Field Research
Meeting Itinerary: January 6-28, 2010
Tel Aviv, Israel
Wednesday, January 6
- Ronen Guedj, Project Engineer, Green Energy Programs, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
- Charles Solomon, Deputy Directory General, Israel Ministry of Transportation
Thursday, January 7
- Itzhak Benenson, Head of Geogrpahy Department, Tel-Aviv University
- Ofer Ben Dov, Sustainable Energy Director, Assif Strategies
- Amit Ashkenazi, Stakeholder, City for All
Friday, January 8
- Itay Alon, Manager and Owner, Alternativi: Inspiring Driving Culture Sunday, January 10
- Pini Leiberman, Manager of Infrastructure, Better Place
- Tamar Keinan. Director, Transport Today & Tomorrow
Monday, January 11
- Sigal Yaniv, Director, Green Environment Fund
- Ruti Amir, Head of Public Transport Department, Ayalon Highway Company
Tuesday, January 12
- Uri Gabai, National Economic Council, Prime Minister’s Office
- Yehuda Elbaz, Director of Public Transportation, Israel Ministry of Transportation
- Ron Adany, Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University
Wednesday, January 13
- Ira Green, Arava Power Company
- Arik Tappiro, The Society for the Protection of Nature
- Yishay Dotan, General Manager, Tel Aviv Metropolitan Transport Authority (NTA)
Thursday, January 14
- Michal Perle, Director Environmental Policy, Israel Electric Corporation (IEC)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sunday, January 17
- Dr. Scott Kennedy, Professor, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
- Dr. Alan Perkins, Senior Planning Manager, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC)
Monday, January 18
- Sameer Abu-Zaid, Department Manager Power & Distribution, Masdar
- Theodor Connon, Network Consulting, Siemens AG
- Maha Matraji, Department Manager Design Coordination, Masdar
- Reem Al Hashimi, Chief Commercial Events Officer, Department of Economic Development
Tuesday, January 19
- Yasmine Abbas, Environmental Sociologist, Masdar
- Chris Novack, Transportation Programme Manager, CH2M Hill
- Khaled Awad, Project Development Unit, Masdar
- Stephen Hayes, Transportation Manager, Masdar
- Robert Lohmann, 2getThere Technology
- Faris Abu Yaghi, Business Development, Enviromena Power Systems
Wednesday, January 20
- Ahmed Al Nassay, Head of Power Forecast, Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Company (ADWEC)
- Basil Daham, Air Quality Specialist, Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)/ Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD)
- Helene Pelosse, Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Thursday, January 21
- Martin Tillman, Head of Middle East Business, Steer Davies Gleave
- Huda Shaka, Sustainability Associate, ARUP
- Masara Alamerii, Urban Planning Department Manager, Masdar
- Mark Hermans, Principal, PRTM Management Consultants
Pamplona, Spain
Monday, January 25
- Begoña Urien, Director General of Business, Department of Business, Innovation and Employment, Government of Navarra
- Department of Economics and Work, Government of Navarra
- Miguel Sanz Sesma, President, Government of Navarra
Tuesday, January 26
- Ignacio Martí, Technical Director and Director of R&D, Spanish National Renewable Energies Center
- Gurutz Urcelai, Director, Wind Energy Test Lab (LEA)
- Jose Luis Girones Remierez, Marketing Department, Gamesa
Wednesday, January 27
- Pablo Mendivil, Communications Director, Volswaken
- Mikel Echeverría, Director General, IDIMA
- Charo Martinez, Chief of Staff, Government of Navarra
Thursday, January 28
- Idoia Arteta, Director, National Center of Renewable Energy Vocational Training (Cenifer)
- Miriyam Ezcurdia Soria, Department of Public Transportation and Communications
- Gavin Lee Williams, Manager, Acciona Energy
Special Thanks to:
- Lane Greene, The Economist
- Antoine Halff, Deputy Head of Research and Head of Commodities Research, Newedge
- John Van Schaik, Bureau Chief, Energy Intelligence Group
- Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Independence, Better Place
- Carolyn Kissane, Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Center for Global Affairs
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