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Ofer Haviv, President and CEO at Evogene, will present at the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" Kinneret Panel on May 25th, at the Kinneret Engineering School.

The panel will be hosted by Dr. Giora Yaron, the chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Kinneret Engineering School and an entrepreneur. The discussion will include issues of bio-med and medicine as the growth engines for Israel and how the new developments in these two areas require a solid scientific infrastructure which exists in the Academic Institutes, integration of these capabilities with applied R&D capabilities, and marketing and sales which will lead to breakthroughs.

Mr. Haviv will discuss the need for interdisciplinary work in these fields, and will use the application methods at Evogene as an example.

About Kinneret College
The Kinneret College, is located on the southern shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
The College was established in 1965 by the regional council of the kibbutzim in the area. The students in the College come from all parts of Israel but especially from the Galilee. This is reflected in the multi-cultural and multi-faith background of the student population: Jewish and Arab, secular and religious.
The College has been affiliated with the Bar Ilan University for many years and continues to award Bar Ilan degrees in the social sciences and humanities. However, since 2004 the College has also had independent academic status and empowered to grant degrees in a number of fields of Engineering, Communication Studies and Management of Tourism by the Israel Council for Higher Education.
 
About Evogene
Evogene is a world leading developer of improved plant traits, such as yield and drought tolerance, for a wide diversity of key crops through the use of plant genomics. The company is focusing on providing a complete solution for plant trait improvement through combining state of the art biotechnology and advanced breeding methods, based on its computational genomic technologies: ATHLETE 3.0 for gene discovery; RePack for gene expression optimization and EvoBreed for breeding enhancement. Evogene's technology also combines high throughput plant validation systems, field experiments and proprietary genomic data creation.  Evogene is collaborating with world leading seed companies to introduce its technology into key commercial crops. Evogene's headquarters are in Rehovot, Israel, and its stock is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: EVGN). For additional information, please visit Evogene’s website at www.evogene.com.