Taglit-Birthright Israel and The Jerusalem Post will broadcast their first-ever innovation conference, “Coronavirus and Israeli Tech,” on Monday, September 14, at 7 p.m. Israel time.The event will be aired live on the Post website: www.jpost.com/taglit.The conference will focus on technological solutions and pioneering products that are being developed in Israel in the struggle against the novel coronavirus. Israeli leaders in medicine, business and hi-tech will get together in a virtual forum to discuss progress that is being made in the field. console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }The conference will be moderated by editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz and news editor and health analyst Maayan Hoffman. It will feature one-on-one interviews and panel discussions on a wide variety of topics, including out-of-the-box thinking in the treatment of COVID-19; healthcare innovation; the impact of the virus on business infrastructure and operations; and how the military and civil society are working together to fight the virus.Katz will conduct an interview with Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold, head of the Defense Research and Development Directorate, on Israeli innovation from Iron Dome to a coronavirus “game-changer.”Hoffman will interview Tal Zaks, chief medical officer of Moderna Inc., which is developing a coronavirus vaccine.The conference will also feature some of Israel’s top names in medicine and hi-tech, with a special presentation by Jewish doctors from around the world who have been fighting the pandemic.