 Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele Leads MIDC Trade Mission to Israel; Announces Maryland/Israel Incubator Partnership
During his trade mission to Israel from November 5 to 11, 2005, Maryland Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele announced the formation of the Maryland/Israel Incubator Partnership, a unique program between Maryland and Israeli incubators to welcome each otherís companies and provide up to six months free office space. The Emerging Technology Center in Baltimore and the Misgav Technology Center in the Galilee are the first incubators to participate in the program. Four other Maryland and Israeli incubators will be joining the program. Global Medical Networks of Israel is the first company participating in the program. Developers of medical information systems, Global Medical Networks is opening their U.S. office at the Emerging Technology Center. The purpose of Lt. Governor Steeleís trip was to expand Marylandís economic ties with Israel and build on the programs Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., initiated during his trade mission to Israel in 2003. Participants in the trip included MIDC Chairman Hanan Sibel and Executive Director Barry Bogage; Henry Yaffe, CEO, New Ridge Technologies; Janis Peters, Senior Business Development Manager, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development; Paul Ellington, Chief of Staff, Office of the Lt. Governor; and Ed Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr. † Lt. Governor Steele met with Israelís top homeland security officials including Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra and National Security Advisor Giora Eiland, to follow up on the Maryland/Israel partnership on homeland security that Gov. Robert Ehrlich initiated two years ago. The partnership is pursuing two tracks: professional exchanges between Maryland and Israelís homeland security officials and economic development opportunities between companies. The professional exchanges have included Maryland hosting an international US-Israel Critical Infrastructure Security Conference and a delegation visit of Marylandís senior security officials to Israel. The economic development track has led to two Israeli homeland security companies opening offices in Maryland. Lt. Governor Steele also spoke at the Gateway Exhibition of the Prime Ministerís Conference on Exports and International Cooperation and met with several Israeli technology businesses, five of which are opening offices in Maryland: Global Medical Networks, Baltimore, www.globalmedicalnetworks.net
 Global Medical Networks has developed a technology to build patient-centric eHealth Networks (LifeOnKeyÆ) to automatically integrate patient medical data from different sources and display it on a secure information network accessible to patients and medical professionals. Disksites, Gaithersburg, www.disksites.com
 DiskSites, founded in 1999, has developed technology which allows an enterprise to maintain all corporate data in a single storage unit at the data center, rather then dispersed throughout branch offices. This saves money and increases productivity by allowing companies to consolidate servers, centralize data backup and storage, and enhance disaster recovery and business continuity. Storewiz, Gaithersburg, www.storewiz.com
 Storewiz was founded by a team of seasoned experts with many years experience in Israelís dynamic high tech sector, including CheckPoint Technologies, ECI Telecom, Amdocs, and Comverse Systems. †The companyís flagship product is an appliance installed between an organizationís servers and its IP network that typically provides 100 to 200 percent savings in file capacity with related savings in capital, operations, maintenance, space and management resources. Camero Inc., Gaithersburg, www.camero-tech.com
 Camero Inc, established in 2004, is developing ìThrough-Wall Imagingî technology that utilizes the companyís proprietary antenna, signal and image processing technologies to generate a 3D image of objects concealed by solid barriers such as walls whether made of cement, plaster, brick, reinforced concrete or wood.† The system is initially targeted for fire and rescue operations, law enforcement and Special Forces.† Initial applications include rapid location of people and situations behind walls to protect the lives of homeland security personnel entering unknown and potentially hostile situations. CONTROP Precision Technologies, Columbia, www.controp.co.il
 Founded in 1988, CONTROP designs and manufactures high performance stabilized observation payloads used for day and night surveillance on unmanned air vehicles, helicopters, light aircraft, ground vehicles and boats. The company also makes intruder detection systems, thermal imaging and other specialized cameras and antenna pedestals.
Check Point Software Acquires Maryland-Based Sourcefire for $225 Million  Internet security market leader Check Point (Nasdaq: CHKP) announced that it is acquiring Columbia-based Sourcefire Network Security for $225 million.
Check Point, headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, said that Sourcefire would strengthen its portfolio of Internet and network security products, allowing it to compete in the fast-growing Intrusion Prevention and Network Awareness Internet security sectors. Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele met with Check Point officials during his trade mission to Israel to discuss the future of the Columbia operation and its 140 jobs. Company CFO Eyal Desheh said Check Point is impressed with the technical talent at Sourcefire and looks forward to growing the facility as its new products succeed in the market. The deal has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and the stockholders of Sourcefire, and is expected to close by the first quarter of 2006, subject to regulatory approvals. Maryland and Israel Extend Marine Biotechnology R&D Partnership Lt. Governor Michael S. Steele announced that Maryland and Israel will extend the Maryland/Israel Marine Biotechnology Research Partnership original established in November 2003 during Governor Robert Ehrlich's visit to Israel. The collaborative R&D program is a partnership between the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB) and several Israeli research institutions including Tel Aviv University and the Israeli Oceanographic and Limnological Institute. The announcement was made as part of the Lt. Governorís five-day trade mission to Israel. The joint research program focuses on the development of new environmentally sustainable and economically feasible aquaculture technologies and explores new avenues for the production of marine natural compounds with pharmaceutical potential The project was initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and the Maryland/Israel Development Center on behalf of the State of Maryland. Both governments initially provided $250,000 annually for three years to fund the research. The Lt. Governorís announcement extends the yearly funding for an additional three years. IBM To Construct R&D Center in Ashkelon  IBM (NYSE:IBM) will set up a plant and R&D center in Ashkelon, The Associated: Jewish Community Federation and MIDCís Israeli sister-city. The facility will employ 50 software engineers.
Ashkelon Mayor Roni Mehatzri noted that this was the first success of a concerted effort to attract high-tech companies to the city. Mehatzri hopes that many more international companies will follow IBM, thus helping Ashkelon boost pay levels and improve employment conditions for university graduates in the area. 
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IN ISRAEL: December, 2005
Environment 2005 ñ Exhibition for Environmental Technologies
http://www.environment-israel.com/home.html February 21-23, 2006
LabTech 2006 ñ The First International Exhibition for Laboratory Equipment and Biotechnology
http://www.stier.co.il/images/Lab-Tech/Lab%20Tech%20updated%2030.6.05.pdf February 21-23, 2006
Medax 2005 ñ The Exhibition for Medical Technologies and Hospital Supplies
http://www.stier.co.il/english/fair_medax.htm May 9-11, 2006
Agritech Israel ñ International Agricultural Meeting and Exhibition
www.kenes.com May 14-18, 2006
19th Annual Congress on Thrombosis
http://www.kenes.com/thrombosis2006/ May 14-18, 2006
Biomed Israel 2006 ñ 5th National Biotechnology Week
http://www.kenes.com/biomed/
IN THE MARYLAND REGION: November 30 ñ December 1, 2005
Government Video and Technology Expo 2005
Washington Convention Center
Washington D.C.
http://www.gvexpo.com/ December 7, 2005
National Guard Association of the U.S. 9th Annual Industry Day
National Guard Memorial Building
Washington D.C.
http://www.ngaus.org/industry/industryday05.asp December 8, 2005
2nd Annual Trendlines/WolfBlock Venture Conference
WolfBlock Offices
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.trendlines.com/venture05.asp January 5-6, 2006
5th Annual National Capital Region Incident Management/Homeland Security Conference
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C. January 31 - February 6, 2006
ESRI Federal User Conference 2006
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.esri.com February 7-9, 2006
Satellite 2006
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.SATELLITE2006.com February 16-17, 2006
V Global Homeland Security 2006 ñ Protecting the Nationís Critical Infrastructure Assets
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C. March 7-9, 2006
FOSE 2006
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.fose.com April 2-5, 2006
American Association of Cancer Research
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.aacr.org April 11-12, 2006
5th Annual Homeland and Global Security Summit
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.globalsecurity.bz April 11, 2006
US Army Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD)
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
www.ndia.org
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