Ofir Akunis of Likud plans the international technology expo for the 75th edition of Israel

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Israel will host dozens of science ministers from around the world this year to celebrate 75 years of Israeli innovation, Science and Innovation Minister Ofir Akunis said on Sunday.

Akunis welcomed 23 ministers to Jerusalem in his previous term five years ago for a science policy conference and to celebrate Israel’s 70th year, and he hopes to beat that number in October, when the new conference is due.

“We will show ministers and delegations from around the world Israel’s strength and achievements as a revolutionary country in the fields of science, technology and innovation,” he said. “There are few countries in the world, certainly not ones the size of Israel, that have achieved similar results in 75 years of independence.”

Akunis said the conference would also send a political message to the international community and investors in Israel, in light of government criticism in recent months: “Israeli democracy is not in danger. It is strong and stable. Continue to invest here and partner with unprecedented breakthroughs in every area.”

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This year’s conference will feature a major exhibition on Israeli innovation, in the style of the World Expo. Akunis expressed the hope of being able to present 75 different exhibitions, for each year since the founding of Israel.

The exhibition will initially be aimed at foreign government delegations, before being opened to the Israeli public.

Akunis plans to invite the Arab countries with which Israel has established relations in the years since the previous conference: the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.

Ministers from 23 countries attended the three-day conference in 2018, as well as lower-level delegations from multiple countries. At the time, he broke the record for most ministers from foreign countries to attend an event.

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