Overview of the Second Annual Life Sciences Mission to Israel — Sept. 10 - 15, 2005

Mission
To provide a partnering forum that brings together U.S., European and Asian Medical Device Executives with Medical Device Executives, VCs, Entrepreneurs and University Tech Transfer Personnel in Israel.

Objective
To facilitate meetings for the selection of potential partners for joint ventures, partnering and M&A activity.

Attendee Profile
By Invitation Only
Senior-level executives from the U.S.A, Europe and Asia
Medical Device Executives, Entrepreneurs, and VCs from Israel

Mission Highlights
	An unequalled 4 days of networking among high level mission attendees and their Israeli counterparts.
	Collaborative exploration of joint ventures, investments and acquisitions for prescreened opportunities and presentations by 100 of Israel’s most exciting medical device venture–backed startups.
	A one-day conference with 500 of Israel’s leaders in medical devices.
	Personal interaction, keynote panels, and sector outlook roundtables between attendees, leading venture capitalists, and medical device start–ups.
	Meetings with Israel’s political leaders, including the Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Minister of Science, Chief Scientist, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and Nobel Laureate and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
	A special high level meeting and reception with the King of Jordan, His Royal Majesty King Abdullah, in the Royal Palace in Amman.
	Exclusive touring of Israel featuring a helicopter trip to the Golan Heights.
	A parallel touring program for spouses and children.
	A special gala awards dinner in the Knesset’s Chagall Hall (pending) where the Prime Minister of Israel has been invited to present the awards to the 2005 worldwide recipients.

What Was Gained
	First-hand knowledge of Israel’s most exciting medical device companies.
	Chances to explore specific opportunities for partnering, investing, and mergers & acquisitions with the most innovative and upcoming medical device companies in Israel.
	Personal relationships with Israel’s leading VCs, most successful entrepreneurs, and world–renowned university sponsored incubators of Technion, Hebrew University, the Weizmann Institute and Hadassah Hospital.

Why Israel?
	The Economist said “Israel is the most important place for innovation outside Silicon Valley”.
	Medical device companies accounted for 64% of capital raised in the Life Sciences sector and 12% of total capital raised in 2003.
	In 2003, medical device companies exported more than 1 billion dollars
	Israel ranks as a top country for scientific publications per capita.
	Israel has twice as many medical device patents per capita than any other country.