MarketReach America - Homeland Security 2005  | left to right:
Noah Lasson, Business Analyst - MIDC;
Eric Becker, Managing Principal - Sterling Partners and MIDC Board Member;
Oded Ephrat, CEO - Ofek Multivision |
The third round of MarketReach America was held earlier this month for five selected Israeli homeland security companies. During the week-long strategic planning conference, the Israeli entrepreneurs participated in workshops and off-site meetings focusing on the structure of the homeland security market, strategic planning, negotiation strategies, investment and other U.S. business development topics. More than 50 Maryland businessmen and women volunteered their time to consult with the entrepreneurs on American business practices and the homeland security industry, and provide access for the entrepreneurs to potential business partners. The participating companies now return to Israel for one-on-one professional consulting by the MIDCís Israeli representatives, The Trendlines Group, to develop a strategy for U.S. market entry. Implementing the strategy is the last phase of MarketReach America, through a business development trip back to the U.S. to meet potential customers, investors and strategic partners. The participating companies in MarketReach America - Homeland Security are: | Barritec Ltd. |  Non-permeable plastic films
Barritec develops plastic films with a non-permeable barrier including chemical warfare sheeting, inexpensive lightweight protective gear, films with an odor barrier, and antimicrobial products. Barritec provides low-cost, easy-to-use, homeland security solutions for first responders, emergency crews, and the consumer products market. | CEO: Sharon Voss
VP Business Development: Bob McClain |
| Bsecure Group | † Machine-readable counterfeit protection system
Bsecure markets the SecuSystem machine-readable counterfeit protection system, which is based on introducing a unique security feature, or ìsignature,î into a printed document. For document protection (currency, credit cards, checks, transit tickets, stocks, passports), ink containing the security feature can be printed directly onto the document. For merchandise protection (apparel and accessories, electronics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electronic parts, jewelry and cosmetics, sporting goods), the ink can be printed as part of a security label or packaging material. Bsecure also manufactures security tapes for authentication and for tamper-proofing evidence. | CEO: Gideon Fishman
CTO: Aryeh Levin |
| EMZ Micro Devices | Autonomous Microdevices
EMZ Micro Devices develops products based on its proprietary autonomous microdevices (AMDs) for the surveillance and detection markets. An AMD is a low-cost integrated unit that includes a sensor, processing and communications units, and a power source on one chip. EMZ uses its patent-pending reduced recognition architecture and algorithms to make its WiseEye AMDs an order of magnitude smaller and more cost-effective than competing technologies. | CEO: Zeev Smilanski
VP Business Development: Yossi Danciger |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica |  Natural language processing
Encyclopaedia Britannica, founded in 1768, is a privately held U.S. company. The company's Natural Language Technologies division is based on R&D by Britannica's wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Melingo. The technology offers the worldís most advanced solution for analyzing languages with morphological complexities, such as Arabic and Hebrew, for applications including information retrieval, text analysis, speech analysis, information extraction, and cross-language Internet searching. | CEO (Melingo): Yoni Neeman
Director Natural Language Technologies: David Litoff |
| Ofek MultiVision | Aerial photogrammetry
Ofek MultiVision represents the next generation in aerial photography. Ofek integrates vertical and oblique aerial photos into a single site file, enabling viewers to rapidly navigate and zoom in on any feature or location in the file. Accurate measurement of structures, facades, roads, and other elements in the file can be made directly on the oblique aerial photo while viewed on a standard PC or laptop. | CEO: Oded Ephrat
Director Ofek Aerial Photography: Yirmi Egert |
Other News MIDC Board Member Awarded National Medal of Science Dr. Solomon Snyder, an MIDC board member and director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Bush at a White House ceremony March 14th. He was among eight recipients selected by the National Science Foundation to receive the nationís highest science honor. Dr. Snyder has for decades pioneered discoveries about communication mechanisms within and between brain cells. His discovery of the brainís opiate receptor in the early l970s was recognized with a Lasker Award and is widely credited with launching a generation of research into neuropeptides, receptors and behavior. The MIDC congratulates Dr. Snyder on this monumental achievement and wishes him much continued success in the future. Hopkins Doctor Coordinates American-Israeli Cancer Conference Dr. Hyam I. Levitsky, professor of oncology, medicine and urology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is one of three co-directors of the first American-Israeli cancer conference -- Israel's largest scientific conference in at least four years ñ which will take place in Jerusalem in late March. About 200 cancer experts from institutions in Israel and the United States are expected to attend. According to Dr. Levitsky, the conference will focus on leveraging the history of productive collaborations that Israeli and American researchers have shared in the understanding and treatment of cancer. The goal of the conference is to ìspark ideas, collaborations, and interest among research fellows in visiting institutions abroad,î Levitsky said. Israeli Life Sciences Delegation Comes to Maryland On April 18, 2005, a delegation of Israeli Bio-Tech companies will make a stop in Maryland as part of its annual tour of the major hotbeds of the U.S. biotech industry. The one-day conference will feature speakers and panelists from the biotech and investment communities, and will showcase some of the hottest Israeli startups currently emerging from the Israeli market. The conference will take place at the Johns Hopkins University ñ Shady Grove Campus, in Rockville MD. To learn more about the participating companies and to register, please go to www.israelroadshow.com. Upcoming Events
Follow the links under each listing to find out more
or to register for an event. IN ISRAEL: April 4-7, 2005
Building 2005
http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/detail_
tradeevents.asp?EventID=11175 May 24-26, 2005
Biotech Israel 2005 - 4th National Biotechnology Week
http://www.kenes.com/biotech May 31-June 02, 2005
Computax 2005
http://www.stier.co.il/SG_ENG/computax/main_com.htm June 20-23, 2005
Technology ñ The 18th International Exhibition for Technology Developments
http://www.israel-trade-fairs.com/technology/ June 22-24, 2005
Security Israel
http://www.securityisrael.com/frames/visitor_info.html September 3-8, 2005
International Federation Information Processing - IFIP
IN THE MARYLAND REGION: April 5-7, 2005
FOSE ñ Federal Office Systems Expo Washington Convention Center
www.FOSE.com, attendance: 30,000 April 18, 2005 Israel Life Sciences Road Show April 18-20, 2005
BIO-WINDHOVER: Business of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies Conference
http://www.eventseye.com/fairs/trade_fair_event_3529.html April 26ñ28
U.S. Army ñ Force Protection Equipment Demonstration
Quantico, Virginia May 5ñ6
3rd Annual Homeland Security Contracting Forum: Solutions at Local, State and Federal Levels
Hyatt Regency
Crystal City, Virginia May 17-19, 2005
Technet International 2005 Washington Convention Center
www.afcea.org, attendance: 10,000 May 24ñ25
McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Summit and Exhibition
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center
Washington, D.C. June, 2005
Maryland Digital Government Summit
Annapolis, MD
http://www.govtech.net/events/ June 28ñ30
AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2005 Symposium & Exhibition
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland August 27-28, 2005
NBC4 Digital Edge Expo
Washington Convention Center
http://www.nbc4.com, attendance: 35,000 October 3-5
AUSAís Annual Meeting and Exposition
Washington Convention Center
Washington D.C. December 7
National Guard Association of the U.S. 9th Annual Industry Day
National Guard Memorial Building
Washington D.C.
† For more information on any of these events,
please contact the Maryland/Israel Development Center.
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