Agenda Overview - Tentative Lectures will be held in Herods & Dan Hotels, ,

21.2.11 - Monday

Pre-Conference Roundtable hosted by Dr. Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructures & Capital Nature – Stopping Dependence on Oil (by invitation).

Moderated by Dr. Shlomo Vald, Chief scientist, Ministry of Infrastructures. 19:00 In the presence of:

Dr. Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructures 20:00 Prof. Eugene Kandel , Head Of The National Economic Council

Dr. Dan Arvizu, Director & Chief Executive NREL

VIP cocktail for international guests – hosted by ICV & Eilat - RE Initiative (by invitation only).

22.2.11 - Tuesday

7:30- Tour - VIP

10:30 Ceremony - Launching the first ground mounted PV farm in Israel by Arava Power Company. 8:00- Refreshments and 10:30 Registration Visit to the new installations at the Capital Nature Experimentum test Site.

Opening Plenary Session

Awards for Youth Competition and Greetings Presented by Mr. Silvan Shalom, Vice Prime minister and the minister for the and Galilee and regional development

Greetings by Dr. Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructures 10:30- 12:10

Keynote Addresses:

Dr. Uzi Landau, Minister of National Infrastructures Dr. Dan Arvizu, Director & Chief Executive NREL

Plenary - Do we see the light? - General Directors of Government Ministries 12:10- Announcing Achievements (Oil Substitutes, Emission Reduction , Solar Tenders , 13:30 Technology Center, Solar Zoning)

13:30- Light Lunch at the Exhibition Venue 14:30

Panel -Innovation Plenary – What is Implementation Plenary - Regulation and Facts 14:30- the Best Model for Financing and 15:40 Accelerating Renewable Energy

Technological Innovation?

Energy Efficiency - Innovation - Solar Solar - the Israeli PV Market - 15:50- Government Role, and Wind – Startups Challenges and Opportunities 17:00 Projects and Future Forum and Future Trends Trends

17:00- Coffee Break 17:30

Energy in the Built Innovation – Oil Challenges in Financing Environment and Solar Substitutes and Renewable Energy Projects 17:30- Air-Conditioning Mobile Power – (Including first commercial 18:30 Startups Forum and projects) Future Trends

18:30- Reception – Capital Nature Launch (By invitation) 19:30

19:30- Dinner 20:30

20:30- Gala Evening 23:00

23.2.11 - Wednesday

9:00- Plenary - EUREKA Israel Chairmanship – Policy as an accelerator for Innovation 10:10 Greetings by Mr. Benjamin Ben Eliezer, Minister of Industry Trade and Labor

Plenary – Business Leaders - Bridging the Regional Development 10:10- Valley of Death between Innovation and 11:30 Implementation using EUREKA Instruments

11:30- Coffee Break 12:00

12:00- Plenary - Water and Energy Plenary - Emerging Markets (China and India) 13:15 Nexus Innovation - Trends in the Implementation - Building PV Innovation - Oil Academia and Breakthrough installations, Practices, 13:20- Substitutes and Research Challenges and Trends in PV 14:30 Mobile Power – Technologies towards grid Policy Measures parity

14:30- Lunch + Exhibition 16:00

Innovation - Oil Corporate Energy Implementation – Towards Substitutes and 16:00- Management Energy Independence - Which mobile power - 17:10 Technology will Dominate Market Needs and Utility Scale RE? Investment Trends

Implementation - CSP - Education Innovation - Smart Challenges and Innovation -

Grid, the game technology, water,

changer for dispatchability, zoning

renewable energy 17:10- Wolfgang Eichhammer, Deputy 18:15 Head Competence Centre

Energy Policy and Energy

Systems, Fraunhofer Institute

for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

18:20- Plenary - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Plenary - Future Energy Mix 19:30

19:30- Cocktail, Hosted by the Israeli Renewable Energy Association 20:00

20:00- Receptions 21:00

24.2.11 - Thursday

9:00- Plenary - Vision: Renewable Energy as a Catalyst for Regional Development and 10:10 Cooperation

EU Programs for Innovation - Smart Coming of Age? - the U.S Renewable Energy in Grid and energy Renewable Energy Market 10:15- MENA efficiency startups 11:15 forum and Investment Trends

11:15- Coffee Break 11:45 Debate - Transmission Innovation - MNI Wind - Technology Trends lines and the Strategy Fund Start

Environment- the case of Up Forum 11:45- passing through the 12:45 Machtesh Ramon nature

reserve

12:45- Local Content Urban Energy Wind Projects 13:30

TOUR - The Arava Renewable Energy Valley (including lunch in a Box)

Option 1: Ketura - Arava Power 5 MW Solar Farm Capital Nature Experimentum

Option 2: Kibbutz Samar – Aora Solar Tower (For those who did not visit before)

Option 3: Kibbutz Neot Smadar – The majestic passive cooling tower (For the adventurers)