Mr. Itai Green is the Founder and CEO of Innovate Israel and a dominant leader in Israel’s corporate open innovation. He is a renowned speaker and is recognized internationally as a leading authority on innovation, particularly on Corporate Open innovation.
Mr. Green’s expertise is in leading innovation processes and connecting global corporations and governments with entrepreneurial ecosystem members, allowing them to transform themselves successfully to better fit our changing world, maintain their positions as market leaders, or take the lead and place themselves ahead of the curve.
Mr. Green is also a renowned speaker and has spoken so far at many significant events, including as a local and international keynote speaker. Some prior speaking engagements included several events by The Economist, the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the American Chamber of Commerce, and more.
Mr. Green consults organizations in various fields, including IT, Consumer Products, Pharma, Finance, Travel, E-commerce, Retail, Banking, Insurance, Energy, Construction Tech, IoT, and the Public Sector.
Beyond innovation, Mr. Green’s other areas of expertise include fintech, insurtech, traveltech, generative AI, ecosystems, and other disruptive technologies and related fields.
Some of his key achievements so far include the foundation of Innovate Israel in 2017, speaking at The Economist – Digital Metamorphosis in 2018, at The Economist’s Taking Cybersphere to the Next Level and the UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition in 2019, The Economist’s Travel and Tourism Leadership Summit and Finnovate in 2020, The Economist – Eastmed Summit in 2021, the Economist’s Western Balkans Summit on 2022, and AmCham Brazil’s 2023 CEO Forum.