
University Entrepreneurial Seminars allow you to tour Israel’s leading companies and academic institutions and meet with the curious and empowered entrepreneurs and activists who are working tirelessly to achieve better conditions of existence for all. Experience Israel’s most iconic institutions with an eye toward 3000 years of innovation as well as Israel’s vision for the future. Discover how Israel’s pioneering spirit of inquiry, can-do attitude, and strong sense of purpose have produced unique breakthrough solutions to real world problems, despite formidable challenges. You will be led by a professional tour educator with years of experience in the Israeli startup world.
Highlights
- Visit the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator to meet the startups Microsoft is working with to help turn their visions into reality
- Exclusive panels with senior Venture Capitalists to get their insider investment perspectives
- Tour alternative energy facilities in the Negev and see how Israel has made the desert bloom
- Discuss what’s next for Israel with Saul Singer, co-author of Start-Up Nation
- Meet a lawmaker at the Knesset to learn how government policy impacts entrepreneurism
- Experience IDF army training designed to foster innovative thinking, team-building and leadership
- Visit the Dead Sea Work and learn about the environmental and political challenges surrounding one of Israel’s greatest natural resources
- Visit data security company, Imperva, to see first-hand how a global company is built
- Meet Israeli peers at the Weizmann Institute and the Technion, Israel’s premier academic research institutes
- Hands-on work with incubators
- Consulting opportunities with Israeli companies
The InnovatioNation Difference
- High level itineraries
- Luxury accommodations
- Professional logistical services
- Tour educator from your academic field
- Highest safety and security standards in accordance with university insurance providers