Israel Info 2010 Technology Networking Conference Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Israel Info 2010 Technology Networking Conference Celebrates 25th Anniversary

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ---- April 5, 2010 …. . Israel Minister of Science, Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkovitz, will open the "Israel Info 2010" Annual Technology and Information Conference Exhibition - the largest digital information industry event in Israel.

The Israel Technology, Social Networking, Data Management Information and Web 2.0 Conference and Exhibition will take place on May 3 - 5 at the Tel Aviv Hilton.

Teldan Information Systems, Israel's leading supplier of scientific, technological and business information, will host Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Israel's Minister of Science and Technology at the "Israel Info 2010" Annual Conference and Exhibition, which will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary.

Organized by Teldan Information Systems, the conference is the most prestigious annual event in the information industry and hosts dozens of professional seminars, attended by leading local and international lecturers. Last year the conference was attended by more than 1,600 professionals.

The Israel Minister of Science will welcome the 2010 conference participants in the morning plenary session and proceed to visit the professional exhibition showing the latest innovations in information and electronic content.

The Minister's visit is on the occasion of a special seminar "Digital books, Electronic Readers - towards the Breakthrough". Purchasing eBooks via the Internet, and the possibility to carry thousands of books and documents on various mobile devices, make the electronic readers (e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle) an inescapable reality.

The seminar will discuss issues such as the position of several different digital consumer spaces, survey the various devices for reading e-books, examine the copyright issues of this medium and discuss the role of libraries in light of this reality.

Springer, the world's largest scientific publisher, will host and lead in this seminar a panel and discussion with the participation of senior Israeli researchers whose works have been published by Springer, as well as other researchers and writers in the field of electronic publishing.

The "Israel Info 2010" Conference and Exhibition will provide a wide variety of unique and innovative seminars exposing participants to new products, technologies and tools. The event is held with the participation of Israel's universities, public and private colleges as well as high-tech companies and startups.

Among the notable seminars to be held at Israel Info 2010: mobile platforms - content and information on mobile devices, e.g.- cellular phones, the required technologies and the social implications.

Knowledge Management in the Medical Sector - solutions and tools for managing knowledge and information as implemented in Israel's HMOs (Clalit and Maccabi Health Services).

Personalization of Knowledge - Web 2.0 and 3.0 techniques for tailoring content to individual preferences, based on the users' activities on the web, in social networks, with smartphones and offering appropriate recommendations.

Social Networks - the various types of social networks including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Google groups, searching information, moving from information to knowledge and the databases behind these networks.

Information Overload - addressing the phenomenon including how to effectively handle electronic mail, social networks including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, organizational IO, information filtering systems and recommendation engines.

Among the participating organizations: Google Israel, Yahoo Israel, IBM, STKI, the Israel Internet Society, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Maccabi Health Services, Clalit Health Services, Israel Museum, Dead Sea Works, Elbit El-Op, Bynet Software Systems, Delta, Israel Archives and Information Association, the Yad Vashem Library, Keren Kayemet LeIsrael, Reuters Israel, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Haifa University, Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Open University, Weizmann Institute of Science, the National Library, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Mofet Institute, Holon Mediatheque Library, IsIt Software and the Leyden Internet Marketing, SEO and Digital Pr Group.

Established in 1978, the Teldan Group is a leading supplier of business, scientific and technological information, offering a full range of information products and services to libraries, information centers , universities, corporations, R&D, hospitals and medical centers, industrial companies and government and defense organizations. Teldan's subsidiaries produce databases, content and information management tools, eResource Access and Management systems, with activities in 15 countries.

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