Protestors Inject Politics Into BioscienceLA Event
A recent forum hosted by BioscienceLA, a Culver City not-for-profit focused on fostering innovation in the local bioscience sector, included a hefty dose of international politics.
One of the invited speakers at this May 30 forum was Ofir Akunis, Israel’s minister of science and technology. The speech was billed as an opportunity to share the perspective of the Israeli government on transitioning from “start-up nation,” to “scale-up nation.” Los Angeles County was chosen as the site for this speech because of the history of local companies collaborating with Israeli businesses. And because Israel has a strong life science industry cluster, a bioscience forum was chosen as the optimal place in Los Angeles County for the speech.