Maya Yarowsky, NoCamels - Israel Innovation News Millions of people worldwide tune in to watch TED lectures on a variety of subjects. The conferences are normally held in the US. Now the first country to be given the prestigious honor of holding a TEDMED (a TED event on the subject of health and medicine) outside the US was Israel. The conference was held two weeks ago, occurring simultaneously with the annual conference in Washington DC. The TED, or Technology, Entertainment and Design conferences that are …More

Government and lay leaders at a three-day Washington conference discussed strategies for helping the Jewish community’s most vulnerable people. The Government Affairs Institute was hosted last week by the Jewish Federations of North America in collaboration with the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies. Members of the media, academia and the federal government lectured on government policies and met with government officials who work in the social services fields. The program …More

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, made history when it organized a three-day international interdisciplinary conference on “Hebrew Language and Culture: Reception, Self Conception and Intercultural Relations” at the end of January, under the auspices of its Centre of Arabic & African Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. The conference was significant not only because it happened to be the first ever conference in South Asia to be focused on the Hebrew language, and …More

Anti-Semitism could destroy the history of French Jewry, the leader of France's Jewish communities said. “Not long ago, the notion that resurgent anti-Semitism could endanger the presence of Jews in France would have been considered absurd,” Dr. Richard Prasquier, president of the Jewish CRIF umbrella group, said Sunday in Paris at the organization's annual national conference. “This has changed” due to “parties and groups which are at times explicitly racist, and at other times …More

Imagine some of the world’s rising Jewish innovators and storytellers getting together to share ideas and experiences. Imagine the brainstorms. Imagine them doing it in Sin City. Now stop imagining because it’s about to happen. “The St0ry” (notice the number “0” and not the letter “o”), part of the ROI Community-funded “Connection Point” series, launches January 5-7 in Las Vegas. “The St0ry” is a bouillabaisse of 30, handpicked …More

Some 4,000 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and communal leaders from more than 75 countries gathered in New York for their 29th international conference. Many of the rabbis attending the conference over the weekend brought relief supplies and funds from their communities around the world to help victims of superstorm Sandy, and volunteered their time for relief efforts. Highlights of the conference included a visit to the gravesite of the last Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson; a group picture in …More

The World Hostel Conference concluded in Israel today, ending three days of shared information on the world of budget travel. The event was hosted by GoMio.com in Jerusalem, marking the first time the annual conference took place outside North America or Europe. “This year’s conference is particularly important“, said Michael Tumminia, CEO of GoMio.com. “There is a growing influx of backpackers discovering Israel and the Middle East, and this is a great opportunity for major players in …More

Limmud had its first conference in Macedonia, drawing participants from other former Yugoslavian countries. The Nov. 1 opening of the Jewish-identity confab brought together a crowd of 500 Jews, twice Macedonia's estimated Jewish population of 250, according to Dina Sosberger, who organized the four-day event for Limmud Keshet-XU, which holds conferences in the former Yugoslavia as part of Limmud International. “Limmud conferences are an opportunity for the Jewish communities of the former Yugoslavia to …More

Delegates from more than 50 countries will gather in Tel Aviv for a homeland security conference. Cyber security, critical infrastructure protection and emergency management will be the focus of the Nov. 11-14th International Conference for Homeland Security, according to Israel 21c. Homeland security officials, police chiefs, heads of intelligence organizations and leaders of companies in various security fields and other defense specialists are expected to attend and network. Speakers include Israeli Defense …More

On June 28 and 29, marketing, digital media and social media professionals will gather in San Francisco for a chance to meet with leading industry influencers at the AllFacebook Marketing Conference. The event, which will feature the likes of Brian Madden of Hearst Digital and Robert Scoble of Rackspace, serves as an opportunity for professionals to further their knowledge of building brands, engaging customers and generating real revenue through proper use of the social networking tool. The full two-day …More

Developers, publishers, mobile advertisers and social media pros alike will gather for the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit in San Francisco on June 26. The conference, which will feature SoftTech venture capitalist Charles Hudson as the keynote speaker, is expected to attract mobile gaming beginners, experts and notable press. The aim of the one-day conference is to teach professionals the key strategies needed to take their companies or startups to the next level through a deeper understanding of the …More

Michael Plutchok, NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News Will nanoprinting mark a new era for the printing industry? Israeli entrepreneur Benny Landa revealed his new printing technique called Nanography in the latest Drupa conference for media and print, held in Germany at the beginning of May. After years of research and development with some of the world’s best scientist and a few hundred people involved in the process, Landa says he is now ready to ignite a new digital revolution in print. The new …More