Anu Banu CEO: “Real change begins with a small group that believes it’s possible”
At the Israel 2.0 conference by Calcalist and the Anu Banu organization, Dana Nissel called for a partnership between the high-tech sector and Israeli society.
“I am very excited to be standing here at the end of this morning, a morning that connects vision and reality, high-tech and society, and people who believe that building Israel’s future together is both necessary and possible,” said Dana Nissel, CEO of the Anu Banu organization, speaking on Monday at the Israel 2.0 conference held by Calcalist and Anu Banu.
“We began this morning with a call for responsibility, with an industry that understands that technological power must come with social commitment. We heard leaders of Israeli high-tech speak not only about business innovation but about national responsibility. It was a session that showed how high-tech is transforming from a job market into an engine of repair.”
“We then turned to the local level, the ‘City-State-Innovation’ session, where we saw how the capabilities of high-tech can be connected with the needs of municipalities, cities, and the people who live in them. This is exactly the essence of Anu Banu: to create bridges, connections, and shared solutions between systems that usually don’t speak to one another.”
“Next, we looked toward the future, to AI as an engine of social growth. We explored how artificial intelligence can become a force for mobility and new opportunities. It’s not just technology, it’s a new language of responsibility and vision.”
According to Nissel, “In the final session - ‘From Idea to Field’ - we met people who prove that all of this is possible: entrepreneurs who turned ideas into reality and built real models of social change. They bring knowledge, experience, and passion into this shared mission, to build together the new social-national infrastructure of Israel.”
“We’re not just looking for volunteers, but for partners in construction, a driving force of people who understand that, just as in high-tech, so too in Israeli society, real change begins with a small group of determined individuals who believe it’s possible. People who don’t wait for someone else to fix things, but simply get up and do it. Come build the new Israeli tomorrow with us.”
Nissel concluded with a quote from the late IDF Captain Hadar Goldin, who wrote to his parents during a journey to Poland, words that, she said, are more relevant today than ever:
“I am sitting in a transport wagon in Poland, in a corner. I don’t know how many children like me, and people similar and different from me, have passed through here, all of them Jews, torn from their homes, families, parents, and children, not knowing where they were being sent or where they were going.
“But I want to tell you that thanks to you I know where I am going. I am going to the State of Israel, my country and ours. And I understand, thanks to you, what my country gives me, but above all, what I must give of myself to my country. And when I look within, I know I have the strength to give above and beyond.”
