Israel marked 70 years of innovation at UN headquarters in New York

Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen and Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, opened the festive salute marking 70 years of Israeli innovation at the UN headquarters in New York, attended by more than 500 diplomats and community leader Jewish community in North America. Minister Cohen arrived on an official visit to Canada and the United States as head of a government delegation including Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Innovation Authority, Dr. Ami Appelbaum, Head of the Foreign Trade Administration, Ohad Cohen, and Chairman of the Export Institute Adiv Baruch.
The event focuses on Israeli innovation and the way in which Israel changed and changed the world as part of Israel's 70th anniversary celebrations with a legacy of innovation. The salute to Israeli innovation was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, ahead of the world stage, with the intention of exposing the organization's countries and leaders to Israel's global influence and contribution to humanity and society.
The Ministry of Economy and Industry, through the Economic Attaché of the New York office, the Israel Export Institute and the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, led the production of the event, which included lectures on Israeli innovation by Netafim CEO Ran Meidan. The world hunger by supplying clean water for drinking and agriculture, and Dr. Daniel Gold, the head of the Defense Ministry's Mapat and the head of the Iron Dome development project, who presented Israeli innovation in the fields of security, cyber and high-tech.
Another event was an exhibition in which some of the inventions of the Israeli companies that succeeded in changing and improving the world in a variety of areas:
• Energy - Chromagen, Solar Edge and Ormat.
• In the field of water - Netafim and IDE
• In the field of agriculture - Hazera, AFIMILK, SCR
• In the field of health - Teva and REWLK
• High-Tech and Cyber-Check Point and HP
Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen: "Today we are presenting Israel's significant contribution to the world, not only in numbers, but in the ability to contribute, through Israeli innovation and inventions, to everyday life and to the repair of an ever-changing world. , Also on this important and important stage, Israel's achievements and being a global innovation center that changed the lives of citizens from many countries around the world. "
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon: "We are proud to host the Israeli technology here at the UN, 70 years of blue-and-white technologies that have succeeded in changing the face of the global society and serving as a bridge between Israel and many countries around the world. Of honor among the nations of the world. "We will continue to present Israel's extraordinary capabilities in the face of those who are trying to discredit our name."
"As an Israeli and CEO of Netafim, it is a great honor for me to present the company as part of Israel's 70th anniversary celebrations at the United Nations," said Ran Meidan, CEO and President of Netafim. Netafim is an Israeli success story, and an example of Israeli technology that changes the world and contributes significantly to solving the food and water problems we face. The integration of Netafim in this event is testimony to the company's constant innovation, which is constantly developing creative technological solutions to help the world grow more food with less resources, from the invention of drip irrigation more than 50 years ago to leading the field of digital agriculture today. We recently launched the NetBeat system, which was developed with the assistance of mPrest, which develops the control and control system of Iron Dome. NetBeat is the world's most advanced digital irrigation and fertilizer management system that allows every farmer to maximize his or her results from anywhere and at any time. "