Israeli Architecture and Hispanic-Israeli ties next topics of Rhode Island Israel Collaborative

Israeli Architect Eliezer Armon will talk about “Revitalizing and Redesigning Challenger Cities in the 21st Century” on the evening of Wednesday, June 13. The following evening, Dr. Eitan Yudilevich, a Chilean-Israeli, will keynote “Learning Startup Culture: RI Latino Community Meets Israeli Innovation and High Tech Ecosystem.”

The first evening, Armon will discuss how smart architectural design can position cities for economic growth and be a foundation for their re-positioning and re-branding. He will then examine some interesting case studies of Israeli cities Ashqelon and Mitzpe Ramon, cities that are in the midst of a major transformation.

The event is organized by the Rhode Island Israel Collaborative and Grow Smart Rhode Island. Opening remarks will be given by Scott Wolf, Executive Director of Grow Smart RI and Avi Nevel, President and CEO of Rhode Island Israel Collaborative (RIIC).

The program will last from 5:30 to 7:30 and be located at 67 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

In a seperate event, the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and RIIC will host Dr. Yudilevich, who assumed the Executive Director position at the BIRD Foundation on January 1, 2006.  Since then, BIRD’s Board of Governors has approved more than  240 full-scale joint projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. BIRD is the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.

This event will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., on Thursday, June 14, at RI Nursing Education Center, 350 Eddy St. Providence, RI 02903 (Lecture Hall - 308).

Registration and more information is available at https://www.theriic.org/