Positive Signs of the Times:  Israeli Utility Giants are Evolving and Commercializing to Make the World Greener and Cleaner
Getting Funded and Working with Innovation with the Israeli Utilities: Dos and Don’ts from Leaders of Innovation at WaTech™ and KARAT – CleanIsrael Network Meetup –  August 2nd,2011, 9 am. (RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/cleanisrael/events/25000871/)

by Shelli Zargary
In the context of the relatively small Israeli domestic market, utility corporations such as IEC – the Israel Electric Corporation – and Mekorot the Israel National Water Company are giants that benefit from a large bank of employees, a …

UK Industry experts shared insights on trends & strategies that can help innovative Israeli cleantech ventures meet with success in the global market

In the dynamic and uncertain waters of the rapidly developing cleantech sector, startups will improve their chances of success by navigating carefully and making smart decisions on their commercial focus and business model from the outset.  To help its members make the right decisions, CleanIsrael invited experts Jason Eis, heading up Innovation Strategy for the Carbon Trust, UK and Richard Youngman, …

“PG&E, California Energy and Demand Response”
Boaz Ur, who is managing the Demand Response Program for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) which is one of the largest electric and gas utilities in the united states, talked about the California energy environment, PG&E and PG&E’s demand response program and how Israeli startup companies can work with them.
The event and was co-sponsored by ICV (Israel Cleantech Ventures and the Alfred Akirov Institute for Business & the Environment in TAU.

We will be holding a closed roundtable session with Boaz for startups in the energy …

Tata Group – Water companies showcase

On November 18th, a delegation of high ranking executives (CEO’s,CTO’s) from TATA Group

are visiting Israel in search for innovative technology and we have the honor to host them in our forum,

their main interest is in Israeli water technologies and we are planning to showcase 3 Israeli startups in the field of water technologies.

The event will take place on Nov. 18th at 17:30 at the Tel Aviv University – Room 003 in Dan David Building and is co-sponsored by ICV (Israel Cleantech Ventures and the Alfred Akirov Institute for Business & the Environment in TAU.

Please rsvp at:

http://www.meetup.com/cleanisrael/calendar/15362822/

The California Israel Chamber of Commerce has announced the 10 companies invited to present at this years CICC Cleantech Tour and Showcase, taking place on April 27.
Founded in Israel in 1962, Amiad is a world leader in filtration, delivering clean water with clean technology.  Amiad’s automatic self cleaning screen filters and automatic micro fiber (AMF) filters safeguard human health, the environment and industrial productivity.  Amiad filters can stand alone to efficiently remove solids from irrigation, municipal or industrial water, or help make multi-stage water treatment systems more effective and efficient …

In early May, the Tel Aviv University will be hosting Professor Elton J. Cairns for two lectures specific to Batteries and Electric Vehicles. Professor Cairns is a visiting professor from the University of California Berkeley, where his research interests are electrochemistry and electrocatalysis.

The second annual Greek Unconference is coming up this Friday, April 23, to be held at Seminar Hakibbutzim. Last year, the conference brought together a variety of green and cleantech enthusiasts, ranging for hobbyists to professionals and entrepreneurs. Like last year, this conference is organized by participants, and gives an open forum for all the “green geeks” to present their ideas, inventions, problems and solutions. We’ll be there and look forward to meeting all of you.
Some of the events already lined up include a workshop on how to build a …

Watec
It’s been two years since the previous event, and this year’s WATEC (Water Technologies and Environmental Control) Conference, to be held November 17-19 at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, promises to be a great event.
Over the three days of the WATEC conference, the organizers are expecting over 100 delegations from 95 countries, and 15,000 attendees at the various exhibitions, forums satellite events being held.
Global Resources Conference: Cleantech Strategies and Solutions
In conjunction with the conference, there is a satellite event focused specifically on cleantech. The event will take place …

Environmentally clean technology was the buzz at the most recent CleanIsrael event, which focused on the transition that many military veterans and serial entrepreneurs have made from high-tech to cleantech.
The event was attended by ex-fatigues-wearers, dollar-bill-bearers and environmentally-sensitive ex-high-techers – about 140 in all – in a charming location off the Glilot interchange called Hakfar Hayarok and green was certainly the color of the buzz.
The morning kicked off outside in the grassy reception area with some refreshments, a fair deal of handshaking and plenty of card swapping, before we gathered inside …