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Dr. Guruth Banavar

Dr. Guruduth Banavar, VP and CTO of IBM’s Global Public Sector, is set to be the guest of honor and keynote speaker in SmartCamp Israel’s final event. Part of Dr. Banavar’s job at IBM includes looking over the most advanced technologies IBM can supply public organizations around the world, and he focuses mainly on IBM’s Smarter Cities Initiatives.

I cannot think of a more important man in the technological realm to meet with the five finalists who are working on their own Smarter Planet solutions.

Those who manage to come to SmarCamp’s final event, as well as the mentors, judges, venture capital personnel and other guests, could learn from Dr. Banavar how the blue giants operated against the world’s largest organizations, who whish to build SmartPlanet and Smarter Cities-compatible computer solutions, and how a small Israeli start-up solution can fit in the giant framework set to affect millions of people around the world.

It would do well to mention that before he was appointed VP and CTO of the Global Public Sector, Dr. Banacar was IBM Research’s Indian branch’s Director of Development, and founded IBM’s research lab in Bangalore.

In the coming days we will continue to publish the names of those start-ups who have moved on to the next stage of SmartCamp, out of which the five finalists will be selected.

In the meanwhile, we have opened registration for the event, for guests who are not competing. If you planning on attending on June 24^th, hear the experts, watch the presentations and do some networking – we invite you to sign up. Just remember to write STARTUPMANIA coupon in the application form.

Translated by Itai Rosenbaum