About
ScienceAbroad is proud to announce the Global Israeli Applied Science Symposium – a premier gathering designed to unite the Israeli scientific diaspora and local researchers across the global STEM landscape.
Taking place on September 8, 2026, this landmark event serves as a high-impact stage for the exchange of transformative ideas. We are bringing together the brightest minds from academia and industry to showcase applied science that solves real-world challenges – spanning the spectrum from biotechnology and medicine to quantum physics, AI, and engineering.
A Hybrid Experience
To ensure our global community can connect, this year’s symposium will be held in a hybrid format:
In-Person: Join us at the Arnon, Tadmor-Levy offices, located in the iconic Azrieli Towers, Tel Aviv.
Virtual: Join us live via Zoom or stream the sessions through Facebook Live
Event Highlights
Cutting-Edge Research
Selected talks from Israeli postdocs and researchers stationed at leading institutions worldwide.
Keynote Excellence
Insights from prominent leaders at the forefront of scientific innovation.
Dynamic Networking
An interactive session - available both in-room and online - designed to bridge the gap between scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry veterans.
Global Reach
Streamed live to our community, ensuring accessibility regardless of your geographic location.
Speakers
Oren Avram, PhD
Foundation Model for 3D Medical Imaging for Preventive Care and Clinical Trial Enhancement
Osher Azulay, PhD
Unified Fall Safety for Humanoid Robots
Diana Gataulin, PhD
Targeted Viral RNA Delivery for Precision Cancer Immunotherapy
Tal Sherman, PhD
Mission ImPEANUTable: Reducing Allergens by Genome Editing
Alona Shagan Shomron, PhD
Accelerating the development of innovative wearable soft robotic devices for the suppression of human tremor
Tal Gilboa, PhD
Extracellular Vesicles as a Window to Disease: Technologies Enabling Large Cohort Translational Research
Ornella Dakwar-Kawar, PhD
Modulating Neural Excitation/Inhibition Balance in ADHD: Clinical and Translational Effects of Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation
Dorit Cohen Carmon, PhD
Developing single molecules targeting multiple receptors selectively for PTSD via rational multi-target drug design, scalable across complex indications.
Organizers
Dr. Idit Goldfracht
SceinceAbroad
Sharon Vanek
SceinceAbroad
Dr. Raz Bar-Ziv
SceinceAbroad
Dr. Reut Shainer
SceinceAbroad
Agenda
17:00 – 17:30
In-person
Gathering & Reception
17:30 – 17:40
Hybrid
Welcome Remarks – Nadav Douani, Prof. Rivka Carmi
17:40 – 17:50
Hybrid
Welcome Remarks – Arnon, Tadmor-Levy
17:50 – 18:10
Hybrid
Keynote Lecture – Professor Noam Shomron
18:10 – 19:00
Hybrid
Scientific Talks – Session 1
Diana Gataulin, PhD
Targeted Viral RNA Delivery for Precision Cancer Immunotherapy (Virobix/Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Oren Avram, PhD
Foundation Model for 3D Medical Imaging for Preventive Care and Clinical Trial Enhancement (UCLA, USA)
Alona Shagan Shomron, PhD
Accelerating the development of innovative wearable soft robotic devices for the suppression of human tremor (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
Tal Sherman, PhD
Mission ImPEANUTable: Reducing Allergens by Genome Editing (BetterSeeds, Israel)
19:00 – 19:20
Coffee Break
19:20 – 20:10
Hybrid
Scientific Talks – Session 2
Ornella Dakwar-Kawar, PhD
Modulating Neural Excitation/Inhibition Balance in ADHD: Clinical and Translational Effects of Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Osher Azulay, PhD
Unified Fall Safety for Humanoid Robots
Tal Gilboa, PhD
Extracellular Vesicles as a Window to Disease: Technologies Enabling Large Cohort Translational Research (Everest Biolabs / Wyss Institute, Harvard University, USA)
Dorit Cohen Carmon, PhD
Developing single molecules targeting multiple receptors selectively for PTSD via rational multi-target drug design, scalable across complex indications. (Resynapse Tx, Israel)
20:10 – 20:20
Hybrid
Concluding Remarks & Prizes
20:20 – 21:00
In-person
Networking Session
20:20 – 22:00
Online
Networking Session (Zoom)
Our Commitment: ScienceAbroad is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strive for a program that reflects the full breadth of our community’s expertise, backgrounds, and experiences.
Join us in shaping the future of Israeli applied science.
