Saturday, September 10, 2005, Highlights:

Depart from USA.

Sunday, September 11, 2005, Highlights:

Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. VIP Customs Service and Transfer to King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
Depart for a private Moroccan style dinner at Darna in the New City of Jerusalem. You will be joined by Ehud Olmert, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry & Trade.

Monday, September 12, 2005, Highlights:

Breakfast at the King David Hotel.
Depart hotel for JVP Incubator.

Visit the JVP Incubator Center in Jerusalem. The visit will include presentations by five leading
start-up companies.
Visit the IBM Research Labs and the Center for Speech and On-demand Technology in Petach Tikva.
Visit Ness Technologies in Tel Aviv.
Visit Ness Technologies and continue on to BluePhoenix Solutions.
You will enjoy dinner at the Land of Genesis. You will have a typical "Abraham and Sara" dinner in the Judean Desert. You will be welcomed into the encampment of our forefathers for a typical dinner in tents with traditional music and customs. You will be joined by: Gil Schwaid - founder of Check Point; Yossi Vardi - founder of ICQ (sold to AOL for $440MM); Isarel Mazin - founder of Memco (sold to CA for $550MM); and Amnon Landman - CEO of Mercuty.
Enjoy a Late Night Cigar & Single Malt Bar with top Israeli leaders at the King David Hotel.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005, Highlights:

Visit Intel (Matam) and Technion. Start the visit at the Coler-California Visitors Center. Greetings by Mr. Leor Appelbaum, head of the visitors center and visitors unit. Tour the center, which shows the vital links between education, research and industry. This dynamic and interactive presentation highlights how Israel’s history and that of the Technion are inextricably linked. See the multimedia presentation ‘Circles of learning, circles of life’.
Meet with Mr. Ami Lowenstein, Business Development Manager of the Technion research & development foundation (TRDF) and Managing Director of Dimotech Hi-Tech Start Up Companies (at Coler).
Lunch hosted by the Mayor of Haifa, Mr. Yona Yahav at El Gaucho. You will be joined by the Mayor of Haifa and representatives of the Haifa Economic Corporation.
Enjoy cocktails and dinner at the Museum of Biblical Sources, Ein Karem, Jerusalem. You will be joined by Former Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu (pending). Sponsored by Giza Venture Capital.
Enjoy a Late Night Cigar & Single Malt Bar while networking with different VC’s in the field at the King David Hotel. Sponsored by: Giza Venture Capital.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Highlights:

Visit Masada. Ascend the cliff top fortress by cable car as you explore the ancient remains of these fortifications, King Herod's palaces, storerooms and baths, you will hear about the spirit of its last Jewish defenders. These Zealots held out for three years against the legions of Flavius Silva and chose to die as free men at their own hands in preference to Roman slavery. From the top of Masada, the outlines of the Roman encampments are still visible below. Descend by cable car. It is possible to descend on foot via the old Roman Ramp, or snake path.
Finish the morning at The Mineral Beach, situated at the north of the Dead Sea, where you can enjoy a sulphate pool where the waters come directly from a natural sulphate spring situated about 500m south of the beach. The spring waters well forth from the bottom of the earth at a natural steady temperature of 42C degrees, and reaches the pool at a temperature of 39C degrees. Or, enjoy the natural healing mud. It is possible to pick off the natural mud and the mud is excellent for improving and reinforcing the root hairs, for the increase of the blood cycle, and for the renewal of skin cells, take a quick swim at the Dead Sea.
Old City Tour.
Gala Awards Dinner. A special presentation will award our honored guests with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement. Honorees will receive their award from Jerusalem’s Mayor. Special guests will include the Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the US Ambassador to Israel.
A special presentation will award our honored guests with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement. Honorees will receive their award from Jerusalem’s Mayor. Special guests will include the Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the US Ambassador to Israel.

Thursday, September 15, 2005, Highlights:

Enjoy breakfast on your own in the main hotel dining room.
Check out of King David Hotel.
Depart hotel to Tel Aviv.
Journeys Conference hosted by Ernst & Young Israel
Executives will have the opportunity to give special presentations and participate in panel discussions. Participants have the option of joining the touring in the afternoon or attending the rest of the conference. Lunch will be served as part of the conference.
Optional tour of Old Jaffa. In the Southern Sharon region of Israel, Jaffa is one of the ancient port cities on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Old Jaffa is built upon a cliff, at the foot of which the ancient port stretches out, protected by a rocky reef. Enjoy this part of the modern city of Tel Aviv which tradition says was established after the Flood, and that Japheth, son of Noah, was the eponymous founder. Walk through its winding alleyways and visit the many ancient galleries.
Check into Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv to shower and freshen-up.
Dinner at Maganda – Middle Eastern Restaurant in the Yemenite Quarter of Tel Aviv.