Israel and the Silicon Valley; Building Entrepreneurial Bridges February 23, 2006

Join us on Thursday, February 23, 2006 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Ron Barrett Ballroom of the Student Union at San José State University, One Washington Square, San José, California (on campus near 10th and San Fernando) to hear from successful entrepreneurs who created global companies and broke cultural and financial barriers. Admission is free.

Learn about:

• How Israel became one of the top three entrepreneurial countries in the world


• About disk-on-key technology ? first developed in Israel


• Who?s developing the next generation of HDTV and DVD chips

Featured panelists include Dan Harkabi, Vice President of Secure Content Solutions, SanDisk Corporation; Ram Ofir, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Zoran?s DTV Division; and David Welsh, Partner, Partech International. Moderator will be Burton Dean, Professor SJSU College of Business. For more information, please contact the following:

• Hillel of Silicon Valley - Sue Maltiel, Executive Director at (408) 286-6669 or via email at director@hillelsv.org


• Consulate General of Israel, San Francisco - Michal Michlin Friedlander, Director of Academic Affairs at (415) 844-7505 or via email at academy@sanfrancisco.mfa.gov.il

For more information, please visit www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/hightech/sjsu/

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