Underway in Israel - Three Start-ups from the University of Potsdam at the TAU Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv

Group picture: Three start-up projects from the University of Potsdam participated in the TAU Innovation Conference: Synfioo, Diamond Inventics, and Adento. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

The University of Potsdam and Tel Aviv University have taken the first real step towards joint support of start-ups. Three start-up projects from the University of Potsdam participated in the TAU Innovation Conference: Synfioo, Diamond Inventics, and Adento. The three-day international event, with 6,000 participants, helped teams to make contact with potential pilot program customers, investors, and to begin the internationalization of their business ideas at an early stage.

June 9: Wrap-Up: Coffee at the German Embassy

At the beginning of this trip report, I wrote about Israel’s security needs. Unfortunately, something happened yesterday evening that proved how central

TAU Innovation Conference. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

June 8: Start-up Avenue and the Main Speakers Event: “Investing In Our Future”

“What is the main thing that entrepreneurs do?” This is the question posed by Sonny Vu, President & CTO for Connected Devices at Fossil Group at the Main

At the Carmel Markt in Tel Aviv. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

June 7: Workshop Day and Tech Talks on Rothschild Boulevard

In the morning we walk a few city blocks from our hotel to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel’s only securities exchange. The modern high-rise juts out

Warm-Up Party. Open Air at the beach. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

June 6: The TAU Innovation Conference Begins

Many of us received our first impression of Israel at the airport in Germany. If you fly with the Israeli airline el al – as did most of our eight-person