How to turn an idea into a Billion Dollar business
2019-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Bellevue Hill, Bellevue Hill, Australia
Technion Australia in partnership with the AICC invites you to a conversation with Ayal Steiner, Vice President, Global Ad Revenue at Outbrain– Israel’s fastest growing tech company.
YOUNG LEADERSHIP AND ALUMNI – A TECHNOVATION SERIES
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Ayal Steiner, Outbrain
If you meet at least 3 of the following points then this event is for you!

Passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and startups
Young (or young at heart), future leader – ~35 years of age or under
Technion alumni
Appreciate Israel’s entrepreneurial culture
Enjoy meeting new people
Ready to be inspired

We’ve heard it all before, 2 guys and a dog taking an idea and turning it into a Billion-dollar business, but how is it that Israel despite its challenges manages to produce more successful start-ups than anywhere else? How is it that one university in Israel – the Technion, produces more than 70% of Israel’s startup founders and CEO’s? is it something in the water? Or perhaps a nation’s drive to prove itself and make an impact on the world?
Ayal will share the story of Outbrain– how it grew from an idea to the world’s leading content discovery platform, valued at over a $1B US and his journey of launching the Outbrain business across 11 markets in APAC.
You probably never heard about Outbrain before, but I can assure you that you interact with its technology on daily basis. Outbrain is a discovery platform that helps us all discover things we never knew existed in the open web. Outbrain’s technology is used by new sites, apps and embedded into mobile phones and drives a personalised feed of interesting things to discover from around the web such as. Articles, videos, podcasts etc.
At the core Outbrain, like Google or Facebook, use complex algorithms and machine learning technology to predict users interest and delight them with interesting things to discover.
When: Thursday, 8 August 2019, 7.00pm for 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Where: Bellevue Hill (exact location to be provided upon registration)
RSVP: Click here
Dress code: casual
This event is generously hosted by Robert and Sue Sonnenschein and their son, Mark at their home.
We look forward to welcoming you on the day.
Ori Danieli,
Executive Director
Technion Australia

David Shein - entrepreneur, investor, mentor
2019-09-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Arnold Bloch Leibler, Chifley Tower, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Technion Australia is delighted to host an intimate lunch with Tech Entrepreneur, David Shein.
David is among our community’s most influential business leaders and will share his learning’s from his career and entrepreneurial journey. The do’s and do not’s of starting your own enterprise and why Israel, a market that he has been following closely excels when it comes to identifying and cultivating the next big thing + what Australia can learn from it.
David, emigrated from South Africa in 1986 and 9 months later founded Com Tech Communications as a specialist supplier of networking and communications products. 14 years later, Com Tech was sold to Dimension Data at an enterprise value of over $1Bil. At the time of sale, Com Tech employed over 1,400 people, had offices Australia wide, achieved revenues of $700 million and at no time during this period did Com Tech require external debt.
David prides himself on the recognition Com Tech achieved as regularly being voted as one of the leading companies to work for in Australia. He firmly believes that it is legendary customer service and outstanding staff that build company value.
Since then, David has been actively involved in mentoring young management teams. David has been an investor and mentor to a number of startups, many of which have been successfully exited. These include Zipmoney, CalReply, Latam Autos, Pocketbook, Centric Wealth, BlueFire, BizCover, MacromatiX and Holly Connects. David is also Co Founder of Our Innovation Fund, an Early Stage Venture Capital Fund that invests in exciting Australian Startups as well as a founding partner in the Israeli Venture Capital enterprise, OurCrowd, the first Global Equity Based Crowd Funding Platform.
David is currently Non-Executive Chairman of MOQdigital, a listed IT services company.
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The role of academia in Tikun Olam and Israel's defence
2019-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 | The Great Synagouge, 166 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Tikun Olam – healing of the world, is not just a statement at the Technion but a way of life. Technion teams dedicate their lives to develop applications that can make the world we live in a better, safer and more sustainable place.
Ori will share how Israel and the Technion’s innovation and research changes the world we live in for the better.

No need to register, just turn up.

Housing: An Architectural History of Israel-Palestine, 1860-2011 w A/Prof Yael Allweil from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion
2019-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Sydney Uni, LT250, Wilkinson Building, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning 148 City Road, University of Sydney Darlington, Darlington, NSW, 2006, Australia
Join the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning for a special guest lecture by Yael Allweil, discussing and examining history of Israeli-Palestinian housing from 1860.
Click here for more details and to register.
A SYDNEY UNI EVENT

Nanomaterials for medical devices: size matters
2019-10-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Northbridge, Northbridge, NSW, Australia
Technion Australia is delighted to invite you to a conversation with A/Prof. Olga Shimoni who will share how nanotechnology impacts our lives and healthcare in particular.
Nanotechnology has applications across chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering, covering anything from wrinkle-resistant fabrics to better baseball bats and batteries with improved energy storage capacity. However, it is in the healthcare field that nanotechnology promises to provide the most significant results.
One of the most promising potential contributions of nanotechnology is in the space of screening and diagnostic tools for early detection of diseases. Early and accurate detection of diseases exhibits several advantages, such as disease at an early stage can be curable or efficiently treatable, reduction of financial burden to individuals and the public health system as well as real-time health monitoring.
Beginning her career and academic journey at the Technion’s school of material engineering, Olga, for the past 15 years has dedicated her life to understanding biology, physics, material and chemical sciences and how it impacts the world we live in.
Her passion and specific area of expertise includes studying the implications nanotech has on medical devices and applications with particular emphasis on its capacity of identifying diseases at an early stage.
Please join us at what promises to be a fascinating presentation.

Exclusive! Young adults and Alumni networking with the President of the Technion - SYDNEY
2020-02-02 17:30 - 20:00 | Dover Heights, Dover Heights, NSW, Australia
Technion Australia invites our young adults and Alumni for a conversation with the President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Prepare to be inspired!!! Technion is often regarded as the backbone of Israel’s claim to fame as the Startup Nation. We are thrilled to welcome to Australia Technion’s newly appointed President, Prof. Uri Sivan. Uri will share Israel’s and the university’s vision in maintaining its leading position as an entrepreneurial powerhouse.
This event is specifically catered to our community of young adults (ages 18-35) and Technion Alumni*. This is a unique opportunity to hear from one of Israel’s most influential and important public figures.
* Don’t fit the young / Alumni demographic – no problem!
On the 4th of February, Technion Australia will join forces with the JNF to bring you a lineup including Prof. Sivan and Dr. David Skellern – who invented WiFi and is among Australia’s most important entrepreneurs.
Click here to register and find out more, or, contact admin@austechnion.com to find out about other opportunities to meet with the President, including in Melbourne.

ABOUT PROF. SIVAN
Prof. Sivan is a former IDF combat pilot, considered among Israel’s highest authority in physics, particularly in nanotechnology and quantum related disciplines. Among many of his claims to fame, is the design and build of a unique, ultra-high-resolution atomic force microscope, as well as the creation of the nano-bible – the world’s smallest bible (smaller than a pinhead) which the late President Shimon Peres presented to Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to Israel.
Prof. Sivan stepped into the position of President on 1 October 2019. Being the President of Israel’s most prestigious university positions him among the nations most distinguished public figures. Click here to view a special welcome message from him which was recently released.

From Startup Nation to Scale-up Nation - SYDNEY NORTH SHORE
2020-02-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Kehillat Masada, 9-15 Link Rd, St Ives, NSW, Australia
Technion is often regarded as the backbone of Israel’s claim to fame as the Startup Nation. We are thrilled to welcome to Australia Technion’s newly appointed President, Prof. Uri Sivan. Uri will share Israel’s and the university’s vision in maintaining its leading position as an entrepreneurial powerhouse.
Register now as this event is guaranteed to sell out.
Prof. Sivan is a former IDF combat pilot, considered among Israel’s highest authority in physics, particularly in nanotechnology and quantum related disciplines. Among many of his claims to fame, is the design and build of a unique, ultra-high-resolution atomic force microscope, as well as the creation of the nano-bible – the world’s smallest bible (smaller than a pinhead) which the late President Shimon Peres presented to Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to Israel.
Prof. Sivan stepped into the position of President on 1 October, 2019. Being the President of Israel’s most prestigious university positions him among the nations most distinguished public figures. Click here to view a special welcome message from him which was recently released + click here for his full bio.

Meet the inventor of wifi in a conversation with the President of the Technion - SYDNEY
2020-02-04 18:30 - 21:00 | Royal Motor Yacht Club, Point Piper, NSW, Australia
Join JNF Australia and Technion Australia for a conversation between 2 of the world’s greatest influencers in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship – Prof. Uri Sivan, President of the Technion and Prof. David Skellern, inventor of wifi.
The two distinguished leaders will share their visions on what Israel and Australia need to do to ensure they maintain and expand their leadership in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. They will also expand on the impact emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, quantum computing, cyber technology and automation present to the world’s defence, medicine, health, environment, education, communications and other technology industries.
This will be Prof. Sivan’s first Australian public address as President, he will also speak about Technion’s exceptional entrepreneurial ecosystem and leadership in this space as well as its continued vision of nurturing Israel’s future business leaders and entrepreneurs and developing applications that can impact both Israel and the world at large.
Prof. Sivan is a former IDF combat fighter commenced the position in October 2019 and is considered among Israel’s highest authority in physics, particularly in nanotechnology and quantum related disciplines.
Among many of his claims to fame, are the design and build of a unique, ultra-high-resolution atomic force microscope, as well as the creation of the nano-bible – the world’s smallest bible (smaller than a pinhead) which the late President Shimon Peres presented to Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to Israel.
Being the President of Israel’s most prestigious university positions him among the nations most distinguished public figures. Click here to view a special welcome message from him which was recently released + click here for his full bio.
Prof. Skellern worked in radioastronomy for 10 years and taught electronics at Sydney and Macquarie Universities for 16 years before coming to prominence in the IT industry through Radiata, which he co-founded in 1997. Built on joint research conducted by Macquarie University and the CSIRO, the company demonstrated the world’s first chip-set implementation of the High-Speed WLAN standard. This innovation has been described as a revolution in world communications, introducing high speed wireless communications
Radiata was subsequently sold to US giant Cisco Systems in 2001 for $565 million. Dr Skellern joined the Board of National ICT Australia in 2003 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 2005 and is currently Chairman of CMCRC. Dr Skellern was appointed to the Order of Australia in 2010.
The reception will also be an opportunity for Prof. Sivan to formally acknowledge and honour a major philanthropic donation recently received by a Sydney donor to strengthen the Technion’s commitment to leadership in the quantum research discipline.
Attendance is at no cost but your contribution to support the Technion Sustainability initiative and JNF Green Week would be anticipated.
Register today – this event is guaranteed to sell out and based on a first in first serve basis.
To find out more, contact ori.danieli@austechnion.com / +61 405 328 577

JNF Green Sunday & Technion Australia Event - MELBOURNE
2020-02-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Michael and Atida Naphtali, East Hawthorn, East Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Join JNF Australia and Technion Australia for a fascinating insight into the future of innovation, entrepreneurship and integration.
Prof. Uri Sivan, President of the Technion, will share his vision of what Israel and Australia need to do to ensure they maintain and expand their leadership in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. He will discuss the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, quantum computing and cyber technology as well as medicine, health, environment and education.
In his first public address to the Melbourne community, Prof. Sivan will also speak about Technion’s exceptional entrepreneurial ecosystem and leadership in this space as well as its continued vision of nurturing Israel’s future business leaders and entrepreneurs. Prof. Sivan commenced his Presidency of the Technion in October 2019. He is considered one of Israel’s highest authority figures in physics, particularly in nanotechnology and quantum related disciplines. Among many of his claims to fame is his design of a unique, ultra-high-resolution atomic force microscope, as well as the creation of the nano-bible – the world’s smallest bible (smaller than a pinhead) which the late President Shimon Peres presented to Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to Israel.
Naftali Aklum is an advocate for Ethiopian Jewry. Born in Ethiopia in 1979, Naftali was among the first group of Jews to make Aliyah via Sudan when his mother carried him on her back from Ethiopia to Sudan. Today, he works as an advocate for Ethiopian-Israelis, striving to raise awareness about Jewish-Ethiopian history and to strengthen Ethiopian-Israeli identity. He strongly believes that through education and self-confidence the Ethiopian community throughout Israel will flourish. Naftali will discuss Ethiopian Jewish history, culture, and the unique challenges faced by the Ethiopian Jewish community living in Israel.
Naftali will also discuss the Netflix movie The Red Sea Diving Resort, which is based on the true story of his brother, Ferede (z’’l), who championed Ethiopian migration to Jerusalem.

Diversity, Leadership and Inclusion - Melbourne
2020-02-07 08:00 - 09:30 | PwC, 2 Riverside Quay, Southbank, VICTORIA, 3006, Australia
Technion Australia invites you to a conversation with the President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Prepare to be inspired!!!
In a country where diversity, ethnical and religious backgrounds are often so controversial ~20% of Technion’s students are of minority religious background and 50% of faculty and staff are women, in addition to being Israel’s top university, the Technion is also a symbol for coexistence and tolerance.
President, Prof. Uri Sivan will share the university’s vision in integrating Israeli’s from all walks of life into society, its commitment to nurturing the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs and its vision in maintaining its leading position as an entrepreneurial powerhouse.
HURRY! Places are limited and this event is guaranteed to sell out.
contact: admin@austechnion.com to find out more, as well as other opportunities to meet with the President, including in Sydney.
Event Partners:
Tisher Liner FC Law
PwC

The future of medical cannabis research and its place in clinical practice w Dr. Dedi Meiri
2020-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
Join Dr. Dedi Meiri, from the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research at the Technion, as he shares his current research into cannabis for various medical applications.
Dedi will be interviewed by Adam Miller, Founder and Board member at the Medical Canabis Council and Head of Strategic Accounts at MediPharm Labs – MediPharm Labs are specialists in cannabis extraction and purification.
Date: Wednesday, 20 May
Time: 7pm – 8pm* (Syd / Melb) – * 12pm – 1pm (Israel)
LIVE on ZOOM and FACEBOOK
Dr. Meiri is among the world’s leading scientists dedicated to studying and understanding the very real healing properties of one of the world’s oldest medicinal plants, cannabis – including how it might help in the fight against COVID-19.
Cannabis, was first prescribed by the name, ‘Ma’ in 2700 BCE by Chinese healers. What these ancient healers didn’t know about cannabis, is that there are 144 unique strains of phytocannabinoids, aside from the more common CBD and THC strains.
Dr. Meiri and his team have been diligently working on isolating and categorising these 144 individual cannabinoid strains, quite simply so that their healing potential can be further understood.

Covid-19 Impact On Business - How Do We Reinvent Ourselves?
2020-06-25 16:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every industry sector. Small, medium and large businesses are paying a heavy price to sustain themselves during this crisis, requiring many to reassess their business model, services, offerings and strategy.
With restrictions easing, our business executives and government leadership is being put to the test.
How will we adopt to the new norm? What measures will need to be taken into account to minimise the damage to the economy and to the individuals directly affected by change? What positives can we take out of the current state?
Join UTS Associate Dean, Research and Management, Prof. Michael Blumenstein as he interviews Gabi Zodik, Global Director at IBM and Ashod Donikian, Founder and CEO at Navisens, for a discussion on the challenges arising from COVID-19, what measures their businesses are taking to transition back to the new norm, and how it has impacted both their businesses and the industry at large.
This event will include a welcome message by Mr. Mark Sofer, Israel’s Ambassador to Australia.

Covid-19 – are we prepared for a 2nd wave?
2020-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
With the easing of the lockdown rules, concerns are being sounded about a possible second wave of Covid-19. The second wave of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-20 was particularly devastating, as was the second wave of the Swine Flu epidemic in 2009-10. So what can be done to avoid a second wave of Covid-19?
More importantly, can our hospitals cope with a second burst? How has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the way our hospitals operate?
Dr. Shachor- Meyouhas will be moderated by Warren Bingham, Executive Chairman, MedTech International.
Technion Australia and the Australian Friends of Rambam are thrilled to welcome, Dr. Yael Shachor- Meyouhas a Technion Alumna and Deputy Director at Rambam Hospital in Israel, as she reveals the strategy of the leading medical centre in supporting Israel’s fight against Covid-19 and a possible second outburst.

Impacting Science from a Small Country - Q&A w Nobel Prize laureate
2020-07-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Victoria
Over the past two decades, eight Israeli scientists have won the Nobel Prize, an extraordinary achievement for a country of its size and population.
Winning a Nobel prize is an honour that is reserved for a few extraordinary people. It is the highest recognition a scientist can achieve; it’s like winning the Oscar for best actor, an Emmy for the best song, or winning a Tennis grand slam.
In 2004, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover and colleagues, Prof. Avram Hershko and Prof. Irwin Rose received the prestigious Nobel prize in Chemistry for their discovery of the Ubiquitin protein. This discovery illuminates the process by which the cells of most living organisms remove unwanted proteins and it has completely transformed the way cancer and other degenerative diseases are treated.
Technion Australia and the Australian Academy of Science are honoured to welcome Prof. Ciechanover at our next webinar.
In conversation with Anna-Maria Arabia, CEO of the Australian Academy of Science, Ciechanover will discuss the future of medicine and cancer research, talk about Israel’s unique entrepreneurial ecosystem and how it impacts global research, and share from his journey to winning a Nobel prize.

Technology Empowering Disability
2020-08-06 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE
Dr. Amit Goffer experienced a tragic accident that confined him to a wheelchair – as an accomplished inventor and entrepreneur, he didn’t accept his fate to never stand up right again and immediately started to develop alternative modes of transport to the traditional wheelchair.
In 2001 he created the ReWalk system, the first commercially available exoskeleton. Due to the severity of his injury, Amit couldn’t use it himself, but hundreds of thousands of people could benefit from it. (Amit is a quadriplegic – ReWalk is designed for paraplegics).
More recently, he developed UPnRIDE to provide full mobility in a standing position in almost any urban environment. That is something that Amit, as a quadriplegic, has benefited from.
Technion Australia and the University of Melbourne are delighted to welcome Amit at our next webinar which will also include Jim Patrick AO, VP and Chief Scientist Emeritus at Cochlear. Cochlear is among Australia’s most iconic brands and has given deaf people the gift of hearing for almost 40 years. Cochlear designs, manufactures and distributes innovative hearing implants.
Jim has been involved in Cochlear implant research and commercial development since 1975, when he joined Cochlear Founder, Greame Clark’s research team. In 1981 he moved to Sydney as a member of the Cochlear “Tiger Team” inside the Nucleus group, developing a ‘clinically applicable’ Cochlear implant. He has been a member of Cochlear’s leadership team having at different times responsibility for R&D, Clinical Research and Manufacturing. Jim is considered a world authority on Cochlear implants.
Amit and Jim will discuss the power that technology has to overcome disability, the future of biomedical engineering and how to create an innovative culture.

The Future of MedTech in a Covid World
2020-11-10 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact around the world. Unforeseen challenges have forced industries everywhere to innovate like never before.
The Med-Tech industry is no exception. In addition to increasing manufacturing capacity and capabilities, innovators and industry leaders have had to look outside standard medical and health sectors to explore creative solutions and support public-health needs.
Learn how some of the world’s best Med-Tech innovators from Australia and Israel have embraced this challenge by registering for ‘The Future of Med-Tech in a COVID World’ on Tuesday 10 November at 6:00pm (AEDT) / 9:00am (Israel).
Our dynamic panel will discuss where they see trends and changes in the global MedTech ecosystem and what the future holds for MedTech in a COVID world.
Meet the panel:

Greg Peake – SVP Innovation at ResMed
Professor Alon Wolf – VP External Relations & Resources Development and Head, Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dina Titkova (moderator) – Health 10x Program Manager, UNSW Founders

You can learn more about our panellists and what they will be discussing here.

Shaping Your Entrepreneurial Path - Industry Insights into StartUps and Venture Capital
2020-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
Technion Australia and the Australian National University Alumni Team are delighted to invite you to a conversation with three influential leaders who will share the do’s and don’ts of starting your own business, what you need to do to be noticed by investors and venture capitals, why more women in STEM is key to creating a stronger and more sustainable society, how COVID impacted the startup ecosystem, as well as learning from Israel – the StartUp Nation, which produces more Startups and entrepreneurs than anywhere else.
Speakers:
Julia Kagan
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumna, Julia Kagan is a Principal at the Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), among the worlds leading venture capital firms which specialises in investments in startup companies, focusing on Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Storage and Cyber Security, having raised close to 1.4 billion US Dollars across nine funds. JVP is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel with offices in Be’er Sheva, New York City and Paris. Prior to her role with JVP, Julia was the Business Development Manager of Leidos Israel and part of the executive team responsible for establishing Lockheed Martin IT operations in Israel. prior to that she spent six years in the elite Computer Security and Intelligence (C4I) unit at the Israeli Defence Forces as a Captain (res.) Julia holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion, graduating both magna cum laude. Within her role at JVP, she supports the partners in the investment process and works closely with companies post-investment.
Sophia Hamblin Wang
ANU alumna, Sophia Hambin Wang (BIntBus (Hons) ’09) is the current Chief Operating Officer of Mineral Carbonation International (MCi), an Australian based research engineering company focused on developing and commercialising technologies for large scale CO2 storage through mineral carbonation. She is a carbon utilisation technologist, circular economy specialist, science and business communicator, University of Sydney Business School Lecturer and member of the ACT Climate Change Council. She has featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, ABC TV’s Q&A, The Australian, The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and ABC Radio in 2020.
Moderator:Anna-Maria Arabia
Anna-Maria, is the CEO of the Australian Academy of Science. Prior to that she was a Principal Adviser to the Hon Bill Shorten, the past leader of the opposition. Previously, she was also a General Manager at Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre; and CEO of Science & Technology Australia.
Anna-Maria will moderate the discussion and take questions from the audience.
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Quantum Mechanics and the Future of Computing – So What's all the Fuss About?
2020-11-26 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
What Quantum Science actually means? how will it affect our daily lives and impact health, environment and security.

HOW SCREEN TIME AFFECTS KID’S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
2021-02-04 20:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE
We all know that too much time in front of a screen has health and well-being implications, including, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects. But how does too much screen time actually affect our children’s brain development, what is even considered “too much” and how do we manage it effectively?
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus from the Technion. Tzipi is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Educational Neuroimaging Center in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology and at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She is also an Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Neuroscience and the Scientific Director of the Reading and Literacy Discovery Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA.

A view into a mental health brain during Covid-19 times
2021-04-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Victoria
Our speakers:
Prof. Ian Hickie AM, University of Sydney
Prof. Hickie is Co-Director, Health and Policy at The University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre. He is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow (2013-2017 and 2018-22), having previously been one of the inaugural NHMRC Australian Fellows (2008-12). He was an inaugural Commissioner on Australia’s National Mental Health Commission (2012-18) overseeing enhanced accountability for mental health reform and suicide prevention. He is an internationally renowned researcher in clinical psychiatry, with particular reference to medical aspects of common mood disorders, depression and bipolar disorder. He is now focused on the development of real-time personalized and measurement-based care systems for use in partnership with young people and their families. These systems promote early intervention, use of new and emerging technologies and suicide prevention. In his role with the National Mental Health Commission, and his independent research, health system and advocacy roles, Prof. Hickie has been at the forefront of the move to have mental health and suicide prevention integrated with other aspects of health care (notably chronic disease and ambulatory care management).
Prof. (Eme) Dorit Ben Shachar, Technion – Israel Institiute of Technology
Prof. Ben-Shachar,PhD is the Head, Laboratory of Psychobiology, Department of Psychiatry, at The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.Her research interests include, Mitochondrial abnormalities in schizophrenia at the level of RNA and protein modulations, ECT activity, mitochondrial respiration and network dynamics.
Her lab focus in Nano Field: using Nano based technologies as NGS, GWAS as well as Confocal and time lapse microscopy.
Moderator: Dr. Norman Swan, physician and journalist
Producer and presenter of the Health Report, Dr. Swan, is a multi-award winning producer and broadcaster.
Dr Swan’s career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen. This allows him to combine medical expertise with investigative reporting, clear analysis and the knowledge to report the latest research in health and medicine.
One of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, Dr Swan is highly regarded by the medical and health professions.
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Exploring the Dark Web - Cybercrime and Cyber Security in the Digital Age
2021-05-27 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE
Technological breakthroughs have enabled humanity to advance in a pace and manner that only a few decades ago would not have been imagined.
Ironically this brings with it some of the greatest challenges we also face today.
From countries, states and large economies, through to private or public companies, not-for-profit organisations, down to individuals like you, are all exposed to an ever increasing technological threat – Cyber related threats.
Most organisations, irrespective of size gather an enormous amount of information and corporate intellectual property. Often the information they have is very sensitive making it a target for attacks which are generally aimed at gathering information, harming information, or disabling services. Such attacks can damage an organisation’s reputation, endanger virtual and physical assets which result in significant financial costs. Cyber attacks on government and public bodies and infrastructure may disrupt the lives of an entire state and even compromise the wellbeing and security of its citizens.
Our presenters are at the forefront of cyber security intelligence and the insights they share will enable attendees to underestand these problems and offer possible solutions.
Speakers:
Jasmina Zito
Jasmina is a security engineer who specialises in Cyber Threat Intelligence; as well as a freelance illustration artist. She started her career in video game development and Japanese fashion before shifting to cyber security. She now works at Canva in the detection and response team, keeping Canvanauts and Canva users safe from cyber baddies.
Jasmina holds a Bachelor’s Degree, Science in Games Development, Network Security from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Avi Kasztan

Avi brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience in the technology and network security industry. He is the Founder of Sixgill, a leading Israeli Cyber Intelligence company in the DarkWeb arena
Prior to Sixgill, Avi served at key roles in legendary disruptive companies at their earliest stages such as Checkpoint (creators of first software firewall that uses stateful inspection), and Vocaltec (creators of first VOIP).
Avi holds a BSc. In Computer Engineering and MBA in management of Hi Tech firms, both degrees from the Technion – Israel Institue of Technology.
The event will be moderated by Prof. Michael Blumenstein, Associate Dean (Research Strategy and Management) at University of Technology Sydney
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The Sky is NOT the Limit
2021-08-11 18:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE
The so called “space race” between the world’s most powerful economies (mostly the U.S., Russia and China) is no longer restricted to governments.
Recently, Billionaire Jeff Bezos spent 10 minutes in space in his ‘New Shepard’ spaceship, a few days earlier Richard Branson was also “touring” space and it is all happening while Elon Musk is working on his “out of this world” project to inhabit Mars – Space X.
Australia and Israel are not staying behind. They are investing substantially to join the “race”.
Next year, Eytan Stibbe will become the second Israeli to enter space. Eytan will conduct several experiments that are expected to advance the study of science and medicine in Israel in various fields. Three of these experiments, from the Technion will be launched to the International Space Station.
Furthermore, a group of three autonomous microsatellites developed by the Technion were launched into space. The trio – part of the Adelis-SAMSON project – will be able to calculate the location of radiating sources on Earth, locating people, airplanes, and marine vessels, thus enabling search-and-rescue missions around the world.
Meanwhile, the Australian Space Agency approves plan to launch test rockets from Whalers Way near Port Lincoln, which follows the Australian Government’s recent announcement of helping local space manufacturers expand their supply chains globally through its AU$1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative.
Join global space experts as they share insight into the future of space, how it affects everyday life and what role Australia and Israel play in this world.

ASK THE EXPERT - COVID-19
2021-09-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Victoria
Hear from infectious disease expert on Israel’s and Australia’s Covid-19 strategy and challenges.

About this event

With having reached over 1,000 positive cases of COVID-19 a day, many parts of Sydney and NSW have been in strict lockdown for over two months now. In the rest of Australia the figures are even lower, yet most parts are also experiencing continued lockdown. On the flip side, Israel which has a similar population count to NSW, is enjoying much greater freedom despite reaching the highest peak during the entire pandemic of over 10,000 positive cases of Covid-19 a day.
How can that be explained?

Variants, Boosters and Big Data
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
Researchers are uncovering new insights about COVID-19 seemingly every day — but what does that mean for us, our loved ones, and our communities as we enter the third year of this pandemic?
Join Associate Professor Yair Goldberg and Assistant Professor Dvir Aran, for this fascinating briefing on where things stand with the novel coronavirus, virus variants like Delta and Omicron, and the efficacy of booster shots. Panelists will also share updates from COVID-19 research they are currently conducting, and what it might mean for future detection, treatment, and prevention efforts.
Opening comments and moderation by Dr. Ruth Ratner, GP, Technion Australia’s President.
Yair Goldberg is an associate professor of statistics in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion and the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies. His lab uses statistical and machine learning tools to address theoretical questions and real-world problems. Recent papers have focused on both the protection against COVID-19 provided by the Pfizer vaccine and its waning immunity in Israel. In the past two years, he has been part of a research team advising Israel’s Ministry of Health on COVID-19 policymaking. Prof. Goldberg earned his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Biostatistics and was a statistical consultant for The Translational and Clinical Science Institute — both at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and then a faculty member at the University of Haifa, before joining the Technion faculty in 2018.
Dvir Aran is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Biology and the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion. His research field is computational biology, using data science and AI to advance biological and medical research. He develops computational tools and applies them to integrate and analyze big data from multiple sources, including genomic and epigenetic data and electronic medical records. His research aims to advance the understanding of the tumor microenvironment, as well as the immune system, and their relationship with potential treatments. Prof. Aran has gained international recognition for his contributions to the understanding of the tumor microenvironment and other diseases. Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, Prof. Aran has been conducting modeling and analyses of real-world publicly-available COVID-19 data to understand early indications of vaccine effectiveness and waning. He was one of the first to publish research on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Israel.

Women and Girls Changing the World through STEMM
2022-03-03 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE
You can view the recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/pL8iKgV_YhU

Technion Australia is honored to host two of the world’s leaders in STEMM who changed and keep changing our world.
Join us to hear their personal stories and learn about their recent activities.

Professor Kira Radinsky – https://www.kiraradinsky.com – CEO & CTO at Diagnostic Robotics and a visiting professor at the Technion is an Israeli computer scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, specializing in predictive data mining.
She gained recognition after being selected by the MIT Technology Review to the “35 Innovators Under 35” list. Her work was described in the popular press as predicting the first in 130 years outbreak of cholera in Cuba, based on the pattern identified by mining of 150 years of data from various sources: in poor countries, floods within a year after a drought often follow by a cholera outbreak.
While working on her Ph.D. she co-founded a company, SalesPredict, that was acquired by eBay Israel in 2016, where Kira Radinsky worked as chief scientist and the director of data science during 2016–2019.
Since 2019, Dr. Radinsky is the Chief Executive Officer at Diagnostic Robotics, Tel Aviv, which she co-founded in 2017. She is also a visiting professor at Technion teaching the applications of predictive data mining in medicine. She has co-authored over 10 patents and more than 40 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Jenine Beekhuyzen OAM– https://www.jeninebeekhuyzen.com – Visiting Fellow at University of Technology Sydney is the creator of the Tech Girls Are Superheroes campaign.
Dr. Beekhuyzen is a futurist with international recognition for her advocacy and leadership, her research, and her university teaching through which she has impacted tens of thousands of students over the past 18 years. She is committed to creating a workforce capable of building the technology of the future.
Dr Beekhuyzen is the Founder & CEO of the Tech Girls Movement Foundation and the CEO of Adroit Research. She is mobilising a tribe of next-generation leaders who are committed to solving real-world problems with technology. In the past six years at the helm of the Tech Girls Movement Foundation, she has engaged over 10,000 school girls in STEM entrepreneurship across more than 1000 schools. She has published over 65 internationally peer-reviewed articles in journals, conferences and books.

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International Pi Day - “Lighting the way with Microscopy”
2022-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
Watch the full recording here: https://youtu.be/sO2fIGSiAE8

Technion Australia is pleased to invite you to
Celebrate International Pi Day

Special Free Webinar
Monday 14 March 7-8pm Sydney/Melbourne

“Lighting the way with Microscopy”
(A Pi special)
Presented by
Professor Yoav Shechtman and Dr Onit Alalouf

From Technion’s Nano-Bio-Optics Lab

What is Pi Day and why do we celebrate it?
It is a day to celebrate the mathematical constant pi (π) and to eat lots of pie. Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant π (3.14). It is celebrated because the digits in the date, March 14 or 3/14, are the first three digits of π (3.14)
Professor Yoav Shechtman is Head of Technion’s Nano Bio-Optics Laboratory which has 15 members, researchers and students, at the Technion where he graduated with a BSc and his PhD. He undertook Post-Doctoral research at Stanford University. His research interests include:

Optical super-resolution microscopy – experimental methods and algorithms
Multi-color and three-dimensional nano-tracking
Optical design and analysis through machine learning
Fluorescence microscopy

Dr Onit Alalouf, is the Laboratory Manager and Research Associate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion. She obtained her PhD at Technion’s Department of Biotechnology & Food Engineering, MSc at University College, London and BSc at the University of Hertfordshire. Dr Alalouf holds a patent in the diagnostics research area and is the recipient of a number of awards for her research.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Remote Patient Monitoring
2022-05-31 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE
Special Free Webinar
Tuesday 31.5.2022- 7PM Sydney/Melbourne
Artificial Intelligence for Remote Patient Monitoring
Connecting the dots between Australia and Israel
Following a recent collaboration agreement signed between Technion and the Ingham Institute, come and learn how we can leverage AI to monitor and asses a patient from afar.

Dr. Behar is heading the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Laboratory (AIMLab.) at the Technion faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Haifa, Israel. The lab focuses on the usage of machine learning in medicine within the context of physiological time series analysis with a specific focus in cardiology, sleep medicine and ophthalmology. Dr. Behar is also the founding director of the Technion-Rambam Center for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (CAIH). Dr. Behar is twice winner of the MIT-PhysioNet/Computing in Cardiology competition. He has authored and co-authored over 47 journal papers in leading engineering, physiology and medical journals (h-index: 27) and contributed many open access databases of physiological waveform and open source code (e.g. PhysioZoo, fecgsyn). He is the cofounder of SmartCare Analytics. He serves as editor for the journal Physiological Measurement and has been on the program committee of the Computing in Cardiology international conference since 2013. Joachim holds a PhD in biosignals processing and machine learning from the university of Oxford which was completed under the supervision of Prof. Gari D. Clifford and Dr. Julien Oster. He holds a MEng from l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne in France in Engineering. He completed his postdoctoral study in computational physiology under the guidance of Prof. Yael Yaniv at the Technion where he worked on mathematical modelling of sinoatrial node cells.

Melbourne - Quantum Computing - A laymen discussion with Prof. Moti Segev
2023-02-08 18:30 - 20:00 | South Caulfield Synagogue, 45 Leopold St,, Caulfield South, Victoria, 3162, Australia
Quantum Computing: truth or hype?

Ordinary computers seem strong, powerful, but in fact that are very many problems that even combining all the computing power on Earth would not solve in a reasonable time (say, 50 years). One such example is the “traveling salesman”: how to find the optimal route (the route that would take the shortest time) between 100 destinations. Another example is drug design: we know the equations governing the molecules, but we can’t simulate their action because it is too complicated to compute with even the strongest computers. Yet another example is to break security codes within a reasonable time. But quantum computers in principle can do that. In the past decade, we have witnessed worldwide attempts to build quantum computers. Companies do that because many of them need to optimize designs (Amazon, IBM, Google, and many others). Governments do that because they want to break security codes. Pharmaceutical companies are interested because today drugs are designed through experimental “trial and error”. Is it therefore understandable why huge resources are being invested in constructing quantum computers, and quite a few companies often hold press releases where they declare their quantum computer has demonstrated superiority to classical computers. Is all of that true or just a hype? What is the true status of quantum computing? Will we have a useful quantum computer within the next decade: a computer that can actually do something useful? Finally, are there alternatives that can be used as interim solutions, until one day a useful quantum computer becomes a reality?
