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learn about Israel’s largest employer – the IDF.
                           meet with a senior officer from the Adjutant corps
                           and learn about the difficulties and methods of
                           managing such a large and complex system.

                           meet with representatives from Innovation
                           Africa,  a non-profit organization that brings israeli
                           innovation to rural villages in Africa.
                           meet with the Mayor of Tel Aviv to discuss tel
                           Aviv's role as a start-up hub and the municipal
                           efforts that allow innovative prosperity.
                           explore the Tefen Industrial Park, an israeli
                           entrepreneurship incubator established by
                           businessman Stef Wertheimer. learn about the
                           "tefen model", the path of industrial parks to
                           economic independence.

                           Visit the Bank of Israel and meet with a senior staff
                           member of the research department. learn about
                           the quantitative empirical models the Bank has
                           developed to predict inflation.

                           meet with a representative from the Ministry of
                           Trade and Labor to learn about israel’s international
                           commerce relations.
                           Visit the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Hub for Social Innovation,
                           a shared workspace that allows people to work
                           separately and jointly to promote ideas, share
                           knowledge and resources, and create new ideas.










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