Dayton OHIO Region Trade Representative to Israel Welcome DRMA Members Hadas Bar-Or June 2014 www.daytonregionisraeltrade.com
Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance Welcome to Israel Why Israel? Why Collaborate? DRITA- Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance Who we are Goals What Does the DRITA office in Israel Do? How we can be of help to you Success Stories 2
Welcome to Israel (Tel Aviv) 3
Welcome to Israel Tiny Country Population 7.9 million Area 22, 000 sq Km GDP $211.7B GDP/Capita $30,387 Inflation 2.2% Unemployment 5.5% Growth rate 3.3% 4
Israel The land is unfair to us. Refusing land. We don t have any natural resources. We discovered that the biggest source is the human being. Shimon Peres, Mixiii Conference, May 2014 5
Why Israel? Water Challenge Israeli Solutions Drip Irrigation Systems (Netafim) Invented in Israel Nearly 90% of Israel s wastewater are reclaimed (!) for agriculture Nearly 40% of Israel s drinking water comes from desalination (it will reach 70%) Israel is one of the lowest cost producer of desalinated water 6
Why Israel? Centrino, Pentium 4 and Core 2 Duo Cellular Voice mail (Comverse) Disk on Key (M System) Instant Messenger (ICQ AOL) Firewall (Check Point) Zip compression technology Waze crowd sourcing GPS-based navigator app 7
Israel Healthcare Inventions Paralyzed Woman To Complete Marathon Using Robotic Skeleton ARGO Given Imaging Medinol Protalix Camera in a Size of a Pill Ischemic Heart Disease Stent Drug made of Carrot Cells 8
Why Israel? Some Americans have come to the Middle- East looking for oil. We came to the Middle-East looking for brains, and we stopped at Israel. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway 9
Why Israel? Multinationals R&D Centers in Israel very partial list 10
Why Israel? 70 Israeli Companies Traded on NASDAQ Israel is ranked 2nd in the number of foreign companies Traded on the American Technology Stock Exchange 11
Start-Up Nation 4,000 start-ups in TLV greater area Highest density of start-up ventures worldwide 2nd Best Innovation Ecosystem Worldwide 24 incubators Accelerators Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Telecom, Samsung, MassChallenge, etc. Start-up competitions Co-working places Start-up pavilions in every major conference and exhibition Meet-ups Entrepreneurial spirit Strong academia-industry linkage Gov. supports innovation IDF
Israel seeks Collaboration Israel s exports and imports are approximately 40% of GDP America is Israel's largest single export market Israel seeks all types of collaboration: product development, mass production, marketing and distribution 50 collaboration agreements worth $100M - supporting joint industrial R&D projects between Israeli and foreign companies o Including the U.S.: BIRD (national level), FL, SC, NY, MA, MI, WI, etc. and now OHIO 13
Dayton Region Companies Numerous Benefits Why Collaborate? Tapping into Israeli innovation and breakthrough technology can help you grow your business: Introduce new and improved products to market Reduce time to market Increase supply chain Increase productivity Reduce overall costs Increase exports and conquer new geographic markets 14
Dayton Region Companies How to Collaborate? Contact DRITA DRITA - The Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance Established in 2010 by the city of Dayton, Montgomery County, and the Dayton Development Coalition Mission: Identify opportunities and promote business relations between Israeli and Dayton Region technologybased companies. Goals: Foster the Dayton region economy Create Jobs in the region By leveraging the connection to Israel 15
US Trade Offices in Israel DRITA not alone. Numerous US delegations to Israel in 2014 Including: Trade missions led by the Governors of Massachusetts, Tennessee, Arizona, Georgia, Washington State US not alone- 350 delegates from CHINA at Mixiii Conference 16
Contact DRITA www.daytonregionisraeltrade.com Montgomery County: Dan Foley County Commissioner Joseph Tuss County Administrator Pamela Fannin - Economic Development Specialist City of Dayton: Shelley Dickstein Assistant Manager for Strategic Development Rebecca Jantonio - Senior Economic Development Specialist Dayton Development Coalition: Maurice McDonald, Dayton Development Coalition, EVP, Aerospace & Defense Rachel Graves, Dayton Development Coalition, Economic Development Manager Various: Larrell Walters IDCAST Director, UDRI Sensor Systems Division Rick Carne - Owner, Rick Carne Consulting, LLC In Israel: Hadas Bar-Or Dayton OHIO Region Trade Representative to Israel 17
Dayton Region Companies Hadas Bar-Or Bio: How to Collaborate? Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Trade & Investment Representative to Israel, Hired by Governor Deval Patrick Israeli Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor Director of International Collaboration, International branch of the Office of the Chief Scientist Central Bank of Israel Economist in charge of Price/Inflation section, Research Department Tel Aviv University Economics Lecturer and instructor (undergraduate, MBA and Executive MBA) Tel Aviv University Economics Excellence Program Simultaneous studies: M.A. in Research Economics; B.A. in Economics/Business Management oriented; B.Sc. in Life Sciences, all with highest Honors 18
Why a DRITA office in Israel? Promotes collaboration between Israeli and Dayton region companies in various industries Identify and work with companies that are of special interest to DRITA Strengthens the relationship: Government, public, and private entities Raises awareness of the unique opportunities in the Dayton Region Attracts Israeli companies to the Dayton region Assists Dayton region companies with their business endeavors in Israel 19
How DRITA Can Help You Identify an Israeli business partner, with follow up Technology partner Suitable local service provider to address your company's challenges Israeli supplier Potential clients Israeli distributor 20
How DRITA can be of help to you (cont.) Leverage the new OHIO-Israel agreement: The new agreement will financially support joint projects between OHIO and Israeli entities Matchmaking Define a suitable joint project Guide and accompany through the process (including forms and requirements on the Israeli side) Receive funding 21
How DRITA can be of help to you (con t.) Assist in your business trip to Israel Provide information on the industry in Israel in the field of interest Set up valuable meetings Identify a prominent industry event in your field to maximize your exposure Logistics Join an organized trade mission to Israel, comprising Dayton region companies, to participate in one of Israel s upcoming technology conferences & exhibitions And more 22
Thank you! Hadas Bar-Or, Israel, hadasnik@netvision.net.il Pamela Fannin, Montgomery County, fanninp@mcohio.org Rachel Graves, Dayton Development Coalition, rgraves@daytonregion.com Rebecca Jantonio, City of Dayton, Rebecca.Jantonio@daytonohio.gov www.daytonregionisraeltrade.com Quality in Everything We Do 23 23
Why Israel? (Cont.) Extra slide Highly-Innovative Country: Scientific institutions, ranked 1 st in the world for their quality Highest % of R&D expenditures as % of GDP 12 active technology transfer organizations (TTO) First TTO in the world established in Israel (60 s) long before US (80 s) and Japan (90 s) Yeda (Weizmann Institute) is # 3 most profitable TTO in the world Very high availability of scientists and engineers (8th worldwide) source: WEF (World Economic Forum) Global Competitiveness Yearbook 2013-2014 24