Prof. Erel Avineri
Head of Department
Engineering and Management of Infrastructure Systems
Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering
Israel
 Prof. Erel Avineri received his degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management (B.Sc.) and Transportation Sciences (M.Sc., Ph.D) from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Between 2003 and 2012 he was a member of the Centre for Transport & Society, Bristol (UK). He is the Head of Infrastructure Systems Engineering and Management Department and the Head of ACITRAL - Afeka Centre for Infrastructure, Transportation and Logistics. His main research areas lie in travel behavior, road safety behavior, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is leading research on the incorporation of cognitive and socio-psychological models into the analysis and design of transportation systems.
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Sobhi Basheer
General Manager and Owner
TransBiodiesel
Israel
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Uri Ben-Ari
CEO
UBA Ventures
Israel
 Uri Ben-Ari is an expert in the area of “smart cities. Uri is a seasoned international business person with 30 years of experience in senior management and entrepreneurship. Uri specializes in developing and implementing strategic business and marketing plans for companies active in international markets.
Uri serves as chairman, director, investor and/or strategic consultant for international business development at a number of public and private technology companies active in the areas of organizational IT, security, the Internet, and mobile communications. Uri is also involved in the acquisition and mergers of private companies.
Uri is a social entrepreneur who is the founder and president of Athena Fund, which is dedicated to empowering teachers (mostly women) in Israel by providing them with laptop computers and professional training. Uri holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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Eddie Bet-Hazavdi
Director
Department of Energy Conservation and Smart Cities Administration
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources
Israel
 Eddie Bet Hazavdi is the Director of Department of energy conservation and smart cities administration, Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources.
Eddie is an expert on energy conservation and efficiency. He is member of the advisory boards for the national energy plan 2015-2050 and Smart Cities Barcelona congress and expo.
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Dr. Lea Carmel Goren
Energy Innovation & Business Development
Israel
 Lea Carmel Goren is an entrepreneur and business development expert in energy innovation and cleantech. She works hand-in-hand with leading investors, private and public corporations, government companies and authorities in Israel and abroad. Specializing in realization of business opportunities her activities focus on ‘making things happen’.
Carmel Goren manages ongoing efforts to leverage the economic development of Israel through energy innovation and business cooperation.
Lea Carmel Goren holds a PhD from the Hebrew University.
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Samuel Chayen
Sustainability Coordinator
Green Knesset Project
Israel
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Yael Cohen Paran
Executive Director
The Israel Energy Forum
Israel
 Yael Cohen Paran is the Founding Executive Director of the Israel Energy Forum (IEF)– the prime NGO promoting sustainable energy in Israel. The IEF brings together leading energy experts, alongside senior executives of business and industry, to join forces for sustainable energy in Israel.
Yael has been an environmental leader for the past 1 years. In the late 1990's, she was one of the students who established the Green Course activist organization (Megama Yeruka), and in 2002 was appointed Executive Director, a post she held for 5 years, leading Green Course to become one of the largest and most influential environmental organizations in Israel today.
Yael also served on the Board of Life and Environment – the umbrella organization of environmental NGOs in Israel - from 2009 to 2013.
Yael has a B.Sc. in Physics from the "Amirim" honors program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and was a research student at the Solar Energy Center in Sede Boker towards an M. Sc. from Ben Gurion University, which she is currently converting to an M.A.in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University.
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Keren Fox
Sustainability
Trent University
Canada
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David Framowitz
Business Representative
Enerkem
Canada
 David Framowitz has been active in the field of recycling and solid waste management in Israel since 1985. In 1986 he successfully founded and was the CEO of MMM Metal Recycling Industries Ltd. which was appointed as the official “Approved Authority for the Collection of Abandoned Vehicles” in Israel and this as per the Maintenance of Cleanliness Law – 1984. Subsequent to that, David, together with the late Mr. Noah Liff of Nashville, Tennessee and others, founded and thereafter managed Dan Recycling, Israel’s first independent recycling company. Already within the company’s first year of operation Dan Recycling collected and recycled over 60,000 metric tons of scrap metal, much of which was sold as raw material to the 2 steel mills in Israel as well as shipped to markets in Turkey, Greece, Spain and the Far East. David was instrumental in successfully obtaining the rights to export scrap metals from Israel.
In 1992, with the beginning of the Israeli government’s decision to begin to close all of the garbage dumps throughout the country, David convinced OGDEN and today known as COVANTA, a world-wide leader in the field of solid waste management, to enter the Israeli market and develop an integrated solid waste management program, including recycling and Energy-from-Waste recovery, as an economical and environmentally safe and long-term solution to the State of Israel’s ever-growing solid waste disposal problem. OGDEN also successfully participated in the State of Israel’s tender for the privatization of the Ramat Hovav hazardous waste incinerator as well as in the Jerusalem Sewage Treatment Plant tender.
During the late 1990’s David continued to be active in promoting recycling and solid waste management in Israel. He participated in many Israeli Knesset meetings and professional forums which eventually led to the passing into legislation of the “Deposit on Beverage Containers Law -1999". In 1998 David successfully brought to Israel and through 2004 managed the Israeli office of ENVIPCO (Environmental Products Corporation), the leading US manufacturer and technology provider of Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs). Envipco’s RVM technology, which is used in both deposit and non-deposit states around the world in advancing closed-loop beverage container recovery, was successfully placed and operated in supermarkets and other locations throughout Israel.
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Joao-Flavio Frossard
International Business
Brazil
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Daniela Garcia Giacobbo
Judiciary Power
Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region
Brazil
 Daniela Garcia Giacobbo holds a degree in Communications from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1984) and a degree in Law and Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1994). She is pos graduated in Public and Environmental Law and wrote papers on these areas. Daniela works with the analysis of litigation at the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region. Has experience in Public Law, Administrative Law and Environmental Law. She is member of the Brazilian Institute for Energy Law – IBDE, in São Paulo, and coordinator of the National Seminar on Sustainability and Social Responsibility, organized by the International Stress Management Association in Brazil - ISMA-BR.
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Prof. Itamar Glazer
Senior Scientist
Agricultural Research Organization
Israel
 From 2007 to 2013 headed the Plant Sciences Institute and the "ARO Bio-fuel" project.
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Yehuda Halevy
CFO
Megalim
Israel
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Gadi Hareli
CEO
Israeli Wind Energy Association
Owner Enter-Tech CleanTech Solutions
Israel
Wind energy is a leading player in the energy mix towards sustainable 100% renewable energy and beyond.
With 350 GW of wind power installed globally, countries that already implemented over 25% of energy from wind, such as Denmark, aiming at 50% from wind by 2025, the ability of achieving the 100% renewable is a reality, while new challenges have to be addressed as the share of renewable increases.
the world wind energy conference, which would take place in Jerusalem next year – WWEC2015, would address the topics of innovation in wind energy and related technologies, paving the way to 100% renewable energy, in harmony with the environment and society.
NIMBY syndrome, grid stability and management of distributed generation, environmental impact - all are briefly addressed and elaborated on the WWEC hosted by the World Wind Energy Association- WWEA and the Israeli Wind Energy Association- ISRAWEA.
We invite you to attend and submit your papers at http://worldwindconf.net/
Gadi Hareli – Executive Chair of the World Wind energy Conference & CEO if the Israeli Wind Energy Association, Owner of Enter-Tech Cleantech solutions.
R&D expert and manger, Developing small and large wind turbine & Hydro technologies, Awarded Eureka and Eurogia labels, Inventor and consultant of wind & Hydro patents & technologies
Participation in national and international wind turbines standards committees, governmental committees of wind energy regulations
Lecturer at colleges, workshops and conferences for sustainable and renewable energy.
ghareli@enter-tech.biz
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Honi Kabalo
Economist (Energy and Environment)
Public Utilities
Authority - Electricity
Israel
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Dr. Beny Keren
Chief Engineer Renewable Energy
Green City
Israel
 Dr. Keren is a Co-director and Chief Engineer of Rafael’s Renewable –Energy directorate. Dr. Keren served as a senior Vice President and Division Manager at Rafael, managing 1300 employees, including 600 scientists and engineers. Prior to that, Dr. Keren held other senior positions within Rafael, including Area Manager and Chief Research Engineer.
During his tenure at Rafael, Dr. Keren initiated many challenging projects for the Israeli defense forces and international clients. Dr. Keren holds B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. degree in Materials Engineering, and Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering, from the Technion - Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.
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Dr. Gideon Friedmann
Technologies & Renewable Energy Section Manager
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources
Israel
 Stanford Physics Ph.D. graduate with experience in the energy industry, and in particular the electricity market, with emphasis on policy. Industry experience also in medical instrumentation, semiconductor metrology and biotechnology industries. Understanding of complex multi-disciplinary systems involving deep techno and economic implications. Also strong community involvement, mainly in education. Published several opinion articles in Yediot Aharonot and Calcalist.
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Eytan Levy
Co-Founder and CEO
Emefcy
Israel
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Vicky Li
Head Of Sales and Marketing Deptment
Astronergy
China
 Mrs. Vicky Li, is ASTRONERGY's Head Of Sales and Marketing Dept. for the last three years. Among her successes she tripled Astronergy panel sales to 200 MW in Europe, achieved global sales of 850MW per year in more than 40 countries. In her role she led the company to be the Top 1private project developer in China.
Mrs. Li has a master of Science degree in mechanical engineering by University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and she joined ASTRONERGY after working at the Communication European market as Head of supply chain management at Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH Deutsche Telekom Business Unit.
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Idan Liebes
Researcher
Samuel Neaman Institute
Israel
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Prof. Amnon Meisels
Department of Computer Science
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel
 Prof. Amnon Meisels has been a faculty member of the department of Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University for the last 25 years. He served as head of the Computer Science dept. from 2004 to 2006. His main field of research centers on Distributed search for constrained optimization and on Network games in general. He has published over 100 papers in international journals and international conferences. In the last 5 years a major effort has been to investigate models for self-interested agents in Distributed Constrained Search. His book “Distributed Search by Constrained Agents”, was published by Springer Verlag in January 2008. Prof. Meisels has served on the program committees of all major AI conferences over the last 10 years.
Distributed search methods have been applied to a variety of world scenarios and application fields. Take for example a network of agents, each operating a smart home. Such a network of agents can be trained to run a distributed negotiation algorithm for finding the best schedule of energy consumption for all of its members. It can then validate this schedule against the energy distributor and negotiate the best cost. Examples for such distributed manipulative behavior can be easily taken from Prof. Meisels' group work on Congestion games for charging electric vehicles and manipulation through environment variables.
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Gilad Openhaimer
CEO
Green O.C.
Israel
CEO & founder of Green O.C and Chairman and CO Founder of Intovision Engineering & Design
At Green O.C Gilad Oppenheimer became an expert in the field of fuels and has developed a unique process for producing diesel out of used mineral oils (Bilge, engine oil, sludge etc) for diesel engines and burners. He has also developed conversion kits for burners, gasoline and diesel engines to run on methanol.
At Intovision Engineering & Design, Gilad Oppenheimer leaded and executed projects in the fields of mechanical and electromechanical design, for Hi-tech and security companies and many startups.
Gilad Oppenheimer holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical engineering from the University of Ben-Gurion.
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Dr. Ilan Paran
Researcher, Institute of Plant Science
Agricultural Research Organization
The Volcani Center
Israel
 Dr. Ilan Paran is the head of the Plant Science Institute at the Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel. Dr. Paran obtained his PhD in Genetics in the University of California, Davis in 1991. Dr Paran research has been focused on genetics and breeding of vegetable crops and since 2008 he is in charge of the breeding program of castor and is the coordinator of the biofuel project in the Volcani Center.
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Rafi Rich
CEO
SUiTS
Israel
 Rafi Rich. Architect and urban planner, is also holding an MA in public policy & management. CEO & Founder of SUiTS (Smarter Urban iT & Strategies), an Israeli based initiative, founded in 2013 to promote tailor made solutions for smart urbanism aiming at both developed and developing cities around the globe. After running a successful planning firm for a decade (while initiating and leading the Israeli Green Building Council), rafi was asked to lead a national building reform as Senior Director for Building at the Israeli Ministry of Interior, also responsible for e-permitting, planning regulations, green building & sustainable planning. leaving the post after 4 years to promote a vision for smarter & better cities.
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Aviv Rosen
Professor Emeritus
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
 B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, 1967. M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, 1972. D.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, Technion, 1975. UCLA, 1975-77. RPI, 1984-5, 1988-89. At Technion since 1970. Professor since 1990. Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, 1995-1998. Senior Vice President of the Technion 2001-2007. Head of the ME program in Systems Engineering 1999-2001, 2008-present. Head of the Gordon Center for Systems Engineering, 2009-present. Main fields of interest: Rotary wings (helicopters, wind turbines, propellers), wind energy, structural dynamics and stability, nonlinear dynamics.
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Amnon Samid
Smart City and IoT
AGS
Israel
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Chen Shalita
CEO
Alfa Sustainable Projects Limited
Israel
 Chen is CEO of Alfa Sustainable Projects Limited, specializing in sustainable projects and architecture.
The firm led the sustainable design and certification of the Google main office building in Tel Aviv, and Autodesk Tel Aviv R&D office which achieved LEED Platinum certification with the highest score in Israel to date. Alfa are also responsible for the largest LEED project in Israel- the Broshim Campus Student Dormitory campus, which achieved LEED Gold certification for most of the campus buildings. The firm is working with the Prime minister office on implementing a sustainable building program for their infrastructure.
Chen was the co-director of the Israeli Team to Solar Decathlon china 2013, which won several prizes and was the first Israeli project to have a Net Positive Energy balance.
Chen worked as an Architect with Diamond & Schmitt Architects in Toronto. He earned his title as a LEED accredited professional from the Canadian Green Building Council, and worked on some of the cutting edge sustainable projects at Diamond & Schmitt. Chen developed a unique project debriefing tool, used at Diamond & Schmitt on some of their largest most complex projects. Chen was trained by the CaGBC as facilitator in IDP- the Sustainable integrated design process, and holds a certificate from the Canadian Geo-Exchange™ Coalition, in Ground Source Heat Pump installations. Chen was a member of the expert committee assembled by the Israeli standard institute responsible for the new Israeli standard for efficient clean heating & cooling systems.
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Liora Shechter
CIO
Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
Israel
 The CIO of Tel-Aviv municipality for the past 4 years.
One of her challenges as CIO include developing a new approach to engaging citizen - city relationship in the DIGI-TEL concept - a holistic and integrated approach to managing city - citizen interactions.
The ICT Division in Tel Aviv - Yafo Municipality employs a few hundred people and develops most of its own products.
Has a BSC in Computer Science from the Technion & an EMBA with excellence from Recanati Buisness School at Tel - Aviv University.
Liora Shechter had been in the Israeli army for 21 years and retired in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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Dr. Yehoshua Shkedi
Chief Scientist
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Israel
 Dr. Yehoshua Shkedy is serving as the chief scientist of the Israel Nature & Parks Authority. Part of his studies was dedicated to marine sciences. Yet, his main areas of interest is in nature conservation, and in a wide variety of fields: management of single populations, management of nature reserves, management of open landscapes and its relation to small (roads) and large scale (regional) planning.
He is taking part in the MAARAG, where the national biodiversity plan is done.
Dr. Shkedy invests a lot of effort in nature conservation education, and was teaching the subject in 3 different campuses.
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Alexander Skurnik
CEO
Hanel Consulting
Israel
 Partner Tailwind. Initiation of wind farms. Consulting in energy matters. Past experience in Seawater Desalination, IPPs, Combined Cycle Power generation. Natural Gas user survey and distribution network planning ,CNG for transportation and remote users. Waste to Energy. Industrial Wastewater Treatment. Worldwide experience in agricultural Planning. BA Economics & Statistics, MBA - Hebrew University Jerusalem.
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Harold Wiener
General Partner
Terra Venture Partners
Israel
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Dr. Ilan Yaar
Manager of Material Science Research, Chief Scientist Office
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources
Israel
 Dr. Yaar got his MSc and PhD degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University in the Negev in 1991. Since then he was employed by the IAEC/NRCN (Israel Atomic Energy Commission-Nuclear Research Center Negev). His last position at NRCN was as Director of the R&D division. Ilan is now in a sabbatical at the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, Chief Scientist Office, as Manager of Material Science Research
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Ezra Yamin
CEO
Arim Urban Development
Israel
 Ezra is the CEO of 'Arim Urban Infrastructure Ltd.
'Arim' is a Government Company fully owned by the Israeli Government. The Company was established 40 years ago by the Israeli Government for the purpose of planning and managing construction projects of urban infrastructure in new neighborhoods and new cities.
These days, the Company, on behalf of the Ministry of Housing and the Israel Land Authority, is promoting more than 30 projects designated for almost 20,000 housing units all over the country,
Due to the nature of the Company's activities, it focuses on especially challenging projects, that require it to act with efficiency, economy, while adhering to strict risk-management requirements.
During the last few years, the Company has been working to instill and implement values of sustainable-planning in its project-sites, and is acting towards integrating new infrastructure in these projects, that will better serve the current and future technologies of a "Smart City".
The Company's promoted flagship project is the "Shahar" neighborhood project in the city of Dimona, which is intended to inhabit over 3,200 families.
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Gilad Yavetz
CEO, Director
Enlight
Israel
 One of Enlight's entrepreneurs and founders, Gilad leads the company's activity and manages all the processes involving entrepreneurship, management, financing and setting up of projects executed by the company. Gilad has a strong background in managing and leading high-profile international organizations and projects, marketing, sales and business development, both in the Israeli market and in foreign markets. Prior tp founding Enlight, Gilad served as VP Marketing and Sales of BVR, a hi-tech company dealing with the development and sale of simulations, particularly to the defense industry. Under his role, Gilad managed dozens of employees, led the company to considerable perennial growth and contributed towards the company's transition to profitability.
Gilad holds an LLB from the Hebrew University in Jerusalemand MBA from the Executive Program at the Tel Aviv University.
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