Conference Program
Pre-conference
18:00 Opening Cocktail – TBC
Conference Day
09:00-9:30 | Welcome Coffee | ||
09:30-10:25 | 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 | |||
10:25-10:45 | 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 | ||
10:45-11:15 | Coffee 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 | ||
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
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: 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 |
17:00-17:20 | Prof. 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 | ||
17:20-18:30 | Happy Hour & B2B |
Post Conference Professional Tour
Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA
Post Conference Professional Tour
Industrial tour in Hesse – TBA