This upcoming November (November 10-13), the CICC will be hosting 10-15 innovative cleantech companies from Israel for pre-arranged meetings, round-tables and a conference in the heart of the cleantech industry in California. The Tour provides access to US investors, partners, industry giants, policy and government agencies and customers. The visit to the US will be followed up by a Cleantech Mission to Israel in June 2009.
Academia-Industry Forum: Advanced Cleantech R&D from Israel
Kickoff Event to the CICC Israel Cleantech Company Showcase
Monday November 10, 5:30-8:30pm
Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St. Stanford, California
$30 fee, collected at the door, no RSVP required
Free to Stanford faculty, students, staff w/valid ID
Hors d' oeuvres served
Join cleantech industry leaders, companies, investors, entrepreneurs and
policymakers and
learn about leading edge and commercializable scientific research in renewable
energy and water
technology from Israel, home to over 400 cleantech companies.
Moderated by: Professor Sally
Benson
Executive Director, Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP) and Professor
in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Speakers:
Professor Yohay Carmel
Technion Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Chair of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science
Professor Eilon Adar
Director, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Professor Abraham Kribus
School of Mechanical Engineering Tel Aviv University
Chair of the Israel
Sustainable Energy Society
CICC Israel Cleantech Company Showcase
Tuesday November 11
Bechtel Conference Center, 616 Serra Street, Encina
Hall, Stanford, CA map
7:30-8:30 Registration/Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Opening Remarks: Eric Weiss and Shuly Galili, CICC
Keynote: Alexander Karsner (Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy: 2006-2008); Cleantech collaboration between Israel and California
9:30-10:00 Cleantech in Israel 2008
Meir
Ukeles , Israel Cleantech Ventures
Overview of investment, entrepreneurship and
scientific research in Israel, covering much more than
water and solar and with over 400 cleantech companies in Israel today.
10:00-11:00 Israel Cleantech Company Presentations
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Investment Opportunities in Water and the Water-Energy
Nexus
Assaf
Barnea, CEO, Kinrot
Evan
Lovell Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund
Hans
Peter “HP” Michelet Executive Chairman, Energy Recovery Inc.
Moderated by Rachel
Sheinbein, CMEA Ventures.
Water industry experts will discuss the market
opportunity for entrepreneurship and investment, addressing how to find that
elusive, but attractive water investment and what a success story looks
like.
12:45-1:15 Lunch Break
1:15-1:45 Lunch Keynote: Aliza Peleg, COO, Better Place
1:45-2:45 Israel Cleantech Company Presentations
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Corporate Innovation
in Cleantech
Ricardo
Angel Senior Vice President, GE
Energy
Alex
N. Beavers, Jr. Ph.D. Corporate Director, SRI International
James
C. Davis President, Chevron Energy Solutions
Annette
Finsterbusch Director,
Applied Ventures, LLC
Stephen
Eichenlaub Managing Director, Cleantech Sector, Intel Capital
5:30-8:00 Dinner Reception hosted by Silicon Valley Bank; keynote by John Mizroch, Assistant Secretary, US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (by invitation only).
