The NASSCOM Product Council, this year, has focused on understanding synergies between the Indian Jugaad and Israel Chutzpah. The report for this mapping can be viewed at http://www.nasscom.in/knowledge-center/publications/collaborative-innovation-vehicle-driving-indo-israel-prosperity.
To establish connects between the two ecosystems, NASSCOM is planning a delegation of Indian Product Companies to the DLD TelAviv Innovation Festival scheduled from September 3-7, 2017. You can view more details at https://dldtelaviv.com/index.html. DLD is Israel's largest annual hi-tech conference, where thousands of hi-tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors from Israel and abroad gather for this conference dealing with innovation, digital media, science and culture. The conference aims to lay the groundwork for future innovations and technological developments, offering professionals and senior executives in the global hi-tech industry a platform for exchanging ideas and networking. The delegation is planned as a curated group of Product Council leaders and select startups who will participate at the event and meet with the innovation ecosystem leaders in Israel.
The primary goals for this delegation would be to:
- Evangelize the Indian Ecosystem
- Present opportunities for product companies to meet Israel start-ups, Accelerators and select VCs
- Collaborate with the Israel Innovation Authority which is working on the Innovation Corridor & Highway, as highlighted by our PM
- Collaborate with Israel start-ups on
- Innovation
- Joint Product Development
- Knowledge transfer (Technology & Expertise)