Innovation Policy Amid the Climate Crisis

Wednesday, December 3
Venue: Nof Hotel, Haifa

18:30-19:00 Gathering and light refreshments

• Welcome Reception & Registration

19:00-19:30 Opening Reflections: Innovation and the Science-Industry Interface

• Prof. Tal Zarsky, Dean, University of Haifa Faculty of Law
• Mr. Jack Levy, Partner, MoreVC, presenting: Bridging Academia and Industry in Cleantech Innovation

19:30 Dinner

Thursday, December 4
Venue: University of Haifa, Faculty of Law, 2nd Floor, Room 202

09:00-09:30 Gathering & Greetings

• Prof. Daniel Benoliel, University of Haifa Faculty of Law; Director, Haifa Center of Law and Technology (HCLT)
• Commissioner Mordechai Sorek, Israeli Patents, Designs and Trademarks Patent Office (ILPO)
• Dr. Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman, Scientific Director, The Center for Cyber Law and Policy (CCLP), University of Haifa

09:30-10:40 Session I: Plenary – Innovation Policy and the Climate Crisis: Foundational Questions

Chair: Prof. Orit Fischman-Afori, Striks Faculty of Law, College of Management; President of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)

• Prof. Alon Tal, Tel Aviv University Department of Public Policy, presenting: "Effective Policies for Accelerating Climate Innovation"
• Prof. Joshua D. Sarnoff, DePaul University College of Law, presenting: "Rethinking Patent Incentives for a Climate-Resilient Future"
• Prof. Ofira Ayalon, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Haifa; Head of Energy and Environment Cluster, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, presenting: "Environmental R&D as a Catalyst for Systemic Change"
• Prof. Oren Perez, Head, Center of Environmental and Climate Law, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, presenting: "Anti-Precaution: Rethinking Risk Governance in the Climate Era"

10:40-10:50 Coffee Break

10:50-12:00 Session II: Patent Law and Climate Innovation

Chair: Prof. Moran Ofir, University of Haifa Faculty of Law

• Prof. Miriam Marcowitz-Bitton, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, presenting: "Green Inventions and the Challenge of Economic Inequality"
• Dr. Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, presenting: "Patent Law and Climate Change: A Matter of Market Failure"
• Profs. Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde & Daniel Benoliel, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Sorbonne) & University of Haifa Faculty of Law, respectively, presenting: "The Screening Function of Patents: The Case of Environmental Patents"
• Commissioner Mordechai Sorek, Israeli Patents, Designs and Trademarks Patent Office (ILPO), presenting: "Balancing Innovation and Access: Green Patents, Compulsory Licensing, and the Future of Sustainable IP"

12:00-12:10 Coffee Break

12:10-13:20 Session III: Regulating Innovation in the Circular and Climate Economy

Chair: Prof. David Katz, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Haifa

• Prof. Anat Tchetchik, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Environment, Planning and Sustainability, presenting: "Behavioral Insights into Regulating Circular Innovation"
• Dr. Ori Sharon, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, presenting: "Urban Sandboxes: Rethinking Property and Governance for Experimental Cities"
• Prof. Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography, presenting: "Innovation in an Era of Conflict over Sovereignty: The Case of Renewable Energy"
• Dr. Avri Eitan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography, presenting: "The Irreversible Execution of Renewable Energy Megaprojects: Between Innovation and Lock-In"

13:20-14:10 Lunch Break

14:10-15:20 Session IV: Private Law and the Climate Economy

Chair: Dr. Lital Helman, Ono Academic College Faculty of Law

• Profs. Dotan Oliar & Daniel Benoliel, University of Virginia School of Law & University of Haifa Faculty of Law, respectively, presenting: "A Property Rule of Abstention: The Case of Environmentally Adverse Patents"
• Prof. Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University School of Law, presenting: "Toward a Public-Private Law of Geothermal Energy: Balancing Public Stewardship and Private Enterprise"
• Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, presenting: "The Prospects for Green Patent Commons"
• Dr. Roy Baharad, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law, presenting: "Anti-Patents: A Novel Incentive Mechanism to Discourage Harmful Technologies"

15:20-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:40 Session V: Data Governance, Cyber, Artificial Intelligence, and the Environment

Chair: Prof. Eldar Haber, University of Haifa Faculty of Law; Director, Haifa Center of Law and Technology (HCLT)

• Prof. Amnon Reichman, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, presenting: "Climate Data, Regulation and Risk Analysis"
• Prof. J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School, presenting: "Adapting Private Law for Climate Change Adaptation: Foreseeing Nonstationarity in Data Darkness"
• Dr. Sharon Bar-Ziv, Sapir Academic College, School of Law; President of the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), presenting: "Reflections on Access and Sharing of Climate Data"
• Dr. Or Cohen-Sasson, University of Miami School of Law, Director, Miami Law & AI (MiLA) Lab, presenting: “Prompting Climate Disclosure: Toward Model-Level Transparency in AI Industry”

16:40-16:50 Closing Remarks

Prof. Daniel Benoliel, University of Haifa Faculty of Law