weisel Partners
- Deborah Schultz, Social Software Strategist, P&G Global Advisor
- Yaniv Vakrat, Director of Corporate Development, Adobe
Additional Information: For more information visit www.israelwebtour.com or contact info@israelwebtour.com
