Wednesday, September 14

7:30 – 8:40 a.m.

General Registration and Light Breakfast – Phantom Lounge

Ari Reubin, Cleanovation Chairman, Executive Managing Director- Darwin’s Beagle, Inc.

Roee Madai, Consul for Economic Affairs-Government of Israel Economic Office

8:45 -9:20 a.m. General Session -

Obstacles and Opportunities in Completing Cross-Border Transactions

David Ronn, Sponsor and Partner with McGuireWoods,LLP

Jim Trevathan, Executive vice President – Waste Management

Barry Smitherman, Commissioner – Railroad Commission of Texas Theme: Texas Legislation vs. Actualization to Effect Viable Transactions

John Hofmeister, Former President Shell Oil and current founder and had of – Citizens for Affordable Energy

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.   Panel Discussion #1

New Challenges in Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Remotely Generating Energy and Water

John Shapiro, CEO – Texas Institute

Michael Assante, CEO & President – National Board of Information Examiners (NBISE)

Jimmy Goldman, Sales Director – Waterfall Security Solutions Ltd. (Israel)

Alex Harel, Vice President of Marketing – EZPack Water Ltd.

Lisa Kaiser, Director, Control Systems Cybersecurity Strategic Planning, Control Systems Security Program

Stephen Watzeck, Strategy Development Leader and Chief Marketing Officer, Water & Process Technologies – GE Power and Water

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.   Break and Reserved Meetings

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.   Panel Discussion #2

Lessons Learned from Smart Grid Deployments

Mike Brown, Global Sales – GE

Jeffrey Katz, CTO Energy & Utilities Industry – IBM

Eedo Lifshitx, Director Business Development – Alvarion (Israel)

Jim Podojil, Gnrgy

Louis Finkel, Vice President – McGuireWoods Consulting

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.   Concurrent Breakout Session

Water Reuse Experiences is Israel and Texas

Comer Tuck, Director of Water Conservation Division – Texas Water Development Board

Dan Perderson, P.E. – Reclaimed Program Manager – City of Austin Water Utility

John Balliew, Vice President – El Paso Water Utility

Meg Conner, Director of Environmental Services – San Antonio Water System

Chen Salty, Executive Director – Ein Netafim (Eilat’s Water Utility)

Brian Davis, – Mapal

12:20 – 1:15   Luncheon Session

David Ronn, Partner – McGuireWoods, LLP

Video: Economic Impact of Israeli Clean-Tech (3-4 min)

Cris Eugster, Chief sustainability Officer – CPS Energy

Miki Zaide, Head of Strategic Planning – Israel Water and Sewage Authority

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Emerging Israeli Growth Company Presentations

Meital Stavinsky, Esq., Attorney and Israel Specialist Law Firm – Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Matt Blanton, CEO, StarTech – Early Ventures

Adam Lampert, Managing Director – Mixed Brands

Udi Meirav, Ceo – Enverid

Liran Dor, CTO and Technical Director – Environmental Energy Resources

Brian Davis – DST Cleantech

Michal Miasnik - Bird Foundation

Moshe Sela, Marketing Director – AGM Communication and Control

Jerry Potter, CEO – Master Meter

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.Break and Reserved Meetings

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.   Panel Discussion #3

Energy & Water Nexus: What is the Role of water in power generation technologies?

Brett Perlman, President – Vector Advisors, and former Chairman of Public Utility Commission

Dr. Carey King, Reserach Associate – Jackson School of Geosciences and

Kelly Twomey – NSF Graduate Research Fellow, University of Texas at Austin (Provide overview of the energy-water nexus)

Randy Fernandez – Terra Bon (Describe new water technologies and their role in energy production)

Kent Turner, President – IDE Americas, US & Israel operations (Discuss clean water for oil & gas drilling, desalination, industrial evaporation)

Jim Lauria, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development – Amiad USA

Andrea Hayden, Vice President of Risk Management – Water Standard

3:15 – 4:00 p.m.   Concurrent Breakout Session “Hot Topics”

Lane Sloan, President – Sloan Consulting (Lane is also part of the GHP Energy Collaborative)

Green Building, Oil & Gas Drilling, and Energy Efficiency

Theme: Unlocking Israel’s Unconventional Resources

Dr. Scott Nguyen, Vice President – Technology – IEI, Ltd.

Jonathan Kleinman – CLEAResult Consulting

Ray Bednar – eCORPS

Klint Nunn – Hunton Group

Theme: Electric Vehicles – West Point Lincoln

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.   Closing Remarks

Joseph Paritzky, former Israeli Ministor of Energy (today International Pipes). Mr. Paritzky is a businessman focusing on energy, oil & gas, pipelines & infrastructure and innovative solutions.

Roee Madai, Consul for Economic Affairs – Government of Israel Economic Office & Karen Rankin, Interim President and CEO – Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.   Hosted Reception  -  West Point Lincoln