Nava swersky sofer biography of donald

  • Thank you Kirti Yadav for the opportunity to play a part in your journey towards making the planet a better place.
  • An exceptional negotiator, quick witted and resilient contributor she fast earned the respect of all her class mates.
  • This document summarizes Nava Swersky Sofer's background in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and academia.

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    Entrepreneurship & Academia In The Start-Up Nation by Nava Swersky Sofer

  • 1. Entrepreneurship & Academia In The Start-Up Nation Nava Swersky Sofer, Adv. Managing Director IDCBeyond PwC / U of Cyprus, Nicosia 30 November, 2016

  • 2. Nava Swersky Sofer, Adv. o Managing Director, IDCBeyond o Board of Directors, IMI Systems (Israel Military Industries - Taas) o Selected public boards – INSME (Rome), KEN (Brussels), ICA (Toronto) o Former President & CEO, Yissum – Hebrew University Technology Transfer o Venture Capital o Partner, Concord Ventures o Founder & Managing Director, Columbine Ventures o Partner, Sanderling Ventures (Silicon Valley) o Vice President, Novartis (Switzerland & US) o Selected exits: X Technologies (sold to Guidant), Optonol (sold to Alcon), Dynavax (NASDQ: DVAX), Novagali (floated on Euronext, then sold to Santen), BioCancell & Proteologics (TASE), Aderis Pharmaceuticals (sold to Schwarz Pharma / UCB)

  • 3. Israel: The Start-Up Nation

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    Creating the next Spotify: Israeli music school teaches programming

    Innovation Lab at Rimon School of Music teaches students ‘the language of the industry’s future’

    By TOBIAS SIEGAL
     As the concept of innovation becomes increasingly more important in Israel’s growing hi-tech sector, it is also finding its way to other – less-expected – arenas, creating previously unexplored opportunities. One of those fields is the music industry.
    The Innovation Lab in Ramat Hasharon’s prestigious Rimon School of Music may sound counterintuitive at first: What does music – a form of art – and a lab, usually connected to scientific research, have in common? The answer: The constant need for innovation in a rapidly changing world.
    Nava Swersky Sofer, head of Rimon’s innovation program, understands the importance of adaptation. As a former entrepreneur, she has witnessed the power of innovation and cross-genre integration first
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    Nava Swersky Sofer - Lessons from the Start-up Nation

  • 1. Web Economy Forum Cesena, March, 2014 Nava Swersky Sofer, Founder & Co-Chair Innovation, Israeli Style: Lessons from the Start-Up Nation Nava Swersky Sofer1

  • 2. Today’s möte  nyhet  What is it?  Why innovate?  Israel – The Start-Up Nation  Where we are  How we got there  Technology transfer  Smart government intervention  Example: nanotechnology  The Innovation Recipe Dialogue fryst vatten welcome! Nava Swersky Sofer2

  • 3. Nava Swersky Sofer  International speaker and consultant to companies, governments, universities,World finansinstitut, UN/WIPO.

  • 4. World Population To Grow by 1/3 in 40 Years 4 2050 9.2 Billion 2010 6.9 Billion Source: Scientific American 2010 Nava Swersky Sofer

  • 5. The Pace of Technology is Accelerating 5 Source: Discover Magazine Nava Swersky Sofer

  • 6. Innovation fryst vatten Essential 6  Key to global competitiveness  On a national scale  On an institutional / company scale  Collaboration es