Sunday, April 10, 2005, Highlights:

Depart for Israel.

Monday, April 11, 2005, Highlights:

Welcome Dinner with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Commerce Ehud Olmert at Darna, an authentic Moroccan Restaurant in Jerusalem. Darna has one of Israel’s most extensive wine cellars and participants will be given a personal tour.

Cigar and Single Malt Bar and Networking with Leading VCs.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005, Highlights:

Private Breakfast with Ehud Ya'ari who is one of Israel's leading political commentators and a respected expert on Arab affairs he is also Middle East commentator for Channel 2 in Israel; formerly senior Arab Affairs commentator for Israel Television; Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Report; Senior Research Fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Ten (10) Company Presentations – You will be given access to the most cutting-edge technology and developments in Israel.
Presentations will focus on the following issues: Key technologies, Product/clinical development, Existing alliances, Type of alliances and investments sought, Valuation.

Lunch and presentations by leading VC’s.
Dinner at Jerusalem’s most architecturally distinguished private residence with Minister Natan Sharansky followed by a visit to the Western Wall.
Cigar and Single Malt Bar and Networking with Leading VCs.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, Highlights:

Breakfast with Yoram Ettinger. Yoram Ettinger is a consultant on Middle East and US affairs to Israeli Cabinet ministers as well as a consultant on US-Israel relations & the Chairman of Special Projects at the Ariel Center for Policy Research. Formerly the Attache for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington DC, Ettinger also served as Consul General of Israel to the Southwestern US. He is a former editor of Contemporary Mideast Backgrounder, and is the author of the Jerusalem Cloakroom series of reports which is featured on the ACPR website.
Ten (10) Company Presentations.
Lunch at hotel with presentations by Directors of the Tech Transfer at Technion,
Weizmann & Hebrew Universities.
Visit to Beit Horon - the central training camp for the anti-terrorist forces of the Israeli police and the border police. During the visit, we will be briefed by top experts and view a display of equipment and witness exercises related to anti-terror warfare.
Dinner with Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu.
Cigar and Single Malt Bar and Networking with Executives from Tech Transfer Departments at Technion, Weizmann, Hebrew University.

Thursday, April 14, 2005, Highlights:

Fly via private plane & helicopter to the Galilee Region in Northern Israel where you will be met by General Effie Eitam, the former General of Lebanon, as well as the former Minister of Infrastructure in the Knesset.
Visit the Golan Heights which are located along the border of Israel and Syria. The strip of territory known as the Golan Heights has been a source of contention between the two countries since 1948. During the six day war in 1967, the IDF climbed the Golan and freed the Israeli residents of the North from the Syrian military presence on the Golan. For the 19 years that Syria ruled the Golan, the area was used as a military platform for continuous attacks against the settlements in the Hula, Galilee and Jordan Valley. Only after taking over the Golan, it was found how vital the area is for the security of Israel and for maintaining the water sources. Gain a deeper understanding of the Galilee and the Golan’s essential role to Israel’s security from
General Eitam.
Visit Battalion 82 Armored Military base and have lunch with the officers and soldiers.
Continue to the city of Safat, located in Northern Israel in the mountains of the Upper Galilee. It commands magnificent views east to the Golan, north to the Hermon and Lebanon, west to Mt. Meron and the Amud Valley, and south to Tiberias and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Visit the City of Safat, which is known to be the mystical capital of Israel and the largest city in the north of Israel as well as one of the four Jewish holy cities, feel Safat’s enchanted atmosphere, its fascinating history and the Jewish Mysticism vibrations engulfing the surrounding landscapes.
Walk through the old part of town which consists of narrow cobblestone alleys revealing artists' galleries, medieval synagogues, private homes and small guest houses. Proceed to visit the ancient synagogue and artist’s colony of Safat.
Return Flight to Jerusalem.
Depart hotel for return flights home.