Five IT companies from Kerala, part of an Indian delegation, attended the first Innovation Conference of Israel (MIXiii), an international event focusing on biomedical sciences and high-technology.
Calpine Group, Kreara Technologies, SFO Technologies, Software Associates and ZestyBeanz - firms based in Thirvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode - attended the conference in Tel Aviv from May 20-22 with the support of the Kerala Government and the Indian Embassy in Israel.
They were among 30 public and private sector companies from India, which was the largest country participant at the international conference, a press release said.
Israel, which has been dubbed the 'start-up nation', hosted the event to bring together thousands of the world's biomed and hi-tech companies and create networking opportunities for new business cooperation.
The visit to Israel to experience its renowned culture of innovation and entrepreneurship was a first for the participants from Kerala. They said the response to their products and services at MIXiii had been very positive.
Deepak Sunny (Calpine), Manoj Dethan (Kreara), Hashim Abdul Khader (SFO), Duleep Sahadevan (Software Associates) and Lepeesh Parat (Zesty Beanz), who represented the Kerala IT firms also visited the Tel Aviv university, other business incubators and technology transfer centres in Israel.
