Sean Landris

The California-Israel Innovation Project (audio only)

Jerry Brown, Benjamin Netanyahu, Glenn, Tom Soto, David Nahai, Shlomo Labet, Yariv Cohen, Nathan, Martha Amram, Jagdeep Basher, Lee Wallach, Eric Green, Sean Landris, Gil Galanos, Yair

California and Israel formalized a historic government-to-government partnership targeting water security, climate resilience, and biomedical innovation through strategic collaboration between state agencies and anchor entities like IDE and Netafim. Key outcomes include a planned Los Angeles task force to deploy Israeli leak detection technology within the LADWP, the proposal of a $20 billion joint super bio fund to address capital gaps in deep-tech sectors, and a shift toward utilizing California physicians for clinical training in Israel. Future initiatives prioritize establishing shared data platforms for health and agriculture while aligning regulatory frameworks to facilitate long-term infrastructure investment and global market scaling.