Thank you for being part of the IsraelDev community. Each month we bring you reviews of past and upcoming events, featured members, international development articles, opportunities to get involved and more. Feel free to contact us about anything you read below or to get involved! |
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Med4Dev Hackathon 22-24th July |
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Join us for the first ever binational India-Israel hackathon on affordable healthcare technologies for India. The event will bring together innovators, healthcare professionals, corporate partners and investors from July 22nd to 24th, 2016 in four locations - Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai - to develop healthcare solutions for low and lower-middle income Indians. |
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The hackathon will have two tracks: a sponsored track where Indian and Israeli teams will generate solutions to challenges provided by Indian healthcare providers, corporates and NGOs; an adaptation track where Israeli companies that already have an existing medtech product and wish to target the Indian market will work in collaboration with Indian teams to adapt their product. Click here to read more. |
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Special call for companies from the healthcare sector in Israel: Join us at the Israel-India Med4Dev Hackathon Adaptation Track information event which will take place at the Israel Export Institute from 9:30 to 11:30 – we will be there to answer all your questions regarding the hackathon and the Indian partners involved! Click here for further information. For registration to the June 6th event, please write to: med4dev2016@gmail.com |
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Innovating for the Indian Masses 7th June StarTau Tech-Talks |
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The Pears Program for Global Innovation invites you to learn how cutting edge technologies, coupled with innovative business models are revolutionising access to healthcare and financial services for the masses in India. |
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We will be hosting Jay Krishnan, founder and CEO of T-Hub - India’s largest tech incubator - and serial entrepreneur with successful exits in India and the US, and Josh Bornstein, head of Montane Ventures, a Mumbai-based early-stage fund looking at Israeli start-ups interested in the Indian market. Please RSVP here. |
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Israel, Sustainable Agriculture and Developing World |
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You are invited to the 3rd annual workshop: Israel, Sustainable Agriculture and the Developing World: Fulfilling the Technological Potential taking place July 13, 2016. The topics covered include: Water and Irrigation | Seeds | Fertilizers and Soils | Health and Nutrition | Extension and IT | Energy |
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The workshop brings together academic researchers, private companies, government and NGOs. If you wish to present your work and to develop collaborations for piloting, measuring and deepening the commercial, social and environmental impacts in the field, please register here: tinyurl.com/gtmzd9o To attend, please RSVP here: tinyurl.com/za5khja |
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Join us for Sustainable Food Systems: Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition conference on June 20-21, in collaboration with the Forum for Sustainable Nutrition and NYU, with a final joint session as part of the ISEES conference. Registration is free but we are near full capacity. More details available here. |
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INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES |
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Apply for the Director position of the Durban Center of Project TEN. Project TEN of the Jewish Agency is an International Development program operating volunteer centers in developing countries and Israel. Young Jews from all over the world arrive at volunteer centers for a period of 3 months, for a program that combines volunteering with the local population and a study process in areas of international development, social involvement, identity and Jewish activism. For more information, please contact Hadar Orad at: hadareem@gmail.com. |
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Are you a dynamic leader who seeks to make a large-scale social impact in low-income and marginalized communities? Then apply for a job with IDinsight, a social impact organization whose vision is to improve millions of lives by transforming how the social sector innovates, learns, and improves. |
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Are you a Startup accelerator outside of Israel? Apply for the MASHAV “Startup accelerators for emerging markets” program, an international course which aims to provide participants with skills and knowledge on how to start and manage a business accelerator program. It runs from august 22nd to September 1st. Deadline: 20th June, 2016. For more information check here. |
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Applications are still open for Israelis interested in taking individual courses as part of the Food Safety & Security Summer Institute. Registration closes June 10, 2016. Check here for more details. |
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ISRAELI INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT NEWS |
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Bayer and Trendlines have established a 5 year partnership in agricultural technology – Bayer-Trendlines Ag innovation fund -- innovation fund involving 10m USD investment from Bayer and expertise from Trendlines. Read more. |
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Yourstory.com is India's no.1 media platform for entrepreneurs, dedicated to passionately championing and promoting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. It is India's biggest and definitive platform for startups and entrepreneurs related stories, news, resources, and research reports. We are happy to have Yourstory as our partner in the Med4Dev Hackathon. |
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PEARS PROGRAM IN THE NEWS |
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The Pears Program for Global Innovation connects Israeli innovation to challenges in the developing world. Read this great new interview with Dr. Aliza Inbal, Director of the Pears Program for Global Innovation, to find out how its done. For full article in the CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS |
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Three ‘Golden Rules’ of Investing in Health-Focused BoP Models |
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The role of private sector in financing the Sustainable Development Goals in health has become critical. With an estimated $140 million needed per year to finance healthcare, it is time the world’s 4.5 billion poor are treated as consumers rather than aid recipients. | | |
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ICT4D Jobs: Building a career in digital development |
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Building a career in the ICT4D (information and communications technology for development) is more attractive today with a wide range of opportunities as technology becomes increasingly required for development jobs. In this article -- which features a webinar by Wayan Vota, a senior mobile advisor at FHI 360’s TechLab -- you will get some insight into the roles and demands of a career in the ICT4D . | | |
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