2026 Program
Tuesday 20th January 2026
09:30-18:30
Tours Day
09:30 - Bus Departure from Tel Aviv
A visit to Three Sites TBA
18:30 - Final Destination Dan Hotel Eilat
* Once Tours are Announced, they are Still Subject to Changes
* There Will be No Pick-ups/Drop-offs Beyond the Designated Stations
Wednesday 21st January 2026
8:00-10:00
Registration
10:00-11:30
Opening Plenary - Greetings
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: Dorit Banet, Chairperson of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference
Lecture 1
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:00
Plenary "Talk Zero" - Changing the Way We Think, Speak, and Act with the Aim of Reaching Zero Emissions in the World
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: Noam Ilan, Co-chairperson of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference
AI in the service of energy systems management
Oded Agmon - The Opportunities in Turning Buildings into High Voltage Consumers
Hillel Shahar, Business Development Manager, Eden Jerusalem Economic Development Company - Establishing a Unified Municipal Electricity Supplier
Dorit Banet, chairperson of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference - Producers and consumers in the south, moving growing consumers closer to the sources of production
Oren Kaplun, CEO of ENVA - How can our pension save the world?
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
What is Expected From the 2nd Phase of the Reform?
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: Eitan Parnass, CEO of Green Energy Association in Israel
Panel of CEOs of leading energy companies, the Energy Regulatory Commission and the regulator
Shimon Shiki Fisher, acting CEO, Chief Operations Officer, NOGA - Israel Independent System Operator
Shikun & Binui, Nofar, Doral, EDF, Enlight
Breaking Away from the Concept of an "Energy Island" - an Opportunity to Create Corridors from East to West and the Place of Energy in the Proposed Complex
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: Peleg Gottdiener, Government Relations Coordinator, Ecopeace Middle East EcoPeace
The IMEC Program and Israel's Place in the Geopolitics of Energy in the Middle East
15:00-16:00
AI in the Service of Energy
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: Zviya Baron, CEO CtD
Ron Eifer/Kineret Dahan Granit, Head of renewables energies unit, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
NZO - Promotion of New Construction
Co-op Buildings - North-South Reconstruction
Planning Director - Innovation Regulations for Construction with Panels for Private Homes Sponsored by: Colmobil
New Materials that Will Enter the Worlds of Energy and Industry in Transition
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: Prof. Moshe Tshuva, Senior Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv
A Just Transition to Renewable Energy
Coral
Chairperson: Yael Cohen Paran, Head of the Israeli Energy Forum
100,000 solar roofs
16:00-17:00
Energy and Zero Emissions in Local Authorities
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: Assaf Admon, Director of the Eilat-Eilot Environmental Unit
Eilat's Zero Emissions Plan Local Authorities as a Player in the Electricity Market and Local Tariffs
Cyber in Energy Infrastructure
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: Limor Nakar-Vincent, Deputy Executive Director of Business Development, BIRD Energy
Sponsor: Astoria Cyber
Agro-Voltaic
Coral
Chairperson: Alon Segal, NZO Project Middle EastEcoPeace
17:00-17:30
Coffee Break
17:30-18:30
Startup Competition - Energy Innovation in the Urban Segment
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: TBA
Assaf Levy, Senior Energy Advisor - Energy Innovation Investment Market Overview, CEO of e-NRGY
18:30-19:30
Startup Competition - Innovation in the Worlds of Data Center Cooling
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: TBA
19:30-22:00
Chill & Charge - Evening Event
Midbar
Thursday 22nd January 2026
09:00-10:30
Energy Security: Lessons from October 7th (National Research Institute)
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: TBA
Household energy resilience during emergencies; Energy resilience at the individual, locality and urban level; Integrating case studies, technologies, strategies, etc.; Rehabilitation plans for the South and North
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Electricity Commercialization Models and Associated Tariffs
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: Dr. Nurit Gal, CEO of e-NRGY
Server Farms - the Environmental Burden Versus Opportunities to Increase Consumers for Green Energy
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: TBA
11stream - Lecture
Shon Dana, CEO of Ignite the Spark - Panel: Energy Efficiency and Cooling
12:00-13:00
KKL Brings Together the World of Plants and the World of Energy to Reduce Emissions
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: Dr. Doron Markel, Chief Scientist KKL
Storage: Storage Architecture, Technology (Storage on Wheels)
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: Dr. Dan Weinstock, Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Consultant
Asaf Levy, Senior Advisor in the Energy Sector - Comparing Technologies, Numbers and Projects
Impact Investments
Coral
Chairperson: Galit Cohen, Head of Climate, Infrastructure and Energy at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Director of Israel Operations, JCT Climate Foundation
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
TBA
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: TBA
Modernization of the Electricity Grid (software/hardware)
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: TBA
From Carbon Fixation to Products with Economic and Industrial Value
Coral
Chairperson: Prof. Lior Elbaz, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Director of the Hydrogen Technologies Labs (in the framework of the National Insititute for Sustainable Energy)
SAF, Boeing
Sponsorship: BAZAN Group
15:00-16:00
Can a Fleet of Electric Buses be a Storage Player in the Electricity Sector?
Big Blue Hall B
Chairperson: TBA
Introducing Innovation with the Support of the Chief Scientist
Big Blue Hall A
Chairperson: Dr. Yael Barash Harman, Head of R&D Division, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
TBA
Coral
Chairperson: TBA
16:00-17:00
A Unique Lecture by a Guest Lecturer From Abroad to Close the Conference - TBA
Big Blue Hall
Chairperson: TBA
17:00-18:00
Happy Hour Cocktail at the Midbar
Tuesday 20th January 2026
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Tours day
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Toggle Height09:30 – Bus departure from Tel Aviv
A visit to three sites TBA
18:30 – Final destination Dan Hotel Eilat* Once tours are announced, they are still subject to changes
* There will be no pick-ups/drop-offs beyond the designated stations
Wednesday 21st January 2026
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Opening Plenary – Greetings
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Plenary “Talk Zero” – Changing the Way We Think, Speak, and Act with the Aim of Reaching Zero Emissions in the World
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A Just Transition to Renewable Energy
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What is Expected From the 2nd Phase of the Reform?
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New Materials That Will Enter the Worlds of Energy and Industry in Transition
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Managing Flexibility in Electricity Networks, Integrating High-Voltage Storage into a Market Model, Energy Communities
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Modernization of the Electricity Grid (software/hardware)
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Startup Competition – Energy Innovation in the Urban Segment
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Electricity Commercialization Models
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Startup Competition – Innovation in the Worlds of Data Center Cooling
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Chill & Charge – Evening Event
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Thursday 22nd January 2026
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Energy Security: Lessons from October 7th (National Research Institute)
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Server Farms – the environmental burden versus opportunities to increase consumers for green energy
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The State of Israel’s Energy Mix from the Perspective of Economic Costs and Embodied Benefits
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Startups, Energy Transportation, Hydrogen Economy
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Modernization of the Electricity Grid (software/hardware)
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Introducing Innovation with the Support of the Chief Scientist
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Guest Lecturer – TBA
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