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Conference Program

Pre-conference

18:00                                Opening Cocktail – TBC

Conference Day

 

09:00-9:30Welcome Coffee
09:30-10:25Dorit Banet, Conference Chair – Opening Remarks
 Opening Plenary Session Marking 60 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Israel and Germany
 

Mr. Sören Link, The Mayor of Duisburg – TBC

Eli Lankri, The Mayor of Eilat, Member of the EU Mission Label for Climate Neutral & Smart Cities

10:25-10:45Keynote: Prof. Rasmus C. Beck, CEO, Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH, Policies Challenges and Opportunities in Germany, and Duisburg in Particular, for Implementing Clean Technologies – TBC
10:45-11:15Coffee Break
11:15-13:00

Presentation of Leading Israeli Startups

Tomer Yehoshua, Business Development Manager, Hydrolite, Green Hydrogen Production, Using Environmental Materials (Fluorine-Free) Membrane Electrolysis Technology

TBA, enSights, Digital Management Systems for Optimizing Charging Stations, Storage, and Demand Management

Yoni Haran, Co-Founder, Oasix, Self-Sufficient Heat Pump that Provides Hot Water and A/C Power Using 100% Renewable Power, with Zero-Carbon Emissions

Liran Dor, CEO, Boson Energy, Turn Local Non-Recyclable Waste Into a Clean Driver of Local Energy

David Waiman, Business Development & Europe Sales, Dotan-Lysis, LLC, Raising the Anaerobic Digestion to the Next Level

Alex Shulman, VP Business Development, BrightSource Energy, Digital Management Systems for Optimizing Charging Stations, Storage, and Demand Management

13:00-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:00

Hydrogen Economy in the Perspective of the Natural Gas Transmission Companies

 Chair:

Yair Rubinstein, Vice President & Business Development, Israel Natural Gas Lines – INGL, Israel, The Mediterranean Europe Hydrogen connectivity program IMEC and the Israeli vision

Ralf Werner,  CIO/CDO Open Grid Europe, Founder H2UB

Marat Maayan, CEO & Founder, Airovation Technologies, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Enabling Methane Based Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

Driving Cities towards Achieving ‘Carbon Neutrality’: Eilat Hosts European Cities for a Dialogue 

Chair:

Assaf Admon, Head of the Eilat Eilot Environmental Unit, Israel

Mayors Panel:
Mr. Eli Lankri, the Mayor of Eilat, Israel – TBC

Presentations:

Henning Stemmer, CEO Innovation City Management GmbH, From Brownfield to Role Model for Sustainable Urban Transformation: the Case of Bottrop

Dorit Banet, Consultant to Business Development Manager “Eden” Jerusalem Municipal Company

Scaling Energy Startups: Entering the German & European Market – Including a Deep Dive on Hydrogen

Workshop Leaders: GTAI (Germany Trade & Invest), Digital Hub Initiative, H2UB

A Closed Workshop for the Israeli Startups

15:00-16:00

The Challenges of Introducing Renewables into the Grid: Digital Management Systems, Grid Development, Optimizing Charging, Storage and Demand Respond Management

Chair:

Elad Topel, Director of Energy and Smart City, Eilat Municipality, Israel Urban Climate Innovation in Eilat, Israel

Opening Lectures:

Alexander Linov, Senior Legal Advisor, International Coordination Energy Bundesnetzagentur, The German Challenge

Chen Herzog, Chief Economist & Partner, Head of BDO Economic Consulting, Israel (TBC), The Israeli Challenge

Panel: 

Oz Levi, VP of Electricity and Regulation, the Electricity Authority, Israel

Shiki Fisher, Chief Operations Officer, NOGA – Israel Independent System Operator

Alaa Fakhouri, Head of the Renewable Energy Division, the Electricity Authority, Israel

Presentations:

Dr. Manuel Lösch, Founder & CEO InnoCharge – Turning Energy Flexibility into Value

Siemens Energy Germany – TBC

The Ports and National Infrastructure Governmental Companies: Future Transition: Emission Reduction in Logistics, Self-supply of Electricity and Innovation Accelerators

Presentations:

Alexander Garbar, Head of Corporate Development at Duisport – Duisburg Hafen AG

Rotem Arad, International BizDev, H2pro, Israeli Company, Reinventing Green Hydrogen Production

Siemens Energy Germany – TBC

16:00-17:00

The Feasibility of Operating a Hydrogen-Based Power Plant

Chair:

Dr. E. Calanit Bar Am, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Business Development Division, IEC – Israel Electric Corporation

The Entire Investment Chain to Support Technological Innovation

Presentations:

Felix Krause, Managing Partner, Vireo Ventures, Germany, The Angle of VC’s Investments in Clean Energy Innovation & the German View Regarding Investments in Clean Energy Innovation

Gilli Haizler, Head of Global Innovation and Investments, Israel Electric Corporation

Achmed Junusov, Co-Founder and COO, H2UB, Building the European Open Innovation Platform for Hydrogen Start-ups and Corporates, German

Side Event: Carbon Management

Moderation of Group Discussions:

Pascal Hader, Team Lead Carbon Management, Weinmann, Germany

Joshua Reichert, Expert on Hydrogen and Carbon Management, Germany

Nicole Herold, Expert on Carbon Management, Germany

17:00-17:20Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, RWTH – University of Aachen, Institute for Textile Technology, “Technical Textiles for the Transformation of the Energy Sector Fiber-based Materials for Wind Power, Hydrogen Society, and Energy-efficient High-performance Turbines” – TBC
17:20-18:30Happy Hour & B2B

Post Conference Professional Tour

Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA

Post Conference Professional Tour

Industrial tour in Hesse – TBA