Indian delegation @ IAA Tel Aviv conference – “What’s coming next”

Headquartered in Udaipur and with offices in Delhi and San Francisco, the tech-driven digital marketing company – Obbserv – was among 25 companies that visited Israel as a part of first Indo-Israel delegation.  It [the delegation] became a part of “What’s Coming Next” – an event that offered the guests with a panoramic view of the massive impact that digital technologies has made on modern economies.  Organized by India Chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA), the event was held from 23-28 July 2017.  The tour was led by Neeraj Roy, MD and founder of Hungama and President of IAA India chapter.

Presentation on Edge Computing – the next big thing after Cloud Computing

Purpose of this participation was to connect as merging media tech, Ad Tech and retail tech companies.  The event focused on various happenings in the field of Virtual Reality, marketing & advertising technologies, augmented reality, machine learning, etc.  This tech tour of Israel included a high level interaction between the invited companies and dignitaries of eminent organizations from across the corporate world.

Presentation on Ez Face – groundbreaking virtualisation solution

There was a meeting with Mayor of Tel Aviv – Ron Huldai, Municipality of Tel Aviv, the financial center and the technology hub of Israel.  Few other meetings with Yoni Bloch (an Israeli musician and hi-tech entrepreneur), Chemi Peres (the managing general partner and Co-Founder of Pitango), among other, got the show rolling.

“I am glad that I was a part of this excellent tech tour, which was brimming with learning and insights on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing Automation, etc.  Digital space is revolutionizing at a rapid pace and being a part of this domain, it is quite imperative to stay abreast with the advancements.  I believe that with our understanding of new technologies, we’ll soon be able to practice them in India and make our existing work practices in line with advanced technology” – Ravi Soni, co-Founder of Obbserv, Udaipur

There as also a talk session by senior management of Viber on future of messaging.  The session was followed by a visit to Jerusalem Venture Partner to understand the future of investment trends; visit to Intel; Google Israel; ClickTale (world’s #1 enterprise class-experience management platform), Waze (world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app), Mobileye (driver less vehicles), Curiyo ( engagement platform ), Vimmi and many more.

Google Israel sharing the Google story in Israel

Apart from learnings and insights, the group was also introduced to prominent hot spots and tourist destinations of Israel, viz. Masada, Dead Sea, etc.

Team outing and informal interaction at Masada resort