Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Wednesday, 10 Shevat, left for the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he will present the Israeli economy, focusing on its leadership in technology and cyber. He will meet with heads of state, leaders and senior global industrialists.

The Prime Minister will hold a unique meeting with global cyber industry senior figures and managing directors – including Eugene Kaspersky – on advancing cyber defense. Participants will discuss cyber threats to information and physical systems and their implications on the development and assimilation of innovative technologies, and evaluate the economic, social and strategic risks posed by these threats. They will also consider the unique cooperation required between governments and the business sector in order to be prepared to ensure the ability to use the cyber revolution for the benefit of global social welfare and economic growth.

Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet with – inter alia – Hewlett Packard Enterprise President and CEO Meg Whitman, Dell founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO Michael Dell and UBER co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. The Prime Minister will present the opportunities the State of Israel is offering to multi-national companies and emphasize the technological leadership of the Israeli high-tech industry in order to expand cooperation between these companies and Israeli companies and encourage investment and acquisitions in Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu will continue with a round of diplomatic meetings and will meet with leaders and heads of state including Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Mr. Netanyahu will be accompanied to Davos by Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Eli Groner, National Economic Council Chairman Prof. Avi Simhon and National Cyber Bureau Head Dr. Eviatar Matania.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)