2008 Institute Schedule
Come to the Cutting Edge: Open Events in the Summer of 2008
(with full schedule for Fellows below):
Monday, June 23, 20:00-21:30 - Jacob Ner-David (Managing Partner of Jerusalem Capital) on Israel's Pioneering Spirit
Wednesday, June 25, 20:00 - 21:30 - How Can we build Strong Communities? With Dr. Elan Ezrachi (Yad Ben-Tzvi), Eli Kazdhan (CityBook, StartUp Jerusalem) and Tanya Zion (Israeli Movement)
Thursday, June 26th, 20:00 - 21:30 - Rock the Network: Networking with PresenTense Fellows and Members, and Bible Raps with Founding Fellows Matt Bar and Ori Salzberg
Sunday, June 29, 20:00 - 21:30 - Deborah Harris (Founder, Deborah Harris Agency) on Israel of Letters: Creative Community Building
Thursday, July 3, 20:00 - 21:30 - What are the Jewish and Zionist Obligations of the Modern Economy? With Ivri Verbin (CEO, GoodVision), Ruthie Amaru (Architecture & Strategy, IBM Software Group) and Yossi Tsruia (EVP/CTO, NDS) -- followed by Thursday Night Tisch
Sunday, July 6, 20:00-21:30 - David Moss (World Acclaimed Artist) on Jewish Art and ritual
Wednesday, July 9, 29:00 - 21:30 - Dinner with Yossi Klein Halevi (Author and Journalist)
Thursday, July 10, 20:00-21:30 - What are the Horizons of Social Action in Israel? With Asaf Baner (Bma’agale Tzedek), Ronit Heyd (Shatil), and Uri Ginnot (Israel 2020) -- followed by Thursday Night Tisch
Sunday, July 13, 20:00-21:30 Rescheduled for Thursday, July 10, at 9:00am - Sandy Cardin (President, Schusterman Foundation) on the Future of Global Jewish Community and Philanthropy
Sunday, July 13, 19:00-21:00 - An evening on social entrepreneurship and innovative projects in Israel's Ethiopian community.
Wednesday, July 16, 20:00-21:30 - Erel Margalit (Founder and Managing Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners)on The Creative Community
Thursday, July 17, 20:00-21:30 - What is Jewish about Art? With Michal Govrin (Author and Playwright) and Linda Zisquit (Director of Artspace, and of the Poetry program of Bar Ilan University) -- followed by Thursday Night Tisch
Sunday, July 20, 18:00-19:30 - Rabbi Naama Kelman on the Contemporary Relevance of 17 B'Tammuz
Thursday, July 24, 18:30-20:00 - How will CleanTech Change the World? With Isaac Berzin (Greenfuel), Rachel Bin-Nun (CEO, Organitech), Mike Granoff (Project Better Place), Sarah Kass (AviChai) -- followed by Thursday Night Tisch
Sunday, July 27, 20:00-21:30 - Isaac Devash (Biondvax) on Prophecy and Pioneering
Thursday, July 31, 18:00-21:30 - Window into the Future: Festival of PresenTense-launched Ventures and Pitch Day at Yad Ben Zvi (BY INVITATION ONLY)
Full Schedule for Fellows
(More speakes and teachers are coming - although our schedule is pretty amazing already! See the speakers page for bios as they come in).
Community
Week One, June 22 - June 27
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
ORIENTATION |
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9:00-17:00 |
ORIENTATION |
Jerusalem Tiyul |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Bugtracking |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Fellows arrive |
ORIENTATION |
Visioning (Ariel Beery) |
Taking Advantage of the 6 Weeks: Time Management |
Project Management (Ariel Beery) |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
Fellows arrive |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Jacob Ner-David BBQ with fellows and members |
Dinner - Fellows, SC, coaches and mentors |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Building Strong Communities: -Dr. Elan Ezrachi (Yad Ben-Tzvi) -Eli Kazdhan (CityBook, StartUp Jerusalem) -Tanya Zion (Israeli Movement) |
Rock the Network: Bible Rapping and Getting to Know the Fellows (Open to the public) | Shabbaton: Dinner at Institute, Lunch hike and Seuda Shlishit with Jonathan Medved |
Community + Schedule
Week Two, June 29 - July 4
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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29 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
Creative Zionist Sources (Aharon Horwitz) |
Pardes class: Judaism and innovation with Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy |
Tech/Internet Fundamentals (Eliezer Israel) |
Leadership and Management (Tahlia Berger) |
Start-Up Pattern Recognition (Ariel Beery) |
Bugtracking |
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9:00-17:00 |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Professional Development Seminar |
Professional Development Seminar |
Professional Development Seminar |
Professional Development Seminar |
Master Innovator: Hillel Milo |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Honing in on Mission (Dyonna Ginsburg) |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Budget and other wonders (Yair Hakak) |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Building Business Models (Moshe Chess) |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Building Community around Creativity with Deborah Harris |
Fellow Group Dinner and check in |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Jewish Obligations in the Modern Economy: -Ivri Verbin (CEO, GoodVision) - Ruthie Amaru (Architecture & Strategy, IBM Software Group) -Yossi Tsruia (EVP/CTO, NDS) |
Creativity
Week Three, July 6 - July 11
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
Creative Zionist Sources (Aharon Horwitz) |
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Tech/Internet Fundamentals (Eliezer Israel) |
Leadership and Management (Tahlia Berger) |
Start-Up Pattern Recognition (Ariel Beery) |
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9:00-17:00 |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
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Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
9am - Sandy Cardin (President, Schusterman Foundation) on the Future of Global Jewish Community and Philanthropy Open-Space/Guided Work |
Bugtracking |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Business Plan Writing (Yoni Gordis) |
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Open-Space/Guided Work |
Development (Eli Shaharabany |
Environmental Scanning for Strategic Planning (Ariel Beery) |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Jewish Art with David Moss |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
OPEN TO MEMBERS (limited spots, please book in advance) Dinner with Yossi Klein Halevi |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Social Activists Panel: -Asaf Baner (Bma’agale Tzedek) -Ronit Heyd (Shatil) |
Creativity + Pioneering
Week Four, July 13 - July 18
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
Creative Zionist Sources (Aharon Horwitz) |
Pardes Class: Judaism and Business Ethics |
Tech/Internet Fundamentals (Eliezer Israel) |
Leadership and Management (Tahlia Berger) |
Ariel Start-up case studies |
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9:00-17:00 |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Bugtracking |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Website presence (Meyer Reich) |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Dinner with Josh Fass |
Public Relations (Lisa Barkan) |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
An evening on social entrepreneurship and innovative projects in Israel's Ethiopian community | Do you have what it takes? Assessing your integrated plan (Sarah Kass) | Jerusalem Wine Festival |
OPEN TO MEMBERS The Creative Community: Erel Margalit (JVP) |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Jewish Arts -Michal Govrin |
Pioneering
Week Five, July 20 - July 25
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
FAST OF TAMMUZ |
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Tech/Internet Fundamentals (Eliezer Israel) |
Leadership and Management (Tahlia Berger) |
Ariel Start-up case studies |
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9:00-17:00 |
FAST OF TAMMUZ |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Rabbi Naama Kelman on the Three Weeks and the 17 b'Tammuz |
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Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Transformative Technologies: - Mike Granoff (Project Better Place) - Isaac Berzin (GreenFuel) -Rachel Bin-Nun (Organitech) - Sarah Kass (AviChai) |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
Breakfast at the Institute |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Open-Space/Guided Work |
Pioneering + Creative Zionism
Week Six, July 27 - August 1
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Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
1 |
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Enrichment 8-9 |
Creative Zionist Sources (Aharon Horwitz) |
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9:00-17:00 |
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Skills 18:00-19:30 |
Public Speaking and Presentations |
Motivation - Avraham Infeld |
PITCHING AND BOOTCAMP |
PITCHING AND BOOTCAMP |
End Event at Yad Ben Zvi - Invitation Only |
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Speaker 20:00-21:30 |
OPEN TO MEMBERS Prophecy and Pioneering with Isaac Devash |
Fellow Group Dinner and check in (Tahl) |
PITCHING AND BOOTCAMP |
PITCHING AND BOOTCAMP |
End Event at Yad Ben Zvi - invitation Only |
