INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

PROMOTING ECO-INNOVATION: POLICIES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Tel Aviv, , 11-13 July 2011

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 11 JULY 2011

08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION

09:00- 18:00 CONFERENCE SESSIONS

13:15- 15:00 LUNCH BREAK

9:00-9:30 OPENING SPEECHES

H.E. , Prime Minister of the State of Israel

Mr. Ján Kubiš, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

H.E. Gilad Erdan, Minister of Environmental Protection of the State of Israel

9:30- 11:00 HIGH-LEVEL PANEL

Moderator: Mr. Charles Wessner, National Academy, Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, United States of America

SPEAKERS

Mr. Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator, UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Mr. Eugene Kandel, Head, Israel National Economic Council, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister

Mr. Salvatore Zecchini, Vice-chair of UNECE Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration and Chair of the OECD Working Party on SME and Entrepreneurship

Mr. Ilya Ponomarev, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

1 MONDAY, 11 JULY 2011 (continued)

11:15 - 13:15 SESSION 1

ECO-INNOVATION: WHAT ROLE FOR PUBLIC POLICIES?

• What are the links between innovation, environmental and energy policies? • How to devise effective integrated approaches? • What are the challenges and difficulties that need to be overcome? • What lessons can be derived from existing policy experiences?

Moderator: Ms. Alona Sheafer, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection

SPEAKERS

Mr. Hervé Martin, Director, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission

Mr. Xavier Leflaive, Principal Administrator, OECD

Mr. Robert Droop, Policy coordinator on Eco-innovation, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Netherlands

Mr. Antonio Oliveira, Senior Adviser - Sustainable Development and CSR, Directorate General for Economic Activities, Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Development, Portugal

Mr. Oded Distel, Director, Israel NewTech Programme, Israel

2 MONDAY, 11 JULY 2011 (continued)

15:00-18:00 SESSION 2

FOSTERING COLLABORATION FOR SUCCESSFUL ECO-INNOVATION

• What are the various forms of cooperation between stakeholders in eco- innovation processes? • How the public and private sector can collaborate effectively? • What are the mechanisms to facilitate international cooperation?

MODERATOR: Mr. Imrich Chlamtac, President, European Alliance for Innovation

SPEAKERS

Ms. Maj Munch Andersen, Senior Scientist, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Mr. Matthieu Glachant, Director, Centre d’Economie Industrielle, MINES Paris Tech, France

Ms. Lyudmila Musina, Vice-Chair of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Economy, Ukraine

Mr. Booky Oren, Chairman, WATEC, Israel

Mr. Peleg Chevion, Head of Business Development Water, Syngenta International AG

Mr. George Strogylopoulos, Vice-President, Greenovate! Europe, Greece

Ms. Anna Moreno, Head of Information and Training Service, Technological Transfer Unit, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economical Development (ENEA), Italy

Mr. Georghe Duca , President, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Republic of Moldova

END OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

RECEPTION FOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE CONFERENCE VENUE (DAN HOTEL)

3 TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2011

10:00- 12:45 SESSION 3

FINANCING ECO-INNOVATION

• What are the specific financing needs of eco-innovative enterprises and how these can be addressed? • What is the role of public financing and what are the good practices in public programmes promoting the financing of eco-innovative firms? • What business opportunities emerge for good environmental practices and how this can be financed?

MODERATOR: Mr. Harry Yuklea, Director, The Hebrew University of , ASPER Center for Entrepreneurship, Israel

SPEAKERS

Mr. Rainer Walz, Director, Competence Centre Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research IS, Germany

Mr. Charles Wessner, National Academy, Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, United States of America

Mr. Paolo Anselmo, President, Italian Business Angel Association, Italy

Mr. Benjamin Sykes, Director - Innovations, The Carbon Trust, United Kingdom

Mr. Hillel Milo, Manager, Aquagro Fund, Israel

12:45 -13:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Mr. Rumen Dobrinsky, Director, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, UNECE.

Mr. Gil Haskel, Director, Economic Department, Conference Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel

13:00– 14:30 LUNCH BREAK

4 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME OF SITE VISITS

TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2011

15:00 Depart from "Dan Tel Aviv Hotel", Conference Venue

16:00-18:00 "Shafdan" Water Reclamation Plant south of Tel Aviv – where turns into water and Bio-Gas.

The "Shafdan" is the most advanced mechanical-biological facility of its type for purifying wastewater in the entire eastern Mediterranean Basin. The "Shafdan" produces high-quality irrigation water for all types of agricultural crops in Israel. The quality of the recycled water is very near that of drinking water. Already today, out of the total quantity of wastewater that enters into the "Shafdan" systems, approximately 140,000,000 m³ of wastewater is recycled in Israel for the water economy, of which about 96% is used for agricultural purposes. Currently, about 60% of agricultural activity in the Negev Desert is irrigated using "Shafdan" water, thereby saving millions of cubic meters of drinking water for the State of Israel.

18:00 Return to "Dan Tel Aviv Hotel", Conference Venue

WEDNESDAY, 13 July 2011

08:30 Depart from "Dan Tel Aviv Hotel", Conference Venue

09:00-11:00 " Park" – The largest environmental rehabilitation project in Israel and "Arrow Ecology" – a unique waste separation and treatment plant

Located on the outskirts of Israel's largest metropolitan area, what has been for decades the country's biggest environmental eyesore and health hazard is being transformed into a unique park. Encompassing 2000 acres, the park is about three times the size of Central Park. It is turning "Hiriya", which for decades served as the metropolis’s backyard trash heap, into the front yard showcase of Greater Tel Aviv. The master plan includes open spaces, fields, streams, a lake, a promenade, an amphitheater, cafés and an extensive network of nature trails. The "Arrow Ecology" waste treatment plant is located within the park.

11:00-11:45 Drive to Rehovot

5 WEDNESDAY, 13 July 2011 (continued)

11:45-12:30 – "Aqwise" water purifier advanced technological solutions

Aqwise is a world leader in the development and implementation of advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions for the Industrial and Municipal markets. Aqwise’s proprietary AGAR® (Attached Growth Airlift Reactor) family of solutions significantly increases the capacity and efficiency of existing wastewater treatment. The company offers a wide range of services, from process design through full turn- key project management.

Aqwise’s solutions have been successfully installed in dozens of municipal and industrial plants around the world, serving a variety of industries including Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Oil & Gas, pharmaceutical and more.

12:30 Drive to Jerusalem

13:30-15:00 Lunch in Jerusalem

15:00-19:00 Organized tour of the sights of Jerusalem

19:00-20:00 Drive back to "Dan Tel Aviv Hotel", Conference Venue

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Dan Tel Aviv Hotel 99 HaYarkon Street Tel Aviv

CONTACTS

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