What is planned for May 20-22 is for the Biomed and High-tech conferences to be run side-by-side; each exhibiting its own sectors and activities in separate venues, with the audience free to move from one location to the other without limitation. The OCS annual R&D Conference will also merge with Israel Innovation Week, bringing the government perspectives and exhibitions of the OCS programs into the new format. The Biomed and High-tech venues will include lectures, company presentations and exhibitions. While each event will cater to the participants of its respective agenda, the event will also include joint sessions covering topics of mutual interest to the entire advanced technology industries including: perspectives of innovation and R&D policy and the convergence of technologies between High-tech and Biomed and other factors of the Israeli eco-sector.