Tentative Program:

10.00-11.00 Opening Session: Energy Security Requirements of Israel and Europe

Speakers:
Dr. Shlomo Wald, Chief Scientist - Israel Ministry of Energy and Water, Israel
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Hueck, Co-Founder DESERTEC Foundation, Germany,


11.00-11.30 Coffee break


11.30-13.00 Session II: Energy Security in Israel: Towards a Sustainable Mix

Speakers:
Yael Cohen Paran, Israel Energy Forum, Israel
Dr. Harold Vinegar, Israeli Energy Initiative, Israel
Dr. Amit Mor, CEO of ECO Energy Ltd, Israel


13.00-13.30 Greetings

Michael Mertes, Country Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel, Israel
Prof. Rivka Carmi, The President of Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Prof. Pedro Berliner, Director of the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Israel


13.30-14.30 Coffee break and lunch


14.30-16.00 Session III: Technical Challenges in Implementing Renewable Energy

Speakers:
Dr. Ari Rabl, Consultant on Environmental Impacts, Formerly Senior Scientist at the Centre Energétique et Procédés of the Ecole des Mines in Paris, France
Oded Distel, Head of NewTech, Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
Dov Raviv, Founder of MST Corp, Israel


16.00-16.30 Coffee break


16.30-18.00 Session IV: Energy Security and Policy Challenges

Speakers:
Dr. Götz Reichert, Centrum für Europäische Politik, Germany
Severin Fischer, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Germany
Prof. David Faiman, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Israel


18.00-18.30 Conclusion and Final Remarks


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