Preliminary Program

Monday, May 14, 2012
13:00-13:30	Registration and Welcome
13:30-13:45	Opening Remarks Shalom Simchon, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel
13:45-14:05	Keynote Lecture: LEVERAGING ISRAELI KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES TO ENHANCE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Eugene Kandel, Head of the National Economic Council, Prime Minister’s Office, Israel
14:05-14:25	Keynote Lecture: AG-TECHNOLOGY AS OUR NEXT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN ISRAEL Prof. Yoram Kapulnik, Director, The Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel
14:25-14:45	Keynote Lecture: FEEDING THE FUTURE: TECHNOLOGY AS RESPONSE TO A LOOMING SUPPLY-DEMAND IMBALANCE Mitchel Presser, Partner, Paine & Partners, USA
14:45-15:00	Coffee Break
15:00-16:15	Panel Discussion: Agriculture—A Traditional Story, Becoming Agritech: A World Wide Investment Opportunity Oded Distel, Director, Investment Promotion Center, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel Prof. Haim Rabinowitch, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Mark Kahn, Omnivore Capital, India Gideon Soesman, GreenSoil Investments, Israel Ruzgar Barisik, Senior Investment Officer, Clean Technologies, IFC, USA Richard (Rich) Kottmeyer, JD, Global Agriculture and Food Leader, IBM, USA
16:15-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-18:15	Presentations by Israel's most innovative start-up companies
18:15	Light Dinner and Closing