Tuesday, Dec 6th
13:30 – 15:00: Registration & lunch
15:00 – 15:15: Opening remarks
15:15 – 15:30: Alternative fuels for transportation (Dr. Bracha Halaf, the Ministry of National Infrastructure)
15:30 – 15:45: Introduction - the evolution of biofuels (Iris Margalit, WIS)
15:45 – 16:15: Domesticated biofuel crops as a solution for resource limitations (Prof. Jonathan Gressel, WIS)
16:15 – 17:30: Coffee break
Session 1: Ethanol production and cellulose degradation (Chair: Elad Noor)
17:30 – 18:15: Cellulases, cellulosomes and conversion of cellulosic biomass to biofuels (Prof. Ed Bayer, WIS)
18:15 – 18:45: E. coli and the Methanol Economy (Avi Flamholz, WIS)
18:45 – 19:15: Novel methods for fabrication of biodiesel and bioethanol (Prof. Aharon Gedanken, BIU)
19:30 Festive dinner
21:00 An open discussion (plus beer :-) with Achi Krauz (innovation project manager)
Wednesday, Dec 7th
Session 2: Biodiesel (Chairs: Gal Wittenberg and Uri Barenholz)
08:30 – 09:00: Algae as a source for biodiesel and how it should be done (Prof. Jonathan Gressel, WIS)
09:00 – 09:20: Oil globule proteins in oleaginous green Microalgae (Lital Davidi, WIS)
09:20 – 09:40: Effect of nitrate and ammonium on the physiological regulation and quantum yields of lipid biosynthesis in the marine diatom (Dr. Miguel Frada, WIS)
09:40 – 10:25: Optimization of castor been and Jatropha curcas as crops for biodiesel production (Dr. Ilan Paran, Volcani center)
10:25 – 10:55: Coffee break
10:55 – 11:25: Identification of regulatory genes for enhancement of triglyceride production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Dr. Boris Zorin, WIS)
11:25 – 11:45: Kinetic anomalies in the interactions of Nile red with microalgae (Tanya Rachutin-Zalogin, WIS)
11:45 - 12:05: Xenia effects on oil, fatty acid and protein content in seeds of Jatropha curcas - a renewable source for biodiesel (Yael Samocha, TAU & Volcani center)
12:05 - 12:35: Developing a Decision Support System for development and integration of technologies for energy reclamation from municipal waste (Assaf Yoshi, BGU)
12:35 – 13:05: Growing micro algae and cyanobacteria as a source for biofuel, exploiting concentrated CO2 supply and waste waters (Dr. Gabi Banet, Eilat-Eilot)
13:15 – 15:00: Lunch
Session 3 - The business aspects of cleantech (Chair: Daniel Fried)
15:00 – 15:20: The use of MicroRNAs in developing improved plants and algae for biofuel (Dr. Iris Nesher, Rosetta Green ltd.)
15:20 – 15:50: MORPH - a method for ranking candidate genes for specific biological pathways (Dr. Oren Tzfadia, WIS)
15:50 – 16:20: World energy consumption and renewable energy at a glance (Uri Barenholz, WIS)
16:20 – 17:00: Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:45: Panel – Supporting clean technology in Israel. Participants: Dr. Eitan Yudilevich (BIRD foundation), Mr. Jack Levy (Israel Cleantech Ventures), Mr. Eran Yarkoni (Capital Nature), Dr. Noam Gressel (Assif Strategies), Dr. Anat Bonshtien (The Prime Minister's office)
19:00 – 20:00: Dinner
20:00 – 22:00: Poster session & beer
Thursday, Dec 8th
Session 4 - The future of biofuels (Chair: Oren Tzfadia)
08:30 – 09:15: BIG PROBLEMS small SOLUTION (Dr. Isaac Berzin, IDC)
09:15 – 09:35: The Electric Vehicle: solution or setback for the environment? (Sigal Rotem, BGU)
09:35 – 09:55: Precision Genomic Modification as a Means for Plant Metabolic Engineering (Dr. Ross Johnson, WIS)
09:55– 10:20: Coffee break
Session 5: Hydrogen evolution and artificial photosynthesis (Chair: Dana Charuvi)
10:20 – 11:05: A Solar Dihydrogen-Producing Bio-Nanodevice that Out performs Natural Photosynthesis (Prof.
John Golbeck, PSU)
11:05 – 11:25: Computational redesign of a minimal, water-soluble analog of photosynthetic light harvesting complexes (Iris Margalit, WIS)
11:25 - 11:45: Engineering & construction of a BioPhotoGenerator (Roy Pinhassi, Technion)
11:45 - 12:05: Integrating Photosystem I in a molecular device for hydrogen photoproduction (Gal Wittenberg, WIS)
12:05 – 12:50: Lunch
13:00 – 19:00: Trip (meeting at the hotel lobby)
19:30 Dinner
21:00 Movie
Friday, Dec 9th
Session 6: Environmental aspects of biofuel usage (Chair: Iris Margalit)
8:15 – 9:00: Introduction to sustainability (Alon Shepon, WIS)
9:00 – 9:30: Can algae grown in open pools be used efficiently for biofuel or bioelectricity? A case study
(Elad Noor, WIS)
9:30 - 10:00: Concluding remarks
10:00 – 10:45: FuturaGene presentation + prizes
11:00 – Buses leaving to Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheva
SHABAT SHALOM !