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Final Program - WATEC Israel 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

09:00-09:30	OPENING CEREMONY	HALL A
	Chairperson: Booky Oren, Chairman WATEC 2007, Israel Arison Water Initiative – President & CEO Mekorot –Israel’s National Water Company – Former Chairman of Board of Directors WELCOME Eli Yishai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel Gideon Ezra Minister Of Environmental Protection, Israel Binyamin (Fuad) Ben Eliezer Minister of National Infrastructures, Israel
09:30-11:30	PLENARY SESSION: THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND ISRAEL’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOLUTIONS	HALL A
	Chairperson: Booky Oren, Chairman WATEC 2007, Israel Arison Water Initiative – President & CEO Mekorot –Israel’s National Water Company – Former Chairman of Board of Directors Jørgen Ole Haslestad President, Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S), SIEMENS AG, Germany Jeff R. Garwood CEO, GE Water, USA Antoine Frérot CEO, Veolia Water, Water Division of Veolia Environnement, Executive Vice President of VE, member of the management board, France Hu Siyi Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, China James Bacchus Former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, Chairman of the Global Trade Practice Group, GREENBERG TRAURIG, USA Mary Ann Dickinson Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency, USA
11:30-12:00	Coffee Break	HALL D
12:00-13:30	PLENARY SESSION: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT	HALL A
	Chairperson: Ronen Wolfman, CEO, MEKOROT - Israel National Water Co, Israel Kerry Schott Managing Director, SYDNEY WATER, Australia Moh Wang Hee Director, Best Sourcing Department. PUB, Singapore Ruben H. Pereyra Secretary General, National Federation of Sanitation Workers, Argentina Mexico’s Water Policy José Luis Luege Tamargo General Director, Mexican Water Comission Marc van Eekeren Director International Research Projects, Kiwa Water Research ,The Netherlands
13:30-14:30	Lunch Break	HALL D
14:30-16:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
14:30-16:00	WATER REUSE: THE GOALS AND CHALLENGES OF THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE	HALL A
	Chairperson: Avner Adin, Israel Lunenfeld-Kunin Chair Professor of Environmental Sciences Past-President , Israeli Water Association Department of Soil & Water Sciences Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Rehovot Campus) Implementing Israeli Technology abroad (Successfully Marketing Israeli Technology in Foreign Markets) Thomas M. Pokorsky President & CEO, Aquarius Technologies Inc., USA Water Reuse: National Challenges and Benefits Shimon Tal Former Water Commissioner, Israel The Critical Role of Water Reuse in Israeli Agriculture Avi Shaviv Head of Department, Agriculture, Engineering, Soil, Water & Enviroment, Technion , Israel Israeli Industry: From Wastewater Treatment to Water Production Chaim Sheindorf Chief Technologist, Technologies for Environmental Protection, Israel New Israeli Initiatives in Water Reuse Eitan Levy CEO, Aqwise , Israel Challenges and Opportunities in Converting Water Technologies-Related Intellectual Property Into a Business Opportunity Ilan Cohn Patent Attorney and Senior Partner, Reinhold Cohn Group, Israel
14:30-16:00	COMPANIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT	HALL B3
	Chairperson: Rafi Nevo, Israel Founder of Water Technologies Business Cluster in Technological Incubators Program – Ashkelon, Israel Entrepreneur and CEO of 3 water technology industries- Israel
14:30-14:50	Investor Perspective – Moving Israeli Technologies to the US Market – Challenges and Opportunities Oded Weiss Partner and CFO – L CAPITAL PARTNERS
14:50-15:10	The Importance of the Multi-Parameter Analytical Approach to Water Quality and Water Safety Tsur Ben-David CEO, Blue I Water Technologies, Israel
15:10-15:25	Ion Exchange Technology in Potable Water Treatment – Selective Removal of Boron, Perchlorate, Nitrate and Arsenic Francois de Dardel Technical Manager, Rohm and Haas
15:25-15:40	Activated Carbon for Potable Water Treatment and for Air Pollution Treatment Rinaldo Brioschi Sales Director, Chemviron Carbon
15:45-16:00	Mega Magnum Reverse Osmosis Membranes for Large Desalination Plants and PURON MBR Membranes for Waste Water Treatment Michael Tylla Water Business Manager, Koch Membrane Systems
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break	HALL D
16:30-18:00	PARALLEL SESSIONS
16:30-18:00	AUSTRALIA’S WATER CHALLENGES – A CALL FOR TECHNOLOGICALS SOLUTIONS	HALL A
	Chairperson: Nili Shalev, Israel Trade Commissioner, Sydney, Australia Hon, Nathan Rees, MP – Minister for Water Utilities, NSW, Australia Member of the Legislative Assembly Member for Toongabbie Minister for Emergency Services Member of Australian Labor Party Hon, Craig Wallace, MP – Minister for Natural Resources and Water, Queensland, Australia Minister assisting the Premier in North Queensland Hon, Timothy Holding, Minister for Water, Victoria, Australia Minister for Finance, WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission Minister for Tourism Ms. Michelle Lensink, MLC - Minister for Environment & Conservation, South Australian Shadow South Australian Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse South Australian Shadow Minister for Status of Women Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Leg. Co.)
16:30-18:00	SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT Sponsored by: TETRA TECH	HALL B3
	Chairpersons: Haim Divon, Ambassador, Head of the Center for International Cooperation – MASHAV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Sharing experience – from a developing country into the OECD Haim Divon Ambassador, Head of the Center for International Cooperation – MASHAV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel A multidimensional Challenge: the Social- Economic and Geo Political Aspects John Mutual Katuku Minister of Water and Irrigation, Kenya Development and Investments – the Peruvian Prospective Hernan Garrido lecca Montanez Minister for Housing, Construction and Sanitation Mobilizing Common Resources: The UN & The World Bank Meeting Water Challenges Through Sustainable Development Partnerships: The Experience Of The CSD. Juwang Zhu Principal Officer and Chief of the Program Coordination, Major Groups and Partnerships Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "Global Climate Change: Causes - Impact and Challenges" Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seiler Former Director of Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Research Centre Karlsruhe, Garmisch – Partenkirchen COMPANY PRESENTATIONS WATERSHEER Atlantium Nirosoft Q&A
16:30-18:00	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION IN THE FIELD OF WATER TECHNOLOGIES	HALL C6
	Chairperson: Ziva Patir, Director General, SII (Standards Institution of Israel) and Vice President (technical management), ISO, Israel GREETINGS Gabriel Maymon General Manager of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel Standardization of Water Technologies as an Example for Promoting the Strategy of ISO - Creating a Sustainable World Ziva Patir Director General, SII (Standards Institution of Israel) and Vice President (technical management), ISO, Israel ISO/TC 2224 - Service Activities Relating to Drinking Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Systems - Quality Criteria of the Service and Performance Indicators – Work Program Jean Luc Redaud ISO/TC 224 Chairman and Ingénieur Général du GREF- CGAER Ministry of Ecology Sustainable Development and Planing, France Elements of Water Security, the Need for International Standards Shimon Tal Israel's former Water Commissioner and ISO/IWA on Water Security Chairman, Israel Development of Physical Security Standards for Water and Wastewater Utilities Using the Draft American National Standards for Trial Use Process Yakir Hasit Principle Technologist , CH2M HILL, USA
18:00	"Forest Tunes - The Library" (Exhibition Opening) By: Shai Zakai	HALL 10

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

09:00-10:45	PLENARY SESSION: RENEWABLE ENERGY: NEW SOLUTIONS FOR SUPPLY AND SECURITY	HALL A
	Chairperson: Amit Mor, CEO, ECO ENERGY Ltd, Israel Gideon Ezra Minister of the Environment, Israel Avi Brenmiler President & CEO ,SOLEL SOLAR SYSTEMS, Israel Yehuda Bronicki President, ORMAT INDUSTRIES, Israel Hezi Kugler General Director, Ministry of National Infrastructure, Israel Eitan Yudilevich Executive Director, BIRD FAUNDATION, Israel - USA
10:45-11:15	Coffee Break	HALL D
11:15-13:15	PLENARY SESSION: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL ARENA	HALL A
	Chairperson: Uri Shani, Director General, Water Authority, Israel Shalom Simhon Minister of Agriculture, Israel The Future of Irrigation Systems (Water, Energy and the Environment) Omri Lotan President & CEO, PLASTRO Irrigation Systems, Israel From Dripping to Flood- Development of the Global Irrigation Market Ofer Bloch President & CEO, NETAFIM, Israel Ultra High Frequency, Feedback - Driven Irrigation Uri Shani Director General Water Authority, Israel Site Specific Irrigation Management Utilizing Thermal IR Imaging Victor Alchanatis Department Head, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel Innovative Solutions for Smart Management of Water Yuval Erez VP Business Development and Director of Global Operations, AQUA Group Ltd, Israel Integrated Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Anil B. Jain Managing Director, Jain Irrigation Systems, India Understanding and Investing in AgriHighTech Innovative Water Technologies Oded Sagee Business Development, Gaon Agro Industries, Israel CEO, AquaAgro Lab (Subsideary of AquaAgro Fund), Israel
13:15-14:15	Lunch Break	HALL D
14:15-16:15	PLENARY SESSION: WATER LOSS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS - THE EFFICIENT WATER SOURCE FOR MUNCIPALITIES	HALL A
	Chairperson: Amos Shalev, Business Development Manager- BERMAD, Israel Bambos Charalambous Chair, Water Loss Task Force of the IWA Efficient Operation and Management of Urban Water Systems Specialist Group, Cyprus Sustainable Leakage Management by Pressure Control – Case studies Nir Naveh For BERMAD Israel Using Intelligent Meters – Cut Water Loss Danny Chrust Arad Technologies Ltd., Israel Unique Remote Monitoring, Data Management and Decision Supports Systems Ronen Heldman CEO, IPnP, Israel “Jerusalem case study: The increase in water company revenue by the reduction of apparent (commercial) – water losses“ Aharon Rosenberg VP Water Systems, Hagihon Jerusalem Water Company, Israel Hon. Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio Minister of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy
16:15-16:45	Coffee Break	HALL D
16:45-17:45	PANEL: WHAT NEXT?	HALL A
	Chairperson: Oded Distel, Director, National Water Technology program, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor, Israel Boaz Hirsch Senior Deputy Director General, Director of the Foreign Trade Administration, Israel Yossi Inbar Deputy Director General – Industries, Ministry of Environmental Quality Ori Yogev Chairman, Waterfronts- The Israel Water Alliance, Israel Elli Ronen Chairman, MEKOROT, Israel Water company, Israel Ra'anan Dinur Director General, The Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Israel Booky Oren Chairman WATEC 2007, Israel
17:45-18:15	CLOSING SESSION: WATER FOR PEACE The Red Sea – Dead Sea Canal: Opportunities and Challenges ahead	HALL A
	Chairperson: Booky Oren, Chairman WATEC 2007, Israel Arison Water Initiative – President & CEO Mekorot –Israel’s National Water Company – Former Chairman of Board of Directors Munther J Haddadin Former Minister of Water and Irrigation, Jordan The Red Sea – Dead Sea Canal: Technical and Environmental Aspects of the Read Sea – Dead Sea Canal Uri Shani Director General, Water Authority, Israel CLOSING REMARKS & SPECIAL LECTURE The Red Sea – Dead Sea Canal: A Catalyst for Regional Peace Shimon Peres the Ninth President of the State of Israel