past conference event 2013
2013 Speakers

Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister, Israel

Neil Z. Auerbach
Managing Partner and CEO Hudson Clean Energy Partners

David Banitt
CEO NewCO2Fuels

Ruth Bergman
Director HP Labs Israel

Doug Berven
Vice President of Corporate Affairs POET

Klaus Bonhoff
National Organization Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Germany

Wang Chuanfu
Chairman BYD

Gen. Wesley Clark
Retired General, United States Army Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe

Al Costa
CEO Alkol Bioenergy

Robbie Diamond
Founder, President and CEO SAFE

Gordon Exel
VP Sales and Marketing Westport Innovations

Mario Garnero
Chairman Brasilinvest Group

Moti Herskowitz
Vice-President and Dean for Research and Development Director of the Blechner Center of Industrial Catalysis and Process Development Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Dirk Inger
Deputy Director General Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development Germany

Michael D. Jackson
Director of Research Fuel Freedom Foundation

Prof. Eudene Kandel
Director National Economic Council Prime Minister’s Office Israel

Anne Korin
Co-Director Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Florian Lennert
Academic Director InnoZ Innovation Center for Mobility and Societal Change

Jack Levy
Partner Israel Cleantech Ventures

Hon. Linda Lingle
Former Governor, Hawaii Member, US Energy Security Council

Steve Linde
Editor-in-Chief The Jerusalem Post

Gal Luft
Co-Director Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)

Mike Lynch
Managing Director, Green Innovation NASCAR

Robert C. McFarlane
President, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security; Co-Founder, US Energy Security Council

Hector Moreira
Board Member Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

Dr. Jos B. Peeters
Founder and Managing Partner Capricorn Venture Partners

Jacob Perry
Minister of Science, Technology and Space Israel

Daniel Recht, PH.D.
Sustainability Center OCI Company Ltd.

Didier Reynders
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Belgium

Gov. Bill Richardson
Former Governor, New Mexico Former Secretary of Energy, United States

Eyal Rosner
Fuels Choices Initiative Prime Minister’s Office

Glenn Schmidt, MBA
Head of Steering Government Affairs BMW Group

Silvan Shalom
Ministry of National Infrastructures Energy and Water Resources Israel

Stephen Streiffer
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering Directorate Argonne National Laboratory

Terry Tamminen
Seventh Generation Advisors Former Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency

Alan Taub
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan; Retired Vice President, GM Global Research and Development, General Motors Company

Aviv Tzidon
Founder and CEO Phinergy

Dr. Shlomo Wald
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Israel

Peng Zhiugui
China Association of Alcohol & Ether Clean Fuel and Automobiles Former Vice Governor of Shanxi Province People’s Republic of China

Gwen Ackerman
Bureau Chief Israel and the Palestinian Territories Bloomberg News

Elliot Gotkine
Middle East Editor Bloomberg TV

Robert Lakin
Emerging Markets Editor, Tel Aviv Bloomberg News

Ethan Zindler
Head of Policy Analysis Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Partners
Fuel Choices InitiativeState of Israel Prime Minister's OfficeKeren Hayesod United Israel AppealMinistry of Science, Technology and SpaceIsrael Export InstituteMinistry of Economy and Industry