Europe launches young leadership club

About 120 people were in attendance for the launch of the European Committee’s new young leadership club, the Weizmann Young European Network (WYEN), in Berlin on June 23. The main guest speaker was Uri Levine, founder of Waze, the driving and navigation app that was acquired by Google in 2013. Mr. Levine, who has also founded several other companies, described how he chooses his business ventures and why science and technology matter in the quest to improve lives. WYEN is chaired by Dr. Christian Tidona of Heidelberg. Prof. Daniel Zajfman, Weizmann Institute President, spoke, as did Prof. Oded Aharonson of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Prof. Yardena Samuels of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, who spoke about genetics and cancer. Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam of the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics talked about colliding and exploding stars.