Google Israel launches first engineers' conference

Google Israel has started a new tradition, with the opening last week of the company's first engineers' conference. The meeting, which was initiated by engineers at the Google R&D center in Haifa, is a professional conference designed to enable engineers from similar fields to meet one another and share their knowledge. The event included lectures by Google Israel staff on technology-related issues and Google applications.

The event, which coincided with Microsoft Israel's Tech Ed conference, was attended by around 100 engineers and high-tech executives from various companies, including Microsoft Israel itself.

Google Israel now employs more than 100 people at its R&D center in Haifa, which is headed by Dr. Yoelle Maarek. The company's fellow affiliates in Europe hold similar events, and Google Israel intends to continue holding the conference in its present format in the coming years.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 14, 2008