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Join us for an inspiring evening with Chemi Peres, Managing General Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango and the Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation. Evening Agenda: 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Gathering & Networking 6:30 pm - 6:40 pm - Opening remarks6:40 pm - 7:00 pm - Fireside Chat: Chemi Peres and Eitan Sapir, Head of International and Technology Banking at Bank Leumi7:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Social Impact panel led by Chemi Peres: Timocco – CEO, Eran Arden. Timocco is an online, therapeutic gaming environment specifically designed for children with special needs. SenseIT – Co-Founder & CEO, Tamar Schapira. SenseIT is an automatic web testing tool powered by artificial intelligence analyzing, diagnosing, and monitoring website errors inaccessibility. Amdocs – Head of Corporate Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion, Idit Duvdevany. With 25,000 employees in 85 countries, Amdocs is a leading software and services provider to communications and media companies of all sizes. 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Networking When: Thursday, August 1, 6:00 PM Where: SOSA NYC, 149 5th Ave, 9th floor, New York, NY Please RSVP here! We look forward to seeing you, SOSA, LeumiTech USA and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation About the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation: The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation was founded in 1996 by the Ninth President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Shimon Peres, and is dedicated to advancing his vision of a prosperous Israel within a peaceful Middle East. The Peres Center, together with local, regional and international partners, develops and implements impactful programs with a focus on promoting a prosperous Israel, nurturing and highlighting Israeli innovation, and paving the way for shared-living between all of Israel's citizens and lasting peace between Israel and its neighbors. Read more about the Peres Center here. About SOSA: SOSA is a global innovation platform with centers in the world’s most forward-thinking cities, including Tel Aviv and New York, SOSA connects corporations, governments, and cities to the most innovative technologies and ecosystems in the world so they can stay at the forefront of innovation. We provide unique access to global sources of disruptive innovation, facilitating high-value proof of concepts, investments, and strategic partnerships. The SOSA network includes over 15,000 start-ups and 250 investors, venture-capital funds and international corporations, including Jefferies, Munich Re, HP, Siemens, and more. Our reach covers every facet of the start-up ecosystem, enabling us to facilitate thousands of game-changing business interactions among SOSA members every year. SOSA was founded in 2014 by a group of prominent Israeli investors and entrepreneurs to serve as a nucleus of technological innovation and collaborative and impactful business activity. After launching in Tel Aviv, we opened our second location in New York, with additional locations slated to open in Europe in late 2019 and early 2020.