Speakers

Opening Ceremony

Chairman: Mr. Gil Lin

Mr. Gil Lin

Chairman, Agritech

Mr. Udi Ohrenstein

 President, Agritech2023

Mr. Avi Dichter 

The Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Mr. Nir Barkat

The Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry

Mr. Eli Cohen

Minister of Foreign Affairs to Israel

Mrs. Ayelet Nahmias Verbin

Chairperson of The Israel Export Institute

Dr. Shmuel Assouline

Head of the Volcani Institute

Mr. Elad Shamir

CEO, Kinneret Innovation Center

Mr. Haim Taib

 Founder and President, Mitrelli Group and Menomadin Foundation

Challenges in Food Security in a Disrupted Era

 

Chairman: Prof. Ayal Kimhi, Environmental Economics and Management, The Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. David Labrode

Director of Agrifood Economics, FAO.

Prof. Ayal Kimhi

The Hebrew University off  Jerusalem Food Security in Israel

Prof. Iddo Kan

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Alon Shepon

Tel Aviv university

Dr. Dorit Rozner

The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, Strauss Group

Challenges in Crop Protection

 

Chairman: Dr Munnir Mawassi,Head of instituteof plant protcection, the Volcani institute

Dr. Munir Mawassi

Head of the Institute of Plant Protection, The Volcani Institute

Dr. Aviv Dombrovsky

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Yehonatan Ben Hamozeg

CEO of Agrint Sensing Solutions LTD

Dr. Maya Bar

The Volcani Institute

Dr. Gadi Peleg

Founder and CEO of PhenoRoot Ltd

Controlled Climates: greenhouses and Vertical Farming

Chairman: Prof. Rina Kamenetsky – center for Urban Agro-Ecology, The Volcani institute.

Prof. Rina Kamenetsky

The Volcani Institute

Ms. Tal Glazer Wilk

The CEO SaffronTech 

Mr. Guy Barness 

The Founder & Head of Vertical Field Ltd.

Dr.  Helena Vitoshkin

ARO-Volcani Institute 

Mr. Gilad Marek 

The Volcani Institute

Dr. Yakir Preisler

The Volcani Institute

 

Mr. Shlomy Raziel

The CEO grow-tec

Robotics and Autonomous Harvesting

 

Chairman: Prof.Avital Bechar – Director of the Institute of Agricultural
Engineering, Volcani Institute

Prof. Avital Bechar

Head of the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, The Volcani Institute

Prof. Yeal Idan

Ben Gurion University

Prof. Amir Degani

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Ms. Danielle Efargan Hager

Marketing & Communications Manager, Tevel

Mr. Adi Nir

CEO of MetoMotion Ltd.

Mr. Tal Fogelman 

Nanovel Ltd

Agro-voltaic Systems

Chairman: Mr. Eric Benmeir Kozakow
Agri-photovoltaic (APV) Project lead and Business Development, MIGAL

 

Mr. Eric Benmeir Kozakow

Agrivoltaics and RegenAg Lead, MIGAL

Prof. Vinnie Altstein

Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Dr.  Omer Carne

Researcher at MIGAL and Northern R&D, Israel

Dr. Doron Markel 

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)

Mr. Dovi Miller

Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa

Mr. Chanani Ladell

Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources Ltd.

Agricultural Practices in Arid Zones and Precision Agriculture

 

Chairman: Dr. Eran Raveh Head of the Gilat Center for arid & semi-arid agricultural research, The Volcani Institute

Dr. Eran Raveh

Head of the Gilat Center for arid & semi-arid agricultural research, The Volcani Institute

Dr. Roy Galili

University of Haifa

Dr. Hagai Yasour

Gilat Center, The Volcani Institute

Mr. Arnon Columbus

CEO of InNegev technology

Dr. Omer Sagee

Monitoring and Analysis products manager, Phytech Ltd.

Dr. Gidi Sagi

Drip Irrigation and water treatment specialist, Metzer Group

Mr. Tal Maor 

Founder & CEO of TheAgency .ag

Aquaculture

Chairman: prof. Sheenan Harpaz – Institute of Animal Science, The Volcani Institute

Prof. Sheenan Harpaz

Institute of Animal Science, The Volcani Institute

Dr. Avshalom Horowitz

Karat caviar, Kibbutz Dan

Dr. Jakob Biran

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Yonatan Musnikow

ARDAG Aquaculture

Innovations in Animal Farming

Chairman: Dr. Maya Zachut – The Volcani InstituteDr

Dr. Maya Zachut

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Yehoshua Ben Meir

The Volcani Institute

Dr. Shelly Darwin

The Volcani Institute

Dr. Aviv Asher

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Menashe Tamir

CEO of Eshet Eilon Ltd

 

Cannabis cultivation and processing

Chairman: Prof. Nirit Bernstein – Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences

Prof. Nirit Bernstein

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Yuval Landschaft

Head of the Israel Medical Cannabis Unit, Ministry of Health, Israel

Mr. Matan Henan

Profit-Agro Ltd.

FoodTech , Cultured Meat and Alternative Proteins

Chairman: Ofir Benjamin – Dept. of Food Science, Tel Hai College, and CTO of the Israeli National Food Institute

Dr. Ofir Benjamin

Tel Hai College

Mr. Nir Goldstein

Good Food Institute (GFI), Israel

Dr. Daniel Dikovsky

CTO of Redefine Meat

 Dr. Yulia Fridman

VP Research, Imagene Foods

Mrs. Shelly Lotan

Co-founder & CEO of Medium Well

Advances in Postharvest Practices

Chairman: Dr. Ron Porat – Institute of Postharvest and Food Science, The Volcani Institute

Dr. Ron Porat

The Volcani Institute

Mr. Menashe Tamir

CEO of Eshet Eilon Ltd

Mr. Amnon Sandman

StePac Ltd

Food and Water Innovations for Emerging Markets

 Chairman: Prof. Ram Fishman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University

Prof. Ram Fishman

Tel Aviv University

 Mr. Dubi Raz

VP Agronomy, Netafim

Mrs. Naama Caspi

Project Manager Innovation, Bayer Israel

Mrs. Hagit Freud

 The Pears program for global innovation, Jerusalem Institute for policy research

Neta Gruber

Israel Innovation Authority

Eynat Shlein

 Head of MASHAV, Deputy Director of the Israel  Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bio-convergence applications for food and agriculture

Chairman: Dr. Sefi Vernick –  Institute of Agricultural Engineering, The Volcani Institute

  Dr. Sefi Vernick

The Volcani Institute

 Dr. John Paul SanGiovanni

Director of Food and Nutrition Programs, National Science Foundation C2SHiP IUCRC

Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand

Faculty of Engineering, University of Tel Aviv

Successful open innovation cases

Chairman: Mr. Doron Meller, Chief Innovation Officer, & Ms. Ronit Eshel , Food Tech sector manager- Israel Innovation Authority

Mr. Doron Meller

The Volcani Institute

Ms. Ronit Eshel

ICL Group

Mr. Ofer Halperin

Head of Digital Agronomy, Netafim

Mr. Dotan Eshet

CEO & Co Founder, Treetoscope

Ms. Carmit Oron

CEO, Salicrop

Mr. Omer Dinar

CEO, Hula Valley Farm

Mr. Mor Yegerman

Founder& COO, Viridix

Mr. Efi Tzur

TBC, Mottech

Mr. Yoav Politi

VP R&D and Co-Founder, FreezeM

Ms. Michal Amit

 Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) at Shachar group

Africa’s Sustainable Future

Chairman: : Mr. Haim Taib

Mr. Haim Taib

 Founder and President, Mitrelli Group and Menomadin Foundation

Dr. Agustin Pimstein

Dr. Aiman Mansour

Mr. Gal Yarden

SVP, EMEA Division, Netafim

Mr. João Germano 

Mrs. Liron Amdur

Dr. Merav Galili

Mrs. Rachel Shaul 

Mr. Yuval Maimon

Mr. Yaron Tchwella

CEO , Mitrelli group