Tel Aviv: FRANKFURT MEETS TEL AVIV Business Reception
About this event
Germany is Europe’s economic engine and Frankfurt is one of Germany’s most dynamic and innovative regions. Known as Europe’s financial center, Frankfurt and the surrounding RheinMain region are also the birthplace of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and home to Germany’s largest and ever-growing cluster of cloud datacenters as well as a fast growing tech and startup community with a B2B focus.
Lord Mayor of Frankfurt Peter Feldmann and Chairman of Tel Aviv City Council Lior Shapira will discuss the economic ties between Frankfurt and Tel Aviv and celebrate 40 years of friendship as sister cities.
In addition, two of Frankfurt’s best-connected and most well-known representatives of the innovation and startup community will talk about how companies from Israel can successfully connect with German clients, investors and innovators.
Program:
6:00pm
Registration & networking reception with drinks and finger food
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Opening by Eric Menges (CEO, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH)
Welcoming address by Peter Feldmann (Lord Mayor, City of Frankfurt)
Greeting by Lior Shapira (Chairman of Tel Aviv-Yafo City Council)
Panel Discussion:
“Innovation, made in the heart of Germany“
How to successfully start a business in Frankfurt RheinMain
Ram Shoham (Founder, Accelerator Frankfurt and Vice President Partex Capital)
Christian W. Jakob (Initiator, Frankfurt Forward, the Start-Up Matchmaker)
Eric Menges (CEO, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH)
8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dinner and networking
9:00pm
Closing words by Eric Menges
