Virtual Demo Day- DeserTech CityLab Pilot Program (Zoom)
Virtual Demo Day Agenda
4:00–4:10 | Welcome & Program Overview
Anat Pesok, VP Venture Building, The DeserTech and Climate Innovation Center- Introduction and overview of the DeserTech CityLab program
4:10–5:00 | Startup Pitches & Live Feedback
Startup presentations followed by feedback and Q&A from the audience
The six participating companies are:
Flower Turbines, Miyawaki Israel, Shade+, SoliDrip, TreeTube, and WeTag.
You are invited to take a snapshot of the companies presented here.
5:00-5:30 | Panel Discussion
· Jay Sadiq, CEO & Founder, FortyGuard
· Dr. Stefan Synek, Project Manager of the EU-funded project ASCEND (Accelerate Positive Clean Energy Districts) https://www.ascend-project.eu/ City of Munich
Department of Labor and Economic Development
European and International Affairs
· Prof. David Pearlmutter, Environment · Geoinformatics · Urban Planning
· Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research ,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
· Moderator- Danielle Aviran, Head of the DeserTech CityLab Program, Yazamut 360, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
About the DeserTech CityLab Program
DeserTech CityLab is a pilot program focused on urban shading and heat-island mitigation- in other words, how to make Be’er Sheva a less hot city.
The program is led by the DeserTech & Climate Innovation Center in collaboration with the Ben-Gurion University Entrepreneurship Center, the Be’er Sheva Municipality, the NUR Innovation Lab, and the “Derech Tzel” organization.
The goal of the program is to bridge the gap between innovation in this field and municipal implementation. It supports entrepreneurs and climate-tech startups, with a strong emphasis on urban heat challenges, in understanding the “municipal language”: identifying the right stakeholders, navigating regulation and tenders, and building effective collaborations.
The program includes 11 sessions over four months, combining expert lectures, mentoring, field tours, roundtable discussions, and international exposure.
By the end of the program, startups develop a strong municipal value proposition, and the municipality selects solutions to be implemented as pilot projects across the city.