Monday, 26 October
08:30 – 09:30
Registration and welcome coffee
Welcome – opening plenary session
09:30-10:00
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
This session will set the scene for the Conference, with addresses from high level representatives of all the members of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: The European Commission, the NEW Industry Grouping and the N.ERGHY Research Grouping.
Welcome address by Gijs van Breda Vriesman, Chairman of the FCH JU Governing Board ( |
Address by Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research |
Address by Philippe Mulard, Hydrogen Programme Manager, Total, member of the FCH JU Industry Grouping |
Address by Prof. Jorma Lammasniemi, Executive Vice President, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, member of N.ERGHY Research Grouping |
Session 1: One year of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
10:00-11:30
Presentation of the FCH JU Progress Report ( 15.8 MB) and a panel discussion
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
11:30-12:00
Question and Answer session with the audience
The purpose of this session is toreview the progress of the FCH JU after a full year of operation with a focus on the experience of managing the public-private partnership, the planning of the research agenda and lessons learned from the first calls for proposals. Speakers will represent the points of view of different FCH JU bodies, as well as its members.
The plenary session will begin with a presentation by the FCH JU's Interim Executive Director on the state-of-play of the FCH JU, followed by a panel discussion involving representatives of the different governing bodies of the FCH JU, as well as other key stakeholders and a Q&A session with the audience.
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Lobby,2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Session 2:European projects in fuel cells and hydrogen today: Looking at the progress being made and identifying cooperation opportunities for the future
13:30 – 15:15
Parallel sessions by application areas
See location by application area specific session
These sessions will provide a platform for an exchange of information on interesting new and ongoing projects at national, regional and European level. The sessions will offer an opportunity for the participants to familiarise themselves with different initiatives in the field and prepare the ground for coordination and cooperation between different programmes in order to identify synergies and plan future projects.
C. HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION Mansholt room, ground floor, Charlemagne building |
Moderators: Philippe Mulard,Application Area Leader, NEW Industry Grouping Christian Sattler, Application Area Leader, N.ERGHY Research Grouping |
Athanasios G. Konstandopoulos, Coordinator of Hydrosol II, APT Lab, CPERI/CERTH: Hydrosol II -Solar hydrogen from thermochemical water-splitting: The HYDROSOL |
Peter Edwards, Professor and Head of Inorganic Chemistry, University of
Presenting UK-SHEC – ( |
Werner Diwald, Board Member, ENERTRAG: ENERTRAG - Hybrid biomass-wind-hydrogen power station ( |
Enzo Moi, Managing Director, Roberto Bertaggia, Director of the “Chemistry Agreement” Management Office, “Progetto Venezia” Department, |
D. EARLY MARKETS Meeting Room No 9, Berlaymont building – Please gather at the Berlaymont main entrance at 13h15! Please pre-register at the welcome desk upon arrival to the Assembly! |
Moderator: Herbert Wancura,Application Area Leader, NEW Industry Grouping |
Adwin Martens, Director, WaterstofNet: Hydrogen Region Flanders- South-Netherlands (VSWB) -Early market demonstrations on hydrogen for the region Flanders-South-Netherlands |
Mikael Sloth, Business Development Manager, H2 Logic A/S: Hydrogen & fuel cells for material handling in Europe by H2Logic |
Giuseppe Gianolio, Chief Technology Officer, Electro Power Systems: Electro Power Systems – Product development in mobile telephone UPS systems |
Viala Marie, Business Engineer, HELION / Group AREVA Helion high power PEMFC backup power systems operating on pure hydrogen and oxygen |
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee break
Lobby,2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Session 3: Planning ahead: Introducing key partners
15:45-17:00
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Coordinating efforts at all levels and aligning different programmes is crucial to tackling the bottlenecks delaying the commercialisation of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. This plenary session closes Day 1 of the Conference by introducing some of the key national and regional actors and identifying areas and modalities of cooperation.
17:00 – 17:15
Closing remarks – Herbert Wancura, Member of the FCH JU Governing Board
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
17:15 – 19:00
Cocktail Reception
Lobby,2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Tuesday, 27 October
8:00-8:45
Registration and welcome coffee
8:45 - 9:00
Key-note speech by Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General for Energy,
DG Energy and Transport, European Commission
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Session 4: The politics of clean energy: Fuel cells and hydrogen on the road to
Copenhagen
9:00 – 10:45
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
This session will focus on the political landscape, looking ahead to the
Copenhagen climate change summit. FCH technologies already have a great potential for contributing towards climate change goals with the 2020 targets in view. How can these technologies be promoted through policy and their potential for green-house gas reductions fully realised?
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
Lobby,2nd floor, Charlemagne building
11:15 - 11:30
Key-note speech by Takashi Moriya, Operating Officer and General Manager, Technology Research Division 1, Honda R&D Co. Ltd.
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Session 5:FCH technologies: Market opportunity in a changingworld
11:30-13:15
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
The purpose of this session is to position fuel cells and hydrogen in the context of a rapidly changing global market for energy technologies. The debate will focus on opportunities for fuel cells and hydrogen in the various markets, together with competition and complementarities vis-à-vis other technologies. Where are fuel cell and hydrogen technologies placed in the energy economy of the future?
13:15-14:45
Lunch
Lobby,2nd floor, Charlemagne building
Session 6: Building an energy system on complementarities: Identifying synergies between European Technology Platforms
14:45 – 16:30
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building
The energy system of the future will be built on different technologies complementing each other. Embryonic European public-private partnership initiatives are being established in a number of these in the form of European Technology Platforms. Cooperation between them must be fostered in order to optimise the results for all concerned. This session will aim at identifying synergies between FCH technologies and other related initiatives and ways to best utilise them. Participants will represent members of the different technology platforms from both industry and academia, including in the fields of CCS, bio fuels, smart grids, advanced materials, energy efficient buildings and electric vehicles.
16:30 - 17:15
Closing address by Jürgen Garche, Member of the FCH JU Scientific Committee
De Gasperi room, 2nd floor, Charlemagne building