“Israel’s capacity for science and research will be tested in the Negev" David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister(1958)

Negev Region - the new frontier and the hope for a better future Under-developed and under-populated region (8% of Israel’s population on 60% of landmass) Unique opportunities to fight desert Solution to regional problems

Beer-Sheva Municipality National Biotech Institute BioNegev Regional authorities Beer-Sheva Municipality Negev Dev. Authority AT Park Finance B.G University Start-up incubators גופים מייצרי ידע Industry National Biotech Institute Services companies Shortage Soroka Medical center International corporation BGN Tech Transfer

BioNegev Challenges Cultural bridging: Educating the Academics Entrepreneurship Vs heavy investments (regional/ federal) Decentralization Vs the herd instinct (100 law) The curse of knowledge

Global challenge Barriers to biotechnology innovation: High research costs, regulatory barriers, and market concentration can prevent new entrants, hindering biotechnological innovation, especially for small market applications. Identify factors that can prevent the development of competitive and innovative markets for specific biotechnology applications. 2. Evaluate possible policy actions that could free up markets and access to knowledge, including encouraging public research institutions to adopt intellectual property guidelines that support rapid innovation and collaborative mechanisms for sharing knowledge. The Bioeconomy to 2030 / OECD report 2009

BioNegev Agenda: Create an ongoing dialogue among Institutes, individuals and firms. Cross fertilization between Agriculture- healthcare and industrial Biotechnology Leverage regional advantages to create multiple win changes

BioNegev activities: Mobilize Govt. money towards high cost protein manufacturing facility (leveraging strategic partner) Using Geopolitical trend to create awareness and raise funds Leverage socio- economical buzz for establishing a new technology oriented community Leveraging the Eco pressure towards bio renewing traditional chemistry industry (pharma to industry, solid state chemistry) Leveraging computational skills, innovation advantage and local open mindedness to improve Tech transfer (mapping, proactive matching software)

Ben-Gurion University: Facts & Figures Israel 3rd largest University Israel’s fastest growing and most dynamic University: tripled growth over the past decade, to 17,500 students 32% of the engineering researchers in Israeli Universities 850 senior researchers Interdisciplinary research and centers of excellence Commitment to developing the Negev

Center of Excellence, Applied Research at BGU Desertization solutions: Environment and Energy Water and Waste Water Treatments Agriculture and Agro- biotechnology (Algae biology) Life Sciences: Pharmaceuticals and Drug Delivery Biotechnology and Biomaterials (nanotech) Medical Diagnostics and Devices Medical IT Chemistry and Chemical Processes Information Technologies: Communication Electronics and Electro-optics Image Processing and Restoration Signal Processing, Remote Sensing

Soroka Medical Center Second largest in Israel The only medical center in the region An Academic Medical Center, fully Affiliated to BGU Largest Maternal center in Israel (~1000 birth/Month) Largest ER numbers in Israel Center for populations genetics.

The Negev – Israel technology region The National Institute for Biotechnology (NIBN) Structural Biotechnology Human Genetic Disorders Computational Biotechnology Immunology Nano-Medicine National institute for water technology National institute for renewable energy

Advanced technologies Park KUD-BGU-Be’er Sheva Municipality משולש המו"פ של באר שבע Hotel & Conference center ATP Deutsche Telekom R&D center Planned BioNegev headquarters and Negev Proteins site BGU Soroka Med. Center KUD-BGU-Be’er Sheva Municipality

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