News & Events

The MIBA and its partners actively participate in a wide range of industry events and conferences across Michigan and Israel, from technology summits to innovation forums, to foster connections.

Explore a range of funding and grant opportunities designed for startups and innovators. From Michigan-based initiatives to national programs, these resources support innovation and drive growth.

Good news for Michigan and Israeli companies exploring cross-border energy innovation: the BIRD Energy program has extended its Executive Summary deadline to July 22, 2026 (5:00 p.m. ET), giving prospective applicants two additional weeks to [...]

Michigan has always been more than a place where vehicles are built. It is where mobility systems are tested, supplied, regulated, integrated, and scaled. That makes the state a natural landing point for Israeli mobility [...]

The Michigan Innovation Alliance is a first-of-its-kind statewide effort to bring together the full range of partners across Michigan’s innovation ecosystem, including investors, universities, corporations, founders, startup companies, and ecosystem organizations. Its purpose is to [...]

With AutoTech Detroit in Novi and the ITS America Conference & Expo at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan once again became a gathering place for the companies, engineers, public-sector leaders, investors, and idea leaders shaping [...]

For decades, the brain was the one part of the body technology couldn't quite reach. Heart rate, sleep, and movement all became measurable and wearable — the mind stayed locked behind expensive, inaccessible equipment. brain.space [...]

Michigan’s innovation economy had one of those moments where the activity across the state felt bigger than any single event. Michigan Tech Week, the Henry Ford Health + MSU Innovation Hub Open House, and the [...]