Technion Launch Event

On 25 November 2008 we officially launched the Technion Society of the Netherlands in the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam 

Among the participants in the launching event was H.E. the Ambassador of Israel Mr. Harry Kney-Tal, President of the Technion Professor Yitzak Apeloig, Rector Magnificus of TU Delft Professor Jacob Fokkema, Rector Magnificus of Erasmus University Professor Steven Lamberts and Professor Huibert Pols, Dean of the Erasmus MC. The event, which was moderated by the Dutch TV personality Jan Douwe Kroeske, started with an opening by Prof. Huibert Pols. Followed by an introduction to the innovation policy of the Technion by Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig.

The day continued with a series of presentations from high-tech Israeli companies originating from Technion technologies and a presentation on Dutch-Israeli cooperation, which lead to a round table discussion with the topic of "Dutch-Israeli cooperation: Making it Happen". Round table debate with Prof. Jacob Fokkema (Rector Magnificus TU Delft), Dan Gelvan (Closed Loop Therapy), Uri Attir (Argo Medical Technologies), Matthias Stief (Given Imaging), Prof. Raphael Rom (VP Technion) and Rob IJff (Philips Applied Technologies). The intermezzo included a breathtaking performance by Liza Ferschtman on Violin accompanied by Inon Barnatan on Piano.

The Technion Society of the Netherlands was officially launched at 17:30 by H.E. the Ambassador of Israel Mr. Harry Kney-Tal. Followed by speeches from the Rector Magnificus of the Erasmus University, Prof Lambert and the President of the Technion.

   

Keynote speaker Prof. Moussa Youdim from the Technion continued by sharing the fascinating story about his breakthrough invention; a drug that not only protects the patient for the desease, but is even able to regenerate the development of Alzheimer and Parkinson disease.

The evening was concluded by the chairman of the new foundation, Kobi Kurtz. He took the opportunity to call for future collaboration between the Technion and universities and companies in the Netherlands and to invite the guests to become friends of the Technion.

The evening concluded with a launch party celebrating the launch of the new foundation.