2020

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

• February 6, 2020 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm
• Featuring Jack Lavin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
• Hosted by Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (Tal Izraeli, AICC Director)

NATIONAL VIRTUAL LUNCH & LEARN: BE'ER-SHEVA: THE LATEST TECH HUB

The March 31 Lunch & Learn with Professor Dan Blumberg, VP and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development was held in the form of a National Virtual event due to the shelter in place order.

• More than 160 people logged on for Professor Blumberg's presentation. 
• If you want to watch it again, or if you missed it on March 31, you can click here to view the recording of the event.
• This event was made possible by the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

AICC RECOMMENDS: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19

• A webinar and Q&A with Leonardo Leiderman, Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University and Chief Economic Advisor at Bank Hapoalim.
• Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Central Time

AICC RECOMMENDS: MACROECONOMIC LANDSCAPE AND IMPACT ON U.S.-ISRAEL BUSINESSWITH THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL AND THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

• A webinar with Yifat Alon Perel, Head of Economic & Trade Mission, Embassy of Israel: and Curtis Dubay, Chief Economist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 8:00am - 8:45am Central Time

"A VIEW FROM THE NORTH" WITH WITH PROF. MOHAMMED WATTAD, DEAN OF LAW, ZEFAT ACADEMIC COLLEGE

• May 12, 2020 at 9:45am, US Central Time.
• Presented by AICC members Michael Traison and Avrum Lapin
• With the America - Israel Economic Forum

CYBER SECURITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - FROM ACUTE TO CHRONIC: THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE

• June 2, 2020 at 9:00am
• Webinar: Israeli innovations in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence designed to combat COVID-19 and to assist decision-makers to prepare exit strategies for life after the pandemic.
• Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest

HERE FOR GOOD: ISRAEL TECH AND SOCIAL IMPACT

• July 28, 2020 at 12:00pm
• Click here to watch!

SPOTLIGHT ON THE ISRAELI MARKET: UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MIDWEST

• September 30, 2020 at 10:00am Central Time

• Click here to watch!

MEET THE INVESTORS IN ANALYTICS, HEALTHCARE, SCIENCE, SPORTS, TECHNOLOGY

• AICC Business Leadership Awards
• Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 6:30pm to 7:30pm (US Central Time)
• Honoring Catherine Kleinmuntz PHD and Don Kleinmuntz PHD, Principals, Kleinmuntz Associates LLC; Keith Bank, Founder & Managing Partner, KB Partners

ISRAEL - CHICAGO PARTNERSHIP TRANSFORMING CHICAGO'S HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM

• Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 10:00am Central Time
• Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest
• With Kaleidoscope Health Ventures (Chicago), Sheba Medical Center (Israel), and FarPoint Development (Chicago)
• Click here to watch!

ISRAEL AND UAE LEAD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND BIOTECH'S FUTURE

• Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 10:00am (US Central Time)
• Featuring Aviv Ezra, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest; Eliav Benjamin, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ze'ev Lavie, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce; Yaky Yanay, CEO & President, Pluristem; and Dr. Yendry Ventura, General Manager, Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center.
• Moderated by Ariella Rada, Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest
• Click here to watch!

2019

ANNUAL BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP MEETING

OURCROWD INVESTOR LUNCH FEATURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMOTIVE, EDUCATION, AND CYBER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

• June 18, 2019 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm

• Featuring: Uri Lavi, CEO & Co-Founder of Ride Vision; Isaac Segal, Founder, President, & CEO of EduNav; Dr. Gal Tamir, Co-Founder & CEO of Pairser

• Hosted by Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

SMART DIGITAL CLOTHES: MEDICAL-GRADE WEARABLE DEVICES COMING TO CHICAGO

• September 4, 2019 at 5:30pm to 7:30pm
• Featuring Dr. Yoram Romem, Founder & Chairman of HealthWatch, a pioneer in harnessing textile technology for cardiocare
• Presented with the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, and America - Israel Economic Forum
• Hosted by McGuireWoods LLP

ISRAEL'S SECRET: THE LINK BETWEEN IDF'S 8200 UNIT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS

• Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Featuring Dean Sysman, CEO/Co-Founder, Axonius; and Yonatan Striem Amit, CTO, Co-Founder, Cybereason
• With CyberTech, the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, FinTank, and America - Israel Economic Forum
• Sponsored by: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Leonard Ferber, AICC member)

2019 BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD CELEBRATION: SPOTLIGHT ON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

• Monday, November 4, 2019 at 5:30PM to 8:30PM
• Business Leadership Award Honoree: Scott Goodman, Founding Principal, Farpoint Development
• With America - Israel Economic Forum
• Marshall's Landing

2018

ANNUAL BOARD & MEMBERSHIP MEETING

• Monday, February 26, 2018 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm

• Featuring Andrea Zopp, President & CEO of World Business Chicago

• Remarks from Eugene Kandel, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central

• Election of incoming Officers & Directors

• Hosted by McGuireWoods LLP, Scott Glickson, Partner

IMPROVING AGRICULTURE FROM BELOW

• Monday, March 19, 2018, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (CDT)

• Networking, Discussion, and Breakfast

• Featuring: Professor Shimon Rachmilevitch, Director of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands and Chair of the Israeli Society of Plant Science

• Presented in cooperation with American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Great Lakes Region; and the America - Israel Economic Forum

• Sponsored by Scharf Banks Marmor LLC

MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER, IL 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

• Hosted at a private home in Highland Park, IL

ISRAEL INNOVATION SHOWCASE SPRING EDITION - FINTECH

• Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 5:30pm – 8:30pm

• Gilles Gade, Founder, President and CEO, CrossRiver, A FinTech Bank "Banking as a Platform"

• Fred Hoch, Founder and General Partner, Technexus Venture Collaborative; Executive Chairman, Illinois Technology Association (ITA); Managing Member, Sea Lane Ventures

• Coinifice, Digital Currency and Asset Solutions, Yuri Zamostin, CEO

• FinScend, Dispute Technology for Banks, Aaron Lazor, CEO & Co-Founder and Moshe Teren, CTO & Co-Founder

• CyGov, Intelligent Cyber Security, Yair Solow, CEO & Co-Founder
  

• Moderated by Fred Tannenbaum, Partner, Gould & Ratner LLP

• Held at 1871

HOW THE CRISIS OF 2008 SHAPED ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN THE PAST DECADE

• Members Only

• Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Featuring Professor Assaf Patir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Presented in cooperation with American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the America - Israel Economic Forum

• Hosted by Bank Leumi USA, Marc Pershan & Dror Zetouni

U.S. - ISRAEL STARTUPS INVESTOR EVENTS

• July 24, 2018 at 7pm in Highland Park; July 25, 2017 at 12pm in Chicago

• Featuring OurCrowd, Data.World, enVerid, RealView Imaging

ISRAEL'S ORCAM AND THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL VISION

• Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm in Chicago

• Featuring: Aliza Olenick, Area Sales Manager, and Motti Attia, Regional Sales Manager who will demonstrae and discuss OrCam's MyEye2

• Hosted by AICC Member Leonard Ferber at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  

 BRINGING LIFE SCIENCE TO LIFE: THE JOURNEY FROM RESEARCH TO THE REAL WORLD

• Friday, November 9, 2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Featuring:

  • Benny Elbaz, Neuroscience Post-Doc at UChicago and regional head of ScienceAbroad 

  • Michael Flavin, Flavin Ventures

  • Israel Raz, Extera Partners

  • Dave Wollenberg, Expert at McKinsey New Ventures 

• Hosted by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (AICC Member Leonard Ferber)

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD CELEBRATION

• Thursday, November 28, 2018 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
• Honoring Edward Seidel, Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation, University of Illinois System Inaugural Interim Director, Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)
• Remarks: Honorable Aviv Ezra Consul General of Israel to the Midwest; Gail Reiss President and CEO of American Friends of Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv University is the first international institution to commit to participate in the DPI.
• Marshall's Landing

2017

IANGELS WEBINAR

• Location: Webinar

• 9:00 am U.S. Central

• Wednesday, February 1, 2017

• Introducing Arbe Robotics Co-Founder & CEO Kobi Marenko

ISRAEL AGTECH INNOVATION SHOWCASE

• Locations: Missouri & California

• March 6 - 9, 2017

DOING BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL

• Thursday, March 16, 2017, 6:00 pm

• Featuring The Honorable Guy Cohen, Consul for Economic Affairs; Head. Government of Israel Economic Mission to the Midwest, and Ms. Lee Afgin, Atomation

• Held at the Wichita Marriott

QUALIFIED INVESTOR MEETING - QUAD CITIES

• Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

• Featuring Scott Dubin, OurCrowd

THE FUTURE IS HERE: HOW ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WORLD

• Thursday, March 30, 2017, 5:00 pm -6:15 pm in Moline, IL

• At the campus of Western Illinois University – Quad Cities

ISRAEL INNOVATION SHOWCASE - SPRING EDITION

• Monday, May 22, 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm in Chicago, IL

• Keynote Speaker: Diana Mendley Rauner, First Lady Of The State Of Illinois

• Moderator: Alyssa Jaffee, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

• Featuring Israeli companies, founded by women, that you will want to know about: Tali Kogan, Tel Aviv Couture; Ilit Raz, Joonko; & Roni Tehori, Sentic Technologies

• Held at 1871

ISRAELI SOCIAL INNOVATION

• Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm in Chicago, IL

• Keynote Address: Avi Jorisch, expert and author on Israeli Innovation; founder of the Red Cell Intelligence Group

• Presented by the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest

STEAK & STARTUPS

• Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 5:00pm

• Featuring iAngels' Lee Moser, VP Investor Relations Director North America and Dana Segev, Investor Relations Director; Inception VR; and Headnote.

• At Sullivan's Steak House Chicago

LUNCH WITH CHRIS KENNEDY

• Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm

• Hosted at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SOCIAL SERVICES: GUARANTOR OF ISRAEL'S ECONOMY & SECURITY

• Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 12:00 pm

• Featuring Yael Eckstein, Senior Vice-President, International Fellowship of Christians & Jews

• Hosted by the International Fellowship of Christians & Jews

LUNCH WITH J.B. PRITZKER

• Monday, September 25, 2017 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm

• Sponsored by Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

ISRAEL INNOVATION SHOWCASE & AWARDS CELEBRATION

• Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 5:30pm to 8:30pm

• Honoring Jane B. Carlton & Dennis W. Carlton, Creators of the Carlton Fellowship at the University of Chicago

• Featuring Innovative Israeli Startups

• Held at 1871

U.S.-ISRAEL NEXTGEN FIRST RESPONDERS & HLS TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT - "EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US-ISRAEL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE INNOVATIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOMELAND SECURITY"

• November 15, 2017 at 9:00am - 12:00pm

• Keynote Presentation By Daniel Cotter, Director, First Responders Group, United States Department of Homeland Security

• Featuring Major General Tamir Yadai, Commander, Home Front Command, Israel Defense Forces; Major General Richard J. Hayes, Jr., The Adjutant General, Illinois National Guard; Mr. Paul Steinberg, Chief Technology Officer, Motorola Solutions

• Also Including Panel discussions examining law enforcement & first responders’ future technology needs, as well as how leading companies, venture capitalists and accelerator programs develop and market new technologies

• Showcase of exciting Israeli and American companies developing next generation solutions

• Hosted by the Jewish United Fund

CYBER WARFARE: FROM POLITICAL TERRORISM TO THE BUSINESS WORLD

• Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm

• Featuring Israel Defense Force (IDF) Brigadier-General Gal Hirsch

• Presented in cooperation with The Israel Leadership Institute, Club 1948, and Stand With Us

• Sponsored by Winston & Strawn, LLP