Release Date: 03.15.10 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: American-Israel Chamber of Commerce
Yossi Vardi, ICQ Co-Founder, to Keynote the 9th Annual Eagle Star Awards Gala May 12th, 2010
Laurie Olivier and Consulate General to be Honored at the event hosted by Georgia-Pacific
One of Israel's top business technology leaders, Dr. Yossi Vardi, will be the featured Israeli keynote speaker at the 9th annual Eagle Star Awards Gala. As an investor and advisor, Vardi has helped more than 60 startups, among them Mirabilis - creator of instant messaging ICQ. Mirabilis, which practically had no revenues, was sold to AOL just 19 months after it released its product for over $400 million. The sale inspired a whole generation of young Israelis to open start ups. According to Forbes, "Overnight a new phrase 'the Mirabilis Effect', became popular as young Israeli entrepreneurs yearned to copy the company's success." Yossi has been a strategic advisor to Amazon and AOL, and a venture partner and Pitango, Israel's largest VC fund. Vardi won the TechCrunch Europe 2009 award, received Honorary Doctorate from the Technion, and twice received the Prime Minister award for life achievements in high tech. For more information and to register: www.eaglestargala.com
The Eagle Star Gala is AICC's community flagship event that honors the people and companies who have contributed most to the Southeast-Israel business relationship.
Wednesday, May 12th, 6:00-9:00 PM
WHERE:
Georgia-Pacific's headquarters
133 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
"It is a testament to the prestige of the Eagle Star Gala for us to attract a speaker of Yossi's caliber who is a legend in US-Israel business circles," said event chairman Barry Sobel (Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown). Israeli diamond company executive and comedian Daryl Pinsky will be the event's emcee.
According to Sobel, the nominating process is now underway for Israeli Company of the Year and Deal of the Year. The deadline is April 10th, and for criteria and forms, click here. In addition to these company awards, the event will honor past AICC Board Chairman Laurie Olivier (Veritas Venture Partners) with the Founders Award and the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast with the Community Partner Award.
Sponsorships are still available. In addition to Georgia-Pacific as the Host, sponsors-to-date include Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta Jewish Times, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, BDO, Given Imaging, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Sutherland, Precision Components International, Grant Thornton, Government of Israel Economic Mission - Southern Region, Jones Day, Dale M. Schwartz & Associates, Veritas Venture Partners, Habif Arogeti & Wynne, Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast, The Miller Richmond Company, Ballard Spahr, Carr Riggs & Ingram, Georgia Power, Verint Witness Actionable Solutions, SRI Travel / travelgirl magazine, Baran Americas and Jacada.
For Sponsorship please contact Guy Tessler guy@aiccse.org or (678) 274-9699
Contact Info
Contact Name: Guy Tessler
Company: American-Israel Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (404) 843-9426
Cell: (678) 274-9699
E-mail: guy@aiccse.org
