Greentech 2024 - Conference Program| Tuesday,17 September 2024
- 08:00 - 09:30 | Gathering and Registration
- 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening Remarks: Dr. Moshe Zilberman & Amos Lasker, Conference Co-Chairpersons
- 09:30 - 10:00 | Greetings: Nir Barkat, Minister of Economy & Industry and Mr. Gidi Etzion, President, Innovation and External Relations, Azrieli Jerusalem College of Engineering
- 10:00 - 10:45 | Plenary: Eytan Stibbe, Israeli astronaut, Rakia mission, Founding Partner, Vital Capital Fund
- 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour
HALL C
11:15 - 12:15
Innovation Session: Exploring Non-Wired Alternatives – Advancing Technologies for Enhancing Energy Resilience Nationwide
Moderator: Zviya Baron, Founder & CEO, CtD
Invited Speakers :
Erwin Tal-Gutelmacher, CEO, Hydrolite Ltd
Dr. Bat-El Cohen Wiesel, CTO, SOLRA-PV
Irit Fidel, CEO, Fidelity Energy Consulting
Moran Buganim, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael KKL-JNF
12:15 - 13:00
Municipality Session: Green Energy Initiatives in Municipalities – Innovations and Challenges
Moderator: Yael Cohen Paran, Policy Director, Israel Energy Forum
Invited Speakers:
Nir Sahar, Regional Authority Sharon Carmel
Hillel Shachar, Jerusalem Municipality
Tali Kaplan Finish, Rishon LeZion Municipality
Tal Har Even Levy, Holon Municipality
Moran Slakmon, Tel Aviv – Yafo Municipality
Asaf Karavani, Director of Forest Management and Monitoring Department, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael KKL-JNF
13:00 - 13:45
Keynotes:
Amir Livne, Senior VP of Strategy, Innovation and Restructure Process, Israel Electric Corporation, “Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges”
Dr. Moshe Tshuva, Head of Mechanical Engineering School, Afeka College, “Electricity 100: Growing Energy Business Leadership”
Dr. Gur Mittelman, Lecturer, Afeka College,”The Potential of Renewable Electricity in Israel in 2050″
- 13:45 - 14:45 | Lunch Break and Exhibition Tour
14:45 - 16:00
Wind Energy Session: Innovations and Challenges in Wind Energy Deployment
Moderator: Prof. David Greenblatt, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Eldad Avital, Reader – Fluids and Acoustics, Queen Mary University of London, “Kinetic Turbine Blade Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Design Improvements”
Dr. Daniel Farb, Founder and CEO, Flower Turbines, “Innovations in Small Wind Turbines”
Prof. David Greenblatt, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Technion – Israel Institue of Technology, “Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Concept for Multiple Decentralized Applications”
Prof. Hezi Gildor – The Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, “Pinned Wind – Wind Behaviour Deciphered at Precise Locations”
Dr. Moshe Zilberman, Head of Green Energy Center, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem, “Wind Energy Harvesting on Rooftops and Urbane Environment by Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) “
Eitan Peled, CEO, Pelop, “Introduction of Vertical Wind Turbines to Israel”
TBD
16:00 - 17:10
* Waste-to-X Session: Innovations and Opportunities in Converting Waste to Energy
Moderator: Dr. Yaal Lester, Department of Civil Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem
Invited Speakers :
Dr. Yaal Lester, Department of Civil Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem, “Closing the Cycle: Using Organic Waste and Flue Gases for Producing Activated Carbon for Beneficial Reuse”
Prof. Yoram Gerchman, Head of MEd Program for Highschool Science Teaching, Oranim College, Adjunct Researcher, University of Haifa, “Ethanol from Agri-Wastes”
Dr Yoav Lindemann, Manager of National Waste-Infrastructure Development, The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, “WtE in Israel: The Challenges, the Opportunities, and the Importance of this Field for the Israeli Market”
Dr. Chanan Gabay, CBDO, Zohar CleanTech, “ZoharX – Waste to Hydrogen”
Yossef Rahavi, COO, Blend Energy, “Waste to Energy”
Ophira Melamed, CEO, NitroFix, “Generating Green Ammonia Via Electrochemical Reaction of Water and Air”
Greentech 2024 - Conference Program| Wednesday, 18 September 2024
09:00 - 10:00
Israel's Position on Renewable Energy Policy: Current Status and Future Directions
Moderator:
Prof. Itay Fischhendler, Professor, Hebrew University
Invited Speakers:
Avri Eitan and Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University
“The evolution of pitching in sustainability transition projects”
Roni Bluestein-Livnon, Tal Svoray, Itai Fischhendler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Havatzelet Yahel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
“The use of deep learning-based image segmentation to identify leaders and laggards of Home PV in the Informal Bedouin Settlements of the Negev”
Yair Grinberger, Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University
“Predicting laggards and leaders in rooftop solar photovoltaics: A time-space analysis”
Ariel Paz-Sawicki and Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University, David Katz, Snr Lecturer, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Haifa
“Israel’s failure in developing a heterogeneous wind energy sector”
Dr. Gideon Friedman, Former Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Dr. Doron Markel, Chief Scientist, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael KKL-JNF
- 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour
HALL C
10:30 - 11:45
torage Technologies Session: Innovations and Advances in Energy Storage Solutions
Moderator:
Dr. Gideon Friedman, Former Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
11:45 - 12:00
Plenary
Dr. Doron Markel, Chief Scientist, KKL
12:00 - 13:30
Green Energy Innovation Session: Pioneering Sustainable Solutions
Moderator: Dr. Vitali Haslavsky, Senior Lecturer, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Alon Grinberg Dana, Asst Prof., Head of the Kinetics and Chemical Technology Lab, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, “Clear Skies Ahead: Sustainable Aviation Fuels for a Greener Future”
Prof. Iftach Yacoby, Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, “How to Hijack Photosynthesis?”
Dr. Avraham Arbel, Researcher, “A Road-Based Solar System for Production, Storage, Transfer and Supply of Hydrogen and Electricity”
Dr. Jacob D Paz, CEO, Dr. Jacob Paz and Marty Paz R&D, “Greenhouse, Effects, Techno – Economic Analysis (TEA) of Biofuel and High Value Secondary Products from Microalgae Issues”
Ofer Keren, CTO, Keren Energy, “Daily Energy Management”
Amir Gil, Division Manager, CI Sensing, “MetCam – A Continues Emissions Monitoring System”
Dr. Hen Friman, Lecturer, H.I.T – Holon Institute of Technology, “Educating Future Generations About Environmental Awareness and Sustainability”
Arik Ganor, VP Business Development, QD-SOL, “Green Hydrogen Production with Nanoparticles Photocatalyst”
Gadi Bar – Ner, Business Development, Clean Flare, “Continuous Flare Monitoring”
- 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch Break and Exhibition Tour
14:30 - 16:00
Hydrogen Session: The Value Chain of Clean Fuels – Leveraging Israel's Advantage
Moderator: Dorit Banet, Founder, Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Company
Opening remarks: Dorit Banet, “The global perspective and the Israeli advantage”
Rotem Mizrahi, Head of Sustainability & Innovation, Israel Energy Infrastructure, “Hydrogen Valley”
Company Presentations:
H2pro– Green hydrogen production with innovative electrolysis technology
Maygia– Production of oil for synthetic fuels from sludge
Electriq Global– Production, storage and backup in hydrogen
Nugen– First Station Off Grid
Michael Kuflik, Co-Founder, NAKI– Production of sludge oils for the synthetic fuel industry
Expert Panel:
What is needed to support companies in overcoming the ‘valley of death’, enabling them to establish themselves as significant technological players in the global clean fuel market?
Panelists:
Janet Shalom, Head of Planning & Policy Division, Ministry of Energy,
Rotem Arad, H2PRO
Uzi Levin, CEO, Israel Energy Infrastructure Company
Chen Herzog, BDO
Nimrod Levy, Business Development, Energy Division ICL, Ministry of Finance
Rami Molcho, Vice President, Business Development & Innovation
16:00 - 17:00
Solar Energy Systems Session: Innovations and Advances in Solar Technology
Moderator: Dr. Pinchas Doron, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem
Invited Speakers:
Shir Esh, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, “Impact of Agrivoltaic Collectors with Spectral Splitting on Crop Yield”
Dr. Avi Niv, Senior Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, “Heat Conduction and the Photovoltaic Power Production Efficiency”
Volodia Voronel, CEO, Electriwall, “Generating Clean Electricity on Building Walls”
Dan Halperin, CEO, BIPV.CO.IL, “Use of Solar Materials Integrated into Construction”
17:00 - 17:45
Fusion Energy Session: The Future of Distributed Clean Energy – An Introduction to Fusion Energy: Facts and Misconceptions
Panel moderated by Nimrod Ganzarski
Panel:
Technology, Oded Gour-Lavie
TBD
