Cross-Continental Leadership Exchange

May 6|1:45pm – 7:45pm

Elevate Ventures and the Indianapolis JCRC joined for a leadership forum featuring the GalilWest Leadership Program delegation. This cohort of 25 people represented 20 municipalities in Northern Israel working together to drive growth and shared responsibility.

Agenda

  • 1:45PM – Arrival | Networking
  • 2:00PM – State of the State, Toph Day, Elevate Ventures
  • 2:15PM – Scaling Together: How Indiana Leads through Regionalism Panel
    • Mod: Toph Day
    • Matt Carter, VisitIndy
    • Tom Dakich, Transform Indiana
    • Vanessa Green-Sinders, Indiana Chamber
    • Teresa Lubbers, Sagamore Institute
  • 2:55PM – GalilWest Showcases (Israel Learnings)
    • Ori Rosin, Director of the Western Galilee Partnership2Gether – Technology
    • Eliran Ashkenazi, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member at Avery Dennison Israel – Industry and Economic Development
    • Guy Fomin, Chair of the Israeli Short Term Rental Association (ISTRA) and Co-Founder of Sea N’ Rent – Tourism
    • Naseem Assi, Director of the Arab Society Division at the Galilee Sphere, Russel Berrie Institute, Bar-Ilan University – Higher Education
  • 3:15PM – Networking

 

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