Dr Dayan is an EdTech visionary and ecosystem builder. Dr Dayan founded EdTech Israel in 2014 with the vision to transform startup-nation to EdTech-nation. EdTech Israel is a nationwide, unbiased, independent social impact hub that successfully connects the Israeli ecosystem with international markets.
Dr Dayan founded the Israeli EdTech Summit in 2016; an exclusive cross-border, cross sector industry business event. This global Summit is co-organized with the NY-based East Wind Advisors, in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Social Equality. The next Summit will be held in Tel Aviv on June 4-5, 2019.
Dr Dayan holds a BSc in Electronics Engineering from the well-renowned Technion in Haifa (1982), and a PhD in Education from the University of Haifa (2014).

Philanthropy Senior executive with more than 15 years of experience leading teams, projects & transformational changes in the business & social sectors. Visionary & strategic with strong passion to social business initiatives

Mr. Eyal Eshed serves as the Chief Executive Officer at SpeakingPal Ltd. Mr. Eshed co-founded SpeakingPal in 2009. He is a co-founder, Advisor and Investor at Digigage, Koranga and other startups.
Mr. Eshed was a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Omnivee Ltd., which he led from concept to commercial success, multiple prize winning products and a successful acquisition.He also serves as a Mentor at the Start-up Boot Camp of the European Start-up Accelerator.
Earlier in his career, he played a major role at Chromatis Networks. Mr. Eshed is a serial Entrepreneur who has experience in leading high-tech companies from an initial idea to a successful company. He has experience in managing the progression of a company from vision to reality that has led to true success stories.
Mr. Eshed has technology background coupled with astute managerial capabilities. He is a Member of Investment Committee at Incubit Technology Ventures.He holds a B.A. summa cum laude in Computer Science from Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Professor Orit Hazzan has four Technion academic degrees. Three degrees of the Department of Education in Technology and Science and an MBA from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering (2000). Following her post-doc position in Education Development Center - EDC (1995-1996), Hazzan joined the Department of Education in Technology and Science in October 2000. Her research focuses on computer science and software engineering education. Within this framework she researches cognitive and social processes on the individual, the team and the organization levels, in high schools and software organizations. In 2006–2008 she served as the Technion's Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies; In 2007-2010 she chaired the High School Computer Science Curriculum Committee assigned by the Israeli Ministry of Education. In 2011-2015 Hazzan was the faculty Dean. From 2017, Hazzan serves as the Technion Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

“I am an experienced executive in the field of Healthcare and Education, an Entrepreneur to the very core and innovative thinker. I Failed a lot, but thankfully succeeded a bit more. And yes…Me and my team at Neurotech are going to rock the world of Education, personalization will never look the same.”
“I’m mostly distracted by my own thoughts.I can work on something important and suddenly have this great idea that has nothing to do with my task which makes me drop everything and refocus on the idea…”

Lior Shalev is the founder and CEO of Infogan, and a founding Board Member at EdTech Israel.
Lior Shalev is one of Israel’s most passionate voices for transforming society through the combination of tech and social entrepreneurship.
Lior has more than 10 year track record of seeding and enabling social impact organizations in all sectors of Israeli society, starting with his founding role in Topaz, one of Israels biggest NGO’s in the social entrepenurship field. He is a board member of UNICEF-Israel and several other NGO’s focused on transforming society through social entrepreneurship. He is an active lecturer speaker of social entrepreneurship, giving recent talks at DLD TLV and the General Assembly of United Jewish Federations. Lior is a voice that is helping to turn the “startup nation” into the “give back” nation.

Dr. Avi Snir Co-Founded Elevation Academy- a forward-thinking educational ecosystem. Previously, Avi was a Hi-tech lawyer at Herzog Fox & Neeman, Israel’s leading law firm. He serves as an IDF Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel in reserve, and holds a B.A in Business Management and an LL.B. from IDC Herzliya. He like hummus and desert trips, and insists to live outside of Tel Aviv.