Chemi Peres
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And it's a legacy that is worth carrying on. So I took it upon myself to continue and carry the legacy forward and augment everything that we did at the center. Especially in the last years of his life, we started to work on the innovation center at the Paris Center. And I understood it's not only about peace building activities through projects that the center has been doing.
And it's a legacy that is worth carrying on. So I took it upon myself to continue and carry the legacy forward and augment everything that we did at the center. Especially in the last years of his life, we started to work on the innovation center at the Paris Center. And I understood it's not only about peace building activities through projects that the center has been doing.
We need now to fill in much more functions. And the most important one is the innovation. wrote in his will, we need to protect the island and calm the ocean. We thought that innovation and technology is the best way to protect the island and calm the ocean. So we stick to that. And now we work on the Future Institute. We are now building the Future Institute because we think it's essential.
We need now to fill in much more functions. And the most important one is the innovation. wrote in his will, we need to protect the island and calm the ocean. We thought that innovation and technology is the best way to protect the island and calm the ocean. So we stick to that. And now we work on the Future Institute. We are now building the Future Institute because we think it's essential.
that people will look forward into the future, try to imagine what the future brings to us. The future is sending signs. Methodologically, you need to be able to identify them and separate them from noise and get ready for what's happening next, whether it's AI, whether it's climate change, and take action, not just be a think tank, but a do tank. So we're working on that.
that people will look forward into the future, try to imagine what the future brings to us. The future is sending signs. Methodologically, you need to be able to identify them and separate them from noise and get ready for what's happening next, whether it's AI, whether it's climate change, and take action, not just be a think tank, but a do tank. So we're working on that.
That's the third layer of the center. If the first one was privatizing peace, the second one was building the innovation center, and now it's about the future.
That's the third layer of the center. If the first one was privatizing peace, the second one was building the innovation center, and now it's about the future.
Some people say that you need to wear two hats, but I'm saying I wear one hat with two hats. I'm a believer in the same things that he believed in. We shared the love for innovation, for technology. We believe that the future holds so much promise. If you marry this with values, human values, make sure that it goes on the right way. So it's very easy for me to do that. That's what I'm doing.
Some people say that you need to wear two hats, but I'm saying I wear one hat with two hats. I'm a believer in the same things that he believed in. We shared the love for innovation, for technology. We believe that the future holds so much promise. If you marry this with values, human values, make sure that it goes on the right way. So it's very easy for me to do that. That's what I'm doing.
And I have an amazing team at the center, which makes it even easier. But I feel that he's with us, and I think that we carry the legacy forward. And I'm having these discussions from time to time with him, spiritually, of course.
And I have an amazing team at the center, which makes it even easier. But I feel that he's with us, and I think that we carry the legacy forward. And I'm having these discussions from time to time with him, spiritually, of course.
And I think he would have been proud the way the center continues to operate and get an impact by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, optimism, future looking, forward looking, and all the activities that we do with all the people that come from abroad and from within Israel. And of course, working with Arab countries. It's very fulfilling.
And I think he would have been proud the way the center continues to operate and get an impact by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, optimism, future looking, forward looking, and all the activities that we do with all the people that come from abroad and from within Israel. And of course, working with Arab countries. It's very fulfilling.
So I combined my work at Bitango with the center and it works quite well, I must say.
So I combined my work at Bitango with the center and it works quite well, I must say.
Well, Guy was an illustrator, very talented, very smart, very bright. I won't say a genius, but maybe he was a genius. Very capable, extremely smart and knowledgeable. You'd never win when you argued with him. He had a very clear view of the world. And from a very early stage in his life, he was focused on superheroes and gaming and movie and music, comics.
Well, Guy was an illustrator, very talented, very smart, very bright. I won't say a genius, but maybe he was a genius. Very capable, extremely smart and knowledgeable. You'd never win when you argued with him. He had a very clear view of the world. And from a very early stage in his life, he was focused on superheroes and gaming and movie and music, comics.
and graphic novels, and he was an illustrator. And he decided to study illustration in the Academy of Art in San Francisco. And he went to San Francisco and spent five years there. We would often come and visit him. And he just came back home when corona started, and he had his own studio at home. And in 2021, we spoke about the fact that this world
and graphic novels, and he was an illustrator. And he decided to study illustration in the Academy of Art in San Francisco. And he went to San Francisco and spent five years there. We would often come and visit him. And he just came back home when corona started, and he had his own studio at home. And in 2021, we spoke about the fact that this world