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guest lecturers from Jerusalem’s business With its unique DNA, HAC is
community, and more. These programs will be poised to play a singular role in
customized and adapted for the different target
audiences in our student body. For instance, the Jerusalem business innova-
there will be separate pre-accelerators for both tion ecosystem. The College’s
Haredi men and women studying at our Strauss approach to economic empower-
Campus. ment promotes social mobility and
The Blender already hosted the Czech-Israeli success upon entering the work
Virtual Hackathon titled “Women, Security force. Its campus is a celebration
and Technology.” The Israeli team’s efforts fo- of both interdisciplinary collabora-
cused on solutions to combat violence against tion and individual creativity. Stra-
women and children, and innovations address-
ing sexual assault and harassment. The Hack- tegically located in the center of
athon was sponsored by The Blender, AtoBe - Jerusalem, HAC can offer innova-
the Entrepreneurship Center at Azrieli College tive solutions to local businesses:
of Engineering, the Municipality of Jerusalem its community clinics are natural
and the Israeli Embassy in Prague, and leading beta-sites.
NGOs in both Prague and Israel including Di-
versio, Konsent, ESD Global, and El HaLev, as Dr. Tali Hadasa Blank,
well as Amazon, and Monday.com, along with Founding Director and Head of
leading academic institutions in Prague. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Yarden Gabay
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