Agenda – Miami 2026
December 14, 2026 – Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach
10:00 – 19:00: Schedule One on One Meetings
Book your 1:1 meetings in advance for focused, productive discussions
Registration & Networking
Welcoming Notes
- Edouard Cukierman – Managing Partner – Catalyst Funds
Opening Remarks
- Honorable Isaac Herzog – President of the State of Israel
GoforIsrael Achievement Prize
- Eyal Waldman – Chairman – Founder & Former CEO – Mellanox* (acq. by Nvidia)
- Eyal Shekel – Founder & CEO – Civan Lasers (Laser Beam Technology)
High Tech Elevator Pitches
Moderator: Pola Cejko – VP – Cukierman & Co. High Tech
Claroty, RealSense, Speedata, Addionics, Arbe, Baseline Vision, Blings, Blink Technologies, Capow, Catalyst Investors’ Club, Civan Lasers, GuardRdF, Guardz, Nexar, Storycards, Trilogical, Zyg*
Betting on AI: What Actually Wins Beyond the Hype Cycle
Moderator: Dana Somberg – Board Member & Entrepreneur – Catalyst Investors’ Club
- Michael Fertik – Managing Director & Founder – Verdict Capital
Key Success Factors of Israeli High Tech
Moderator: Edouard Cukierman – Managing Partner – Catalyst Funds
- Hanan Friedman – CEO – Bank Leumi
- Michael Fertik – Managing Director & Founder – Verdict Capital
- Yadin Kaufmann – Founder & Chairman – A Good Option
- Eyal Waldman – Chairman – Founder & Former CEO – Mellanox* (acq. by Nvidia)
Democratizing PE Investments in AI Era
Moderator: Daniel Elfen – COO & Business Development – Catalyst Investors’ Club
- Alex Witkoff – CEO – Witkoff Group
- Justine Fisher – Managing Director – Nasdaq Private Market
- Tomer Bar Zeev – Co-Founder (IronSource) & Chairman – Zyg*
- Greg Gurevitch – Managing Partner – Maritime Capital Partners
The State of Defense
Moderator: Michael Cukierman – Partner – Cukierman & Co. Defense
- Amir Elichai – SPV Global Strategy – Axon
- Yair Shamir – Managing Partner – Catalyst Funds
- Eyal Shekel – Founder & CEO – Civan Lasers
- Wesley Clark – Chairman & CEO – Wesley K. Clark & Associates*
Networking Lunch
By invitation only
Biotech / Foodtech & Agritech Elevator Pitches
Moderator: Julia Bismuth Solomon – Senior Associate – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
CannaLean, CarobWay, CropX, Curalife, Cytora, Day-8, Goa Therapeutics, Exosomm, Melt & Jet, Picker Agrobotics, Ever:Red, Remedy Cell, Rumafeed, ToBe
How US Investors Look at Israel as a Source of Life Sciences Innovation?
Moderator: Dr. Laurent Choppe – Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
- Ilanit Kabessa – Partner – Cukierman & Co. Foodtech & Agritech
- Dr. Stephen Nimer – Director – Sylvester Cancer Center University of Miami
- Dr. Doron Junger – Founder & Portfolio Manager – Sanvia Capital
- Peter Kash – Chairman – Camelot BioCapital
Medtech Elevator Pitches
Moderator: Dr. Sarah Amouyal – Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
BleedBlock, Cell-Lipo, Elda Technologies, Etrog Systems, Fize Medical, LaserTeam, NanoPass, Nanose Medical, Nina Medical, Omeza, SmartValves, TENGable, Tracells, Venocare
Israel Medtech & Aesthetics Global Leadership
Moderator: Shy Zyman – Partner – Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
- Maurice Ferre – CEO & Chairman – Insightec
- Robert Grossman – Former Chair, Israel Practice – Greenberg Traurig
- Dr. Shimon Eckhouse – Chairman & Co-Founder – Alon MedTech
- Eyal Aviram – CEO – Galil Ofek Innovation
M&A Opportunities for Israeli Companies
Moderator: Ariel Anati – Partner – Catalyst Fund
- Motti Kushnir – Managing Partner – Cukierman & Co. High Tech
- Eyal Ofir – Global Head of M&A – IBM
- Stan Gowisnock – Chief Strategic Advisor – Focus Investment Banking
- Roy Cohen – CFO – RealSense
Israel Goes to Miami
Moderator: David Blumberg – Founder & Managing Partner – Blumberg Capital
- Daniella Levine Cava – Mayor – Miami-Dade County
- Steven Meiner – Mayor of Miami Beach
- Maurice Berkower – CEO – Berkower LLC
Image of Israel Abroad
Moderator: Al Goldstein – Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO – Avant & StoicLane
- Josh Brody – President – Cadma Capital Partners
- Shirley Shahar – General Partner – Desert Tech Ventures
- Ron Klein – EVP Listings & Head of Economic Department – Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
- Representative from EL AL – EL AL
Happy Hour GoforIsrael 2026
Organized & Sponsored By
Cukierman & Co. Investment House · Catalyst Funds · Catalyst Investors' Club
