What…
Israel Venture Capital Association, in cooperation with American Catalyst LLC (“American Catalyst”), presented “Successfuly Launching Your Company in the U.S. Marketplace.” American Catalyst is an “incubator” focused on accelerating the development cycle of promising Israeli B2B e-commerce startup companies. Wholly-owned by The A Consulting Team, Inc. (“TACT®”) (Nasdaq: TACX), American Catalyst offers all the services necessary to “Americanize” foreign technology start-ups, dramatically reducing the learning and adaptation curve, and minimizing time-to-market. Since 1983, TACT has provided IT services and solutions to Fortune 1000 and other large organizations.

When and Where…
The event was held on Thursday, July 6, 2000, at the Sheraton Tel Aviv.

The Program…
The event was honored by the presence of: "T.S." Tong Soo Chung, Acting Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Service Industries, Finance of the U.S. Department of Commerce; Mickey Eitan, a member of Israel’s Parliament and the Chairman of the Internet Committee; and Arie Scope, Chairman of Microsoft Israel. The keynote speaker was Yossi Vardi, well-known Israeli business leader and entrepreneur, founding investor in Mirabilis, the creator of ICQ, and Israeli “Internet visionary.” Vardi lectured on “The New Internet Economy: Truths and Misconceptions,” which focused on how the Internet is the economy of the future.

Other speakers included: Shmuel BenTov, CEO, Chairman of the Board, and President of TACT, and Chairman of American Catalyst, who described how American Catalyst can simplify and shorten the process of being successful in the U.S.; and Ido Ophir, co-founder of Always-On, Inc., (formerly LightPC.com), who described how Always-On benefited from American Catalyst’s services.

Left to right: Dan Schwartz - Managing Director Business Development at American Catalyst, "T.S." Tong Soo Chung - Acting Deputy for Service Industries, Finance and U.S. Department of Commerce,

Liana Foksheneanu - Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Services, Shmuel BenTov - CEO, Chairman of the Board, President of TACT, and Chairman of American Catalyst, and Meira Steinbock - Managing Director of American Catalyst's Pre-Landing and Soft Landing Services.

Ido Ophir - co-founder of Always-On, Inc., and Shmuel BenTov.