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Conference Program

Pre-conference

18:00-20:00                          Opening Cocktail – TBC

Conference Day

09:00-9:30Registration & Networking with light refreshments
09:30-10:15Dorit 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

10:15-10:30Keynote: Prof. Rasmus C. Beck, CEO, Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH, Policies Challenges and Opportunities in Germany, and Duisburg in Particular, for Implementing Clean Technologies – TBC
10:30-11:00Coffee 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

12:30-14:00B2Bs
14:00-14:45Lunch
14:45-15:30

Hydrogen and CO2 Economy
in the Perspective of the Natural Gas Transmission Companies & CCS Innovation Startups

 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
Siemens Energy Germany – tbc

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

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
16:15-17:00Energy 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

17:00-18:00Happy Hour & B2B

Post Conference Professional Tour

Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA

Post Conference Professional Tour

Industrial tour in Hesse – TBA