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Event Details:
February 7-9, 2005
Cox Central Park
6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
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About
| Host: |
Cox Communications
in partnership with American-Israel Chamber of Commerce |
| Purpose: |
Bring together emerging technology companies
from Israel and the Southeast with major US companies involved in
cable broadband to provide:
- Exposure to a wide range of unique, cutting-edge
broadband technologies from Israel and Southeast US in a very
concise and productive setting.
- Pre-arranged one-on-one meetings in order
to foster joint venture R&D, investment, marketing alliances,
and other forms of cooperation.
- A forum for leading technology, operational
and investment broadband executives to network.
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| US Companies: |
Cable companies (MSO's), equipment/
infrastructure vendors, systems integrators, content providers, and
VC's. In addition to Cox, the following are examples of companies
that are expected to participate: Comcast, Time-Warner, Rogers,
Scientific-Atlanta, Arris, Philips, Intel, C-Cor, Synacor, Cox Enterprises
New Media Group, Microsoft, Turner, Intel Capital, EGL Ventures, HIG
Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners, Seed Capital Partners, Battery, and
Kinetic Ventures.
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| Israeli/Southeast
US Companies: |
Emerging technology companies
in the areas of digital and IP video; multimedia technologies; operating
and provisioning systems; content management; voice over IP; wireless
voice, data and video; Internet security applications; and interactive
television applications. |
| Modus Operandi: |
This event differs from a typical industry
show or investor conference in that the participation is based on
a pre-event matching procedure.
- Major US broadband companies are asked
to identify technology areas of interest and to pre-select, from
a prospect list, the emerging technology companies that they would
like to meet with at the event.
- Emerging companies are requested to specify
which major US companies they would like to see, and are included
on the prospect list presented to the US companies.
- The top twenty emerging companies will
do short presentations at the event to be followed by pre-arranged
one-on-one meetings. At the event, opportunity is given to arrange
additional meetings.
- Optional on-site visits; special workshops
on Issues related to "Doing Business with Israelis"; keynote presentations;
receptions.
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| Background: |
Atlanta is a major center for Telecommunications
with noted leadership in Cable Broadband. Home to Cox Communications,
one of the nation's largest cable service providers, the community
has also spawned some of the major equipment and infrastructure
vendors to the industry including Scientific-Atlanta, Arris, and
more. Through the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications
Technologies and Georgia Tech's Broadband Institute, the industry
has access to state support and academic research resources for
major corporations and emerging companies.
Israel is one of the world's most
dynamic sources for high tech companies and with original and cutting
edge technologies, particularly In the field of communications.
The country has produced over 4,000 start-ups in the past few years,
and has a robust venture capital industry to support entrepreneurs.
Outside the US and Canada, Israel has more companies publicly traded
on the US exchanges than any other country. Virtually every major
US technology company has development operations in Israel or investments
in Israeli companies including IBM, Motorola, Cisco, Microsoft,
HP, and more. A joint US-Israel foundation, BIRD, supports
joint venture R&D projects between American and Israeli companies.
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