Agritech 2018 Speakers

Meet The Speakers of Agritech Israel 2018 organized by Kenes Exhibitions.

 

Dr. Uri Yermiyahu

President

Agritech Conference

Gov. Eric Holcomb

Governor of Indiana

Min. Uri Ariel

Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Min. Eli Cohen

Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry

Adiv Baruch

Chairman

Israel Export Institute

Amb. Gil Haskel

Head of MASHAV

MFA

Ofir Libstein

Agritech Israel Chairman

Prof. Eli Feinerman

CEO

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Guillaume Gruere

Senior Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate

OECD

Monique Barbut

Head

UNCCD

Dr. Meir Teitel

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Prof. Dani Shtienberg

Deputy Director for Strategic Development

ARO Volcani Center

Amb. Yuval Fuchs

Deputy Head of MASHAV

MFA

Dr. Shoshan Haran

Founder & General Manager

Fair Planet

Nitzan Solan

Co-founder & CEO

Living Box LTD.

Mr. Bing Zhao

P4P Director and Global Coordinator

UN World Food Programme

Alona Ron-Snir

Business Development Manager

DryGair Energies

Tammy Erann Soussan

Head of the French Division in MATC

MASHAV

Dr. Ram Fishman

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Mana Center, Tel Aviv University

Miles Hurrell

COO

Fonterra, New Zealand & Australia farmers & Dairy Co-operative

Dr. Hagai Yasuor

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Hon. Carola Schouten

Minister of Agriculture, Deputy Prime Minister

Nature and Food Quality

Gabi Wolkinson

CEO

Sea Dream, Microdel Group

Dr. Zvi Peleg

Senior Lecturer

The Hebrew University

Dr. David J. Bonfil

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Yuval Cohen

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Prof. Yosef Mizrahi

Professor

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Prof. Ilan Halachmi

Research Scientist, Head of the PLF lab

ARO Volcani Center

Prof. Avital Bechar

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Prof. Arnon Karnieli

Professor

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Anya Eldan

Vice President, Start-Up Division

Israel Innovation Authority

Prof. Yoram Kapulnik

Executive Director

BARD

Dr. George Vellidis

Professor, Director of Academic Programs, Crop and Soil Sciences Department

Tifton Campus, University of Georgia

Dr. Victor Alchanatis

Senior Researcher, Agriculture Engineering Institute

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Eli Zaady

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Guy Levy

Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Gil Eshel

Soil Scientist

Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Dr. Adva Zach-Maor

VP R&D

Amiad Filtration

Frank DiBello

CEO and President

Space Florida Corporation

Dr. Dror Minz

Director, Institute for Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

ARO Volcani Center

Winifred Ngangure Kabega

Head of Investment Promotion and Facilitation

Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

Amadou Moussa

General Director, Agricultural Engineering Administration

Niger Agriculture Ministry

Robert Coleman

Managing Director

Dangote Rice Ltd.

Wendy Singer

Executive Director

Start-Up Nation Central

Richard Colback

Sub-Saharan Africa Irrigation leader

IFC

Rafi Nevo

Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Kibbutz Industries Association

Abubakar Bakhresa

Managing Director

Bakhresa Group

Dubi Raz

Corporate Agronomy Director

Netafim

Elad Levi

Managing Director

Netafim-Africa

Ran Maidan

President & CEO

Netafim

Prof. Rene Castro-Salazar

Assistant Director-General of Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, FAO

FAO

Zvi Herman

Executive Director

LR Group

Dr. Rakefet David-Schwartz

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Prof. Marcelo Sternberg

Professor

Tel Aviv University

Prof. Itamar Glazer

Deputy Director for Research and Development

ARO Volcani Center

Hillel Magen

VP Agronomy, Director

ICL Fertilizers Ltd., IPI

Amb. Gideon Behar

Head of Bureau Africa Division

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Itzik Ben-David

Senior Deputy Director General - Foreign Trade

Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Dr. Gal Yaacobi

Research & Development Manager

Bio-Bee

Dr. Arnon Dag

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Alon Ben-Gal

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. H.P. Singh

Chairman

ASSOCHAM Council

Dr. Shmuel Assouline

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Assoc. Prof. Alex Furman

Director, the Grand Water Research Institute

Technion

Prof. Naftali Lazarovitch

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Anat Lowengart

Head of the Agroecology Division in the Extension Service

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Shuli Kurzon van Gelder

Director, Planning, Evaluation and Partnerships

MASHAV

Dr. Shabtai Cohen

Senior Researcher

ARO Volcani Center

Dr. Ofer Beeri

Chief Scientist

Manna Irrigation, Rivulis

Nina Lehmann

Director for Agricultural Development Cooperation in Africa, Training Programs and Environment

CINADCO

Zafrir Sofer

CEO

Palgey Maim

Prof. Jack Gilron

Co-Founder and CTO

ROTEC (Reverse Osmosis Technologies)

Prof. Uri Shani

Professor

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moti Harari

Flowers and Garden Plants Head Researcher

Southern Arava R&D

Dr. Patricia Imas

Chief Agronomist

ICL Fertilizers Ltd.

Arnon Rosenbaum

VP Projects & Business Development

Netafim

Prof. Dr. Bekir Erol AK

Professor & Head of the Department of Horticulture

University of Harran, Turkey

Prof. Eugene Kandel

CEO

Start-Up Nation Central

Arnaud Cachard

Head Export Finance International, Director

Credit Suisse

Yeliz Tufekcioglu

Head of European Region, International Network

SACE

Ami Lustig

Public Management Chairman of Agro division

Israel Export Institute

Dr. Ruti From-Arica

Director of the Planning Authority

Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development