The first BIRD workshop held Tuesday, December 3rd at the Innovate Newport began with opening remarks given by Tuni Schartner, Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Innovate Newport and Kate Grotteberg, Events, Development & Program Director of the Newport Chamber of Commerce who gave background on the Innovation Center and Avi Nevel, President & CEO of the Rhode Island-Israel Collaborative (RIIC) moderated the event and shared how the RIIC focuses on building relation

Don't Miss this Opportunity to Learn About Funding Provided by the BIRD Foundation The event is free to the public but registration is required. To register, go to this link. How does the BIRD Foundation Operate? Any pair of companies, one Israeli and one U.S.-based, may apply jointly so long as they can demonstrate the combined capabilities and infrastructure to define, develop, manufacture, sell and support an innovative product based on industrial R&D. The key criterion

The forum offered the opportunity to hear from neuroscience thought leaders from Rhode Island to Israel about their insights and perspectives on the evolution of neuroscience research and what excites them about the future prospects for the field. RI Secretary of Commerce provided opening remarks for the forum. The keynote speaker was Professor Alon Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., who led the establishment of the Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences School at Ben-Gurion University of the Nege

Great article by the Providence Journal covering the Rhode Island Israel Collaborative (RIIC) organization. The hard work of the board members and other volunteers get recognition. Please join the organization and support it. To read the article, click on the link. #RIIC #Softwheel #StephanPryor #ProvidenceJournal #BrownUniversity #BIRDfoundation #RhodeIsland #Israel

In March of this year, Brown University held a healthcare symposium which was co-chaired by Elizabeth Toll, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Dr. Shmuel Reis, Director of The Center for Medical Education at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The event was titled "The Patient, The Practitioner, and The Computer"and physician attendees from the United States, Israel, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Australia pr