Loic and Geraldine Le Meur give us a taste of what is coming for this year’s LeWeb in Paris at Les Docks, slated for December 8-9, 2010. This year’s theme is platforms and they plan to cover the platform spectrum, from browsers, mobile and PC to the iPad, TV, and social media. They have a great line-up of speakers confirmed already and it’s only June.

TechCrunch turns 5 and has an anniversary party at Twilio & SocialGold on Folsom Street in San Francisco. While I didn’t really see any TechCrunchers there (they may have been mingling but I just didn’t run into any), over 400 people showed up to take part in the celebration that a handful of start-ups sponsored.

Taking part meant PPT karaoke, free beer on one side of the room, boxes of pizza on the other and three hours into the event, a dozen or so bottles of champagne popped open — all at the same time.

Two other things worth mentioning: Yet again, Foursquare was on the fritz and it took me several attempts to check in AND I ran into people who were either from or had lived in the following countries: Czechoslovakia, Russia, Korea, VietNam, China, Sweden, England, France, Germany, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Japan and Bulgaria.

Last week at The Israel Conference, I interviewed Meir Feningstein about this year’s Israel Film Festival, coming to Los Angeles from October 20 to November 4, 2010 and New York from December 2-16, 2010. They’ll also be holding one in Miami in February 8-17, 2011. We learn about some of the highlights and what you can expect. Join us.

I learned a bit about Gideon’s product at this year’s Israel Conference. Gideon is an easy to use online application, updated weekly, that helps you diagnose infectious diseases and stay up to date on the latest trends in epidemiology, treatment and microbiology. More in the video below.

I chatted with Oded Turgeman and David Israel from the Operating Room last week in Los Angeles. The Operating Room is a production company set in Hollywood, a few miles away from the corner courtyard where we hung out in for the day at the Luxe Hotel. They recently opened up an office in Tel Aviv to explore the untapped innovation and talent in Israel. Their goal is to bring over some Israel programs and films in the near future – have a listen.

I had the pleasure of chatting with and listening to Or Matias on piano at this year’s Israel Conference. Listen to his story and his music.

Vered Levy Ron, CEO of Snapily, an Israel-based company, spoke to me this past week at the Israel Conference in Los Angeles. Snapily prints customized photo gifts
with 3D and Flip-book style effects.

In a few simple steps, anyone can create LivingPrints, which Snapily converts into greeting cards, scrapbook pages, business cards, personal fun cards, invitations, thank you cards, and notebooks. Their software is based on interlacing images so they fit under a substrate called Lenticular, which is a type of plastic that is produced with many small lenses.

Check out TuneWiki, a cool music site, which I learned about at last week’s Israel Conference. The below video gives you a taste of what you can do using TuneWiki….I only wish it was a little easier to find out what they do on their website since they don’t even have an About Us section. Click play to learn more.

Sharona Justman and Isabel Maxwell sit with me at the end of The Israel Conference, now in its second year. The event was once again a hit, not only from a content perspective but also from the discussions you had in between sessions in the courtyard of the Luxe Hotel along LA’s West Hollywood Boulevard. There were also compelling demos and show-and-tells from companies that participated as sponsors or attendees.

Energetic, vibrant, and full of intellectual discussions & insightful innovation, The Israel Conference is an undiscovered gem that is a must attend if you are interested in the areas of technology, entertainment, innovation, sustainability, biotech and healthcare. Below, Sharona and Isabel explain and recap some of the highlights from this year’s event.

Heather Harde of TechCrunch gives an inspiring introduction at The Israel Conference audience highlighting Israeli technology innovation and how an Israeli start-up won one of their recent awards. On the panel discussing innovation includes Harde, Sequoia’s Randy Ditzler, and Moshe Lichtman, Head of R&D for Microsoft Israel. Yossi Vardi moderates.