2018 Digital Summit Conference chaired by Prof. Yesha Sivan

The Yearly Conference of the Israeli Chamber of Information Technology

On Nov. 7th the yearly and main conference of The Israeli Chamber of Information Technology “Digital Summit 2018 – Digital for Growth” took place with the participation of hundreds of participants. Prof. Yesha Sivan, Founder and CEO of i8 Ventures, was the conference chairman and welcomed the participants. In his speech, Prof. Sivan said “We decided on the name of Digital for Growth for 2 reasons: the impact of digital on organizations is growing all the time, together with the need of all of us, the IT professionals, to constantly learn and grow”. Raz Heiferman, Senior Digital Transformation Advisor at i8.Ventures, was part of the conference organizing committee. During the conference, which is one of the biggest professional conferences in Israel, many presentations were presented by speakers from Israel and abroad, a panel with several CIO’s from large organizations was held, 5 different Special Interest Groups parallel sessions were held, awards to outstanding CIO and projects were awarded. The keynote speaker that concluded the conference was Mr. Moshe (Bogei) Ya’alon, Israel’s previous Minister of Defense and IDF’s Chief of Staff, who spoked about Israel’s unique geopolitical challenges.