12 October 2012
The programme can be downloaded below in pdf version.
Final Programme( 189 KB).
8h30 - 9h00Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 - 09.45 Opening Session
Welcome: Pierre Etienne Franc, Chairman of the FCH JU Governing Board (video)
09.45 - 11.00 Session I- Achievements and ambition for the FCH JU within horizon 2020 (video and presentations)
The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU)will review: the achievements in all application areas, the roadmap and its priorities, in the Horizon 2020 perspectives
FCH JU achievements and perpectives | Bert de Colvenaer, Executive Director FCH JU |
FCH long- term technology roadmap 2020 and priorities : Industry commitments | Pierre-Etienne Franc, Chairman of the FCH JU Industry grouping |
| how to tackle energy challenges and innovation in the next decade | Vladimir Sucha, Deputy Director General, JRC, European Commission |
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen technologies in Horizon 2020 | Wiktor Raldow, Head of Unit, Energy conversion and distribution systems, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission |
Exchange with the audience |
11.00 - 11.30Exhibition and Networking Coffee
11.30 - 13.00Session II- Role of hydrogen and fuel cells in a decarbonised energy system (video and presentations)
| Financing collaborative partnerships in France: the example of OSEO | Laure Reinhart, CEO of OSEO |
The prospects of H2 in a clean energy system | Ulrich Wagner, Director for energy and transport, DLR |
Managing intermittency and the role of smart grids | Kristina Floche Juelsgaard, Development Manager, SEAS-NVE, Denmark |
Stationary deployment through the Ene-field project | Fiona Riddoch, Managing Director of Cogen Europe |
| Energy challenges in Europe | Tudor Constantinescu, Director, Energy directorate, European Commission |
Exchange with the audience |
13.00 - 14.30Exhibition and Networking – LUNCH for all participants
14.30 - 16.00Session III –Deployment initiatives and challenges for hydrogen infrastructure build-up (video and presentations)
Linking the H2 Mobility Plan to EU deployment strategy | Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director, NOW |
European support to infrastructure deployment | Olivier Onidi, Director Innovative and Sustainable Mobility, European Commission, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) |
| Infrastructure deployment in Japan | Tadashi Ito, Chief Officer of new energy technology departement, NEDO, Japan |
Customer - based deployment strategy | Daryl Wilson, CEO Hydrogenics |
| Progress of the UK mobility plan | James Batchelor, Managing Director, Motive division, Intelligent energy |
Q&A and exchanges with the audience and with panellists |
16.00 - 16.30Exhibition and Coffee
16.30 - 17.45Session IV – Addressing the financial challenges to deployment (video and presentations)
Financial challenges of clean energy technology projects | David Hart, Director, e4Tech |
| Financing innovation- the US approach in cleantech | Jérôme Chevalier, Managing Partner, Quilvest ventures |
Instruments to support projects deployment: the ADEME experience in France | Daniel Clément, Director ADEME |
| Infrastructure investment: the French approach | Ivan Faucheux, Program Director, Commissariat Général aux Investissements d'avenir |
| New European financing tools | Jean-David Malo, Head of Unit, financial engineering, European Commission, Directorate general for Research and Innovation |
Q&A with audience and exchanges |
Closing remarks: Bert De Colvenaer, Executive Director of the FCH JU (video)