The following article details a visit yesterday to Aus­trali­an business students from the Uni­ver­sity of NSW from Chris Cannan, Aus­trali­a’s ambas­sad­or to Israel. The UNSW students are par­ti­cip­at­ing in a program at the Inter­dis­cip­lin­ary Center Herzliya.
The original article was published on J‑Post and can be accessed here.

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The ambassador is a fan

Greer Fay Cashman

February 14, 2018

Aus­trali­an Ambas­sad­or Chris Cannan paid a visit to Inter­dis­cip­lin­ary Center Herzliya to meet Aus­trali­an students from the Uni­ver­sity of New South Wales Business School taking part in an inter­na­tion­al program for­mu­lated by the executive and con­tinu­ing education division together with the Adelson School of Entre­pren­eur­ship and the Uni­ver­sity of New South Wales.
The 20 business admin­is­tra­tion students from Australia were par­ti­cip­at­ing in a four-week program at IDC for a hands-on exper­i­ence on how Israeli start-ups work, and were focusing on five specific start-ups from the Merkspace community. The ambas­sad­or attended the students’ final present­a­tions and said: “The Aus­trali­an gov­ern­ment, which maintains excellent relations with Israel, wishes to combine new Aus­trali­an start-ups with the Israeli ecosystem, hoping they return to Australia with improved products. In the last few years, 16 Israeli companies settled in Australia and I’m sure there are more to come. From here, the Aus­trali­an students will travel back to their homeland with new insights, ideas and relations, which will help them develop the Aus­trali­an economy and strengthen the bond with the State of Israel.”
At the present time, 16 Israeli companies are listed on the Aus­trali­an Secur­it­ies Exchange, and more are on the way. Aus­trali­an investors, aware of Israel’s devel­op­ments in innov­a­tion, are eager to put their money into Israeli start-ups.