09:15
Session 1 – The Origins
09:15
Greetings: Costas Stasopoulos – Director, IEEE Region 8
09:25
Moderator : Arie Braunstein (Tel-Aviv University) – IEEE Israel Past Chair
09:35
Jacob Baal-Schem (Tel-Aviv University): Enablers of Israel Technology
09:55
Raya Leviathan, "The WEIZAC: First Israeli Computer"
10:15
Joseph Shapira (Comm&Sens): The Development of EMC Systems
10:40
Elisha Yanay (Association of Electronics & Software Industries & Ex EVP Motorola Inc.): Motorola Israel: An industrial pioneer
11:00
Coffee Break
11:15
Session 2 – Achievements
11:15
Moderator: Ezra Zeheb (Technion & HIT) – IEEE Israel Past Chair
11:25
Yael Nemirovsky (Technion, Haifa): First steps in Microelectronics
11:50
Simon Litsyn (Tel-Aviv University): Flash Technology-Extreme Science
12:15
Yossi Shaham (Tel-Aviv University): Nanotechnology in Israel – an overview
12:40
Daniel Rosenne (Tadiran Telecom) Israel's Defense Telecommunications Network: Insight into a late-70s/early 80s major project
13:05
Lunch Break
14:30
Session 3 – Homage to Founders of Israeli High-Tech
16:30
Recipients presentations: "My way to High-Tech"
18:30
Cocktail offered by IEEE Israel Section
