ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?
DO YOU WANT TO HELP BUILD A STRONGER, MORE SECURE ISRAEL?

You can act on these values now. Please join Lev and Galina Leytes, founders of the Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation (I-SAEF), for a private reception during the JFN conference. You will learn how I-SAEF empowers Israel to become a leader in developing alternative energy by funding merit-based, early-stage research at Israeli universities.

Monday, March 19, 2012
4:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
Olive/Palm/Sycamore Conference Room
Tel Aviv Hilton

Space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] 
by March 9, 2012.  Kosher food will be served.

ABOUT THE ISRAEL STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FOUNDATION (I-SAEF):

I-SAEF, a supporting foundation of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation, is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit which funds game-changing alternative energy research at Israeli universities. Launched in 2009, I-SAEF funds are already supporting breakthrough research such as converting the pollutant CO2 into synthetic fuel.

I-SAEF’s goal is to fund a minimum of 100 grants of $200,000 each over a 10-year period. Grants are awarded after a rigorous screening process performed by I-SAEF’s Scientific and Commercial Advisors, including (among others) Nobel Laureates Professor Paul Berg and Professor Roger Kornberg, and commercialization expert Jack Levy, General Partner of Israel Cleantech Ventures.

In 2010 I-SAEF focused its funding on breakthrough solar energy research projects. In 2011 the focus was on batteries for electric cars and utility-scale energy storage. In 2012, grants will target synthetic fuels from renewable sources (including biofuels).
Learn more at www.i-saef.org.

There will be no solicitation at this event. This invitation is personal and is not transferable.

EMPOWER ISRAEL. TRANSFORM THE WORLD

A unique opportunity to hear about game-changing alternative energy research in Israel directly from
I-SAEF grantees 

Professor Jacob Karni, Director,
Center for Energy Research, Weizman Institute  

Professor Yoel Sasson,
Applied Chemistry, Hebrew University 

Introduction by I-SAEF Advisory Board Co-Chair
Jack Levy, Israel Cleantech Ventures

ABOUT I-SAEF's Founders         

Galina and Lev Leytes are co-founders of the Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation (I-SAEF, pronounced "I-Safe"). They were co-founders of LJL BioSystems, Inc, a NASDAQ hi-tech company, of which Lev was CEO and Galina was Executive VP. Prior to LJL, they held senior technical and management positions in Silicon Valley.

Lev and Galina have served as directors on boards of both private and public companies, and in the non-profit sector. They have graduate degrees in engineering and have completed the Advanced Management Program at Stanford University. In 2009, they were featured in a profile by China's "Entrepreneur" magazine as leading Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs.

Contact Galina Leytes at 650-465-7279, or [email protected].

Click here to watch Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren (pictured below with Galina and Lev Leytes) speak about I-SAEF