Yes, participation physically in New York is required, and it is the core EIT goes to NYC event that provides you with professional training and builds the community. You will have the chance to travel around the city, meet Israeli, European and American peers and learn from one of the world’s leading innovation ecosystems.

The cohort will be comprised of ecosystem leaders from all over Europe and from Israel that have decided to join the programme for the same reasons as you. In addition, you will meet peers and ecosystem leaders from the US, top speakers and lecturers on several different topics, executives from global companies that active in New York, and many more.

An ecosystem leader is an experienced senior professional, at management/decision making level in an organization boosting European or Israeli start-up growth, significantly impacting the ecosystem which it belongs. They should deal with innovation or business creation in any of the following sectors: industry, academia or government. For example, TTO’s, heads of: accelerators, innovation agencies, labs, incubators or other business creation activities from academia, industry and government.

The programme encompasses a wide variety of subjects, including an overview of the US ecosystem and meetings with leading figures from the industry. You will have the chance to get your hands ‘dirty’ and delve into an ecosystem building workshop, learn about the top trends and forecasts in the US market, visit leading corporates & VCs, and become inspired by the many opportunities that will expose themselves.

One of our main goals is to allow you to put boots on the ground in New York in order to serve as an “entry ticket” to the US market, which will benefit the many start-ups you work with in Israel and throughout Europe. Moreover, We are determined to create long-term collaborations for you both with experts you will meet in New York and with your group members. You can expect to be left with a mindset shift that will allow you to approach your daily activities with a newfound sense of purpose, as well as a tangible toolkit to reinforce the best practices you’ve been exposed to. You will join the Connect & Experience community, an extremely active and professional group of people.

As the nation’s second largest venture capital-funded technology sector, New York City’s vast assets are intended to be leveraged to build new industrial clusters in high-tech sectors. In recent years, a lot of money has been invested in the resources of the city’s biomedical research institutions, universities At a global level, philanthropic foundations, financial institutions and global corporations, helping to maintain the city’s role as a global innovation center for developing industries.