HOW SPEAKERS
The Greatest Speakers and Experts of the Hydrogen Industry
The Greatest Keynotes of the Hydrogen Industry
How to scale up Green Hydrogen production
Dr. Graham Cooley
ITM Power | CEO
How to drive down the cost of green H2 with modular electrolysers
Vaitea Cowan
Enapter GmbH | Cofounder, Head of Communications
Vaitea Cowan cofounded Enapter, which scales the production of hydrogen generators. The team has grown from 11 to over 130 in 3 years. She has the clear intention of inspiring and hiring more women. She is on the Forbes Under 30 in Energy 2020 list, and has won several awards for Enapter. Today she spearheads the communications efforts from Berlin. As a Pacific Islander, her personal mission is to provide clean energy independence to Polynesia.
How to strengthen the EU with green hydrogen – H2Global make it!
Werner Diwald
German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association DWV | Chairman of the Board
2000 – 2008 Authorized Signatory Uckerwerk Energietechnik GmbH
2008 – 2013 Executive Manager ENERTRAG HyTec GmbH (Electrozlyzer Manufaktur)
2008 – 2013 Board Member Enertrag AG (international project development wind parks)
Since 2013 Executive Manager PtX.Solutions GmbH
Since 2014 Chairman DWV
How to convert a carbon neutral strategy – Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050
Ferry M. Franz
Toyota Motor Europe Group | Director of Representative Office Berlin and Hydrogen Affairs
2005 change to Toyota Deutschland GmbH in Cologne as Manager Dealer Network Development. After stations as Sales Director Lexus and General Manager Dealer Development, taking over overall responsibility for Lexus Germany. Since January 1st 2017 Director of Toyota Motor Europe Group Representative Office in Berlin, focusing on sustainable and innovative mobility (hydrogen & electric mobility, including coordinating function for France and UK), associations and politics.
How to drive zero-emission mobility
Morten Holum
Hexagon Purus AS | President & CEO
Morten Holum is President of Hexagon Purus and has been appointed in December 2019. Formerly he has been CEO of Saferoad Group, one of Europe´s largest road safety and road infrastructure suppliers and has held key positions in corporations such as Norske Skog, Norsk Hydro and American Airlines.
How to scale up the hydrogen fuel cell solution for transportation
Dr. Zhongjun Hou
Shanghai Hydrogen Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd. (SHPT) | Deputy General Manager
Dr. Zhongjun HOU received his doctor degree in chemical engineering from Dalian institute of chemical physics, CAS in 2003. He was devoted to R&D and industrialization of fuel cell technology during his career in both Sunrise Power and Shanghai Hydrogen Propulsion Technology. He led series of fuel cell power system product development for vehicles successfully.
How to build up a Hydrogen infrastructure
Nikolas Iwan
H2 MOBILITY Deutschland | CEO
Nikolas Iwan started his carrier with Shell where he was responsible for managing a network of 260 stations in Austria. Nikolas was always passionate about the energy transition and has found the perfect task 2016 with becoming CEO of H2 MOBILITY: the JV responsible for Hydrogen refueling infrastructure in Germany.
How to stimulate Global Trade: Latest IPHE Actions on Hydrogen
Tim Karlsson
International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) | Executive Director
Tim Karlsson is Executive Director of the International Partnership for IPHE Secretariat, since 2015. The IPHE is an inter-governmental partnership of 21 countries and the European Commission, working to help facilitate the transition to clean and efficient energy, industry, and mobility systems using hydrogen and fuel cells technologies.
How to protect our climate and maintain industrial strength: Green H2!
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann MdB
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) | Innovation Commissioner for Green Hydrogen
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann has served as Innovation Commissioner for Green Hydrogen at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since June 19, 2020. The Innovation Commissioner for Green Hydrogen is a permanent guest on the State Secretaries’ Committee for Hydrogen of the participating ministries as well as the National Hydrogen Council.
How to deploy as fast as possible and massively carbon-free hydrogen
Paul Lucchese
Paul Lucchese is an energy engineer at French Research Institute, CEA. Convinced as early as 2000 that Hydrogen will play a key role in energy transition, he has devoted more than 20 years to develop hydrogen technologies at CEA and promote hydrogen international collaboration through proactive leadership at IPHE, IEA as well as the European FCH-JU he co-funded in 2007 as chair of Hydrogen Europe Research he leaded 8 years.
How to produce the cheapest green hydrogen in the world. Desertec 3.0
Cornelius Matthes
Dii Desert Energy | CEO
As the CEO at Dii Desert Energy, Cornelius made its mission to drive the energy transition forward and pioneer the field of energy from the desert, leading the world to 100% renewables!
How to develop the beyond zero Hydrogen building of the future
Joachim Schober
Autohaus Schober GmbH & Co. KG | CEO
Joachim Schober is a hydrogen visionary and owner of a German TOYOTA dealership. His motivation is to accelerate the transformation to a hydrogen society. For this reason, he developed both an energy self-sufficient, solar building-power-plant with combined heat and power and a public hydrogen filling station. By means of a mobility concept, he compensates for the currently still missing hydrogen demand and ensures an economically viable operation of the – even more than – climate-neutral energy system. Schober will show how this works and which factors play an important role in his keynote.
How to Build a Hydrogen Economy: faster together with Scotland
Paul Wheelhouse MSP
Scottish Government | Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands
Paul worked for 19 years in economic consultancy for public and private sector clients prior to his election in May 2011. He has previously served as Minister for Environment and Climate Change (2012-2014), Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs (2014-2016) and Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy (2016-2018), and prior to ministerial office was a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee and the Parliament’s Standards Committee.
Dr. Nigel Holmes
Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA) | Chief Executive
Nigel Holmes has been a member of the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA) since 2005, and became Chief Executive Officer of SHFCA in April 2011. Over the past ten years he has increased the SHFCA membership fourfold and has established SHFCA as one of the most proactive H&FC industry associations in Europe. Nigel has over 40 years of experience working in low carbon energy generation, supply, and use.
#HOW 2021 – Highlights of Part 1
Dr.-Ing. David Wenger
Mission Hydrogen GmbH | Founder
How to Accelerate: Bold Action & Focused Support
Daryl Wilson
Hydrogen Council | Executive Director
Daryl Wilson is a versatile leader with more than 35 years of progressive industrial management experience in environmental technology, operations, manufacturing, human resources, product development, and organizational change developed in world class organisations, including Dofasco, Toyota, and Zenon Environmental. For the last 14 years, Daryl Wilson served as CEO of Hydrogenics, a leading provider of advanced hydrogen solutions.
How to lead a traditional automotive supplier into a sustainable future
Dr. Stefan Wolf
ElringKlinger AG| Chairman of the Management Board
Dr. Stefan Wolf worked from 1994 to 1997 as a lawyer with German legal firm Thümmel, Schütze & Partner. In 1997 he joined Elring Klinger GmbH in the role of General Counsel. From 1998 to 2000 he was head of Legal Affairs and Personnel for Elring Klinger GmbH. Following the IPO of ElringKlinger AG in the year 2000, Dr. Stefan Wolf took on additional management responsibility for Investor Relations and Capital Markets. In 2004 he was appointed General Representative of the Management Board of ElringKlinger AG, in 2005 Management Board Spokesman and in 2006 Chairman of the Board. In this capacity he is responsible for Group companies, the corporate functions Business Development, Legal Affairs, Human Resources, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, the Aftermarket division as well as Original Equipment Sales.