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Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference

Dec. 17-19 2023, Eilat, Israel

Conference Chairs

Dorit Banet
Noam Ilan

Keynote Speakers

Meiltje de Groot

CEO Groningen Airport Eelde, Netherlands

Prof. Ad van Wijk

Professor Future Energy Systems at TU Delft, Netherlands

Fatima-Zahra Khalifa

CEO of du Cluster solaire, Morroco

Mr. Obaid Amrane

CEO, Ithmar Capital, Morroco

Prof. Dr. Thomas Bruckner,

Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resource Management, University of Leipzig, Germany

Bart Biebuyck

Hydrogen Expert, Belgium

Dr. Daniel A. Nussbaum

Chair, Energy Academic Group, USA

Sessions Chairpersons

Mr. Eitan Parnass

CEO & founder of Green Energy Association of Israel

Limor Nakar-Vincent

Deputy Executive Director of Business & Development, BIRD Energy

Galit Kenigsberg

Climate Economy, Co-Founder of ‘Electricity 100’

Dorit Hochner

Senior Director of Physical Planning at the Ministry of Energy

Prof. Lior Elbaz

Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University

Prof. Ram Fishman

Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University

Zviya Baron

CEO CtD

Dr. Yael Barash Harman

Head of R&D Division, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Sivan Cohen Shachari

DeserTech Manager

Dr. Nurit Gal

Senior Energy Consultant

Nahum Yehoshua

Manager of the Clean Transportation Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Amos Lasker

CEO of the EnergyCom Community

Roni Elhalal Givon

Founder & Director of the Women in Energy Community

Lihie Iuclea

ESG Department Leader, BDO Israel

Adv. Galit Ofer

Partner, Shibolet & Co.

Shon Dana

CEO at Ignite the Spark

Dr. Doron Markel

CEO at Ignite the SparkChief Scientist, KKL - JNF

Michal Weiss-Navon

VP Investor Relations, Legal Company Secretary & ESG manager, Doral.

Uriel Babczyk

Head of Sustainable energy Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Dr. Avi Luvchik

CEO and co-founder of Oporto Carbon

Maya Ziv Wolf

Director of Communications and Matketing, Doral Group

Dr. Amit Mor

CEO of Eco Energy

Speakers

Omer Tamir

CEO EcoTraders

Eli Lankri

Eilat Mayor

Galit Cohen

Head of climate and national security program at the Inss

Amichay Bram

VP Operations and Engineering, Sonol

Dror Bin

CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority

Elad Topel

Director of Energy and Smart City, Eilat Municipality: Climate urban innovation in Eilat

Rani Lifshitz

Founder and CEO of Teralight

Shlomo (Sami) Turgeman

Chair of Board. NOGA -The Israel Independent System Operator

Prof. Erel Avineri

Head, M.Sc. Program in Energy and Power Systems Engineering at Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering

Yaki Noyman

CEO Doral Group

Chen Herzog

Partner & chief economist of BDO Consulting

Shay Peretz

CEO at Ralco Energy

Dr. Bracha Halaf

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Gravity Climate-Fund & Venture Studio

Shlomi Basson

Deputy CEO of Bazan Group

Dr. Shahar Dolev

Head of models development and long-term policy unit in the Planning, Policy and Strategy Division of the Ministry of Energy

Jared Braslawsky

Co-Founder and Executive Director, I-REC Standard Foundation

Yana Abu Taleb

Jordanian Director of EcoPeace Middle East

Amira Oron

Israeli ambassador to Egypt

Cnaan Aviv

CTO (Chief technology officer) & Co-Founder of “Make My Day”

Daniel Baron

Project manager at Energycom

Gil Shavit

Co-founder & CBDO, GENCELL

Itzhak Borba

CEO of the Efee landfill

Janet Shalom

Head of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Asaf Wassercug

Chief business officer, BL Energy

Prof. Itay Fischhendler

The Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of the Program in Management & Policy of Natural Resources and the Environment, Department of Geography, Hebrew university

Rinat Greenberg

VP EPM & ESG at Maytronics

Ran Raiz

Head of Transportation Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection, State of Israel

Dr. Moshe Tshuva

Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering

Dr. Yoav Lindemann

Manager, the National Development of waste-treatment infrastructures at the Ministry of Environmental protection

Dr. Suleiman Halasah

Postdoctoral researcher, the Institute for Science, Innovation & Society, Oxford

Irit Heitner Shayo

Manager of Local Authorities and Projects, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Liran Dor

CEO of Boson Energy

Dan Shulman

CEO, Shizen Israel

Eilat-Eilot 10th Clean Energy Conference

Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Intiative
Southern Arava, Hevel Eilot, Israel
Phone: +972 8 6371717
Mail: [email protected]

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Dorit Banet

Founder & CEO of Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative

Dorit Davidovich Banet co-founded and CEO of Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative for the past 14 years and co-founder and chair of directors at “Keilot Israel” & “Keilot Kenya” founded two years ago. Prior to those positions Dorit was the founder and the head of the environmental office at the Eilot Regional Council and Eilat town’ in southern Israel for eight years.

The Eilat-Eilot initiative has raised more than $20 million, to operate and demonstrate a self-sustaining model for solving the energy crisis by advancing all necessary components while generating sustainable regional development:

  • Leading the process of constructing the largest decentralized solar power stations in Israel, providing 150% of electricity demand, during daytime all year long.
  • Implementing storage for reaching clean energy independence 24/7.
  • Founders and shareholders in VC “Capital Nature” that invests in innovative clean technologies.
  • Operating beta-sites for demonstrating clean energy technologies.
  • Planning the first microgrid in Israel of 500 MW installed+ storage.
  • Conducting academic courses with Israel’s top schools and universities in the fields of engineering, economic and policy.
  • Holding the Eilat-Eilot International conference and various hackathons and other events that have become the beating heart of the clean energy industry in Israel.


Keilot company, valued at $2.5 million after two years of operation, operates among small holder farmers by demonstrating and implementing Zero Carbon innovative technologies for essential households needs, and building clean energy solutions for big energy “off takers”. Keilot is using microfinance program for the farmers & cooperatives and at the same time operates an R&D center for Zero Carbon technologies in the Arava valley, Israel.

Dorit holds a master’s degree in Geomorphology from Ben-Gurion University, focusing on stratigraphic issues and earthquakes. She holds a B.A. in Geography from Haifa University.

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Noam Ilan

CEO of ViaCool, an innovative Agrotech startup

Currently CEO of ViaCool, and innovative Agrotech startup
Electreon Wireless – VP business development 2019- 2022. and member of the board of directors 2015.- 2018
Noam co- founded in 2011 Capital Nature, the most successful cleantech investment company in Israel – 4 of the company’s portfolio companies are currently traded in the Tel Aviv stock exchange, among them Electreon.
In 2006 Noam was co-founder of the Eilat Eilot renewable energy initiative, one of the founding entities of renewable energy in Israel, promoting renewable energy development and implementation as a regional engine for the southern part of Israel. Noam has been also the founder and co-chair of the Eilat -Eilot renewable energy conference, one of the leading cleantech conferences in the world
In 1995 Noam co-founded and was the CEO of Cortext Ltd. one of the first Internet related software companies in Israel
Noam has a BA in business and MA in environmental studies, both from the Tel Aviv university

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Mrs. Meiltje de Groot

CEO of Groningen Airport Eelde

Meiltje de Groot is CEO of Groningen Airport Eelde since January of 2021. She graduated from Groningen University in 1991 in Economics & Finance and has a long career in the aviation sector, including 12,5 years at Schiphol, 7 years of being the director of Twente Airport and 9 years as a director of Teuge International Airport. She is the founder of two organizations in the field of sustainable aviation and electric flying in the Netherlands. She is chairman of the Association of Dutch Airports (of which Schiphol is also a participant) and of the Economic Board of the Northern Netherlands.

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Mr. Obaid Amrane

CEO, Ithmar Capital

Mr. Amrane has been appointed by His Majesty the King Mohamed VI as Chief Executive Officer of Ithmar Capital in February 2019. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Amrane was Deputy CEO of the national agency in charge of deploying Morocco’s renewable energy strategy.

Mr. Amrane’s previous experience in the economic and financial fields, as well as his engineering expertise, allowed him to oversee all operations throughout the investment value chain from development to legal engineering, partnerships and project financing.

In 2022, Mr. Amrane has become Chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). He also, in the same year, was designated Chair of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF), a multilateral platform initiated by Ithmar Capital. Mr. Amrane has been elected President of the Cluster ENR, a Climate Innovation Center that brings together 200 companies and institutions with several achievements in the fields of renewable energy and green technologies.

Thanks to his expertise in ESG driven companies, as well as his involvement in organizations focused in the energy transition areas, Mr. Amrane was appointed by the European Commission as a member of the High Level Expert Group on scaling up sustainable finance in low and middle income countries launched in September 2022.

From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Amrane was Managing Director in the banking industry in Morocco. Prior to that, Mr. Amrane held various positions in the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance. He was a Public Finance Inspector, Head of the Debt Restructuring Service at the Treasury Division, and then Head of Credit within the same division. Mr. Amrane holds a dual degree in engineering, from Hassan II Institute of Agronomy, and in Finance, from the General Inspectorate of Finances and the Association of Investment Management & Research (certification).

Prof. Dr. Thomas Bruckner

Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resource Management, University of Leipzig, Germany

Prof. Bruckner holds the chair for Energy Management and Sustainability at the Faculty of Economics and Business Management, University of Leipzig. He is the acting Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management and leader of several interdisciplinary projects within the field of energy system and integrated assessment modelling. In addition, he is a lecturer in the field of Energy Economics, Energy Engineering, Energy Management, Energy System Modelling, and Integrated Assessment Modelling.

His research interests include (1) techno-economic optimization of municipal, national, and global energy systems, (2) analysis of liberalized energy markets under climate protection constraints, and (3) the optimal integration of innovative climate protection technologies into future energy supply systems. Mr. Bruckner has published more than 200 scientific publications. The number of invited lectures exceeds 200.

Professor Bruckner has repeatedly been involved in the preparation of reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Most recently as coordinating lead author for the chapter on “Energy Systems” in the IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report.

Prof. Bruckner wrote his PhD thesis at the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Würzburg. After 4 years at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research, he led the research group on “Energy System Optimization and Climate Protection” at the Institute for Energy Engineering at Technical University of Berlin.

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Bart Biebuyck

CEO and founding member of the Green Energy Park Krk

Bart Biebuyck is CEO and founding member of the Green Energy Park Krk, a unique midstream facility on the island of Krk in the North Adriatic Sea. Under his leadership, it aims to handle 10 million tons of renewable ammonia shipped from several places in the world. An investment of over 0.5 billion Euro is expected and the ambition is to start operations from July 2027.

Before that, Bart Biebuyck was at the Fuel Cell department of Toyota Motor Europe where he held the position of Technical Senior Manager. His expertise in the automotive industry includes extensive knowledge related to the deployment of new technologies in the European market. It is as part of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) programme in Berlin that Bart
worked at reinforcing European trials for the Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle. He also had the opportunity to develop and expand his expertise in Japan, where he worked for two years.

In addition to his industrial experience, Bart has been politically active in his local town since 2006. In 2013 he became the vice president of the City Council, responsible, among others, for the local economy and education. In 2016, he was appointed as the Executive director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen joint undertaking, now called the clean hydrogen partnership, it is a public-private partnership between the European commission, the industry and the research community. It aims at facilitating the deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in Europe. During his seven years term, a strong emphasis on cooperation with cities and regions led to the creation of the European Hydrogen Valleys partnership with around 40 European regions. Dissemination of project results, building technology awareness and enhanced basic research became his key focusing points. He is the creator of the hydrogen valleys concept, the European hydrogen week and the European hydrogen bank. He successfully negotiated the 2.0 billion Euro European “Clean Hydrogen Partnership” who was launched by the European president in November 2021.

Dr. Daniel A. Nussbaum

Chair, Energy Academic Group, USA

Dr. Daniel Nussbaum is the Chair of the Energy Academic Group at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California.
He teaches classes in energy, operations operations research, cost estimating and cost benefit analysis, and he does research and mentors students.

He has been a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton; the Director of the Naval Center for Cost Analysis; and has held other management andanalysis positions with the US Army and Navy, in the US and in Europe. He has a BA, in Mathematics and Economics from Columbia University, and a Ph.D., in Mathematics from Michigan State University. He has held post doctoral positions in Econometrics and Operations Research, and in National Security Studies at Washington State University and Harvard University. He is active in professional societies and is the Past President of the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis, and he has served on the Board of the Military Operations Research Society. He publishes and speaks regularly before professional audiences, and he is currently writing a book on Operational Energy.

Eitan Parnass

Director General & Founder, Green Energy Association of Israel (GEA-IL) Former Secretary, Global Solar Council (GSC)

Eitan Parnass is the founder & Director General of the Green Energy Association of Israel (formerly REEEAI), the main Renewables & Energy Efficiency advocacy organization in Israel. Established in 2009 by Parnass, GEA-IL is promoting for the past 8 years the implementation of renewable energy electricity production and energy efficiency in Israel, using the professional industry knowledge & skills. One of the main objectives of GEA-IL is providing decision makers the necessary information and tools to achieve national goals and set enabling-policy, to foster green energy sector growth. GEA-IL was involved in the formation of the various renewables & Energy Efficiency regulations, acting for the Israeli green energy industry from the launch of the first Solar PV regulations (2008) and has marked many achievements promoting local Renewables market. In 2017 the Renewable Energy Goals Act was approved by parliament, marking a great achievement for GEA-IL and the Israeli RES industry.
GEA-IL enjoys the recognition of national and local government in Israel and represents the green energy industry at various committees and decision making platforms. The holistic approach to Energy has gained GEA-IL strong bond with the Israeli Energy & Sustainability community, including NGOs, experts, public figures, aside regulators and decision makers.

Parnass is also a public pro-sustainability activist involved in numerous initiatives to promote sustainable economy in Israel and worldwide, including the formation of the Global Solar Council, launched at Paris COP21, where he served as Board Member & Secretary (2015-2017). Parnass has also served as Board Member to various NGOs including the Israel Sustainable Energy Society (ISES), Vice President of GIREC (Israel-Germany Renewable Energy Committee), member to the National Green Growth Round Table and is a notable speaker at the academy, industry, local & international conferences and seminars.

Eitan Parnass was born in Jerusalem (1971), he holds Honours law degree from the University of Warwick UK and LL.m law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Limor Nakar-Vincent

Deputy Executive Director for Business Development & BIRD Energy, BIRD Foundation

BIRD Foundation (www.birdf.com) was established in 1977 by the U.S. and Israeli governments to develop and fund industrial Research & Development partnerships between companies from both countries on a project-specific basis. Located in Israel, Ms. Nakar-Vincent is responsible for initiating business matchmaking activities between Israeli and American companies, and strategic growth initiatives as well as promoting and managing the BIRD Energy program which has funded fifty-five projects with a total government investment of approximately $42 million.

Serving in key positions in both Israel and the United States, Ms. Nakar-Vincent has extensive experience in building strategic alliances between Israeli and American companies, with strong knowledge and experience in U.S.-Israel policy and business relations.

From 2003 till September 2010, Ms. Nakar-Vincent served as East Coast and Midwest Representative of the BIRD Foundation in the United States.
From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Nakar-Vincent was the Economic Consul to the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. In this position, Ms. Nakar strived to promote trade, as well as economic, technological, and investment cooperation between Israel and the United States.

Before her appointment in the United States, Ms. Nakar-Vincent was the Director of the North American Department at the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Jerusalem. During this period, Ms. Nakar –Vincent directed the activity of Israel’s trade representatives in the United States and Canada and coordinated the negotiations between Israel and Canada that led to the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Israel and Canada in July 1996. From 1992 to 1994, Ms. Nakar-Vincent was a trader and an analyst in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Ms. Nakar-Vincent holds an MBA and a BA in Economics and Management, both from Tel Aviv University.

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Galit Kenigsberg

Green Business Development

Galit is an environmental economist, focusing on environmental business development & “how to” tools for ESG investments & implementation, within the Israeli private market, in the face of the climate crisis. She is co-founder of the “Israeli Environmental Arena”, a multi-sector environmental initiative that promotes cooperation and science-based solutions for the private sector towards a sustainable and resilient economy. The arena works with partners from various branches of the business sector, together with the Department of Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University and leading representatives of the private sector and third sector environmental organizations.

Dorit Hochner

Senior Director of Physical Planning at the Ministry of Energy

Focused on creating sustainable planning policies for energy infrastructures including promotion of large-scale plans. Leading the Adaptation of the Planning and Building law in order to encourage the proliferation of Renewable Energies, especially solar technology (PV). Promoting a “dual-use” framework for land integrated with renewable energies. Developing a “road map” to support the execution of the Governmental goal of 30% Renewable Energies by Year 2030. Leading the preparation of a planning policy for energy storage facilities, and a plan for agro-voltaic research and development.
In addition, serves as a Director on the Board of NOGA – Israel Independent System Operator.

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Prof. Lior Elbaz

Head of the Israel Fuel Cells Consortium

Prof. Lior Elbaz has a BSc, MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering. During his graduate studies, he became an expert in electrochemistry and electrocatalysis. After finishing his PhD, he joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA, a world leader in the development of fuel cell technology, where he developed new catalysts and advanced materials for fuel cells, in order to reduce their price and increase their durability. After almost four years at Los Alamos, Lior came back to Israel to take a position at the Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University. After his return to Israel, Lior established and the Israeli Fuel Cells Consortium (IFCC), composed of 12 leading Israeli labs, generously funded by the Israeli prime minister’s office. Lior is also the official representative of the Israeli Ministry of Energy to the International Energy Agency’s Executive Committee for Advanced Fuel Cells. In the capacity of the head of the IFCC, Lior is in direct contact and collaboration with parallel consortia leaders in the US, Germany and Japan. Lior is currently promoting the hydrogen energy economy in Israel, working together with all relevant ministries and companies to prepare Israel for the Hydrogen revolution.

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Ram Fishman

Associate Professor Dept. of Public Policy Tel Aviv University

Ram Fishman is a associate professor of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University and the director of the Nitsan lab for sustainable development (nitsan.sites.tau.ac.il), which aims to bridge the gap between Israeli innovation and low income users in developing countries through intensive field work.

Ram is a development and environment economist, whose research is focused on sustainable agriculture, water scarcity and climate change, with an emphasis on developing countries. His work employs a mix of field work, field experiments and the analysis of socio-economic and environmental data. His papers have been published in leading peer reviewed journals in Economics and Sustainability Science.

Prior to coming to TAU, Ram was an assistant professor of Economics at George Washington University, and prior to that, a Giorgio Ruffolo post-doctoral fellow in Sustainability Science at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ram holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, a M.Sc. in Physics from the Weitzman Institute and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University.

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https://www.ram.sites.tau.ac.il/

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Zviya Baron

CEO CtD

Zviya Baron, is a seasoned innovation Ms. Baron is a seasoned innovation professional with 25 years of hands-on innovation experience and eco-system building. She has more than 15 years of innovation consulting track record with both government agencies and multi-billion corporations on innovation strategies and policies.

Currently, she is Head of Innovation at Israel Electric Corporate (IEC), which with 3 million customers and an annual revenue of USD5 Billion, is Israel’s main electricity provider. Ms. Baron is the first person ever in this role and is responsible for setting up the innovation strategy, implementing both open-innovation and corporate innovation methodologies and heading the corporate through the major energy transition ahead of us.

Previously, Ms. Baron was the founder and Head, of HANGAR by IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries), a $4bl. company, a commercial aviation start up hub. In that role, she initiated an open-innovation model customized to the needs of a state-owned company and start-ups alike. Her major success is the forming of a commercial aviation eco-system consisted of start-up companies, technology partners, airlines, regulators and co-optitors alike.

For twelve years, she acted as Director of Innovation at Petroquantum B.V, a Dutch based energy consulting firm, she incepted the innovation practice in Israel. there, she formed innovation strategies and designed innovation policies and tools for academia, government agencies and the industry. She also served as the “in-house” advisor of the Israeli National Innovation Energy committee at the Israeli National R&D Council which was aimed at building and expanding the energy eco-system in Israel. She has reached that role after playing a substantial role in the founding teams when her last role was as a CEO of an energy start-up company.

Ms. Baron is a visiting professor to various Israeli universities giving courses on innovation and green entrepreneurship to both graduate students and PhD’s. She is a keynote speaker on innovation in various capacities.

Ms. Baron earned her BA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her MBA at the
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

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Dr. Yael Barash Harman

Director of Technologies and Renewable Energy, Office of the Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Yael Harman, has a PhD in Environmental policy, MBA and a master in ecology and microbiology. Yael is the Head of R&D at the Chief Scientist’s Office at the Israeli Ministry of Energy. Before working for the ministry she was one of the founders of BioPetroClean, Israeli start-up in the field of industrial waste water. Yael see herself as an entrepreneur in governmental work. As such she seeks out original ways to approach problems and opportunities, and have been fortunate to have been able to lead a number of projects that are making a difference to the Israeli energy market such as: AgriPV mega project, Waste to Energy (Hydrogen), DR program and more.

Since 2023 Yael has moved to Berlin, she is leading the German Israel partnership on Energy and Cyber security from the Israeli side

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Sivan Cohen Shachari

Director DeserTech - The Merage Foundation Israel & The Israel Innovation Institute Initiative

Sivan Cohen Shachari is the director of DeserTech, a non-profit innovation community that promotes the development, adaptation, and commercialization of technologies that enable sustainable living in arid climates while positioning the Negev as a global hub for these technologies. The DeserTech community is a joint initiative of the Merage Foundation Israel, the Israel Innovation Institute, The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
In her role as DeserTech director, Sivan led the establishment of the community, building the wide network and creating various opportunities for business collaboration between the numerous stakeholders of the DeserTech global ecosystem. Sivan is a proud resident of the Negev, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

[email protected]
M: +972 54 71 93500

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Nurit Gal

Senior Energy Consultant

Dr. Nurit Gal is the CEO of e-NRGY consultancy. Prior to that, she was head of regulation and vice chairman of the Israeli Electricity Authority. In this capacity, she led the implementation of Israel’s renewable targets, designed the Israeli wholesale electricity market, and led the long-term planning of the electricity sector. Dr. Gal holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Math, a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, a Master in Energy Policy from Johns Hopkins University, an M.Sc. in Operations Research from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University. Her dissertation is titled: “The effect of fuel cost uncertainty on investments in competitive electricity markets.”

Nahum Yehoshua

Manager of the Clean Transportation Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Economist with a master’s degree in public policy from Tel-Aviv University and a master’s degree in environment from Haifa University.
He worked as an economist at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and for the last decade he is the chief economist of the Fuel Administration. Since the beginning of the year, he has been the head of the Clean Transportation Division in the Sustainable Energy Division of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure.

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Amos Lasker

CEO of the EnergyCom community

35 years of experience as founder and manager of local and international companies in the areas of Energy, Telecommunications, Infrastructure and HighTech.
Mr. Lasker is the former CEO & President of Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), the government-owned vertically integrated electric utility with a yearly turnover of $5 Billion.
Currently, among other activities, he is:

  • The CEO of EnergyCom – The Israeli Innovation energy community
  • The Founder and CEO of Amrav investment

 

He holds B.A & M.B.A in Economics & Business Management and M.A. in Philosophy of Science, all from Tel-Aviv University.

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Roni Elhalal Givon

Founder & Director of the Women in Energy Community

Roni Elhalal Givon is an environmental engineer with an M.A. in energy management and policy and an M.B.A. specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Roni is the founder and director of the Women In Energy community in Israel and is active in the Energy-Tech ecosystem.
Works in climate energy innovation in innovation incubator and acceleration programs.

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Lihie Iuclea

ESG Department Leader, BDO Israel

Lihie is an environmental engineer and a sustainability professional with vast professional knowledge and practical experience in environmental resources management, industrial emissions reduction, land-based sources pollution in the marine environment, developing advanced regulation, and its implementation. Additionally, Lihie has local experience consulting the public and private sectors in Israel and international experience consulting the UN.
Before her current position, Lihie supported the Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection in developing environmental regulation for Israel’s major industrial plants and in the implementation of international legislation in Israel in the fields of integrated regulation and the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). Furthermore, Lihie was the regional consultant for the Preparation of the Regional Plan for Urban Wastewater Treatment for the Protection of the Mediterranean for the Barcelona Convention Secretariat at UNEP.
Lihie is leading the ESG department at BDO Israel. There, she advises many clients on their ESG journey, including how to improve and implement ESG into business strategies and reports, develop ESG policies, manage climate and ESG risks and opportunities, develop green financing opportunities, and use responsible investing tools.

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Adv. Galit Ofer

Partner, Shibolet & Co.

Adv. Ofer is the head of the Environment and Sustainability Practice at Shibolet.
She has extensive experience conducting environmental due diligence through mergers and acquisitions transactions, investments, financing, and funding rounds.
She advises businesses on environmental and climate risks. In addition, she provides corporate and commercial advice to startups and investors in the fields of climate tech, renewable energy, and clean tech, as well as assistance to corporations in carbon trading transactions through international and local voluntary mechanisms.
Adv. Ofer conducts compliance audits and enforcement programs in the fields of environment, safety, and ESG, assists in environmental crisis management, and represents clients, factories, and industries vis-à-vis regulators, plaintiffs, and prosecutors.

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Shon Dana

CEO at Ignite the Spark

Shon Dana is a driven CEO at Ignite the Spark, the energy tech community of Israel, who has a passion for innovation and creating solutions to tackle climate change focusing on the toughest to decarbonize sector. With experience in electrical engineering, project management, and product development, Shon leverages a dynamic blend of interpersonal finesse and technical acumen to manage & empower a thriving community of over 4500 individuals. Fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity and innovation, while driving engagement and spearheading building impactful initiatives that drive positive change within the energy sector and beyond. Shon has a BSc in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Power and Energy Systems.

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Dr. Doron Markel

Chief Scientist, KKL - JNF

As the Chief Scientist of KKL-JNF, a role he has held since November 2018, Dr. Markel oversees the research and professional aspects of the organization’s core activities, including the aquatic environments, sustainability and leading KKL-JNF R& D in relation to the climate crisis.

During 2021 and 2022 Dr. Markel has represented KKL-JNF at the Expo Dubai during the Climate and Sustainability week and the Water week. In October 2022 he also led the Climate Solution Prize research competition together with JNF Canada.

Prior to his current role, Dr. Markel served as Head of the Lake Kinneret Watershed Monitoring and Management Department at the Israeli Water Authority.

Between 2008-2013 he represented the State of Israel at the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Feasibility Study, led by the World Bank.

From 2009-2018 he also served as an external lecturer at the Geography Department of the University of Haifa.

Dr. Markel received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His Ph.D. thesis dealt with the biogeochemical cycles of sulfur and iron in the re-flooded Hula wetland (Agamon Hula) in northern Israel.

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Michal Weiss-Navon

VP Investor Relations, Legal Company Secretary & ESG manager, Doral.

Michal joined Doral in 2015, over the years Michal served in various positions within the company, including VP of Business Development and VP of Investor relations. Michal is responsible for Doral’s corporate governance and ESG reporting.
Prior to Doral Group, Mrs. Michal was a Legal advisor in the capital market practice at Firon Law firm.
Michal holds LL.B from The College of Management Academic Studies.
Member of the Israel Bar since 2011.

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Uriel Babczyk

Head of Sustainable energy Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Uriel Babczyk, Senior Department Manager of Engineering and Implementation in the Sustainable Energy Division in the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. The unit is responsible, among other things, for formulating and implementing Israel’s strategy for the transition of local authorities to sustainable energy, the national energy efficiency policy and enforcement of the Energy Sources law. As part of his work, he led among others, the government decision approve the National Plan for Energy Efficiency, the reform in electrical appliances import, and implementation of grants to local authorities.

Uriel worked in Tel Aviv Yafo 2007-2012, established and managed the Department for Sustainable Planning and Energy Planning at the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Engineering Authority and led, among others, the institutionalization of green building practices in planning regulation and its implementation in dozens of municipal urban projects – buildings and public space design. He also initiated innovative policies such as the sustainable communities’ city initiative, the urban shading master plan and the sustainable storm water master plan.

Uriel holds a degree in architecture from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and a master’s degree in urban planning and development from UCL London.”

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Dr. Avi Luvchik

CEO and co-founder of Oporto Carbon

Avi Luvchik is an Israeli professional with extensive experience in the fields of climate investment, environmental engineering, and mathematical modeling. As the CEO & Co-Founder of Oporto Carbon, a prominent player in the voluntary carbon market sector in Israel, Avi leads initiatives aimed at addressing the pressing challenge of carbon emissions. He collaborates closely with local and international validators and regulations to help organizations significantly reduce their carbon footprint while navigating the complexities of the carbon market.

Prior to his role at Oporto Carbon, Avi served as VP of Business Development at Capital Nature, where he actively raised and supported startups focusing on global sustainability challenges. He also worked as an Environmental Engineer at Intel Corporation, overseeing air pollution and compliance requirements.

Avi holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, where he developed a groundbreaking mathematical model utilizing atmospheric data to optimize the strategic placement of solar technologies in medium-sized cities. His model incorporated various atmospheric factors to enhance the implementation of photovoltaic technology.

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Maya Ziv Wolf

Director of Communications and Matketing, Doral Group

Maya is an accomplished professional with over 20 years of experience in media and communications.
She currently serves as the Director of Communications and Marketing at Doral Group, a prominent renewable energy company.
Maya’s extensive background includes a notable tenure as a TV host and content manager on national television, where she hosted morning shows and news broadcasts for Reshet13 and Channel 10.
Maya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Political Science from Tel Aviv University, and a Master’s degree in teaching.

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Dr. Amit Mor

CEO of Eco Energy

Amit Mor, an energy & environmental economist, energy strategist, and financial analyst, is the CEO of Eco Energy Financial & Strategic Consulting.  He earned his Ph.D. in Energy, Environmental & Mineral Economics at Penn State University (1997). He studied Economics, Finance and Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. Mor served as a consultant to governments, financial organizations, public and private companies. He specializes in Middle East and European energy including Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turley, and other countries in the region. During the past 35 years he worked intensively on issues concerning the development of the East MED renewable energy and natural gas sectors and led the team that prepared the Energy Master Plan for the State of Israel and participated in the World Bank team that prepared Energy Master Plans for the Palestinian Authority. He is also serving as a Senior Lecturer at the Reichman University and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – and teaches courses on Middle East energy and environmental economics, geopolitics, Strategy and Security.

He is also serving as a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Policy & Strategy (IPS) at Reichman University. Dr. Mor published the book “Renewable Energy in the Middle East – Enhancing security through regional cooperation”, Springer, October 2009, under the “NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Environmental Security” (co-editor with Michael Mason). Please see http://www.springer.com/978-1-4020-9890-1

Omer Tamir

CEO of EcoTraders

Omer has led EcoTraders for over 15 years, a consultancy in the Energy and Environment sectors.

EcoTraders aids the local industry in achieving emissions reduction, energy efficiency and implementing strategic processes for becoming carbon neutral (Net Zero).

In addition, the company leads long-term national planning processes such as the National Plan for GHG Reductions (2030), a low carbon vision for Israel by 2050, the National Energy Efficiency Plan, a carbon tax framework for Israel etc.

EcoTraders acts as an EAC aggregator for Israel, buying and selling I-RECs and has vast experience in implementing the full ‘carbon credit cycle’ from methodology development, to successful validation, verification, credit issuance and trade in both the compliance and voluntary markets.

Eli Lankri

Eilat Mayor

an Eilat resident for 59 years, the son of one of the city’s veteran citizens is married to Naomi, the father of three and grandfather of 11. Lankri holds a BA in Economics and is a graduate of shipping and port studies. Served as director of Dizengoff Company (Zim) in Eilat for 12 years, and deputy and acting mayor of Eilat for 18 years. Recently elected mayor of Eilat in special elections (2021).

As Deputy Mayor, Lankri spearheaded economics, tourism, employment, and innovation in Eilat. Served as Chairman of the Municipal Tourism Corporation, chairman of the Board of Directors that co-manages the Eilat Municipality and the Eilot Regional Council, Chairman of the Municipal Road Safety Committee, and Chairman of the Committee to maintain VAT exemption.
Among Lankri’s significant achievements are the economic recovery of the Eilat Municipality, restoration of tax benefits for residents, and continuation of VAT exemption. Lankri also spearheaded programs to diversify and expand sources of employment while emphasizing biotechnology, aquaculture, renewable energies, high tech, and remote employment. The new airport, promoting train planning to Eilat, upgrading the Arava road and more. Promoting tourism and improving the tourist product, branding Eilat as an international sports city, etc. As Mayor, Eli continues to lead the city while facing the challenges and maximizing Eilat’s enormous potential with dozens of plans for implementation, including an umbrella agreement, a coastline development plan, transportation plans, energy independence plans, a plan to diversify sources of employment, and a visionary plan he is spearheading, “The Southern Gateway”, which would transform Eilat into a global logical transportation hub.

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Galit Cohen

Head of climate and national security program at the Inss

As Director of the Program on Climate Change at the INSS, Cohen is working to identify and analyze risks and opportunities for Israel’s national security in the field of climate change. In her former position as Director General of the Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection, Cohen served as Israel’s most senior environmental regulator. She has over 20 years of experience in initiating and managing national policy transformations, while implementing her deep understanding of international trends and governmental reforms, environmental and climate technologies, and financial issues. In Israel, she spearheaded performance-driven innovative projects and national partnerships between sectors and agencies, created new markets for green investments, and transformed financial regulations to address climate and environmental risks. On the global level, Cohen has led regulatory forums in international arenas such as the OECD, the UN, regional forums, and China

Dr. Amichai Baram

VP Operation and Engineering, Sonol Israel LTD.

VP operation and engineering solutions at Sonol, one of Israel’s leading energy companies, for the last decade.
During the past 4 years, steering the company’s way into modern eco energy territories, including electric charging, solar energy and hydrogen fuel.

In charge of a government auction of the Israeli Department of Energy, regarding the establishment of the first hydrogen fuel station in Israel, which will allow the development of hydrogen fuel cells technology in busses and trucks.

H20 years of experience in the technological-logistical division of the IDF
Graduated industrial and management engineering (B.Sc) and business management (M.B.A) from the Technion Institute of technology in Israel.

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Dror Bin

CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority

Dror Bin is the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, an independent public entity that operates for the benefit of the Israeli innovation ecosystem and Israeli economy as a whole. Its role is to nurture and develop Israeli innovation resources, while creating and strengthening the infrastructure and framework needed to support the entire knowledge industry.

Prior to his role at the Authority, Dror served as President and CEO of RAD Data Communications, a leading global telecom network solutions company with hundreds of employees at the company’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, a manufacturing center in Jerusalem and development center in Beer Sheva as well as dozens of corporate branches around the world.

Dror also served in a series of positions for close to a decade at Comverse Technology, the last one as a member of the management team and VP of Global Sales. Following this, Dror served as a venture partner at Carmel Ventures and a chairman at several of its portfolio companies. In addition, Dror served as a partner at Shaldor, a leading management consulting firm in Israel, where he led the development and implementation of business and marketing strategies for major organizations in the financial, consumer, retail, high-tech, banking and other industries.

Dror holds two bachelor’s degrees from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: one in systems information engineering and the other in industrial management, as well as an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Elad Topel

Eilat smart city project manager

Elad Topel is the founder & Director General of ARAVA Environmental, Consulting & Technology Ltd. (ARAVA). Arava was established in 2009 in the Arava Institute in Kibbutz Ketura. The company is the forerunner in Renewable Energy, Energy Storage and Energy Efficiency in Israel. Arava with its team of experts lead by Elad is working with local authorities and cities in Israel towards Net-Zero Emissions plans and execution. Arava is the first company in Israel to execute off-grid projects in factories and cities. the projects include The Source Off Grid Project, Ye’elim off grid project, Nof-Edom Off Grid Project, Nizzana and more. It is also the first company to establish small scale Gasification project in Israel that use agricultural waste and convert it to energy. Elad has an MSc in Ecology from The Arava Institute and BGU and he is researching the connection between natural resources and urban resiliency.

In Eilat City, Elad act as the Smart City Manager, he is working under the guidance of the Mayor of Eilat together with Mr. Assaf Admon, the head of the Eilat-Eilot Environmental Unit. During 2021, Assaf and Elad established the international project department which allocate and recruit finance from Horizon Europe. As of today, the department is managed Seven EU projects in Eilat. The projects are mainly in Energy, Transportation, Water and Resiliency. Elad is leading the City’s vision for Energy Neutrality by 2030 as part of the city’s vision for 100% carbon neutrality by 2030. The Carbon Neutrality vision is part of the 100 cities mission set by the EU Horizon Europe which Eilat was the only city in Israel to be part of.

Rani Lifshitz

Founder and CEO of Teralight

Rani Lifshitz is a visionary entrepreneur and business leader with a track record of spearheading multi-billion shekel global projects

As the Founder and CEO of Teralight since March 2017, Rani has built a powerhouse in the alternative energy sector, overseeing projects valued at billions of dollars across Israel and North America backed by a prestigious major   shareholders : Teralight is controlled by the shareolders of Menora Mivtahim group and Leumi Partners  .

Prior to Teralight, Rani served as the Founder and CEO of Solangia Ltd. Which owned by Menora Mivtahim group  from January 2010 to March 2017. Under his guidance, the company thrived within the Menora Mivtachim Group, managing €120 million worth of green energy projects in Europe and achieving a successful exit to a leading European investment fund.

With his vast experience, visionary leadership, and commitment to excellence, Rani Lifshitz continues to shape industries and create opportunities for growth and innovation on a global scale.

Rani holds a BA in Economics and an LLB from Bar Ilan University.

Shlomo (Sami) Turgeman (Maj.Gen res).

Chair of the Board. NOGA -The Israel Independent System Operator Ltd.

Senior Research Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2017 – 2018)
Senior Research Fellow, International Institute for Counter – Terrorism (ICT), Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, (2016 – 2017)
Senior positions in the IDF:
Major General at the operational Southern Command (2013 – 2015);
Commander of Ground Forces HQ (2009 – 2013);
Division Commander (2007-2009);
Head of Operations Brigade in the Operations Directorate GHQ (2005 – 2007).
EMBA Tel Aviv University, 2003; BA in Social Sciences and Economics, Bar-Ilan University, 1990.

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Erel Avineri

Head, M.Sc. Program in Energy and Power Systems Engineering at Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering

Professor Erel Avineri established the MSc Program (with Thesis) in Energy and Power Systems Engineering (MSc, with Thesis) at Afeka College of Engineering, Tel-Aviv in 2020 and serves as its head.  His main expertise is in Transportation Systems. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management; M.Sc. in Transportation Sciences; and Ph.D. in Transportation Sciences from Technion. Prof. Avineri completed a Postdoctoral position in Ben-Gurion University, and served as a Faculty member at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK for eight years, and as a Faculty member at Afeka College of Engineering for eleven years. Prof. Avineri is the Associate Editor, Journal of Transport & Health (published by Elsevier) from 2020 and serves on the editorial boards of additional journals. Prof. Avineri led successful research as PI, granted from: UK Department for Transport; FP7; H2020; UK ESRC Research Council, EPSRC UK Research Council; Israel Ministry of Transportation; Or Yarok; Tel-Aviv Municipality; Bristol City Council and others. Prof. Avineri supervised 47 postgraduate students at University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Israel; and Haifa University, Israel. Prof. Avineri examined research students at The University of Sydney, Australia; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Twente University, The Netherlands, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Technion, and University of Haifa, Israel. Prof. Avineri led successful research granted from: UK Department for Transport; European Commission’s FP7 and H2020; UK ESRC Research Council, EPSRC UK Research Council; Israel Ministry of Transportation; Or Yarok Israel; Tel-Aviv Municipality; Bristol City Council and others.

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Shay Peretz

CEO at Ralco Energy

Has 15 years of senior management experience in the defense industry and renewable energy
Bachelor of Laws LLB, Master’s degree of Business Administration MBA, MA in Public Administration and PMP certificate studies in technology project management.
Infantry Battalion Commander – Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) in active reserve service in the Gaza Division.
CEO of Ralco Energy from 2021.

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Dr. Bracha Halaf

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Gravity Climate-Fund & Venture Studio

Dr. Bracha Halaf is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Gravity Climate, a full-stack climatech fund and venture studio operating from Israel. Between 2015-2018 Bracha served as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Energy. During the last 4 years, Bracha earned her professional investment experience, as a Principal at Qure Ventures, Israel’s first exclusively focused digital health fund. Bracha also served as the public representative board member of the Israeli Electricity Authority from early 2019 until June 2022. Other roles and positions of Bracha during her public service include being a Board member of the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation and the U.S.-Israel binational Industrial R&D foundation; a member of the National Council for Advancement of Women in Science and Technology; Chairman of the Advisory Committee for 3 National Research Institutes; and a member of the Israeli Natural Gas Authority Council. Dr. Halaf holds Ph.D in Biophysics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and M.Sc. & B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Ben- Gurion University of the Negev. She also graduated from a Senior Leadership Program of the Wexner Foundation, from the Kennedy School at Harvard University and a Program for directors and senior officers, from Tel Aviv University.

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Shlomi Basson

Deputy CEO of Bazan Group

Shlomi Basson is the Deputy CEO of Bazan Group, the largest refinery in Israel with a market cap of over 1 billion dollars. He is in charge of the hydrogen, innovation, procurement and engagement, environment, safety and security departments. He also manages the operational response for the commercial SMR plant, hydrogen storage, distribution and refueling station. He leads Bazan’s transition strategy for green fuel and polymers. He is a task-oriented, natural leader and highly committed to the green energy revolution.
Prior to his roles in Bazan, Shlomi served in the IDF for 27 years, reaching the rank of colonel and serving as the Head of the Planning and Organization Department of the Israeli Navy. He held various command positions in the naval force.

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Jared Braslawsky

Executive Director - I-REC Standard Foundation

Jared Braslawsky is a leading expert on the use, implementation, and functionality of attribute tracking systems such as the United States REC, European Guarantee of Origin (GO), and the global International REC Standard. His expertise is used by organizations such as RE100 where he is a member of the Technical Working Group. He has participated in workshops, technical meetings, and informational webinars for RE100’s members (with over 200 corporate renewable electricity consumers). He was a key contributor to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) Scope 2 Guidance document and supported the GHGP in organizing workshops to promote the guidance document when it was completed in 2015.

Jared has played a leading role in the development and growth of the Guarantee of Origin system in Europe through his role as Secretary-General of RECS International. Jared is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the International REC Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard), a not-for-profit organization for energy attribute tracking standardization that enables the simplified implementation of reliable, traceable REC systems, and national renewable energy markets in adherence with electricity market regulations and best practices worldwide.

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Yana Abu Taleb

Jordanian Director of EcoPeace Middle East

Yana Abu Taleb, a dedicated environmental advocate and peacebuilder, serves as the Jordanian Director of EcoPeace Middle East. A unique regional organization that brings together environmentalists from Jordan, Palestine, and Israel to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the Middle East. With offices in Amman, Ramallah, and Tel Aviv.
With a remarkable tenure spanning over two decades, Yana Abu Taleb has consistently catalyzed positive change and fostered unprecedented collaborations to achieve environmental sustainability and regional stability. As the Jordanian Director, she leads activities and holds responsibilities that encompass the development and management of national and regional projects. She serves as a crucial liaison, advocating for environmental protection and transboundary water issues while engaging with governmental and private sector figures and organizations.
Yana Abu Taleb’s commitment to environmental protection and peacebuilding has been evident throughout her career. Since joining EcoPeace Middle East in 2000, she has held various positions, including Deputy Director and Regional Projects Manager.
Recognized as an influential voice in her field, Yana Abu Taleb is a frequent speaker at international conferences, sharing her expertise and insights on environmental preservation and peacebuilding. Her contributions have been widely acknowledged, and she has been featured in numerous esteemed publications.
Her efforts to promote sustainable development and foster cooperation through education in the region make her a role model for young individuals aspiring to create a positive impact in the world.

Amira Oron

Israeli ambassador to Egypt

Amira Oron is an accomplished diplomat with extensive experience in the Middle East and international affairs. She is currently the Ambassador to Cairo and the Director of economic affairs (Middle East) Dept. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Her professional journey began in 1991 with the MFA, where she excelled in various roles. Notably, she served as Deputy Spokesperson for Arabic and Turkish media and as Director of Arab Press & Public Affairs.

Amira’s international expertise spans across multiple countries and positions, including Deputy Consul in Chicago, Commercial Attaché in Cairo, and Spokesperson for the Israeli Delegation to the E.U. in Brussels. Her tenure as the Charge D’affairs in Ankara, Turkey, and subsequent roles demonstrated her leadership and diplomatic acumen.

Amira holds a B.A. and M.A. in Middle East studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her professional development includes training at prestigious institutions like the National Defense University in Washington and the College of NATO in Rome. She is fluent in Hebrew, English, and Arabic, with partial command of French.

Born in Jerusalem, she is a mother of two sons.

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Cnaan Aviv

CTO & Co-Founder of “Make My Day”

He has extensive experience of over 25 years in R&D – various programming languages and technologies such as C/C++, PHP, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, and more.

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Daniel Baron

Project manager at Energycom

Meet Daniel, the Development Manager at Energycom – the pioneering energy innovation community of Israel. His role revolves around fostering foreign relations, generating and making opportunities available to the key players in the energy sector, writing the annual energy ecosystem mapping report of Israel, and much more. Daniel’s extensive expertise and vast network encompass all the key stakeholders within the entrepreneurial and investor landscape.

Having graduated with a degree in biology and philosophy from Tel Aviv University, Daniel embarked on an entrepreneurial journey in the realm of recreation in Tel Aviv. However, a higher calling drove him towards making a positive impact and advocating for meaningful initiatives. This passion led to the creation of “Alternativa – The Sustainability Podcast of Israel,” a platform where Daniel engages in meaningful conversations with inspiring individuals steering Israel towards a more sustainable future. Join Daniel in his pursuit to bridge the gap between people, humanity, and the environment, as he envisions a brighter tomorrow for us all.

Gil Shavit

co-founder and CBDO, GenCell Ltd.

Over 30 years of engineering and entrepreneurship experience in high tech and clean energy fields. Enrollment based leadership that led into several bootstrapped ventures, including management buyouts. The composition of veteran engineering, business skills, and personal approach results in good atmosphere and overall calm business surrounding in companies I am involved in.

Itzhak Borba

CEO of the Efee landfill

Is an accomplished professional Director with a diverse educational background in
urban studies, law, and corporate management.
With extensive experience in leadership and governance, Mr. Borba is currently
serving as the Chairman of The Association of Municipal Corporations. In this crucial
role, he is connecting economic and urban companies, enhancing their recognition in
Israeli society, and fostering collaboration between the urban and private sectors.
Additionally, for the past 20 years, he has led Ef-Eh Environmental Infrastructure
Company as CEO, enabling him to create significant impacts in various sectors in the
local Israeli market.

Janet Shalom

Head of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Ms. Janet Shalom joined the Ministry of Energy at 2018 and started her role as the head of planning and policy at 2021. As Part of her duties, Ms. Shalom is in charge for the Ministry’s work plans, policy, regulation policy and strategic projects.
Prior to her nomination as head of planning and policy Ms. Shalom was the senior advisor to the Ministry of energy DG, Mr. Adiri
Before joining, the Ministry of Energy Ms. Shalom was the Regional Commissioner of Jerusalem and the South, in the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) at the Ministry of Labor and welfare.
She holds an LLB degree from the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University and passed the Israeli Bar Exam in 2009.
Ms. Shalom also serves at the Israeli reserve duty of the IDF as an acting officer at the “Home front commend”.

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Asaf Wassercug

Chief business officer, BL Energy

Currently Chief Business Officer at BLEnergy, a leading and innovative BESS (Battery
Energy Storage Systems) integrator, based in Israel and operating worldwide.

Before, Asaf worked over ten years at the Budgets department at the Israeli Ministry of Finance. His last position was Deputy Director to the Head of the Budgets Department, in charge of economic segments. Among other things, he was responsible for R&D and the High-Tech sector, innovation and higher education, as well as employment, communications, development of the business sector, the cost of living and more. He was also a member of the department management and board member in several government authorities such as The Innovation Israeli Authority. During the years before that he held a variety of positions, including head of communications team and then head of transportation team.
Asaf led many significant process and reforms in the Israeli market, such as:

  • managing the Interactions between the business sector and the government during the Covid-19 period, formulating government policy, reducing restrictions on economic activity, formulating and implementing both wide and targeted aid plans and managing employment policy during and after the Covid period.
  • leading a massive import reform (reducing cost of living by deregulation and opening the Israeli market to more competition).
  • Telecom fiber deployment reform.

Itay Fischhendler

The Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of the Program in Management & Policy of Natural Resources and the Environment, Department of Geography, Hebrew university

Itay Fischhendler is a full Professor at the Hebrew University. His research interests focus on environmental conflict resolution, natural resources governance, and decision-making under conditions of political and environmental uncertainties. He has published over 70 articles in leading academic journals. He is a leading scholar on issues of energy and geopolitics.

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Rinat Greenberg

VP EPM & ESG at Maytronics

Rinat joined Maytronics in 2019.

Over the past five years, she has been VP of Construction and Infrastructure, Production Expansion, Regulatory, and ESG at Maytronics, a leading global technology company manufacturing robots for cleaning pools.

As a management member, Rinat is a partner in the outline of the business ESG strategy and its implementation in the operational and other divisions as responsible for realizing goals and vision.

Ph.D. A student with two degrees in business administration.

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Dr. Moshe Tshuva

Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering

Dr. Moshe Tshuva is the current Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Afeka, Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering. Dr. Tshuva has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Tshuva serves in several positions: the chairman of the Israel Sustainable Energy Society, the head of the energy branch at Israeli Society of Mechanical Engineers and as a chairman and member of several standards committees at the Israeli Standards Institution.

Dr. Tshuva expertise are in the fields of thermodynamics, heat transfer and multiphase flow, and has over 30 years of experience in developing and managing projects; he served as director of development at engineering companies and served as an engineer and project manager at development unit in the IDF.

Dr. Tshuva invented several registered patents.

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Dr. Yoav Lindemann

Manager, the National Development of waste-treatment infrastructures at the Ministry of Environmental protection

Yoav is concentrating the national effort for resolving one of Israel’s greatest infrastructure challenges: The lack of modern waste treatment facilities.

The process of building such facilities requires the joined Collaboration between the MoEP, and a wide variety of governmental ministries and authorities, municipalities, and private sector partners.

Yoav holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the field of Oceanography.

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Dr. Suleiman Halasah

Postdoctoral researcher, the Institute for Science, Innovation & Society, Oxford

Dr. Suleiman Halasah is a research associate at the Institute for Science Innovation and SocietyThe University of Oxford, UK. And the co-director of the Jordan-Israel Center for Community, Environment, and Research (JICCER) at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Dr. Halasah is also directing a Jordanian consulting firm, i.GREENs, that focuses on energy, water and environment. Dr. Halasah earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jordan in Amman, Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Desert Studies from Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Israel.

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Irit Heitner Shayo

Manager of Local Authorities and Projects, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Irit leads the ministry’s strategic mission to transition to sustainable energy in local authorities. She helps the authorities build their capacity, access information and get grants for sustainable energy projects. Before working with local government, Irit developed educational and training programs in the field of sustainable energy. She holds a master’s degree in public policy and a master’s degree in Jewish philosophy, both from the Hebrew University.

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Liran Dor

CEO of Boson Energy

Liran is an operative and manager with long experience in the waste treatment and gasification industries – developing and proving performance of new technology. At Boson he is responsible for all technology and development, and closely involved in commercial activities.

Prior to joining Boson, Liran served as CTO for Environmental Energy Resources (EER) Ltd in Israel. Liran was responsible for the development of the Plasma-Gasification-Melting (PGM) technology. He built and managed the Iblin demonstration plant in Israel as well as plants in Russia. Liran was involved in the business development and presented the PGMTM technology to clients and presented at several international conferences. He was the project manager of the PGM projects in Houston, Texas and in London, England. Liran was responsible for all technical, legal and commercial project aspects.

Liran liaises with several technical institutes globally and has published many papers on the gasification and plasma technology. Liran holds a degree in environmental engineering from the Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.

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Dan Shulman

CEO, Shizen Israel

Dan Shulman, CEO of Shizen Israel, has worked in the Japanese power industry for the better part of the last two decades, extensively involved in the entry of global energy companies and startups into the Japanese market. Against the background of Japan- based Shizen Energy’s plans to expand globally at an increasing pace in the coming years, Dan Shulman proposed that Shizen establish a presence in the Israeli market, recognizing the immense potential for a symbiotic relationship between the Israeli and Japanese renewable energy industries. Shizen is now working with numerous Israeli energy tech startups in Japan and other Asian markets, and intends to continue expanding its collaboration with the Israeli energy tech ecosystem.
Education:
• Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Japanese, Tufts University

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