Major General (Res.) Aharon Zeevi Farkash, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FST21 will be a featured speaker at the inaugural summit of the U.S. Business Initiative , "The United States and Israel: Building Business Through Innovation" on October 19, 2010, in Washington, DC.
General Farkash joins a distinguished roster of prominent speakers including Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), James Cunningham, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Danny Ayalon, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mark Little, Director, Advanced Tech/Global Research, General Electric, Moshe Lichtman, Vice President, Head of Israel R&D, Microsoft and Dan Senor, Author of "Start-up Nation".
The event organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement, and bring together leading innovators, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from the U.S. and Israel.
The summit will include discussions with top business executives on partnership models and investment opportunities in Israel, an inside look at the companies that will shape the U.S.-Israel commercial alliance and high-level briefings with leading Israeli and American policymakers and opinion leaders on America's business relationship with Israel.
General Farkash began FST21 in 2007 and using his military and political knowledge, formed a development team of experts in the fields of audio & video processing and analytics technologies to develop system that would modernize the way people enter buildings, offices and secure areas.
The system is unique in that it uses no key, no card and no code, because the face and voice of authorized personnel works like a key. Using second generation biometrics with a combination of face, voice, license plate and pattern of behavior recognition, SafeRise provides easy, automated, and convenient identity management access while maintaining the highest level of security.
According to the organizers of the event, as one of the leading business innovation capitals in the world, Israel has the highest density of start-ups, more companies listed on NASDAQ than any other country outside the United States and China, and last year attracted more venture capital than the UK, France, and Germany combined. The conference will look at how Israel has created one of the most entrepreneurial economies in world today in over just 60 years and the lessons that the American business community can learn.
In addition to his role as a speaker, General Farkash will have the opportunity to share more about the company he founded, FST21 and the SafeRise system.
For further information on FST21, call 508.620.4563 or visit the web site at www.fst21.com.
For more information on The United States and Israel: Building Business Through Innovation event, please visit www.uschamber.com/international/mideast/israel/united-states-and-israel-building-business-through-innovation or contact Ben Askin at (202) 463-5500 or by emailing ncfevents@uschamber.com
FST21 Ltd. is a security and automation technology company founded by Major General (Res.) Aharon Zeevi Farkash, a world‐leading security expert who served as head of Israeli Military Intelligence. The company was established to become a leading provider of intelligent controlled access and automation solutions and services with the mission of increasing safety and enhancing quality of life in government, commercial and residential buildings.