
Building Blocks of Innovation
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Room A3
13:30 - 15:00
Hebrew
Israel’s national digital and physical infrastructures developed through the “Digital Health as a Growth Engine” strategy create a powerful foundation for next-generation health innovation. This session highlights the systems, data networks, and shared platforms now enabling collaboration across startups, health organizations, industry, and government. Through case studies and strategic insights, participants will explore how to leverage these infrastructures to accelerate adoption, unlock new partnerships, and drive scalable impact across the ecosystem.
Led by: Hadas Klein, Health Cluster Manager, The National Program For Economic Growth | Yael Hay-Knobel, Senior Director, Head of Investment Department in R&D Infrastructures and Labs, Israel Innovation Authority
Opening Remarks: Laying the Groundwork: Building on Today’s Foundations for the Next Era of Health Innovation

Yael Hay-Knobel
Head of Investment Department in R&D Infrastructures and Labs
Israel Innovation Authority

Hadas Klein
Health Cluster Manager
The National Program for Economic Growth
TED Talks: Infrastructure Meets Industry: Real-World Collabs That Actually Shipped
Collaborating on Next-Generation Urine Diagnostics

Yael Schneidman
Co-Founder & CEO
Accurine

Izhar Laufer
Director of Innovation
Leumit Start
Shaare Zedek & Imagene: From Real-World Data to Clinical Decisions -
A Data Driven Collaboration for Personalized Cancer Care

Mimi Rein
Head of Data Center
Shaare Zedek Scientific

Daniel Shiri
Head of Data Partnerships
Imagene
TiterUp Drives Breakthrough High-Throughput Protein Production, Supported by Oligo Biotech – DNA/RNA synthesis infrastructure

Lior Zelcbuch
CTO
TiterUp

Morely Eisenberg
Head of Growth
Oligo Biotech
TED Talks: Next-Generation Health Infrastructure
The CAIA Playbook: Leveraging Federated Data to Drive Transformative Partnerships

Ittai Dayan
CEO
Rhino

Tomer Ofir
Public Sector Israel Healthcare Lead
AWS

Tahel Ilan Ber
Healthcare Account Manager
AWS
Israel Research Core Facilities (IRCF): The gateway to Israel’s Research Supporting Infrastructures

Dr. Tsiona Elkayam Cohen
IRCF Manager
IRCF
Engineering the future of drug discovery: How 3D bioprinted disease models are transforming the path from lab to regulatory approval

Ziv Heller
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
Alvox Bio, Multidimensional Biological Solutions
Choose Your Roundtable:
This roundtable will explore how to move life-science innovations from research to market by strengthening Israel’s development and manufacturing capabilities—reviewing what infrastructure exists today, what’s missing, and which strategic steps are needed to close the gaps

Amir Reichman
CEO
Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd.

Carmel Feldman
Deputy Director
Manufecture Association of Israel

Michael Spivak
Deputy Director
Manufecture Association of Israel
This roundtable will examine how to connect healthcare data with the broader healthcare ecosystem and turn it into real impact. The discussion will identify the data domains where Israel could become a global leader, surface the key barriers that prevent industry from effectively using data held within healthcare organizations, and outline practical actions to overcome those barriers.

Sharon Paz
Organization: Business Development,
Cancer Research CenterSheba Medical Center
This roundtable will explore how to move life-science innovations from research to market by strengthening Israel’s development and manufacturing capabilities—reviewing what infrastructure exists today, what’s missing, and which strategic steps are needed to close the gaps

Igal Gurevich
Head of strategic partnerships
and corporate affairsTeva

Hila Ziv
COO
SLE