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Conference on "The hydrogen economy - a bridge to sustainable energy"

Presentations given at the European Conference on "The hydrogen economy - a bridge to sustainable energy", Brussels, 16-17 June 2003

All of the speeches and presentations given at the conference can be downloaded from this page - just click on the titles below.

FIRST DAY: 16 June 2003

Opening session - Chairman Pascal Colombani

Keynote Speeches

• The energy vector of the future, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission (PDF - 29Kb)
• Energy and Transport policy and deployment of hydrogen and fuel cells, Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport and Energy (PDF - 24Kb)
• Research and Development - unlocking the potential for hydrogen and fuel cells, EN (PDF - 19Kb) - FR (PDF - 25Kb) Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research (PDF - 25Kb)
• Sustainable Development in the EU - the role of Hydrogen, Akis Tsohatzopoulos, Minister of Development of Greece (Greek Presidency of the EU) (PDF - 21Kb)
• The US vision and roadmap to a hydrogen economy, Spencer Abraham, US Secretary of Energy (PDF - 16Kb)
• Role of hydrogen in the French national energy strategy, EN (PDF - 30Kb) - FR (PDF - 36Kb) Claudie Haigner, Minister for Research and New Technologies (PDF - 36Kb)
• Germany's energy R&D strategy: perspectives for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, EN (PDF - 22Kb) - DE (PDF - 28Kb) Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch, State Secretary of Federal Minister of Economics and Labour (BMWA)

Plenary Session 1: Special invited lectures

• Hydrogen at the crossroads between science and politics, Carlo Rubbia, Nobel Prize in Physics, President of Ente per la Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Italy (PDF - 786Kb)
• The Dawn of the Hydrogen Economy, Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET), USA (PDF - 57Kb)

Plenary Session 2: The HLG Vision Report - The Strategic Research Agenda: A stairway to success
Chair: Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research)

• Policy implications in developing and implementing a European strategic research agenda, Rolf Linkohr, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Member of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (ITRE) (PDF - 23Kb)
• The road ahead: scenarios and pathways to hydrogen and fuel cells, Jeremy Bentham, Chief Executive Officer, Shell Hydrogen, The Netherlands (PDF - 503Kb)
• Overcoming the barriers for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen, Alain Bugat, President, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France (PDF - 672Kb)
• New technology for reliable and competitive fuel cell systems, César Dopazo, General Director, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnoligicas (CIEMAT), Spain (PDF - 831Kb)

Plenary Session 3: The HLG Vision Report - Managing the transition: The deployment strategy for hydrogen and fuel cells
(Chair: Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport and Energy)

• The European Dimension - reaching common policy goals by harnessing diversity, Anders Wijkman, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Member of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (ITRE)
• Deployment strategy for transport, Wolfgand Dönitz, Director Alternative Energy, Daimler Chrysler AG, Germany (PDF - 3.1Mb)
• Deployment strategy for stationary power, Lars Sjunnesson, Director of Corporate R&D and Environment, Sydkraft, Sweden (PDF - 367Kb)
• Choosing sustainable and safe processes to produce and supply hydrogen, Daniel Deloche, Vice-President Space and Advanced Technical Division, Air Liquide, France (PDF - 204Kb)

SECOND DAY: 17 June 2003

Parallel Session A: Technologies and Structuring Research

Status and Prospects for Hydrogen Technologies and Fuel Cells
(Chair: Pablo Fernandez Ruiz, EC-DG Research, Director Energy Research)

• Technological aspects of hydrogen and fuel cells, Detlef Stolten, Director of the Institute for Materials and Processes in Energy Systems, FZJolich, Germany (PDF - 165Kb)
• Fuel Cell powering the future, Allan Casanova, Director of Strategic Marketing & Business Development, Siemens-Westinghouse, USA (PDF - 737Kb)
• Challenges for hydrogen production and infrastructure, Presentation (PDF - 2.050Kb)- Speech, (PDF - 94Kb) Carol Battershell, Director Alternative Fuels, British Petroleum (BP)
• Safety and standardisation, challenges and opportunities, Hilde Myrberg, President of Hydro Energy, Norsk-Hydro, Norway (PDF - 2.1Mb)

Workshop A: Structuring Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Research in Europe
(Chair: Pascal Colombani, President of the French Association for the Advancement of Science" (AFAS)

• Kjell Bendiksen - President, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway (PDF - 101Kb)
• Geneviève Berger - General Director, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
• André Martin - Managing Director Europe, Ballard, Germany (PDF - 48Kb)
• Jurg Schindler - Managing Director, LB Systemtechnik, Germany (PDF - 43Kb)
• C.A.M. Van der Klein - Deputy Director, Energieonderzoek Centrum (ECN),The Netherlands
• Roberto Vigotti - Manager International Relations, ENEL Green Power, Italy
  • 1st intervention (PDF - 1.1Mb)
  • 2nd intervention (PDF - 55Kb)

Parallel Session B: Creating the Framework for Deployment

Demonstrating the Potential of Hydrogen
(Chair: Gunther Hanreich, EC-DG TREN, Director New Energies and Management of Demand)

• EU Energy policy and initiatives on hydrogen, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Member of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (ITRE) (PDF - 22Kb)
• The CUTE hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstration project, Manfred Schuckert, Co-ordinator of CUTE project, EvoBus, Germany (PDF - 2.5Mb)
• Fuel-cell and hydrogen solutions for distributed clean energy: Status of a European field-test programme for demonstration of carbonate fuel cells, Michael Bode, Head of New Technologies Division, MTU Friedrichshafen, Germany (PDF - 3.8Mb)
• A hydrogen economy for London, Jenny Jones, Chair of the London Hydrogen Partnership, London Deputy Mayor, UK (PDF - 657Kb)

Workshop B: Key questions to be solved to develop an EU Hydrogen Policy
(Chair: Alessandro Ovi, Advisor to President Prodi)

• Richard Budge - Chairman, CoalPower, UK (PDF - 878Kb)
• Stephan Ramesohl - Senior Research Fellow, Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment Energy, Germany (PDF - 214Kb)
• Jens Rostrup-Nielsen - Director R&D, Haldor Topsae, Denmark (PDF - 990Kb)
• Klaus Scheuerer - Head of Traffic and Environment Department, BMW Group, Germany (PDF - 21Kb)
• Philippe Stevens - Senior Expert at Electricite de France (EDF), France (PDF - 235Kb)
• Joachim Wolf - Strategic Corporate Development, Linde AG, Germany (PDF - 5.184Kb)

Plenary Session 4: The global motor industry drive towards the use of hydrogen and fuel cells
(Chair: Heinz Zourek, EC-DG Enterprise, Deputy Director General)

• Commission viewpoint, Heinz Zourek, EC-DG Enterprises, Deputy Director General (PDF - 8Kb)
• Klaus Bonhoff, Manager, strategy and Market Development, Fuel Cells and Alternative Power Train Vehicles, DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany (PDF - 911Kb)
• Norihiko Nakamura, Senior Advisory Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan (PDF - 1.3Mb)
• Roberto Cordaro, CEO Nuvera Fuel Cells, USA (PDF - 696Kb)
• Neville S. Jackson, Technology Director, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, USA (PDF - 65Kb)

Plenary Session 5: Hydrogen as a sustainable fuel
(Chair: Commissioner Margot Wallstrom)

• Commission viewpoint, Commissioner Margot Wallstrom (PDF - 84Kb)
• Summary of the session discussions (PDF - 12Kb)

Plenary Session 6: The way forward: Reports from chairmen of morning parallel technical workshops

• Workshop A - Pascal Colombani
• Workshop B - Alessandro Ovi

Conclusions

• Commissioner Philippe Busquin EN (PDF - 21Kb) - FR (PDF - 21Kb)