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Conference Program

June 30, 2025

18:00                                Opening Cocktail – TBC

July 1, 2025

 

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 – TBA
 Senior Officials and Government Representatives from Israel (H.E. Ron Prosor) and Germany (BMWK & NRW State Rep) – TBA
10:25-10:45Opening Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities in Germany, and Duisburg in Particular, for Implementing Clean Technologies
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

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

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

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

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:

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

Presentations:

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

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

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

Alex Shulman, Brightsource Energy, Israel
Digital Management Systems for Optimizing Charging Stations, Storage, and Demand Management

Siemens Energy Germany – TBC

The Ports’ Dilemma: Gateway to Hydrogen or to Ammonia & what Are the right Economics and Technologies for Zero-Carbon 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

Rotem Arad, International BizDev with Impact, 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: 

Elad Shaviv, Head of Business Development, IEC – Israel Electric Corporation

The Entire Investment Chain to Support Technological Innovation

Chair:

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

Presentations:

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

17:00-18:30Happy Hour & B2B

July 2, 2025

Industrial tour in Duisburg – TBA

July 3, 2025

Industrial tour in Hesse – TBA