Preliminary Timeline
June 30, 2025
18:00 Opening cocktail – TBC
July 1, 2025
| 09:00-10:30 | Opening Plenary Session Marking 60 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Israel and Germany | |
| Senior Officials and Government Representatives from Israel (H.E. Prosor) and Germany (BMWK & NRW State Rep) – TBA | ||
| Opening Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities in Germany, and Duisburg in Particular, for Implementing Clean Technologies | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-13:00 | Presentation of 10 Leading Israeli Startups | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Hydrogen economy in the perspective of the natural gas transmission companies Chair: Yair Rubenstein, Vice President & Business Development at INGL, Israel | Driving cities towards achieving ‘carbon neutrality’: Eilat hosts European cities for a dialogue and the Jerusalem Innovative Economic Model for the ‘carbon neutral’ cities network Chair: Assaf Admon, Head of the Eilat Eilot environmental unit, Israel Mayors Panel: Mr. Eli Lankri, the Mayor of Eilat – TBC Mr. Moshe Lion, the Mayor of Jerusalem – TBC Presentations: Hilel Sahar, Business Development Manager “Eden” Jerusalem Municipal company – TBC |
| 15:00-16:00 | The challenges in expansion of Renewables in the power sector: Digital Management Systems for Optimizing Charging Stations, Storage and Demand Management and cyber Chair: Elad Topel, Director of Energy and Smart City, Eilat Municipality: Climate urban innovation in Eilat, Israel Presentations: Oz Levi, VP of Electricity and Regulation at the Electricity Authority, Israel – TBC Alaa Fahuri, Head of the Renewable Energy Division at the Electricity Authority, Israel – TBC Shiki Fisher, Interim CEO of the National Electricity System Management, Israel – “First of his kind: 8 TW storage model, for increasing renewable energy integration into the electricity grid as part of the national system management + local high voltage grid” | Technologies, Innovation and the Economy of Green & Blue Hydrogen Production and logistics in the industry & ports Co-chairs: Roy Avrahami, Chief Innovation Officer & Corporate Investment Arm, Ashdod port, Israel – TBC Alexander Garbar, Head of Corporate Development at duisport – Duisburg Hafen AG – TBC |
| 16:00-17:00 | Carbon Capture Technologies and How to Use them Efficiently (Dena) | The entire investment chain that can support technological innovation Eli Menashe, Director of Global Strategic Partnerships, The Israeli electricity company’s innovation program “PowerUp” – TBC |
| 17:00-18:30 | Happy Hour & B2B | |
July 2, 2025
Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA
July 3, 2025
Industrial tour in Bavaria – TBA