About the Summit
Held annually since 2020, the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit is a highly anticipated event on the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) calendar.
With the AICC’s reputation for bringing the latest insights and developments on innovation from Israel to create opportunities for Australia, the Summit is a knowledge exchange that is essential to business, government and community leaders wanting to understand and prepare for the future.
The content-rich afternoon program brings together high-level business experts and thought leaders from Australia and Israel who are solving global challenges via out-of-the-box thinking and solutions to deliver global competitiveness.
Each year a theme is selected to reflect the pressing questions faced by most industry sectors. Presenters share collective insights and explore key issues critical to business success around this theme. These are not-to-be-missed conversations vital for your business to embrace change and build commercial resilience.
About the Showcase
Connect and build valuable new relationships during the Summit networking lunch and afternoon tea that take place at the Israel Innovation Showcase.
Information and contact details for these businesses can also be found on the Summit website Showcase pages.
Why Israel
Producing more start-ups per capita than any other nation and home to nearly 100 Unicorns, Israel remains a magnet for venture capital. Nvidia—the world’s largest company—announced plans to expand its Israeli labs and campus in mid-2025, expecting to add thousands of jobs to its R&D centre, already home to its AI supercomputer ranked among the world’s top 500.
Attracting 20% of global cyber fundraising, Israel has secured USD 28B in deep-tech investment since 2019. With more than 1,500 deep-tech firms and leadership in agro-food-tech, photonics, quantum computing, and digital health, the country offers investors diversified opportunities across future-defining fields.
Israel’s innovation ecosystem continues to surge, with record-breaking exits and global investment flows including Google’s USD 32B acquisition of Wiz—the largest deal in Israeli high-tech history. M&A activity is accelerating, as private Israeli companies generated USD 9.3B in H1 2025, up 54% from the same period last year. High-tech now accounts for 17.3% of GDP and 20% of exports, underscoring its central role in economic growth and investor confidence.
