Conference Program
Pre-conference
18:00-20:00 Opening Cocktail – TBC
Conference Day
| 09:00-9:30 | Registration & Networking with light refreshments | ||
| 09:30-10:15 | Dorit 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 | |||
| 10:15-10:30 | Keynote: Prof. Rasmus C. Beck, CEO, Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH, Policies Challenges and Opportunities in Germany, and Duisburg in Particular, for Implementing Clean Technologies – TBC | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | 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 | ||
| 12:30-14:00 | B2Bs | ||
| 14:00-14:45 | Lunch | ||
| 14:45-15:30 | Hydrogen and CO2 Economy Chair: Alexander Garbar Head of Corporate Development, duisport – Duisburg Hafen AG (tbc) ” Emission reduction in logistics, self-supply of electricity and innovation accelerators in Duisburg Port Israel Natural Gas Lines, “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. Rotem Arad, International BizDev, H2pro, Reinventing Green 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: Presentations: Henning Stemmer, CEO Innovation City Management GmbH, From Brownfield to Role Model for Sustainable Urban Transformation: the Case of Bottrop | 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 Schula checks with DENA as this workshop has been conducted as a webinar |
| 15:30-16:15 | 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 Alla Fahuri, Head of the Renewable Energy Division, the Electricity Authority, Israel | Resilience and Security of Critical Infrastructure | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Energy Aspects of Data Centers | 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 |
| 17:00-18:00 | Happy Hour & B2B | ||
Post Conference Professional Tour
Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA
Post Conference Professional Tour
Industrial tour in Hesse – TBA
