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Action Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that promotes the sharing of ideas, information and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives in a healthy environment. Idealist is one of the richest communities of nonprofit and volunteering resources, with information provided by 24,000 organizations in 155 countries. Read more about Action Without Borders also in Fast Company's "Ways to Give Back": "Today business is about more than just making products or money. It's about making a difference. So Fast Company invited 19 business leaders to share their insights on giving back to the community".

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The SourceBook 2001 - Israeli Technology & Investment is a 690 page book, published by Koldoon and Globes, with Arthur Andersen. It is the basic handbook for startup companies, investors, accountants, lawyers and everyone else interested in Israel's hugely successful new technology industries and their investors, listing all the startups and investment firms in Israel. The SourceBook was sponsored by Vertex Management Israel, The Red Herring, Broadview, and The Swiss Exchange New Market.

"Nasdaq can go up and down, but the entrepreneurial spirit isn't gone in Israel, the international powerhouse for new technology companies. New technology companies are being created weekly, creating the tools for new markets - and investment opportunities - for the years to come. Koldoon, the online technology investment service at http://www.koldoon.com, Globes, Israel's financial daily online at http://www.globes.co.il, and Arthur Andersen, have produced a 690+ page hardcover book cataloguing the Israeli startups and investors of 2001. That's more than 1,300 companies, from incubator sponsored startups to publicly listed Israeli firms plus all the Israeli investment players."

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Included with the book is a CD-Rom containing the images in the book, and a one-click link-up facility to the respective sites. The book, published by The Pepin Press in Amsterdam is for worldwide distribution. "With each design, there is a credit line with the web address and the name of the designer and/or design studio and email address. On the copyright page in the book will be stated that the copyright to the designs rests with the respective designers or site owners.".

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InternetWorld 2000, the largest Internet and e-commerce exhibition in the world, comes to Israel for the fourth time. This giant international exhibition starts the new millenium and will take place on 28-30 March. The exhibition will be held in the Exhibition Grounds of Tel Aviv, with the same format as the InternetWorld exhibitions held in NY, Chicago, Los Angeles and some 30 other major cities around the world.

Penton International, in cooperation with the People and Computers Group, are organizing this exhibition for an expected 25,000+ visitors, professionals and executives. The exhibition is targeted to a professional audience including executives working in the Internet, in e-commerce and in information technology.

This year the exhibition will focus on the "hottest" topics in the world - e-commerce, B2B, B2C and of course content. During the three day event there will be plenary meetings, seminars, conventions and displays from the world's leading companies, as well as accompanying events and different attractions.

Peli (the Tigerman) Peled, President of the People and Computers Group and the organizer of the exhibition, said: "A number of leading Israeli and International companies have already secured their participation in the exhibition, including: Intel, IBM, Oracle, Novel, Internet Zahav, Netvision, Techem, Hapoalim Bank, VBSI, CommerceNet, Orange-Partner, Pele-Phone, Silicon Graphics and many more."

The Tigerman added: "The exhibition will focus on e-commerce, and will include special conventions and seminars on e-commerce, B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Consumer), marketing and advertising, investment and IPOs, information security and more. "On each morning of the three-day InternetWorld 2000 exhibition, there will be professional seminars organized by John Bryce Training. Each afternoon will feature key-note speakers and industry panels, and the days will finish with special events for invited guests.", added the Tigerman.

During the exhibition, world-leading computing and infrastructure companies will present advanced e-business solutions, as well as innovative technologies for building organizational networks and storage systems for the Internet, Intranets and Extranets. Communications, Cellular and ISP firms will offer a variety of new services to organizations in the era of the global network.

The first day of the InternetWorld 2000 Exhibition will be dedicated to electronic trade in the internet era, and will include lectures, seminars, displays and a variety of events reviewing this rapidly evolving field. The first day also features 2 special features - Intel Briefings for its On-line services and the New Server Generation, as well as John Bryce Technology and Oracle. The second day will focus on the LINUX breakthrough - the new alternative for IT professionals. The third and last day is packed with three separate conferences - WAP Day, E-testing, and of course the all-important issue of information security in the e-commerce era. The exhibition will also include a major display of Israeli Internet developments, which will be displayed in "Start-Up City".

Additionally, exhibition visitors will be able to participate in a variety of attractions, including the Global Banner Competition - "BannerWorld - InternetWorld 2000's Golden Rail". The winning banners will be displayed at the InternetWorld Exhibition in NY. Another attraction will be a special fashion show "The Brave New Unwired World", featuring international models. The show was developed especially for InternetWorld 2000 by staff from MIT. The show comes to Israel after meeting with great success at exhibitions in NY, Hong Kong and Singapore and is proudly sponsored by InfoCharms.

The 15th Israeli high-tech employment fair, "People and Career Encounters", will also be held as part of the exhibition. It will be sponsored by Yediot Aharonot career board, and will include more than 50 firms offering thousands of new jobs.

The People and Computers Group, the organizer of the exhibition in Israel, is confident that the exhibition will attract thousands of visitors, professionals and executives only. This exhibition, now held in Israel for the fourth time, will be the biggest event for the Internet and for e-commerce ever held in this country.".

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ISRAEL GOT LATE START IN ADDRESSING Y2K

Friday, December 17, 1999
Section: MAIN
Page: 3E
NOMI MORRIS, Knight Ridder Foreign Service

In a country that prides itself on being the high-tech capital of the Middle East, many Israelis are getting nervous that a late start on Y2K-readiness testing will land them in low-tech chaos on New Year's Day.

Known here as ``Bug 2000,'' the looming two-digit changeover from 99 to 00 recently registered nearly a ``seven'' on a local consulting firm's gauge of how worried business people are about potential computer glitches. Zero is completely indifferent and 10 means ``on the verge of a nervous breakdown.''

``Israel got a late start; it's difficult to say whether we caught up,'' said David Avney, founder of Vivid Management Systems, a business information and consulting firm. ``There is an estimated 15 percent chance of faults, which is still very high. We don't know whether it will be in crucial systems. The risk is because nobody knows what will happen.''

As a precaution, the Israeli government has decided to cancel flights Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 to and from Ben Gurion International Airport, which uses 403 computerized systems. Plans for an economic state of emergency - meant to be activated only in wartime - have been pulled off the shelf. And in a surprise move, Israel's Atomic Energy Commission has announced it will close the Dimona nuclear power plant in the Negev Desert on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

After more than two years of testing at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the agency has decided to gradually restart Dimona and another nuclear research stations on Jan. 2 under continuous inspection.

``Residents of Israel have no reason for concern,'' the agency assured the public. ``The plants are ready to overcome Bug 2000 safely.''

On the positive side, Sunday, Jan. 2, is a regular working day in Israel and the Tel Aviv stock exchange likely will be the first trading floor of an industrialized nation to open in the third millennium.

And because New Year's falls on the Sabbath, Israel's Chief Rabbinate decided to grant special permits to allow public employees to work on the day of rest - as long as the work involves matters of life and death, as is stipulated by Jewish religious law.

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