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2016 Event

Below you can see highlights from the 2016 Event in Tel-Aviv including information on the award winners for this year and the full list of speakers from the event.

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2016 Speakers
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
MK Mr. Ofir Akunis
MK Mr. Ofir Akunis
Israel's Minister of Science, Technology and Space
Ofir Akunis serves as a Member of Knesset for the Likud Party, and Minister of Science and Technology. His prior positions include Minister in the Communications Ministry, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection, and Chair of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee.

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MK Mr. Yuval Steinitz
MK Mr. Yuval Steinitz
Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
Yuval Steinitz is Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, in charge of Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a member of the Security Cabinet. He is a member of the Knesset from the Likud party.

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Norbert Barthle
Norbert Barthle
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
Norbert Barthle is Parliamentary State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany. He also serves as the Chairperson of the Advisory Council at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. Norbert Barthle is a Member of the German Bundestag.
James Woolsey
James Woolsey
Chariman FDD; Former Director of The Central Intelligence Agency
R. James Woolsey is Co-Chairman of the United States Energy Security Council. He also Chairs the Board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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Gregory Stephanopoulos
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, MIT, USA
Prof. Greg Stephanopoulos is the W.H. Dow Professor at MIT and has coauthored ~430 papers and 5 books on metabolic engineering, the engineering of microbes for production of biofuels and chemicals. His numerous awards include the Eni Prize and membership in the NAE and Academy of Athens.
(2016 Samson Prize Award Winner)

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Mercouri Kanatzidis
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis is Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. After his PhD and postdoctoral training at the University of Iowa, Michigan and Northwestern University, he started his academic career at Michigan State University before moving to Northwestern a decade ago.

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Shaul Meridor
Shaul Meridor
Director General, Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources
Shaul Meridor is General Manager of the Infrastructure, Energy and Water ministry in the Government of Israel. Previous to Shaul Meridor’s current position, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Budget Department of the Finance Ministry and led the economic plan & reforms of infrastructure sectors such as energy, transportation, aviation, water & agriculture.

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Shai Agassi
Shai Agassi
Founder, Better Place
Shai Agassi is a successful Israeli entrepreneur with proven track record who sold three of his startups for the aggregate sum of more than $500M+ in total. Agassi is most recognized for his role as founder of Better Place – a globally renowned leader in the EV space.

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Moshe E Ben-Akiva
Moshe E Ben-Akiva
Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab, Edmund K. Turner Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT
Moshe Ben-Akiva holds a PhD degree in Transportation Systems from MIT and honorary degrees from the University of the Aegean, the Université Lumiére Lyon, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), and the University of Antwerp. Moshe Ben-Akiva won numerous awards.

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Virgilio Cerutti
Virgilio Cerutti
Vice President, Business Development Central Coordination, FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles)
Currently Vice President Group Business Development at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, he has been CEO for Latin America at Magneti Marelli, the Company which first launched the Flex Fuel Technology in Brasil revolutionizing the Country’s energy matrix in transportation.

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Patrick Ho Chi Ping
Patrick Ho Chi Ping
Deputy Chairman and Secretary General, China Energy Fund Committee
HO Chi Ping Patrick is the deputy chairman and secretary general of China Energy Fund Committee, a think-tank devoted to public diplomacy, with special emphasis on energy. It is a charitable NGO with special consultative status from the United Nations Social and Economic Council.

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Amnon Shashua
Amnon Shashua
Mobileye Co-founder, Chairman and CTO; Sachs Professor of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Amnon Shashua holds the Sachs chair in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His field of expertise is computer vision and machine learning.

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Takao Asami
Takao Asami
Senior Vice President, Research & Advanced Engineering, Nissan
Takao Asami is the Senior Vice President at Nissan and is in charge of Technology Planning and Advanced Engineering at Nissan. Mr. Asami and his teams are working to establish efficient and effective development methodologies, processes and tools for testing and designing electrical systems.
Keynote Speaker.


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Jörg Wind
Jörg Wind
EU-Projects and Energy Systems Analyses, Daimler AG, Germany
Dr. Jörg Wind received his Ph.D. in physics at the TUM in 1992. He was responsible for MCFC development, exhaust aftertreatment and PEM-FC development at DASA and DaimlerChrysler. Since 2002, he is responsible for energy systems analyses at Daimler.

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Elmar Frickenstein
Elmar Frickenstein
Senior Vice President for Fully AutomatedDriving and Driver Assistance, BMW Group
Elmar Frickenstein is Senior Vice President for Fully Automated Driving and Driver Assistance at BMW Group. This area was re-established as part of the realignment of the corporate strategy of BMW and combines research as well as advanced and series development for one of the central issues of the future – the "Fully Automated Driving".
Keynote Speaker.


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Sunita Satyapal
Sunita Satyapal
Director, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Sunita Satyapal is the Director for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. She is responsible for the overall strategy, program execution and staff in the area of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, including oversight and coordination of approximately $100 million per year in research, development, demonstration and deployment activities.

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Meital Lehavi
Meital Lehavi
Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo for transportation, construction and infrastructure
Meital Lehavi serves as a city council member since 2003 and as the deputy mayor since 2009.  Chairwoman of "Meretz" faction in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Winner of the 2016 "Green Globe" award for her life-long environmental activity.

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Yaxiao Liu
Yaxiao Liu
Chief Information Officer, CAR Inc.
Mr. Yaxiao Liu is the Chief Information Officer in CAR Inc., the leading rent-a-car and on demand chauffer services provider in China. Mr. Liu is in charge of IT innovations and operations. His interests include autonomous drive, deep learning, stream computing and IoT.

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Gal Luft
Gal Luft
Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Dr. Gal Luft is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington based think tank focused on energy security, and a senior adviser to the United States Energy Security Council, a cabinet level exta governmental advisory committee. He is also co-chairman of the Global Forum on Energy Security. He specializes in strategy, geopolitics, energy security, natural resources and economic warfare.
Anne Korin
Anne Korin
Co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
Anne Korin is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and senior adviser to the United States Energy Security Council.

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Klaus Bonhoff
Klaus Bonhoff
Managing Director (Chair), NOW GmbH National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
Dr. Bonhoff is Managing Director (Chair) of NOW GmbH National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology. In addition he is an honorary member of the board of trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Freiburg) and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart) as well as on the advisory boards of erdgas mobil (Berlin) and NEXT ENERGY EWE-Forschungszentrum für Energietechnologie e. V. (Oldenburg).

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Eyal Rosner
Eyal Rosner
Chairman, Fuel Choices Initiative, Israel
Chairman of Israel’s National Program for the Development of Substitutes for Oil in Transportation (Fuel Choices Initiative).

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Bracha Halaf
Bracha Halaf
Acting Chief Scientist Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, Israel
Chief Scientist (Acting) and Senior Manager, Oil Replacement Program, at the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources. Dr. Halaf holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and Ph.D in Biophysics from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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Eric Denhoff
Eric Denhoff
President and CEO, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA)
Eric Denhoff is the President of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association. He has served as Chief Negotiator for the Government of Canada; Deputy Minister of the Government of British Columbia and is a Director of the Energy Council of Canada and sits on the World Energy Council Communications Committee. 

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Shahar Waiser
Shahar Waiser
Founder and CEO, Gett
Shahar Waiser is a serial entrepreneur. 2005 - Founded and successfully sold Loyalize, a start-up based in SF (acquired by Viggle). 2010 - Founded Gett - the largest international on-demand player by revenues, operating in 52 cities.

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Anat Lea Bonshtien
Anat Lea Bonshtien
Technology and Regulation Manager, Fuel Choices Initiative, Prime Minister's Office
Dr. Anat Lea Bonshtien is the Senior Manager of Technology and Regulation at the Fuel Choices Initiative, Israel's Prime Minister's Office. Dr. Bonshtien holds a MSc and a PhD in Biochemistry from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. In addition, Dr. Bonshtien is a former Mimshak Fellow, a science and policy fellowship program which integrates scientific knowledge with decision making.

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Taras Wankewycz
Taras Wankewycz
CEO, HES Energy Systems
Taras Wankewycz has over 15 years' experience in business development, corporate venture capital and marketing consulting in France, Netherlands, UK and US. Taras also worked at Eastman Chemical, where he was developing new venturing opportunities within the Cleantech sector, with a focus on the EMEA region. Earlier in his career, he developed business across Europe for Frost & Sullivan’s Chemical practice as well as for Halogen Arkwright, a Scandinavian consulting firm. At Horizon, Taras was instrumental in the company’s fundraising, driving its distinct product designs, as well as international PR & marketing capability. Since February 2011, Taras took charge of Horizon's new venture focusing on high energy density fuel cell systems for aerospace/defense applications (Horizon Energy Systems in Singapore).
Lilac Amirav
Lilac Amirav
Assistant Professor, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Prof. Lilac Amirav is an Assistant Professor at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Amirav is interested in photocatalysis on the nano scale and related photophysical and photochemical phenomena, with focus on photocatalytic solar-to-fuel conversion.

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Emanuel Peled
Emanuel Peled
Professor, School of Chemistry,
Tel Aviv University
Professor Emanuel Peled is the inventor and developer of the Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase (SEI) model. He pioneered the development of several electrochemical systems including: lithium/sulfur, alkali-metal/air batteries, hydrogen/tribromide, direct methanol and ethylene glycol fuel cells. Emanuel Peled was a co-founder of three energy-related startup companies.

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Lioz Etgar
Lioz Etgar
Senior lecturer, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Since 2012 Dr. Lioz Etgar has been a senior lecturer at the Institute of Chemistry, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Etgar’s research group focuses on the development of innovative solar cells. He has previously received a Marie Curie Fellowship, the Wolf Prize for young scientists and was recently awarded the prestigious Krill prize.

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Oren Shoval
Oren Shoval
CTO / Co-Founder, Via
Oren Shoval is Via's co-founder and CTO. He is a former strategy business consultant at McKinsey, and has spent 10 years in the Israeli Air Force developing and deploying real-time avionic systems. Oren holds a PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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Detlef Stolten
Detlef Stolten
Director, Institute of Electrochemical Process Engineering IEK‐3 Juelich Research Center
Professor Stolten is director of the Institute of Electrochemical Process Engineering at the Juelich Research Center (DE), holds the chair for fuel cells at the RWTH Aachen University and used to work for Bosch and Daimler Benz/Dornier.

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Dario Dekel
Dario Dekel
Associate Professor, Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Prof. Dekel has more than 30 years of experience in the chemical industry. In past years he was the General Manager of the Power Sources Department in Rafael Ltd., he was a co-founder and VP for R&D&E of CellEra, and recently joined the Technion, conducting R&D of fuel cells and redox flow batteries.

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Eiji Ohira
Eiji Ohira
Director, New Energy Technology Dept., New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Eji Ohira is Director at NEDO and in charge of NEDO’s fuel cell and hydrogen technology group.

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Lei Zhou
Lei Zhou
Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC
Lei Zhou is a Partner at Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting, Tokyo. Mr. Zhou has 14 years of consulting experience, specializing in strategy for cutting-edge and innovative technologies in fields related to automotive, electronics, ICT, and mobility.

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Thomas Jordan
Thomas Jordan
President, the International Association for Hydrogen Safety HySafe & Head of the Hydrogen Group, IKET, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thomas Jordan is a mechanical engineer working in multiphysics at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, since 1989. He is heading the Hydrogen Group of IKET, teaching “Hydrogen Technologies”, and currently president of International Association for Hydrogen Safety HySafe . Jordan : Mechanical engineer working in multiphysics at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, since 1989. He is heading the Hydrogen Group of IKET, teaching “Hydrogen Technologies”, and currently president of International Association for Hydrogen Safety HySafe .

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Piotr Zelenay
Piotr Zelenay
Professor of Chemistry, Laboratory Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Zelenay has published over 150 research articles, many in renowned scientific journals and has co-authored over 370 presentations. He has 20 patents and patent applications in the area of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Since becoming Project Leader for the LANL Fuel Cell Program in 2000, Dr. Zelenay has led numerous large research projects totaling more than $50M in research funding, and received more than 20 awards and recognitions.

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Lior Elbaz
Lior Elbaz
Head, Israel Fuel Cells Consortium & Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University
Lior Elbaz is the Head of the Israel Fuel Cells Consortium & Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Bar Ilan University. His research focuses on renewable energy, previously he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA, a world leader in the development of fuel cell technology.

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Alex Schechter
Alex Schechter
Founder & head of the center for hybrid energy systems, Ariel University 
Alex Schechter earned a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Electrochemistry at Bar-Ilan University (1991-1999). After a few years postdoctoral fellowship at case western reserve university (Cleveland, Ohio) and in an fuel cells R&D company at Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was joined the and was appointed as senior faculty college of Judea & Samaria, which became Ariel University (2004). Currently, he is leading the fuel cell and electrochemistry laboratory in the chemistry department.

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Matthew Tirrell
Matthew Tirrell
Deputy Laboratory Director for Science, Argonne National Laboratory
Matthew Tirrell is Deputy Laboratory Director for Science at Argonne National Laboratory. He is responsible for integrating the laboratory’s research and development efforts and science and technology capabilities. He develops and drives strategy to support integrated teams across disciplines in support of Argonne’s strategic initiatives.

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Christopher Hebling
Christopher Hebling
Director, Division Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Dr. Christopher Hebling is the director of the division Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. His division comprises like 100 scientists, engineers and students which do research in the field of PEM water electrolysis, PEM fuel cells for the mobility sector and synthetic fuels from green hydrogen and CO2 (Power to Liquid).

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Dana Lowell
Dana Lowell
Director, Open Innovation & Technology Ventures, Faurecia xWorks
As Director of Open Innovation and Technology Ventures at Faurecia’s xWorks Innovation Centers; Dana Lowell is responsible for leading a global open innovation network to find new technologies, concepts, and companies for collaboration at Faurecia. Mr. Lowell and his team identify key market, partnership & investment opportunities through open innovation models across a global network.

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Wolfgang Bernhart
Wolfgang Bernhart
Senior Partner, Roland Berger GmbH
Dr. Wolfgang Bernhart has been Senior Partner at Roland Berger GmbH since 2007. Within Roland Berger's Global Automotive Competence Center, he holds global responsibility for all topics related to "Innovation and Technology".

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Ding Lei
Ding Lei
SEE Plan Co-founder Global Vice Chairman & Managing Director, LeEco
Mr. Ding has 23 years experiences in auto industry under his belt. His expertise in operation and management spans strategy, R&D, manufacturing, purchasing, marketing, new energy, international cooperation and cross –border M&A among other key sectors of the industry. He is regarded as the most influential figure in China’s auto industry and a rare world – level executive in China.

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Mat Schubert
Mat Schubert
CEO & Founder of Coup Mobility and Head of BBM Mobility Services, Robert Bosch GmbH
Mat has been CEO of Coup Mobility Head since July 2016. He bears responsibility for development of Mobility Services on a business sector level as well as Bosch’s new subsidiary Coup Mobility GmbH in Berlin. In his private life he is doing the 7 summits, loves scuba diving, golfing and his family.
Intakhab Khan
Intakhab Khan
Director, Electrics/Electronics Competence Center Asia, Audi China Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
Intakhab Khan is director of the Electrics / Electronics Competence Center Asia in Audi (China) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. which is active in China since 2009, starting from 2007 for Audi AG Ingolstadt, former System Architect at Siemens VDO Munich, he is responsible for the complete implement of the Electrics/Electronics Division of Audi in Asia. Mr. Khan has professional hands-on experience in management, engineering and business is his strength. He is a three sons´ father and loves his family.

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Ariel Sella
Ariel Sella
Managing Director Capsula - Smart Mobility @ TAU
Ariel Sella is the Managing Director of Capsula, Smart Mobility @TAU which promotes innovation in Smart Mobility through grants to researchers and accelerator residencies to entrepreneurs. Capsula has so far dispensed more than 10 research grants and graduated 20 startups.

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Mary-Rose de Valladares
Mary-Rose de Valladares
Manager, The International Energy Agency Hydrogen Implementing Agreement (IEA HIA)
Mary-Rose de Valladares is the Manager of the International Energy Agency Hydrogen Implementing Agreement (IEA HIA), the largest global innovation collaboration in hydrogen R,D&D. Experienced in technology development and proficient in four languages, she holds an MBA from Georgetown University.

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Shani Elitzur
Shani Elitzur
PhD Student, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Shani Elitzur is a PhD student at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where she also received her MSc Cum Laude (2013) and BSc (2007). She has won a number of prizes, including Ministry of Science Fellowship for PhD students in the field of alternative fuels for transportation (2016), Rieger Fellowship (2015, 2016), 1st Prize in EcoMotion Challenge (2015), and Falling Walls Young Innovator of the Year 2015.

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Igor Derzy
Igor Derzy
Manager, The R&D Department at Chief Scientist office of Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
Dr Igor Derzy manages the R&D Department at Chief Scientist office of Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources. hrough his diverse career Igor initiated and managed several R&D and commercialization projects and enterprises in Biomedical, Energy and Fuel Cell fields.

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Zviya Baron
Zviya Baron
Principal, PetroQuantum B.V. and Consultant to the National Energy R&D Council, MOLMOP
Ms. Zviya Baron, a leading energy innovation and policy expert is Director of innovation at PetroQuantum, and serves as the consultant for the National Energy committee at the Israeli National Council for R&D. She is specialized in designing policies and strategies to promote energy innovation.

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Guy N. Michrowski
Guy N. Michrowski
CEO, TerraGenic
Mr. Guy Nevo Michrowski has been Terragenic's CEO since 2015. He brings 20 years of technology entrepreneurship experience, including co-founding a start-up which was acquired by a NASDAQ traded company. Guy's track record includes various leadership roles as VP marketing and sales in start-ups as well as international companies.

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Ayala Karniol
Ayala Karniol
Director of the Life Sciences Department at ISERD - The Israeli R&D Directorate for the European Research Area
Mrs Ayala Karniol is the Director of the Life Sciences Department at ISERD - The Israeli R&D Directorate for the European Research Area. Mrs. Karniol is the member of European Commission Program Committees of 4 thematic areas: Health, Food Security, Energy and Environment.

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Clement Chandon
Clement Chandon
Head of Gas Development for IVECO in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mr. Chandon is the Head of Gas Development for IVECO in Europe, Middle East and Africa in charge of commercial stakeholders relations and of engagement of boosting the infrastructure network for gas in the transport sector.

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Michele Ziosi
Michele Ziosi
Head of Institutional Relations Europe, Middle East, Africa Asia Pacific, CNH Industrial, Italy
Michele Ziosi is responsible for CNH Industrial Head of Institutional Relations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific since 2014. CNH Industrial is global leader in the capital goods sector that designs, produces and sells agricultural and construction equipment, trucks, commercial vehicles, buses and specialty vehicles, in addition to a broad portfolio of powertrain applications.

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Arieh Meitav
Arieh Meitav
CTO, ETV Energy Ltd.
Dr. Arieh Meitav is a pioneer of Li-Ion battery technology, with over 35 year experience. Founder of ETV Energy; R&D management in Tadiran Battery Division; co-founder of Electric Fuel; Inventor of a proton conductive super-capacitor (EDLC) (AVX-USA - www.avx.com); leader of four start-up ventures related to Tribology, Sapphires, Piezoelectric micro-generator; Ice Generator.

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Agenda

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DAY 1: 2.11.16

  Main Hall - 'Rovina'
Fuel Choices Summit
'Bertonov' Hall
Side Event
Habima 4 Hall
Side Event
'Habima' Square
09:30  
09:00 - 12:30
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen

09:00 – 09:05 Opening Remarks
 
 
 
10:50 – 11:05 Break
 
 
09:30 - 12:30

B2B Meetings
(pre arranged)
 
10:00  
10:00 - 17:00
Startup Exhibition
12:00
Arrival, registration and refreshments
12:30    
13:00
Opening and Welcome Remarks
   
13:05
The End of the Oil Era
 
Eyal Rosner, Chairman and Director, Fuel Choices Initiative, Prime Minister's Office
   
13:25
The Israeli Smart Mobility Industry Report
 
Dr. Wolfgang Bernhart, Roland Berger
   
13:45
The Future of the Automotive Industry 
Automotive industry experts will present their vision on the future of the automotive industry, discussing how alternative fuels and powertrains, smart mobility solutions and new business models will shape the future.
A series of speakers followed by a panel discussion.
 
Keynote: Mr. Elmar Frickenstein, Senior Vice President for Fully Automated Driving and Driver Assistance, BMW Group.

Keynote: Mr. Takao Asami, Senior Vice President, Research & Advanced Engineering, Nissan 
 
Panel Discussion:
 
Moderator: Eyal Rosner, Chairman Fuel Choices Initiative, Prime Minister's Office
 
Participating::
Mr. Takao Asami, Nissan 
Mr. Elmar Frickenstein, BMW Group
Prof. Amnon Shashua, Mobileye
   
15:00
Coffee Break
   
15:15
Policy session
The decline in oil prices since 2014 created a more challenging economic environment for alternative fuels. At the same time, an increasing emphasis is put on implementing cleaner transportation solutions. The discussions will address the role of the regulator, the challenges and opportunities in this new environment.
 
Keynote: Mr. Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany     
 
Moderator: Ms. Anne Korin, Deputy Laboratory Director for Science, Argonne National LaboratoryCo-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
 
Participating:
Mr. Shaul Meridor, Director General Ministry of Energy, Israel
Mr. James Woolsey, Former Director of the CIA
Dr. Patrick Ho, Secretary General, China Energy Fund Committee
Mr. Matthew Tirrell, Deputy Laboratory Director for Science, Argonne National Laboratory
 

15:00 - 17:00

B2B Meetings
(pre arranged)

16:25    
17:00        

17:00 - Transportation to Intercontinental Hotel for the Gala Dinner (*Participation in the Gala is by invitation only)18:00  - Gala Reception

19:00 - 21:30  Gala Dinner and Prize Ceremony


DAY 2: 3.11.16 
 
Main Hall - 'Rovina'
Fuel Choices Summit
'Bertonov' Hall
Side Event
Habima 4 Hall
Side Event
'Habima' Square
09:00
 
 
09:00 - 11:00

B2B Meetings
(pre arranged)

09:00 - 16:30
Startup Exhibition
09:30
Opening Address
 
Keynote: MK Mr. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
09:50-10:50
Digital Innovations and their Impact on Transportation
A series of lectures and panel discussions about emerging technologies and new business models that will impact the way we consume transportation and use energy in transportation – from autonomous driving, to sharing economy and synchronized transportation systems.
09:50 Prof. Moshe E. Ben-Akiva, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab, Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
10:10
Mr. Shai Agassi, Founder, Better Place
10:30
Mr. Shahar Waiser, CEO and Founder, Gett
10:50
Coffe Break
11:00  
11:10
The Impact of Smart Mobility Solutions on Transportation

Moderator: Mr. Lei Zhou, Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC

Participating:
Mr. Yaxiao Liu
Chief Information Officer, CAR Inc.
Dr. Oren Shoval, Cofounder and CTO, Via
Mr. Mat SchubertCEO and Founder of Coup Mobility and 
Head of BBM Mobility Services, Robert Bosch GmbH
Meital Lehavi, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo for transportation, construction and infrastructure
 
 
12:10
Capsula Session
5 startups graduating from the Capsula accelerator will pitch in front of panel of industry experts. 
 
Moderator: Ariel SellaManaging Director Capsula - Smart Mobility @ TAU
 

Participating:
Mr. Dana Lowell,
 Global Director, Technology Ventures,  Faurecia xWorks
Intakhab Khan, Audi (China) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
Ding Lei
SEE Plan Co-founder Global Vice Chairman & Managing Director, LeEco


Start-ups: WayCare, GurdKnox, Cargofy, RFIsee, Mio
 
13:00
Lunch Break
 
13:30
13:30 - 16:30

B2B Meetings
(pre arranged)
13:45 Awarding certificate of appreciation for I-SAFE founders Lev and Galina Leytes
13:50
Samson Prize Winner Presentations:
Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos, W.H. Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, MIT, USA
Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA
14:30
"Starter" Research Presentations
This session will be composed of latest innovative academic research in the field of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage. Ted-style presentations will be given by leading Israeli researchers from different universities and research centers. 
 
Moderator: Himmat Younis, Fuel Choices Initiative
 
Presenters:
Emanuel Peled, Professor, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Lilac Amirav, Assistant Professor, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dario Dekel, Associate Professor, Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Alex Schechter, Founder & head of the center for hybrid energy systems, Ariel University
Shani Elizur, Fine Rocket Propulsion Center, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Lioz Etgar, Senior lecturer, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:15
Coffee Break
15:30
The Future of Vehicles' Energy
This panel will shed light on the potential of these technologies regarding technological and economic feasibility. Different aspects will be raised both on the technological challenges and the market acceptance.
 

Presenting the Methanol Project:
Mr. Virgillio Cerutti,
Vice President, Business Development Central Coordination, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Dr. Bracha Halaf, Acting Chief Scientist Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, Israel

 
Participating: 
Dr. Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director (Chair), NOW GmbH National Organization Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
Michele Ziosi, Head of Institutional Relations Europe, Middle East, Africa Asia Pacific, CNH Industrial
Mr. Clement Chandon, Head of Gas Development for IVECO in Europe, Middle East and Africa 
Dr. Arieh Meitav, CTO, ETV Energy Ltd.
16:30
 
     

 

Award

The 2016 SAMSON - PRIME MINISTER’S PRIZE FOR INNOVATION IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR TRANSPORTATION
The $1 million prize is the largest monetary prize awarded in the field of alternative energy.

About the Samson Prime Minister's Award

THE WINNERS OF THE ERIC and SHEILA SAMSON PRIME MINISTER’S PRIZE FOR INNOVATION IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR TRANSPORTATION

Winners of the 2016 Prize

Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratories, USA and Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, who share the Prize equally. 

These two distinguished scientists have been awarded the prestigious Prize for their innovative scientific and technological contributions that have the potential to lead to the development of alternative fuels for transportation, replacing the fast depleting fossil fuels which are the major fuels used nowadays in transportation. This is the fourth time this prize has been awarded by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and Keren Hayesod.

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