Conference Program
19 November, 2019
Registration
Welcome
09:00-09:07: Co-Chairmen: Ari Goldfarb, Founder & CEO, Kando & Oren Blonder, Chief Commercial Officer, Dorot Valves
09:07-09:14: Eli Cohen, Minister of Economy & Industry
09:14-09:21: Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Energy
09:21-09:28: Min. Gajendra Singh Shekhawt, Minister of Jal Shakti, India
09:28-09:35: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan
09:35-09:40: Adiv Baruch, Chairman, Israel Export Institute
Opening Keynote
Opening Keynote: Andrew Wheeler, 15th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Coffee Break
Round Tables: Innovation in Drinking Water
Table 1: Smart Water Networks – from automatic to autonomous
Moderator: Alicia Douglas, Founder & Executive Chair, The Water Rising Institute
Panelists:
Gary Weinstein, Product Manager for Smart Water, Dorot Management Control Valves
Mary Conley Eggert, Chief Innovation Officer, Global Water Works
Gigi Karmous-Edwards, President, Karmous-Edwards Digital Consulting
Gary Wong, Principal, Global Water Industry, OSIsoft
Ziv Zaretsky, EVP Sales & BD, Takadu Ltd.
Peter Paz, Co-CEO, Curapipe System Ltd.
Oded Fruchtman, CEO, Aquarius-Spectrum
Alexandre Galí Serra, Technology Strategy Manager, Suez Spain
Isabel Escaler Puigoriol, Technology Strategy and Knowledge Management Director, Suez Spain
Table 2: Disruptive Innovation in Water Treatment
Special One on One Interview with Dr. Andrew Benedek, Founder of Zenon Environmental Inc. and Anaergia Inc. by Yossi Yaacoby, Chief of Staff, Mekorot (30 minutes)
Panelists:
Laura Tegethoff, President, 360water, Inc.
Adva Zach-Maor, Vice President R&D, Amiad Water Systems
Aviv Berkovich, Manager of the Water Sector, Israel Export Institute
Sari Eli, Marketing Director, ODIS
Mino Negrin, CEO, Nufiltration Ltd.
Natan Zuta, Founder & CEO, Iosight
Sok Gek Ang, Senior Manager, PUB
Table 3: Innovation in Regulation
Moderator: Felicia Marcus, Former Chairman, California Water Board
Panelists:
Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Ghana
Yaron Ben Ari, Head of Water Technology Program, Standards Institution of Israel
Michael Danon, Resource Efficiency, Ministry of Energy
David Sherzer, President, UET – Recycling Industrial Water Ltd.
Ohad Maimon, Marketing Manager, Woosh Water Systems Ltd.
Rafi Laderman, Regional Sales Manager, Fluence
Liat Leibovitz, CPA, CEO, Mei Raanana
Saul Singer, Co-Author – “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle”
Table 4: People and Water
“People and Water – the challenge of leading a change”
Moderator: Sally levy, CEO, Meniv Rishon LTD.
Panelists:
Samantha Yates, Secretary General, Global Water Leaders Group
Uriel Klar, Marketing Manager, Fluence
Maarten ter Keurst, Director of Investments, Pure Terra Ventures
Roy McGrath, CEO and Chairman, Maryland Environmental Service
Sergio Campos, Chief, Water and Sanitation Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Sarah Braman, Water Resource Engineer, Town of Cary
Keynotes
Moderator: Booky Oren, Chairman and CEO, Booky Oren Global Water Technologies
Keynotes: Traci Minamide, Chief Operating Officer, LA Sanitation, City of Los Angeles & Richard Harasick, Head of the Water System, LADWP
Lunch Break
Round Tables: Innovation in Wastewater
Table 1: Reuse of Water
Moderator: Jon Freedman, Senior Vice President, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
Panelists:
Eli Cohen, CEO, Ayala Water & Ecology Ltd
Meni Deutsch, Sales Manager, NUFiltration
Jason Gillespie, Managing Director, Maryland Environmental Service
Yotam Gonen, CTO, WFI Group
Harel Rauch, V.P Business Development and Strategy, Aqwise
Sari Eli, Marketing Director, ODIS
Mark Monin, Director and Vice President, El Toro Water District
Ronen Shechter, CTO, Fluence
Iván Rodriguez Cabanillas, Head of the Research and Innovation Office, SEDAPAL Peru
Table 2: Smart Wastewater Networks
Moderator: Rouska Nikolaev, VP of Engineering and Operations, VP Operation, Mei Avivim
Panelists:
Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Founder & Executive Chairman, Jospong Group of Companies, Ghana
Gadi Sharon, Head of hardware development, KANDO
Konstantinos Vougiouklakis, Executive Director, EYDAP
Dr. John Barton, Principal Engineer, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
Ran Kedem, CEO, Reali Technologies Ltd.
Edo Soker, VP Technologies, A.R.I
Patrick Turnbull, Environmental Services Director, Montgomery County
Edison Airoldi, Director of Technology, Enterprise and Environment, SABESP
Sok Gek Ang, Senior Manager, PUB
Table 3: Disruptive Innovation in Monitoring
Moderator: Dr. Vadim Malkov, Principal, Product Applications Manager, HACH
Panelists:
Zella West, General Manager, Nob Hill Water Association
Bryan Stubbs, President & Executive Director, Cleveland Water Alliance
Dylan West, Director, 25 Madison
Keith Hays, VP & Managing Director, Bluefield
Netanel Raisch, CEO, Lishtot
Natan Zuta, Founder & CEO, Iosight
Assaf Bassi, VP Digital, Bermad
Table 4: People and Water Continued
”Implementing technologies across borders”
Moderator: Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and CAP
Panelists:
Engineer Sergio Avila Ceceña, Executive Director, State Water Commission of Sonora
Gregory Walch, General Counsel, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Lela Perkins, P.E. Client Services Manager, Black & Veatch
Oded Fixler, Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Regional Cooperation
Chuck Cullom, Advisor, CAP
Dr. Doron Markel, Chief Scientist, KKL-JNF
Andrea Alonso, Environmental Program Manager, Libra Ingenieros Civiles
Insights Panel
Moderator: Oded Distel, Director, Tal-Ya
Keynote
Mina Guli, CEO & Founder, Thirst
Innovation Happy Hour
20 November, 2019
Registration
Opening Keynotes
09:00-09:30: Dr. Ami Appelbaum, Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board, Israel Innovation Authority
09:30-10:00: Prof. Jay Famiglietti, Hydrologist & Director, Global Institute for Water Security
Coffee Break
Round Tables: Future of Water
Table 1: Innovation in Creating New Water Sources
Moderator: Yitsik Marmelshtein, Head of Infrastructure and PPP Projects Unit, Ministry of Finance
Panelists:
Eti Manasherov Aluf, Water Treatment Dep. Manager, Mekorot
Rafi Nevo, CEO, Mashtela – Kibbutz Industries Investments fund
Table 2: Cyber and Security
Moderator: Danny Lacker, Head of the water Security and Emergency Division, Water Authority
Panelists:
Shaul Rom, Founder & President, Topco Control and Automation Ltd.
Yahali Amit, Founder & CEO, Illitary-AWS consulting Ltd.
Tsur Segal, VP Strategic Sales, Radiflow
Nathan Low, Founder and President, Sunrise Financial Group Inc.
Table 3: Data and Analytics
Moderator: Sharon Keren, CEO, Mei Avivim
Panelists:
Maarten ter Keurst, Director of Investments, Pure Terra Ventures
Lior Mor, Smart Solutions Senior Manager, Talis Group (Raphael)
Oran Drach, VP Business Development, A.G.M Communication & Control
Guy Meiri, Head of Business Development, IOSight
Ofer Cohen, VP sales, Aquarius-Spectrum
Ofir Marx, Global Marketing Manager, Bermad
Alexandre Galí Serra, Technology Strategy Manager, Suez Spain
Dimitris G. Mitsainas, Energy & Utilities Senior Presales Manager, Intrasoft
Ricardo Gilead Baibich, CTO, Kando
Sok Gek Ang, Senior Manager, PUB
Tal Maor, CEO & Founder, Viridix
Table 4: Water and Politics
Moderator: Amb. (Ret) Ram Aviram, BIT Consultancy
Panelists:
Felicia Marcus, Former Chairman, California Water
Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and CAP
Oded Fixler, Senior Deputy Director General, Ministry of Regional Cooperation
Ing. Stanislav Hreha, General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, East Slovak Water Company a.s.
Zeev Fisher, CEO, Mapal Green Energy
Helena Alegre, Senior Research Officer, National Civil Engineering Laboratory of Portugal
Table 5: California’s Path to Water & Energy Resilience: Innovation and Collaboration
Public Session
Topics
• The Scaling up and Commercialization Challenge
• Academy-Industry Water Collaboration
• Supportive Regulatory Framework for Water Innovation
Moderators: Prof. Glenn Yago, Milken Innovation Center-Jerusalem Institute/Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Business and Michelle Moskowitz, Director of Advocacy and Institutional Relations, UC Berkeley
Panelists:
Peter Nico, Research Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
Ken Alston, Chief of Staff at New Energy Nexus and Investment Manager at CalCEF Ventures
Felicia Marcus, Former Chairman, California Water Board
Paige Brokaw, Senior Consultant on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, California State Assembly
Table 6: World Bank Group
“WRG2030 – Solving the water problems of developing countries”
Moderators: Zafrir Asaf, Director of Emerging Markets and Development Finance Department, Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry & Karin Krchnak, Program Manager, 2030 WRG
Panelists:
Rochi Khemka, Global Partnerships Coordinator and Asia Water Resources Specialist, 2030 WRG
Mercedes Castro, Co-Founder & Manager Agualimpia NGO, Peru
Le Tien Truong, CEO, VINATEX
Anjum Parwez, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, GoK
Do Khac Dung, Deputy Director of planning Department, VINATEX
Shira Greenberg-Gelbwaser, Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance
Dr. Shivaji Trimbakrao Sangle, Principal Secretary, MWRRA
Shri. Vinay Kulkarni, Member, MWRRA
Shri. Vinodkumar J.Tiwari, Member, MWRRA
Rasik Madanlal Chauhan, Secretary, MWRRA
Shri. K. P. Bakshi, Chairman, MWRRA
Table 7: Israel Innovation Authority
”Water Innovation: The Scaling up and Commercialization Challenge”
Moderator: Gil Shaki, Head of Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure, Israel Innovation Authority
Panelists:
Avital Eshet, Head of Economic Policy, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Guy Reshef, Deputy Director Manager, Head of Israel Hydrological Service, Water Authority
Vinod Ramachandran, Global Open Innovation Leader, SUEZ WTS
David Balsar, General Manager Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot WaTech
Eytan Levy, Levy Ventures, Founder and ex-CEO of Aqwise, Emefcy, and Fluence
Ofer Avidan, CEO, WFI Group
Sok Gek Ang, Senior Manager, PUB
Lunch Break
Panel: “Open innovation in Cooperates”
Moderator: Eytan Levy, Founder, Levy Ventures
Kyle Perez, Head of Innovation, HACH
Vinod Ramachandran, Global Open Innovation Leader, SUEZ WTS
Insights Panel
Moderator: Gili Elkin, General Partner, Israel – Colorado Innovation Fund
Panelists:
Zohar Scheinin, CSO, KANDO
Sally levy, CEO, Meniv Rishon LTD.
Zella West, General Manager, Nob Hill Water Association
Sarah Braman, Water Resource Engineer, Town of Cary
Alicia Douglas, Founder & Executive Chair, The Water Rising Institute