The Annual Green Building and Smart Cities Conference

08:00-09:00

11:15 - 9:00

11:15 - 11:30

20:15

16:00 20:15 - 18:30

17:00

GreetingsWell-being, smart and sustainable city, Prof. Avi Degani,President of Geo-cartography Knowledge GroupSwarming: thinking big, acting small, Architect Dr. Noam Austerlitz, SID Center Paris – the strategy for a smart and sustainable City, Architect C'edissia About-de Chastenet,Smart & Sustainable City officer, Paris City CouncilMK member Tamar Zandberg, head of "lobbying for urbanism"The vision of the city in Israel - How to create good and sustainable cities in Israel:Mayors Panel - moderated by Adv. Eitan Atia, Executive Director of Forum 15

Announcement of the winners of the Green Building Award

Greetings MK Member Eli CohenConference opening remarks, Hila Beinish, Executive Director of the Israeli Green Building Council Green building in Israel - changing the living environment, Michal Bitterman, CEO at The Natural Step - Israel, Chair of the executive board, Israeli Green Building Council Towards a sustainable and high-quality built environment in light of the housing crisis – Executive panelOpening Remarks – MK Prof. Manuel TrajtenbergAvner Akerman, Chairman of Israel Association of Municipal Engineers & City Engineer of the city of Netanya City, Eli Cohen, CEO at Termokir Industries, Hanan Mor, Chairman of Hanan Mor GroupThe effect of the financial Consideration of Green Building in Israel, Clara Zwergel, manager sector, construction and real estateKeynote: Turning space into green (social, sustainable and more),Architect Charles Renfro, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, NYC

Day 1: Opening Evening, Tuesday 20.9.2016

Registration, gathering and visit at the exhibition

Evening Assembly: Building Community CityHosted by Architect Alon Yitzhaki, YMS

Cocktail and toasting the Israeli New Year

Gathering, celebratory breakfast and visit to the exhibition

Morning Assembly: Changing the Living EnvironmentHosted by Sivan Klingveil, Journalist

Day 2 of Conference, Wednesday 21.9.2016

Coffee Break

buildingneighborhoodcity

Morning Parallel Sessions11:30-13:00

Building - Architecture and Design Chair: Architect Yonatan Elazar, Head of Green Building Program,Standards Institution of IsraelBiophilic design - Where nature meets architecture, Architect Oliver Heath, LondonShading – Innovation, design and functionality for the working environmentand the public space, Alum Eshet & SeeleTechnologies and solutions for shading and building shell, Barak Oppenheim,head of the Marketing Department, Alum EshetInnovative, sustainable textile architecture and lightweight plate and shell structures for new solutions in roof and façade design, Florian Goecke, SEELE COVERThe neurosciences center building – Thoughts on green building, Architect Galit Shifman, Baer, Shifman-Nathan Architects National Library of Israel building – Striving for excellence in green building, Architect Chen Shalita, Alfa Sustainable ProjectsGreen architecture as a contributor to wining architecture contests, Yuval Shem-Ur, WAWA - Green Building Consulting & DesignEarth – Home – Earth, Adital Ela, designer

City –The Future is Already Here – Innovation SessionChair: Uri Ben-Porat, VP Sustainability, Shikun & Binui Crossing the death valley of real estate startup firms, Executive panelGround-breaking innovation in the fields of infrastructure and real estate, BUILDUP - Shikun and Binui Innovation CommunityPecha Kucha startups pitchesApplication for managing shared buildings, Elisha Cohen, CEO at DoorBillConstruction site management through the tablet, Ran Hadary, CEO at RIDRTECHSolar-thermal system for water heating, Zvika Klier, CEO at TIGIUsing drones in construction sites, Ori Aphek, CEO at DRONOMYEnergy management in buildings, Yaron Ben Nun, Co-founder of LIGHTAPP

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Afternoon Parallel Sessions (1)

13:00-14:00 Policy Roundtables organized by AVIV AMCG (by invitation only)

Municipal ThinkTank with the union of local authorities (invitation only)

Building – On the Way to Net Zero Chair: Avner Levtzion, Chief Marketing & Business Development, Termokir Industries

Zero energy buildings, Architect Ronny Daniel, Research and Development, Israeli Council for Green BuildingIsolation price 0, Romi Golad, CEO at GolmatHow to turn grey cement Into green cement, Case studies from Israel and around the globe, Amit Marmur, VP Environment, Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises LTDExtreme design: achieving green building standards with air movement, Jeff Klein, LEED Green Associate, MAHS (Hons) Director, International Business DevelopmentZero Energy Kindergarten in Hadera, panel with: Architect Heidi Arad, David Kadyshewich, Alfa Sustainable Projects, Ofer Malka, CEO at Hadera Municipal Comp, Yossi Ohana, Constructor Construction waste "from a nuisance to a resource", Executive panel moderated by Alona Sheafer (Karo), Chairman of Eretz Kayemet - Construction waste recycling corporation, Orly Inditzky, VP sustainability, quality and service, Solel Boneh, Shikun & Binui Group, Yaron Goldman, CEO at Ashtrom Industries, Tzvika David, Founder and CEO at BNZ Benny and Tzvika, Itay Zetelny, Partner and Cleantech sector leader, Ernst & Young Israel, Amit Bracha, Executive Director of Adam Teva V'Din

City – The Potential of Smart & Sustainable Cities in Israel Chair: Architect Rafi Rich, Manager of SUiTS - Smarter Urban iT & StrategiesParis - the strategy for a smart city - working with citizens, Cedissia About-de Chastenet, Smart & Sustainable City officer, Paris City Council

The path to smart cities, Executive panel: Smart Regions- Zika Abzek- Leader of Country Digitization Acceleration Initiative at CISCO Israel IDF bases as a field experiment of urban innovation, Dvir Daitch, Chief Architect, Ministry of DefenceTransportation & finding a sustainable balance and path for smart cities Wim Ferreira, Techso Smart Solutions, South AfricaSmart City Eilat, Uri Ben Ari, Smart city consultant

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break and Visit at the Exhibition

15:45-17:15 Afternoon Parallel Sessions (2)

Neighborhood – Landscape Development and public spacesChair: Gilat Levinger, Head of landscape planning, Ministry of Housing & Construction- In collaboration with the Israeli Association of landscape architectsCircular designing and planning for post industrial landscapes, DELVA Landscape Architects/Urbanism, AmsterdamBuilding a green neighborhood for a better future, Tal Talmor, AckersteinUrban nature in Israel - from dream to reality, Yael Hammerman SolarWay wood – problem or solution? Michael Kotchak, Lead auditor in FSC PEFC and SBP and FSC, Yuval Abramov, CEO at EZAUrban animals - designing interaction between Man and Nature in the City, Dr. Daniel Metcalfe, ecological designerLandscape urbanism - between the grand view and advanced technologies,Matanya Sack & Uri Reicher, Sack-Reicher Landscape ArchitectureCommunal housing - on planning and a sense of community, Maya ShaffirUrban forestry in Israel - lecture and tour, landscape architect Shachar Zur and landscape architect Tom Bloch

Smart City – Smart Management Tools in the Urban SpaceChair: Dr. Orli Ronen, Head of the urban innovation Lab, Tel Aviv UniversityInnovation & the city, Nigel Jacob, Founder of the mayor's office of new urbanmechanics, BostonCar2go - Sharing the private car, Gil Laser, CEO at Car2go Digi-Tel - The information revolution of the City of Tel Aviv, Zohar Sharon, Chief knowledge officer, Tel Aviv Yafo MunicipalitySmart programs for the public needs, Tal Venger, Manager of the environment and infrastructure division at AVIV AMCG Kiryat Gat: From a developing city to a smart and green city, Michal Haimovitz, City Engineer of Kiryat GatKnowledge and technology in the Service of the urban citizen, Eyal Feder,Ceo at ZENCITY Dynamic Outline Plans – The Future? Prof. Pnina Plaut & Yuval Rubinstein, Technion