As the New Zealand and Israeli governments look closer at signing an innovation agreement, in an article on Newsroom Mark Jennings asks what Kiwis can learn from Israel’s thriving tech sector.
Cloudy organic wine, hors d’oeuvres of dairy-free cheese topped with m?nuka honey and mini beef burgers containing meat-free patties. It’s not the usual food served at gatherings of investors, entrepreneurs, tech company executives and PR types.
But the food was there to make a point; it was supplied by start-up companies and the Callaghan Innovation function was all about start-ups.
There was nothing particularly innovative or hi-tech about the product Callaghan was launching but it could turn out to be a highly significant one as New Zealand tries to ramp up its tech and innovation sector.
Key speaker at the event held in Auckland’s “innovation precinct” Wynyard Quarter was Israeli professor Eugene Kandel…
Read the full article on Newsroom here.
