Climate Policy Forum 
A European Green Deal
Sustainability, environmental policies and climate friendly solutions are good for business, citizens and nature. The European Union has made climate change a top priority, promising a European Green Deal that would make Europe climate neutral by 2050.
CLIMATE POLICY FORUM: BLENDED EVENT
Tel aviv & everywhere
zero waste
jump in anytime
Live commentary
Open discussions
workshops & demos
The Climate Policy Forum offers three concurrent rooms: Main Stage, Startup Pavilion and Training Room.
Scroll down for an overview of each room’s content, or download the full agenda.
Main Stage
Keynotes, panels and discussions with top EU and Israel policy makers.
Features:
- In presence in Tel Aviv or online
- Top tier speakers & panels
- Burning topics in green policy and technology
- Participants may vote and influence the discussion
WELCOME
Opening greetings (10 minutes)
CLIMATE POLICY SESSION
OPENING and KEYNOTES (30 minutes)
Panel Discussion: EU and Israel Climate Policy Developments: The European Green Deal and the Power of Climate Diplomacy (20 minutes)
INTERACTIVE INTERMISSION
Online exclusive content: polls, discussions, and Q&A (10 minutes)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SESSION
OPENING and KEYNOTES (20 minutes)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (PART I)
Presentation of the Horizon 2020 Green Deal Call (10 minutes)
Panel Discussion: Horizon 2020 Climate and Green Technologies in Energy, Agriculture and Mobility – three parallel sessions (20 minutes)
INTERACTIVE INTERMISSION
Online exclusive content: polls, discussions, and Q&A (10 minutes)
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (PART II)
Keynote and Panel Discussion: Green Recovery, Integration Models, and New Frontiers for Blended Finance (30 minutes)
CONCLUSION
Winning startup pitches (10 minutes)
Concluding remarks (10 minutes)
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ROOMS
startup pavilion
15:30-17:30 IDT / 14:30-16:30 CET
You’re the judge: which green startups will get to pitch on the main stage?
Features:
- Online only
- Meet EU & Israeli green startups
- Learn about cutting edge technologies
- Select the winning startups to pitch on the main stage
WELCOME
Keynote by Mind the Bridge
Overview of the participating startups
SPOTLIGHT on Sustainable Transport
Startup keynotes and Q&A
SPOTLIGHT on Climate Neutrality
Startup keynotes and Q&A
SPOTLIGHT on Clean, Reliable and Affordable Energy
Startup keynotes and Q&A
SPOTLIGHT on Farm to Fork
Startup keynotes and Q&A
WINNER SELECTION and Conclusion
Two winning startups are selected to pitch on the Main Stage.
training room
15:30-17:30 IDT / 14:30-16:30 CET
Practical workshops on funding opportunities for Israeli companies with the EU
Features:
- Online only
- Delivered in Hebrew
- Learn about available and upcoming programs
- Who can apply and what are the conditions?
- Tips and tools
Horizon 2020 and Beyond (Round 1)
Funding Opportunities in the European Program:
– General overview of the Horizon 2020 program:
– The sequel program Horizon Europe due to begin in January 1st 2021
– Q&A
EIC Accelerator (Round 1)
Grant and Equity for Innovative companies
– Types of grants (direct up to 2.5M Euros, and equity funding up to 15M Euros)
– Next CFP – October 2020
– Who it’s relevant for
– Statistics on previous Israeli success
– Tips and tools to help apply
– Q&A
Horizon 2020 and Beyond (Round 2)
Same as above
EIC Accelerator (Round 2)
Same as above
speakers
Opening Statements
EMANUELE GIAUFRET
Ambassador, European Union Delegation to the State of Israel
CHEMI (NECHEMIA) PERES
Chairman, Peres Center for Peace and Innovation Managing Central Partner, Pitango Venture Capital
Climate Policy Session
GILA GAMLIEL
Israel Minister of Environmental Protection
DIEDERIK SAMSOM
Head of Cabinet of Executive VP Timmermans, European Commission
CLARA DE LA TORRE
Deputy Director General DG CLIMA, European Commission
SINAIA NETANYAHU
Former Chief Scientist, Ministry of Environmental Protection
Dominic PORTER
Head of Unit, European External Action Service
GIDEON BEHAR
Ambassador, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
GIL PROKATOR
Head of Energy and Climate Unit, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection
GIDON BROMBERG
Director, EcoPeace Middle East
ORNA MATZNER
Acting Chief Scientist, Ministry of Environmental Protection
ALISON HUNTER
Director, Economic and Public Policy Consultancy
Research and Innovation Session
MARIYA GABRIEL
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission
IZHAR SHAY
Israel Minister of Science and Technology
HANNEKE FABER
Global President, UNILEVER
MARTIN KERN
Director, European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Signe RATSO
Deputy Director General, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
Horizon 2020 Climate and Green Technologies
ANASTASIOS KENTARCHOS
Deputy Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
GIDEON FRIEDMANN
Chief Scientist at the Israeli Ministry of Energy
HELEN CHRAYE
Head of Unit for Energy Transition DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
GILLES BADOT
Head of Division Infrastructure New Products & Special Transactions, European Investment Bank
Andrea CARIGNANI DI NOVOLI
Science Counsellor, Head of R&I Section of the EU Delegation to the State of Israel
MICHAL LEVY
Senior Deputy Director-General, Agricultural Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development
ALAN BELWARD
Head of Unit DG Joint Research Centre, European Comission
HAGIT SCHWIMMER
Director of Department - Health, Climate, Energy, Food & Agriculture, and R&I, ISERD
ANAT BONSHTIEN
Smart Mobility Initiative, Prime Minister's Office
LAURA HETEL
DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Nili MANDELBLIT
Head of Transportation, Aerospace, Materials and Manufacturing | ISERD |Israel Innovation Authority
Green Recovery and Blended Finance
EVA KAILI
Member of the European Parliament
JEAN-DAVID MALO
Director, European Innovation Council (EIC) Task Force, European Commission
JACK LEVY
Partner, More Venture
KIRSTEN DUNLOP
CEO, EIT- Climate KIC, European Institute of Innovation & Technoogy
ALBERTO ONETTI
Chairman, Mind the Bridge
ADITAL ELA
Founder and CEO, CRIATERRA Earth Technologies
NILI SHALEV
Managing Director, ISERD- Israel-EU Research and Innovation Directorate, Israel Innovation Authority
Concluding Remarks
Daniela Jacob
Director, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) / Helmholtz Center Geesthacht
JEAN-ERIC PAQUET
Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
AMI APPLEBAUM
Chairman of the Board, Israel Innovation Authority & Chief Scientist
Masters of Ceremony
Tomer Weinstein
Co Founder and VP Value Creation, BLEE
Dvir André Tzanua
Co Founder and CEO, BLEE
STARTUP PAVILION
We are proud to announce the STARTUP PAVILION:
An interactive room where you can meet, learn from and interact with leading EU and Israeli green startups!
Viewers of the STARTUP PAVILION will be able to vote on their favourite technology. The highest ranked EU and Israeli startup will pitch on the Main Stage.
More startups will be revealed soon!
THE BLENDED APPROACH
The Climate Policy Forum will be delivered in a blended approach. Blended means that the organisers and some of the speakers will be physically present at the Peres Centre, while the majority of the attendees follow at distance, with the ambition to target hundreds of participants.
Some attendees are Influencers, able to interact with the panels and ask questions; while others are spectators, and may interact by answering polls and surveys.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Speakers and attendees will include policy makers, innovators, scientists and representatives of civil society, that will gather physically and virtually to:
- Debate how the Green Deal can offer a new path to societal and economic progress in a world affected by the COVID-19
- Discuss current EU and Israel climate policy developments
- To advance the climate diplomacy dialogue
- Present climate green technologies and related funding opportunities (Horizon 2020, EIB, and VC)
Photo of Ashalim courtesy of Michael.vainshtein under license CC BY-SA 4.0