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THE BACKSTORYGROUP'S 2017 EDUCATIONAL MISSION TO ISRAEL COMPRISED OF FILM, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCERS, AND FILM MUSIC COMPOSERS AND EXECUTIVES. THE TRIP ITINERNARY INCLUDING MEETING WITH ISRAELI FILM AND MUSIC STUDENTS AT THE RIMON SCHOOL OF JAZZ AND CONTERMPORARY MUSIC, WHERE THE COMPOSERS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES CONDUCTED AN IN-DEPTH EDUCATIONAL PANEL FOR STUDENTS AND FILM COMPOSERSCONDUCTED A MASTERCLASS FOR COMPOSITION STUDENTS.THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBSTANTIVE INTERACTION WITH EMERGING COMPOSERS AS WELL AS FACILITY AT THE SCHOOL.WE ATTENDED A SCREENING OF STUDENT WORK FROM THE SAPIR FILM SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED IN A QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION AFTERWARDS WITH THE STUDENT FILMMAKER AND HEAD OF THE SCHOOL.WE HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM AN IMPACT VENTURE FUND AND A LEADER IN HIGH TECH INDUSTRY.THE PRODUCERS AND COMPOSERS ALSO PRESENTED EDUCATIONAL PANELS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE JERUSALEM CINEMATHEQUE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HIGH TECH AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN CURRENT RESEARCH IN SERVERAL FIELDS.WE ALSO VISITED THE BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE DESERT, IN BEERSHEVA, WHERE WE MET WITH THE ENGINEERS FROM ACOUSTICS LABS AND WERE GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON CYBERSECURITY. AT BEN GURION UNIVERSITY, WE HAD A NETWORKING LUNCH WITH SOME OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO STUDY THERE, INCLUDING 3 AMERICANS. FURTHERMORE, WE ATTENDED A CONCERT CONDUCTED BY ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS,WHICH HE HELP FACILITATE VIA INTRODUCTIONS BETWEEN HIM AND THE ISRAELI ORCHESTRAS.WE HELD A NETWORKING EVENT WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS AND ISRAELIS IN THE SAME PROFESSIONAL FIELDS AS WELL WITH SCIENTISTS AND HEALTHCARE ENTREPRENEURS.WE VISITED SOME HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANT SITES, INCLUDING THE BEN GURION ARCHIVES, WHERE WE LEARNED SOME HISTORY OF DAVID BEN GURION, THE UNIVERSITY WHICH IS NAMED AFTER HIM AND THE REGION.NETWORKS WERE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE TRIP, CREATING ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ISRAEL PEERS, AS WELL AS THE ISRAELI FILM AND MUSIC STUDENTS.