7:30 - 9:30

* Opening Ceremony: Water Efficiency – Wisdom in Every Drop  (Session Hall A2/A3)

* Greetings by:

Aryeh Machluf Deri, Minister of Economy, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galil
Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources
Avi Gabai, Minister of Environmental Protection
H.E. William Samoei Ruto, Deputy President, Republic of Kenya, Nairobi
Doug Ducey, Governer of the State of Arizona
Ofer Sachs, Director General, The Israel Export Institute
Amir Hayek, Director General, The Manufacturers Association (MIA)
Alex Kushnir, CEO of the Israel Water Authority
​Yossi Yaacoby, Conference Chairman

Water - Beyond H2O

Chairperson: Oded Distel, Director, Israel NewTech, Ministry of Economy

Parallel Session 1 (Session Hall A2)

California and Israel: the Water - Energy Nexus 

Chairperson: Yoram Cohen, USA

Parallel Session 2 (Session Hall A3)

Water City "Shouguang" - The Joint Chinese - Israeli Innovation Playground 

Chairperson: Ophir Gore, China

The Strategic Platform of IWV (International Water Valley): the Access to Chinese water market  
Huageng Pan, Founder and Chairman, China-Israel Innovation Park Co. & Dowell Technological and Environmental Engineering Co., China

The success story – solving water issues in Israel
​Raphael Semiat, Professor, Chemical Engineering Technion; President, Israel Desalination Society

Cooperation between China & Israel: Technology, Markets and New Models
Wensheng Wu, Vice President, Great Wall Enterprise Institute, General Manager, KM Consulting

Treatment Approaches in the Water Scarce World
Richard Cavagnaro, AdEdge Water Technologies, USA

  Coffee Break

Parallel Session 3 (Session Hall A2)

Implementation of Water Scarcity Solutions World-wide lessons learned from different regions 

Chairperson: Shimon Tal, Founder & CEO, Tal Content - Consulting & Enterprise Ltd., Israel

Parallel Session 4 Session(Session Hall A3)

Management of National Water System in Arid Regions

Chairperson: Abraham Tenne, Chairman, water Desalination Administration, Israel

Facing Floods, Droughts and Climate Change Effects: Integrated Basin Management Is Crucial To Guarantee Water Resources Sustainability
Jean-Francois Donzier, General Manager, International Office for Water, France

Integrated Water Resources Management - The Israeli Model
​Oded Fixler, Deputy (Engineering) General Manager, Israeli Water Authority, Israel

Azerbaijan – local water treatment solutions for semi-arid remote areas
Ashrafov Ramik Yunis,   Acting Chairman of “Azerbaijan Greenery & Landscape System” Public Corporation of the Ministry of Ecology & Natural Resources of Azerbaijan

Managing Water Resources in a Dynamic, Competitive Western World – A Florida Case Study
Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA

Water Management for millions in Rajastan India
Dinesh Kumar, Secretary, Publich Health Engineering Department, Govet. of Rajasthan, India

OECD Principles on Water Governance
Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Water Governance Program at the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Parallel Session 5 (Session Hall A2)

Smart Cities: From Risk to Opportunity (Part I)

Chairperson: Zohar Yinon, Chief Executive Officer, Hagihon, Jerusalem's Regional Water & Wastewater Utility, Israel

Parallel Session 6 (Session Hall A3)

Water Challenges in Oil & Gas Industries

Chairperson: David Waxman, Chairman, Water Industries, Israel Manufacturers Association, Israel
Adi Shauly, Director, Israel Water Industry Association

Parallel Session 11 (Session Hall A4)

Assuring Water Quality and Security: New Approaches in Online Monitoring (Part I)

Chairpersons: 
Major General James A. Hoyer, Daniel Lacker

Welcome and Market Overview
David Waxman, 
Chairman, Water Industries, Israel Manufacturers Association, Israel

Management of large-scale water crisis W.V 2014
Major General James A. Hoyer, USA

Trends of water treatment and usages in O&G production
Craig Beckman, President & CEO at MIOX Corporation.

Israeli concept principles Coping with water crisis
Daniel Lacker, Israel

Onshore and Offshore Production: Global experience and East Mediterranean specific challenges and opportunities

David Hill, East Mediterranean Production Chemistry Manager at Noble Energy    

Assuring Water Quality and Security-The Water Utility Perspective
Dr. Shai Ezra , Israel

Panelists: 

Craig Beckman, President & CEO at MIOX Corporation.
David Hill, East Mediterranean Production Chemistry Mananger, Noble Energy
Ravid Levy, CTO of RWL Water, Nirosoft
Gilad Cohen, Director, IDE Technologies

SAFEWATER – innovative tools for the detection and mitigation of CBRN related contamination events of drinking water
Dr. Thomas Bernard, Germany

Q & A

Using hydraulic network simulation for the forecast of contamination spread in the water distribution network of Jerusalem
Yaron Gefen,  Israel

Smart Metering and the Transformation of Customer Service in New York City
Steve Lawitts,
​First Deputy Commissioner of the NYC DEP

Water Age Estimation Using Spatial Model
​Dr. Eyal Brill, Israel

Parallel Session 7 (Session Hall A2)

 Smart Cities:From Risk to Opportunity (Part II)

Chairpersons:Trevor Hill, USA Hezi Bilik, Israel

Parallel Session 8 (Session Hall A3)

Using wastewater for irrigation: An effort that is worth making.

Chairperson: Yoav Zeif, Head of the Americas and Head of Product Offering and Marketing , Netafim Corporate 

Paraller Session 12 (Session Hall A4)     

Assuring Water Quality and Security: New Approaches in Online Monitoring (Part II)

Chairpersons: 
Shai Ezra, Dan Kroll

Water Utilities  & Corporations Embracing Innovation
Trevor Hill, Chairman & CEO, Fathom, USA

Data, Data Everywhere: Using Portable Parallel Analysis as a Data Source for Analytics
Dr. Dan Kroll, USA

Visioning the Water Distribution System of the Future
​Dr. Mark W. LeChevallier, Director, Innovation & Environmental Stewardship American Water, USA

Off the Energy Grid and On the Smart Grid: Online Water Analysis to Meet the Quality Needs and Energy Challenges of Municipal Water Networks
Oren Blonder, Israel

The Use of Wastewater from Livestock for Irrigation
Dr. Giuliana D'Imprezano,
Soil Chemistry Professor, Milano University, Italy

Current Status and Perspectives: Online Spectrophotometric Monitoring of Water
Kerim Kollu, Canada       

Maximizing the Value of Data in the Smarter City 
​Yarum Locker, Co-CEO, Miltel Communications Ltd., Israel

11:50-12:00

Denmark’s integrated approach to create value for urban development
​Finn Mortensen, Executive Director, Sate of Green

High Officials' Panel

Chairperson: Naty Barak, Chief Sustainability Officer, Netafim

Panelists:

Dr. Giuliana D'Imprezano
Bob Holden 
Glen Laville
Dr. Jorge Tarchitzky Dr. Clinton Williams

Canadian Contributions to Water Monitoring and the Microbiological Perspective
​Pat Whalen, President & CEO, LuminUltra, Canada

Summary
Dr. Yoav Zeif

Parallel Session 9 (Session Hall A2)

Cyber & Security in Water 

Chairperson: Yair Cohen, Israel

Parallel Session 10 (Session Hall A3)

Water Challenges - Food & Beverages, Semiconductors and Advanced Industries

Chairperson: Eyal Shimoni, Israel

Parallel Session 13 (Session Hall A4)

River Rehabilitation

Chairperson: Dr. Sinaia Netanyahu, Israel 

ICS2 Company Presentation
Omri Green, VP Sales & Biz Dev, ICS2, Israel

Water challenges: Latam Perspective and the Role of the Industries
Andreza Araujo, Executive of Consumer Goods Multinational, Latin America Unilever

Water Companies in the Service of the Industry – Innovations in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
​Eyal Artzy, VP Business Development, Aqwise, Israel

Integrated Method for Treating a Wide Range of Industrial Waste Waters Based on Magnetic Settling and Catalytic Oxidation
Edward Brook-Levinson, AMTR Scientific Ltd., 

Yhonatan Shavit, Kishon River Authority, Israel

Purification of the Yamuna River, India
Marc Krieger, Aqwise

Wayne D. Kaplan, Executive Vice President for Research, Professor of the Department of Materials, Science and Engineering, Technion, Israel
Ziva Eger, Chief Executive, International Investments  and Industrial Co-operation, Ministry of Economy, Israel

David L. Johnson, Deputy General Manager, Engineering and Operations, Las Vegas Valley Water District/Southern Nevada Water Authority, USA
Boaz Harel, CEO, Outlocks (knock N'Lock), Israel
Ariel Stern, CEO & Co-Founder, Ayyeka, Israel

Expanding the partnership Echo System: Invitation to Additional Partners

Posters Awards Ceremony (Session Hall A2)

Avner Adin, Israel