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Tirtza and Gal Ohayon
David Zigdon, CEO, MIGAL Research Institute
Gideon Fridman, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy
Avichai Stern, Mayor, Kiryat Shmona City
Giora Salz, Head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council
Nir Meir, General Secretary, Kibbutz Movement
Alaa Fakhouri, Renewable Energy Department Manager, Electricity Authority
Eliezer Shalev, President, Tel-Hai College
Dror Bin, CEO, Israel Innovation Authority
Oded Shoseyov, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University, Israel
Ido Mor, The Committee Coordinator, Ministry of Finance
Panel Moderator: Yael Barash Harman, Chief Scientist Unit, Ministry of Energy
Maike Thier-Seidenfaden, Councillor, Head of Economic Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Sascha Krause-Tünker, Chief Financial Officer, Next2Sun AG
Jean-Edouard de Salins, Managing Director, Sun’R International
Rotem Sasporta, Global Commercial Sales Director, Solar Edge
Nadav Leshem, Director of Agrivoltaic, EDF Renewables
Honi Kabalo, Business Development Director, Enlight
Makoto Tajima, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)
Roundtable working groups in collaboration with The Israeli Presidential Climate Forum.
Table 1: Tracks in the development processes and determining the nature of the market
Leader: Avi Elkayam, Trigo Solar.
Participants: Nitzan Shaked Aviv (AMCG), Ron Eitan (Shikun & Binui), Ohad Livnat (Regional Council Engineer Upper Galilee), Dovi Miller (Chairman of Kibbutz Maale Gilboa), Alon Segal (NZO), Ron Kochman (Golan Solar), Alaa Fakhouri (Electricity Authority), Reuven Dor (North R&D).
Table 2: Ecology, environment and landscape planning
Leader: Oved Yavin, Doral.
Participants: Dorit Benet (Eilat Eilot), Aviram Jonson (Ministry of Agriculture), Hila Sagi (Open Areas Coordinator), Pnina Kaplan (Ministry of the Environment), Orit Skotevski (KKL-JNF), Hilel Zusman (Israel Nature and Park Authority), Rakefet Sharon (North R&D), Liora Shealtiel (North R&D).
Table 3: Electrical infrastructure planning and energy storage solutions
Leader: Avi Pines, Tadiran.
Participants: Ariel Rivni (EDF Renewables), Habtamu Gette (Electricity Authority), Dorit Hochner (Ministry of Energy), Shlomit Iser (Enlight), Ruti Frum Aricha (Ministry of Agriculture), Tuvia Nissan (The Electric Company), Navot Galpaz (North R&D).
Table 4: Standardization versus setting objectives in agriculture
Leader: Artal Tuvin, Bananot Hachof.
Participants: Bar Weiss (SunAgri), Raanan Amoyal (Ministry of Agriculture), Chanani Ladell (Doral), Gabi Kuniel (Bereshit), Uri Mar-Haim (MIGAL), Ofer Barnea (A Company for Agriculture Galil Elion), Ido Mor (Ministry of Finance), Haya Rak Yaalom (North R&D).
Table 5: Pivoting in agritech – how to help preserve Israel’s leadership in agricultural innovation
Leader: Niza Karadish, Trendlines.
Participants: Etti Luzzatto (Luzzatto and Luzzatto), Dovi Raz (Netafim), Inbar Mimon (Agchimedes), Gideon Fridman (Ministry of Energy), Hagay Snir (Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture), Amos Levin (Galilee Development Company), Jacob Blum (Farmer), Lior Rubinovich (North R&D), Yonatan Elimelech De Wolf.
Table 6: Entrepreneur-farmer engagements
Leader: Mor Yigaeli, Shikun & Binui.
Participants: Rafi Nevo (The Kibbutz Industry Association), Assaf Sade (Golan Agricultural Unit), Uri Dorman (The Galilee Development Company), Nadav Barkan (EDF Renewables), Guy Burstein (Olgan-Rob & Co.), Dan Naor (Enlight), Boaz Presler (Golan Solar), Rafi Shtern (North R&D).
Table 7: Tariff models for Agrivoltaics
Leader: Eitan Parnass, Green Energy Association of Israel.
Participants: Moshe Horovitz (Solar Gik), Ariel Almasi (Electricity Authority), Menash Shalom (Zemach Regional Industries), Itai Ran (Bank Hapoalim), Rami Peleg (United Kibbutz Movement), Honi Kabalo (Enlight), Nir Gordon (GYN Energy), Gal Bracha (Ministry of Agriculture).
Table 8: Aspects of safety and agricultural operation
Leader: Guy Lichtenstern, Solar Edge.
Participants: Eric Benmeir-Kozakov (MIGAL), Makoto Tajima (ISEP), Giancarlo Ghidesi (REM Tec), Jeff Black (Gag), Ilan Halachmi (North R&D).
Table 9: Security and agricultural crime
Leader: Ilan Or, The Local Council, Yosod Ha’Maala.
Participants: Yaron Balachsan (Fruit Council), Ofer Moshkovich (Kfar Giladi), Itzik Kreuzer (Member of Knesset), Ron Bar Ziv (Legal Investigations Officer), Uri Setri (Hashomer Hachadash), Haim Hablin (United Kibbutz Movement), Aviv Asher (North R&D).
Panel Moderator: Aviram Johnson, Agronomist, Ministry of Agriculture Extension Service
Ofer Shir, Principal Investigator, Computational Intelligence Group, MIGAL Research Institute
Ziv Katzir, Head of the National Program for AI Infrastructure, Israel Innovation Authority
Max Trommsdorff, Head of Group Agrivoltaics, Fraunhofer ISE
Sagi Katz, VP of Agronomy, Agmatix
Moshe Horowitz, VP Business Development, SolarGik
Oved Yavin, Director of Doral Agro and Water, Doral Energy Group
Uria Reshef, Golan Agri Innovation Unit
Vinnie (Miriam) Altstein, Chief Scientist Unit, Ministry of Agriculture
Dorit Hochner, Director of the Physical Planning Division, Ministry of Energy
Moderator:
Ori Ben Herzel, VP of Business Development, MIGAL Research Institute.
Yitzhak Vaknin, Deputy Chairman, KKL-JNF
Uri Dorman, Chairman, Galil Development
Gal Gafni, Deputy Head of Golan Council
Max Trommsdorff, Head of Group Agrivoltaics, Fraunhofer ISE
Dov Khenin, Chairmen of The Israeli Presidential Climate Forum
Doron Markel, Chief Scientist, KKL-JNF
Dovi Miller, Chairman, Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa
Chanani Ladell, Agronomist, Doral
Noam Schwartz, Strategy and Business Development of Agri-voltaic, SolarEdge. Moshe Horovitz, VP of Business Development, SolarGik
Mor Yigaeli, Head of Agri-voltaic, Shikun & Binui
Oved Yavin, Director of Doral Agro and Water, Doral Energy Group
Dor Schwartz, Product Manager, Natafim
Giancarlo Ghidesi, COO, REM Tec
Makoto Tajima, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)
Bar Weiss, Master’s Degree Student at Tel Aviv University and Manager of Sun’Agri Israel Operations
A review of the regional R&Ds managers on the setup of the pilots in their regions, and the PI’s preparation for large-scale experiments in aspects of research infrastructure, equipment, personnel and management.
Panel Moderator: Haya Rak Yahlom, Director of Northern R&D
Nativ Rothbart, Researcher, Shamir Research Institute
Aylon Gadiel, Director of Middle and Northern Arava R&D
Yankale Moskovitch, Director of Ramat Negev R&D
Hagai Snir, Director of the Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture
Oren Ben Lavan, Director of Southern Arava R&D
Session Moderator: Dan Levanon, Scientific Director, MIGAL Research Institute
Helena Vitoshkin, Volcani Institute – Performance of an agrivoltaic field with spectral splitting
Esther Magadley, Triangle R&D Center – In-greenhouse crop responsive tracking system
Menachem Moshelion, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University – Solar panel movement control using a plant feedback controller, phyto-sensor, for agrovoltaic dual-use optimization
Moshe Meron, MIGAL Research Institute – Nectarine response to partial shading by simulated agro-voltaic panels
Damien Fumey, Sun’Agri – To what extent does dynamic agrivoltaics protect the vine against heat waves?
Panel Moderator: Mor Yigaeli, Head of Agri-Voltaic, Shikun & Binui
Eric Benmeir-Kozakov, Agrivoltaics Strategy and Business Development Lead, MIGAL Research Institute
Lior Rubinovich, Researcher, North R&D
Eran Fisher, Business manager, Kibbutz Merom Golan
Ofer Barnea, CEO of the Upper Galilee Agriculture Company
Ruti Frum Aricha, Director of the Planning Authority, Ministry of Agriculture
Dan Levanon, Scientific Director, MIGAL Research Institute