On Friday afternoon, the presentation ceremony of Blockchain Finance Israel, the technological ‘acton’, which focused on finding blockchain uses in the capital market, took place in central Tel Aviv. Unusually for such events, those behind the initiative to hold the ‘Acton’ were government bodies including the Securities Authority and the Government Debt Management Unit in the Accountant General’s Division of the Ministry of Finance.
The hackathon was co-hosted by Start-Up Nation Central and its SNPI Policy Institute, which hosted the attendees and accompanying mentors in their offices, providing a work environment that allows for maximum concentration, alongside pampering hospitality, rest breaks and lots of mingling. The hackathon is designed to enable mutual open dialogue between entrepreneurs and technology people who in turn will recognize the public needs, and the public sector people who will learn the potential and risks involved in blockchain technology.
The event was opened by the Chairman of the Securities Authority, Anat Guetta, who launched the groups of programmers into hard work in order to develop and implement ideas that will advance the Israeli capital market through the use of blockchain technology. Innovation at the Securities Authority and mine Linor from SNPI.
After almost 24 hours of sleep and a lot of sugar, the chairman of the competition, Yahli Rotenberg, the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, announced the winner of the competition: the CyPop group that built a system for reliable, fast and cheap regulatory reporting of trade activities. Firon from team8, Arik Steinberg, chairman of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and two judges from abroad.
Also present at the graduation ceremony were Gil Cohen, Deputy Chief of Staff, Oded Shapiro, CEO of the Securities Authority, and Uri Gabay, CEO of SNPI. The CyPop group, represented by Avi Volky, won NIS 10,000, professional guidance from the organizers and $ 3,000 from the technology company Algorand.
Leading the Birthright graduates
Taglit’s leadership and business program – “Taglit Excel”, held its annual alumni conference at the Island Hotel in Netanya over the past weekend. This is the first conference after two years that the conference did not take place properly due to the corona plague. About 300 graduates of the program, and ‘mentors’ from the program community in Israel, who are making their way up the technological and business ecosystem in Israel and North America, came to the meeting. Yoram Titz, Managing Partner at EY Israel, and Chairman of Taglit Excel; Taglit CEO Gidi Mark; and program director Edith Rubin, hosted the attendees and keynote speaker Adi Sofer-Thani, CEO of Meta Israel, who told community members about her vision for Towers, what it will look like, and how it will affect communities, just like That of Discovery-Excel.
The beauty of Alchemist and Lilith
The large cosmetics group “Lilit Cosmetics” and businesswoman, entrepreneur and model Neta Alchemister launched the new beauty brand BYNETA for the first time. The launch event was held at BEACH CLUB TLV with the participation of: Nitza Billet – Chairman of the Lilith Cosmetics Group; Uri Billet, CEO of the group; Yael Billet VP of Marketing; And of course, Alchemist herself. The brand’s products have been developed for about two years and include 12 products in the first line, including: self-tanning spray for the face, exotic tanning mousse for the body, buddy glow bronze, make-up, spray for the feet and face and more.
Nitza Bilt, Neta Alchemister, Yael Bilt and Uri Bilt (Photo: Rafi Daloia)Maskit in Ramat Hasharon
The ‘Maskit’ fashion house and the designer Sharon Tal launched a new concept store of the brand last Friday, which opened in Ramat Hasharon. The designed store is spread over an area of three hundred square meters and is built of three floors, with each floor radiating a different atmosphere and displaying art, design books, grooming, yoga, and of course fashion. , Model Avital Langer and more.
Sharon Tal and Avital Langer (Photo: Yehuda Yakar)The friends of MLI
Mali Association – the factory for training Israeli children, held an introductory event and the formation of a circle of friends. The event was held last Friday morning, at the Claro restaurant in Tel Aviv, from Chef Ran Shmueli.
Thousands of children from all over the country, find their homes every year due to neglect, quarrels, violence, abuse, financial distress and more. For the treatment of them, the Mali Association was established, which operates 15 children’s villages (for ages 6-18), nationwide, managed in a family cell model with ‘parents’ and 12 children of different ages. Supportive professional systems are added to the feeling of home and family Equal and horizon for a better life.
The event included a lecture by Tal Friedman entitled ‘What I learned from my daughter’ – a show, funny and exciting about how his ‘imperfect’ girl taught a lesson in life about acceptance, the bride, variety and optimism. Present: Moshe Dolev – CEO of the association, Tali Efrati – Head of External Relations and Resource Development, Dr. Assad Araida, Chairman of the Board, Michal and Yehuda Ben Asaig, friend of the association – Batsheva Bublil, Orna Naoi and more.
Moshe Dolev and Michal Ben Asaig (Photo: Moshiko Dahan – MD – STUDIO)The godmother bore fruit
Norwegian Cruise Line Cruise Line (NCL) has announced that the world-famous pop icon and American Idol judge, Katie Perry, will serve as the godmother of her newest ship, the Norwegian Prima, which will be launched for the first time in August 2022.
As a godmother, Perry will not only fulfill the long-standing maritime tradition of carrying the blessing and giving the official name of the new ship, the first of six ships in the Prima class, but will also appear during the christening ceremony, before Prima Norwegian embarks on its maiden voyage from Reykjavik, Iceland. This will be the first large cruise ship to perform its baptism in the capital of Iceland.
Katie Perry (Photo: Reuters)