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Israel – High Tech and Start-Up Country

Dušan Lesjakdusan.lesjak@mfdps.si

Celje, 16.2.2017

Israel© D. Lesjak2

Some basic facts about Israel and Slovenia© D. Lesjak3CapitalJerusalem (intl. unrecognized)Ljubljana

Official languageHebrew, Arabic

Slovenian

(

Italian, Hungarian

)

Ethnic groups

Jewish

75%

Arab

21%

,

O

ther

4%

S

lovenians

83%

Serbs

2%

, Croats

2%

, Bosniaks

1%

U

nspecified

12%

Religion

Jewish 75%

Muslim 18%

Christian 2%

Druze 1.6%

Roman Catholic 58%

Undeclared 16%

Non-religious 10%

Unknown 7%

Believer (no religion) 3.5%

Muslim 2.4%

Eastern Orthodox 2.3%

Lutheran 1%

Government

Unitary parliamentary republic

Unitary parliamentary

constitutional

republic

Independence

14

May

1948

25 June

1991

Area

20,770-22,072 km2

Water:

440 km2; 2.12%

20,273 km2

W

ater

: 0

.

7% 

Population (2016 estimate)

8

.

6

mio

; Density: 391/km2

2

.

1

; Density: 102/km2

HDI - Human development index (2015)

0.894; Rank: 18

0

.880

; Rank: 25

Israel and Slovenia Economic Outlook4http://www.focus-economics.com/countries/israelhttp://www.focus-economics.com/countries/slovenia

Nobel prize© D. Lesjak5YearWinnerFieldContribution1966

Shmuel Yosef AgnonLiterature

„profoundly

characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"

1978

Menachem Begin

Peace

"for signing a peace treaty with 

Egypt

"

1994

Yitzhak

Rabin

and

Shimon

Peres

Peace

"for the peace talks that produced the Oslo Accords"

2002

Daniel Kahneman

Economics

"for prospect theory"

2004

Aaron

Ciechanover

and

Avram

Hershko

Chemistry

"for discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"

2005

Robert Aumann

Economics

"his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis"

2009

Ada Yonath

Chemistry

"her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome in cells"

2011

Dan Shechtman

Chemistry

"for his studies on atoms in rigid crystals"

2013

Arieh Warshel

 and 

Michael Levitt

Chemistry

"for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"

SpaceThe Israel Space Agency is one of only 7 countries that both build their own satellites and launch their own launchers – named Shavit.There are 9 Israeli satellites in the space.2 more nano-satellites were launched in February 2017. One of them is a medical research laboratory.© D. Lesjak6

Water86% of the water in Israel is reused (Spain 19%).75% of the country’s sewage is recycled (the highest percentage in the world). More than 50% of water used in agriculture comes from treated sewage.More water than needed because of the desalination. Israel needs 1.9 billion m3 of fresh water and gets 1.5 billion m3 from natural resources.© D. Lesjak7

Sorek Desalination Plant. 

Credit: Photo courtesy of IDE Technologies.

AgricultureWatermelon and Melon in the desert:Growing them in the air (no soil)All year aroundSweeterVolcani agricultural research center https://www.facebook.com/volcanicenteren/ © D. Lesjak8Aquaculture in Kibbutz Ketura

in the Negev DesertIn

Valentine’s Day in

2014,60

million

Israeli

flowers were sent to Europe

for sale

.

An Israeli woman picking buttercup flowers in a field near Kibbutz

Nir

Yitzhak

A few achievementsThe cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel. 1.000 employees (mostly researchers) Microsoft is building a new research center (investing $1B in Herzelia, near Tel Aviv) (Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel).“Intel” development center. IBM development center for welfare of society (located at University of Haifa).....Outside the United States, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies - 81 in May 2016. © D. Lesjak9

Education24% of Israel's workforce holds university degrees, ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland.12% hold advanced degrees. Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world with 140 (85 in the US and 83 in Japan) scientists and technicians per 10,000 employees.© D. Lesjak10

MedicineIsraeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer. Missile engineer from the security industry transform the technology into Medical equipment. The electro-optic devices which guide missiles were put in a pill to create the “PillCams“Israel’s medical centers hold developed “Medical tourism” programs.© D. Lesjak11

Kobi Ricthera leading combat pilot Ph.D. in biology and biochemistry, a postdoctoral research at MIT in AIfounder of Orbot – automated optical inspection (AOI) system. In 1989 Orbot controled 60% of the worldwide market, after they merged with the Oprotech even 80%.founder of Medinol in 1992 and at the end of the millenuim they controled 35% of the international coronary stent market.© D. Lesjak12

Nuclear weaponIn 1956 only the US, the USSR and the UK possessed nuclear weaponIn 1956 Israel had only 1.8 mio people.The full scale production of nuclear warheads is believed to have commenced by 1966, with the Israel Defense Forces believed to be in possession of up to 13 operational nuclear warheads by 1967.© D. Lesjak13The Dimona nuclear plant now features a synagogue.

Photo credit: Dudu Greenshpan

Iron DomeDevelopment of a successful computerized anti-missile rocketsMany countries are interested in purchasing the technology© D. Lesjak14

Science and technologyOne of the country's most developed sectors.Israel ranks 5. among the most innovative countries in the Bloomberg Innovation Index It has one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.© D. Lesjak15

The Coolest Tech Startups21. Zebra (2014)20. ParaZero (2012)19. MyHeritage18. Brayola17. Cortica (2007)16. Winwards15. Argus Cyber Security (2013)14. Arbe Robotics13. Nexar (2013)12. Vroom11. SalesPredict (2012)© D. Lesjak16http://www.businessinsider.com/the-coolest-tech-startups-in-israel-2016-11/#21-zebra-1

10. Wix (2000

)

9. Via (2012)

8. Mobileye (1999)

7. Airobotics

6. Viber

5. Storedot

4. Flytrex

3. Sirin Mobile technology

2. Waze (2007)

1. Gett

© D. Lesjak17http://www.gospodarski-izzivi.com/prodajna-uspesnica-narod-startupov/