Climate Solutions Festival 2022

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Calendar26-10-2022 08:0026-10-2022 20:00Asia/JerusalemClimate Solutions Festival 2022

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09:00 - 09:45

Registration and refreshments

09:45 - 12:15

Plenary Session

Opening Notes

Keynote: How Green is your Tech?

Cut Through the BS Interviews

Official Launch of the Ministry of Environment's Initiatives

How Government is Igniting the Climate Ecosystem

Challenge Winner Announcements:

Temasek Foundation Liveability Innovations Challenge Winner
SolarEdge EnergyTech Challenge Winner
Merck Greener Materials and Supply Chains Challenge Winner
Kornit Digital Sustainable Fashion Revolution Challenge Winner

Surprise Act by Kornit Digital

12:15 - 13:00

Networking Lunch

13:00 - 17:00

Facets of Choice in Climate: Focused Sessions

Multi-faceted discussions led by climate leaders across industries and sectors on choosing a better future

13:00-14:00

Leaders Stage - Choose The Climate Club: Next-Gen Entrepreneurship
Changemakers Stage - The New Israeli Taxonomy for Climate Finance and Zero Carbon Voluntary Initiative for Businesses

14:00 – 15:00

Leaders Stage - Role of Research: Academia Rising to the Climate Challenge
Changemakers Stage - Getting from Zero to Funded in ClimateTech

15:00 – 16:00

Leaders Stage - Pack Your Bags for COP27: Regional Climate Collaborations
Changemakers Stage - Sustainable Cities: Beta Sites in the Living Environment

16:00 – 17:00

Leaders Stage - The Future Buyer: Know Thy (Climate) Consumers
Changemakers Stage - Find Your Next Client: Corporate-Startup Partnerships Done Right

Innovators Stage

13:30 - 17:00

Quebec Startup Pitches

Opalia
VadimUS

Climate Launchpad Program

Microsoft AI For Good

I4 Valley

Aqualitas Technologies

SustainIL Pitch Event: Rising Stars Track

SustainIL Pitch Event: Pivoting Companies Into Climate

Announcing the SustainIL Winners

Climate Solutions Village - All Day

09:45

Opening Notes

Executive Chair, Climate Solutions Prize

CEO, Start-Up Nation Central

Emily Levy-Shochat

Deputy Chairwoman, KKL-JNF

Keynote: How Green is your Tech?

Senior Vice President, Business Sustainability and Transformation, Seagate Technologies

Cut Through the BS Interviews

Founding UK editor-in-chief, WIRED, Author & Investor

Founding Partner, Zero Carbon Capital

CEO, Capital Nature

Hon. Denis Coderre

44th Mayor of Montreal, Canada

Official Launch of Ministry of Environment Initiatives

Minister of Environmental Protection

How Government is Igniting the Climate Ecosystem

Head of Public Policy, Start-Up Nation Policy Institute (SNPI)

Director General, Ministry of Environmental Protection

Director General, Israel Ministry of Transport

Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Director General, Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel

Temasek Foundation Liveability Innovations Challenge Winner

Mr. Lim Hock Chuan

Head of Programmes, Temasek Foundation

Finalists
Gaia Bio
MarineEdge
Solutum Technologies

SolarEdge EnergyTech Challenge Winner

Ra'anan Tzemach

VP Strategy and Partnerships, SolarEdge Technologies

Finalists
Kenotomi
Red Solar Flower
Synvertec

Merck Greener Materials and Supply Chains Challenge Winner

Business Development Manager, M Ventures, Merck’s corporate venture fund

Finalists
Gaia Bio
OptiQGain
Smart Resilin

Kornit Digital Sustainable Fashion Revolution Challenge Winner

CEO, Kornit Digital

Finalists
Biotic
Boyo
Hexa
StyleTech

Surprise Act by Kornit Digital

13:00 - 14:00

The New Investment Taxonomy: Israeli Climate Finance & Zero Carbon Voluntary Initiative for Businesses

Adam Ajzensztejn

Director of Environment and Sustainability, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Head of Environment and Climate Change, Herzog Fox Neeman

Deputy President, Israel's Democracy Institute

Sustainable Development and ESG Director, Netivei Israel

Founder & Owner, Source

Director, Division of Corporation Finance, Israel Securities Authority

Deputy Director General for Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Environment

Senior Deputy Director General, Licensing and Businesses, Ministry of Environmental Protection

Owner and Co-CEO, Dizengoff Center

Perrine Toledano

Director of Research and Policy, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

14:00 - 15:00

Getting from Zero to Funded in ClimateTech

Managing Director, Alantra Energy Transition

Stephan Ouaknine

Founder and Managing Partner, Inerjys Ventures

CEO, i(x) Net Zero

Dr. Christian Patze

Investment Director, Technology Investments, M Ventures

CGO, Capital Nature

Managing Partner, Elah Fund

15:00 - 16:00

Sustainable Cities: Beta Sites in the Living Environment

Luca Dal Fabbro

Chairperson, IREN

Managing Director, Greater Copenhagen

Mr. Lim Hock Chuan

Head of Programmes, Temasek Foundation

Pia Sophie Laube

Community Development Officer, Tegel Projekt GmbH

Stephen Severance

Head of Program Management and Marketing, Masdar City

Managing Director, HiCity, Hertzliya Municipality

16:00 - 17:00

The Future Buyer: Know Thy (Climate) Consumers

Nika Berdichevsky

Environmental Activist

Erik Bruun Bindslev

Director, Value Creation & Partnerships, The Danish Sovereign Investment Fund

Jacqueline Engdahl

Founder and CEO, Cena Ventures

Partner, Deloitte Catalyst Leader

CMO, Kornit Digital

Design Director, Steelcase

13:00 - 14:00

Join the Climate Club: Next-Gen Entrepreneurship

Prof. Lilac Amirav

Technion, Co-Founder, QD-SOL

Managing Director, 8200 Impact

CEO, Cycle Momentum

Chairman and Co-Founder, Ignite the Spark

Business Coach, STING Incubator

CEO, 8200 Alumni

Yael Weisz Zilberman

Head of Climate Tech Sector, Start-Up Nation Central

14:00 - 15:00

Role of Research: Academia Rising to the Climate Challenge

Vice President and Head of the Startup Division, Israel Innovation Authority

CEO, Sportlogiq

Managing Director, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures

Dr. Bracha Halaf

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Gravity Climate Fund

Chief Climate Solutions Prize Officer, The Climate Solutions Prize

Prof. Yael Mishael

Director, HUJI Center for Sustainability

Chief Scientist, KKL-JNF

Prof. Carmel Rotschild

Co-Founder, Luminescent

15:00 - 16:00

Pack Your Bags for COP27: Regional Climate Collaborations

Mohamed Al Shehab

Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, Noga Holdings

Senior Middle East and Africa Representative, Renewable Resources Group

Ambassador, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Owner, e-NRGY Consulting

Innovation Diplomacy Manager, Start-Up Nation Central

16:00 - 17:00

Find Your Next Client: Corporate-Startup Partnerships Done Right

Director, MobilityXlab

Group Head of Innovation and CVC, A2A

Maurits van Tol

CTO, Johnson Matthey

CEO, SynerLeap powered by ABB

Corporate Officer, Digitalization Group, NYK

Director Global Partnerships, Start-Up Nation Central

13:30

Climate Launchpad Program

Roni Elhalal Givon

Business Development, ClimateLaunchPad Israel

Microsoft Ai For Good

Viridian Analytics

i4 Valley

AQUALITAS Technologies

Judges Introduction: Video

CEO, Environmental Sustainability Innovation Lab

Jack (Tato) Bigio

Co-CEO and Co-Founder, UBQ Materials

Ra'anan Tzemach

VP Strategy and Partnerships, SolarEdge Technologies

Kristin Rickert

Innovation Portfolio Director, Johnson Matthey

Ayalon Alain Vaniche

CEO, EDF Renewables Israel, Solar and Wind Energy

Deputy CEO, BAZAN Group Oil Refineries

SustainIL Pitch Event: Rising Stars Track

SustainIL Pitch Event: Pivoting Companies Into Climate

Announcing SustainIL winners

09:00 - 17:00