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DAY ONE | TUESDAY, OCT 31, 2017

	Main Hall - 'Rovina' Fuel Choices Summit	'Habima 4' Hall Side Event	'Bertonov' Hall Side Event	'Rovina' Gallery B2B Area	'Habima' Square
07:15	Side events' registration
08:30	Side events' registration	08:30 - 12:30 A Roundtable on Smart and Autonomous Public Transportation: Collaboration Between Leading Cities in Israel and in Europe For city representatives, by invitation only
09:00	08:00 - 11:00 Fuel Cells - Workshop Side Event		08:30 - 12:00 International Cooperation in Transport under the EU Horizon 2020 Program
09:30				09:30 - 12:30 B2B Meetings (Pre arranged)
10:00					10:00 - 17:00 Startups Exhibition
11:00
12:00	Summit's Registration
12:30	Summit's Registration
13:00	Official Opening of the Summit MC: Mr. Elliott Gotkine Welcome & Opening Remarks Dr. Anat Lea Bonshtien, Chairman and Director of the Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative
13:10	Opening Lecture: The Israeli Approach to Smart Mobility & Alternative Fuels Dr. Anat Lea Bonshtien, Chairman and Director of the Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative
13:30	Digital Transformation & Mobility for All Keynote Speech Peter H. Harris, Chief Customer Officer, Volkswagen Group
13:45	Redefining Mobility - The Automotive Industry Approach Keynote Speech Dr. Youngcho Chi, Chief Innovation Officer Strategy & Technology, Hyundai Motors Group
14:05	Redefining Mobility - Where the Automotive Industry is Heading Moderator: Eyal Rosner, Founder, Beyond Mobility Panel Discussion: Dr. Zhang Wensong, Senior Vice President and Chairman of Engineering and Technology Committee, Didi Eran Sandhaus, Vice President Services, Delphi Electronics & Safety Mark Joseph, Global Chief Development Officer, Transdev Jim Adler, Managing Director and Board Member, Toyota AI Ventures
14:50	Networking Break			15:00 - 17:00 B2B Meetings (Pre arranged)
15:10	A New Era - Autonomous Mobility Moderator: Michael J. Granoff, Founder and President, Maniv Mobility Panel Discussion: Mats Rosenquist, Director External Research Collaboration, Volvo Group Trucks Technology Alex Starns, Technical Program Manager, Lyft Rani Wellingstein, CEO and Co-founder, Oryx Dror Jerushalmi, CEO & Co-founder, Valens
16:00	Redefining Mobility – Roadmap to Electric Cars Gilles Normand, SVP, Electric Vehicle Business, Renault
16:15	Future Energy and Mobility – Batteries and More... Moderator: Dr. Bracha Halaf, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy Panel Discussion: Andreas Schamel, Director Global Powertrain Research & Advanced, Ford Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director, FCH JU Virgilio Cerutti, Vice President Group Business Development, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Doron Myersdorf, CEO and Founder StoreDot Paul Smith, Director, Future Mobility Hubs Eric Partington, Director of Product and Technology Planning, Lear E-Systems
17:05	End of day one

17:20 - 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

SECOND DAY | WEDNESDAY, NOV 1, 2017

	Main Hall - 'Rovina' Fuel Choices Summit	'Bertonov' Hall Side Event	'Rovina' Gallery B2B Area	'Habima' Square
08:15	Registration and Refreshments
09:00	Registration and Refreshments		09:00 - 11:00 B2B Meetings (Pre arranged)	09:00 - 17:00 Startup Exhibition
09:00	Welcome & Opening Remarks MK Mr. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
09:10	From Tel Aviv to the Mobility of the Future Keynote Speech Luca de Meo, President of the Executive Committee and CEO, SEAT
09:25	Redefining Mobility – Regulation Under Uncertainty Moderator: Elliott Gotkine Panel Discussion: Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) Elliot Katz, Chair at McGuire Woods Gloria Boyland, Corporate Vice President, FedEx Ola Altera, Strategic Advisor, Sustainable Innovation
10:10	Smart Mobility in Cities Moderator: Gunnar Heipp, Director of Strategic Planning Projects Department, Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) Panel Discussion: Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer at Transport for London Oren Shoval, Co-founder, Via Alex Barth, Vice President of Business Development, Mapbox Nisso Moyal, Director of Business Development and Big Data, Mobileye Lu Haifeng, General Manager, SAIC Israel Innovation Center
10:55	Networking Break
11:10	Big Data and Mobility Moderator: Dr. Yoram Turbowitz, Board Member of Champion Motors Panel Discussion: Scott Corwin, Global Future of Mobility Leader, Deloitte Ben Volkow, Co-founder & CEO, Otonomo Igal Raichelgauz, CEO and Founder Cortica Daisy Cai Wei, Partner, Baidu Venture Jarmila Placha, Head of Skoda Auto DigiLab	11:00 - 13:00 Smart Ports and Smart Maritime Mobility Technologies
12:00	Revolution of Clean Vehicles – Lowering Air Pollution in Israel Yisrael Dancziger, Director General, Ministry of Environmental Protection
12:10	Future Energy and Mobility - Infrastructure & Grid Moderator: Albert Cheung, Global Head of Analysis, BNEF Speakers: Albert Cheung, Global Head of Analysis, BNEF Dr. Joachim Kolling, Head of Energy Services, BMW Group Robbie Diamond, SAFE’s Founder and CEO Dr. Torben Fog, Head of e-Mobility Solutions E.ON
12:55	Lunch Break
13:55	Interview: Ratan Tata, Former Chairman Tata Sons Moderator: Eyal Rosner, Founder, Beyond Mobility		13:30 - 16:30 B2B Meetings (Pre arranged)
14:15	Samson Prize Winners Moderator: Elliott Gotkine Engineering Yeast for Production of Advanced Biofuels Prof. Jens B Nielsen, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Battery Research for Smart Mobility: Achievements and New Directions Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon, College the France
14:55	Cleaning the Air - Government Efforts to Integrate Smart Mobility in Urban Areas Moderator: Daniella Gera Margaliot, Deputy Managing Director, Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative Panel Discussion: Daniel Zucker, Head of Local market Implementation, Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative Michele Ziosi, Head of Institutional Relations Europe, Middle East, Africa Asia Pacific, CNH Industrial Gil lazer, CEO of CAR2GO and Active Chairman of GoTo Amiram Ohayon, Business Development Director, Egged - Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd Amir Zalzberg, Head of Transportation and Fuel Department at Ministry of Environmental Protection
15:40	Networking Break
16:00	Smart Mobility Made In Israel Moderator: Ariel Sella, Managing Director Capsula Studio Panel Discussion: Omer David Keilaf, CEO & Co-Founder, Innovitz Keren Fanan, Global Head of Growth, Gett Hagai Zyss, CEO, Autotalks Oren Ezer, CEO, Electroad Dror Meiri, VP Business Development, Adasky
16:45	Participation of Hungary in the Global Autonomous Vehicles Development Arena Hungarian State Secretary Prof. Dr. Mr László Palkovics, Coordinator of the Hungarian Autonomous Vehicle Program
17:00	Closing Remarks Dr. Anat Lea Bonshtien, Chairman and Director of the Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative
17:15	End of day two

2017 Speakers

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

Winners of the 2017 Prize

Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon Professor of Chemistry at the Collège de France and Professor Jens Nielsen from the department of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 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 fifth time this prize has been awarded by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and Keren Hayesod.

2017 Winners

Prof. Jens Nielsen

Systems and Synthetic Biology, Chalmers University of Technology

2017 Samson Prize Award Winner

Jens Nielsen has a PhD degree (1989) in Biochemical Engineering from DTU, and was appointed full Professor there in 1998. In 2008 he was recruited as Professor to Chalmers, Sweden, where he is currently directing a research group of more than 60 people. Jens Nielsen has published so far more than 600 papers that have been cited more than 42,000 times (current H-factor 102). He is inventor of more than 50 patents and he has founded several biotech companies. He is member of the seven academies including National Academy of Engineering and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.