The Program

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYe0QeOkKgY

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LevTech

Students per Department

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Engineering45%

Business & Industrial

Engineering17%

Accounting10%

Prep5%

Health Sciences

23%

Electronics10%

Software &Computer Science83%

Electro-Optics4%Communications Systems1%

MSc Applied Physics2%

Business56%MBA14%

Industrial Engineering30%

Accounting & Data Systems63%

Accounting – Licensing Exams37%

Nursing90%Bioinformatics7%MSC Nursing3%

Graduate companies

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Over 80 companies

JCT/Lev in Numbers

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~4,400 students total~ 2,000 Ultra-Orthodox students

~ 20% of all female students studying

computer science in Israel

Students from 23 countries

Unfulfilled potential

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Drone for identifying terror tunnels

App for stroke recognitionImage processing to identify violence against the elderly

Senior projects with huge potential that never got beyond the project stage

Unfulfilled potential 2

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Review of Pilot Year (2017-2018)

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HACKATHONS LAB TALKS EVENTS ECOSYSTEM

48-hour technology marathons. Students

develop technological solutions to

challenges presented by industry, hospitals

and social services organizations

Exclusive 12-week program each

semester for student entrepreneurs

Campus-wide and department-wide

lectures by industry leaders and hi-tech

entrepreneurs

Publicity, encouragement and guidance by LevTech staff for students to

participate in off-campus contests and

hackathons

Startups in association with

LevTech and LAB, as for-profit ventures, social ventures, and peer-led initiatives

Some results

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Sensor for wheelchairs to prevent falls and

accidents

Smart insole for gait analysis

Electronic bracelet for triage in multi-casualty incidents

Escape room for the visually-impaired and

sighted together

Senior Project to Startup:

Optimization of traffic lights in high-density areas

Drone Services + new division for product development

Participating Companies & Organizations

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Next steps

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MENTORING90 MINUTESCHALLENGESMngDevfor STAFFPROBLEM SOLVING

FUNDINGNETWORKINGTOOLBOXTEACH &TRAINIOT MAKERSPACEMINI PROJECTS ON STEROIDS

CODING SKILLS

HUB

With industryWorkspace and

mentoring for startupsEquipment and problem-solving

Seminars and courses For startups On campus and offGuidance to funding

resources

For all stage initiativesExposure to

entrepreneurship for all students

From industryManagement

coachingFor industryNew blood

Staff training and closing gaps with

industry

Student Timeline

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Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Graduates

LAB - PRE ACCELERATOR

HUB - SHARED WORKSPACE FOR PROJECTS

MENTORING - FOR HUB & LAB

COURSES & WORKSHOPS

90 MinutesMini ProjectsMini ProjectsSenior Projects

Thanks for listening!

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