Agenda

08:30- 09:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00- 09:10

Welcome Address

· R. SCHOENTGEN, Chair Hydrogen Europe & FCH JU Governing board

· B. BIEBUYCK, Executive Director, FCH JU

09:10– 10:30

Session I. Governance for Innovation

A public-private partnership: the successful model

· P.BUSQUIN, ex-Commissioner RTD

· R.STROHMEIER Director-General, Publications Office

· D. RISTORI, Director General, DG ENER (video)

· F. DARCHIS, Senior Vice President + Member of the Exec. Committee Air Liquide

· A. SCHNETTLER, Senior Vice President Research In Energy and Electronics, Siemens

10:30- 11:00

Coffee break & networking

11:00- 12:30

Session II. Hydrogen economy

Fuel cells and hydrogen: from manufacturers to end-users

· P.E.FRANC, Secretary General Hydrogen Council

· R. MAC EWEN, CEO, Ballard

· D. WILSON, CEO, Hydrogenics

· J.A. LOKKE, CEO, NEL Hydrogen

· A. RAVAGNI, CEO, SOLIDpower

· T. BUERGLER, Head of R&D, Voestalpine

· D. YORKE, New Technology, Training & Projects Manager, Tower Transit

12:30- 13:30

Lunch break & networking

13:30- 14:30

Session III. Hydrogen society, global perspective

From a separate niche to a cross-sectorial approach in different regions of the world

· B.FROIS, Chair, IPHE

· E. DE WIT, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands

· D. Papageorgopoulos, DoE, USA

· H. KONDO, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation, Japan

· K. BONHOFF, NOW, Germany

· J. SALTMARSH, Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, UK

· Prof. M. PAN, Wuhan University of Technology, China

14:30- 15:00

Coffee break & networking

15:00- 16:15

Session IV. Collaborative innovation

Collaboration between research and industry to address societal challenges

· L. ANTONI, CEA, Chair Hydrogen Europe Research

· J. KIVIAHO, VTT Technical Research Center Finland

· C. SATTLER, DLR

· D. JONES, CNRS

· S. MOLLER- HOLST, SINTEF

16:15- 17:00

Session V. Future outlook

· R. SCHOENTGEN, ENGIE, Chair Hydrogen Europe & FCH JU Governing board

· M. BAKRAN, EC, Deputy Director- General DG MOVE

· J. METTHEY, EC, Deputy Director- General Research Programmes, DG RTD

· T. CONSTANTINESCU, EC, Principal advisor DG ENER

17:00- 17:10

Closing words and celebration

· R. SCHOENTGEN, Chair, Hydrogen Europe & FCH JU Governing board

· B. BIEBUYCK, Executive Director, FCH JU

17:10

Cocktail reception