Hydrogen Landing Programme

 

The Hydrogen Landing Programme is an invitation-only event

*Programme subject to change

Thursday 28 Nov
Friday 29 Nov
Thursday 28 November 2019
14:30
Registration
nhow Rotterdam Hotel, Wilhelminakade 137, 3072 AP Rotterdam
15:00
Scaling investment workshop
To present venture debt products and available finance instruments to support development of hydrogen economy and energy transition efforts.
Moderator:
Christian Weinberger, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Panelist:
Bart Biebuyck, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU)
François Gaudet, European Investment Bank
Wilco Schoonderbeek, Invest-NL
16:30
Networking Coffee Break
17:00
Why 1000 clean and efficient solutions represent the business opportunity of a century
Part of the Tech Tour Energy Transition
17:20
Closing Panel
Scaling investment to deploy energy solutions
Part of the Tech Tour Energy Transition
18:00
Transfer to Hydrogen Landing Programme Venue
Registration & Opening Reception of the Hydrogen Landing Programme (Invitation only)
Society de Maas, Veerdam 1, 3016 DD Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:00
Opening of the Hydrogen Landing Programme
Welcome & Opening
Speaker:
Thierry Lepercq, Soladvent
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
19:15
Welcome by Landing Programme Hosts
Speaker:
Bart Biebuyck, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU)
Randolf Weterings, Port of Rotterdam
19:30
Presentation of Super Scale-up companies
3 minutes presentation per company
Presenter:
Erkko Fontell, Convion Ltd.
Enn Õunpuu, Elcogen AS
Jens Bischoff, Enapter
André Beukers, E-Trucks Europe B.V.
Martin Schneider, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
Bertrand Amelot, McPhy
Arnoud van de Bree, Nedstack Fuel Cell Technology
Luc Graré, Nel Hydrogen
Jean-Emmanuel Boucher, PowiDian
Adamo Screnci, thyssenkrupp
Amanda Lyne, ULEMCo
20:30
Networking Dinner
22:30
End of Networking Dinner
Friday 29 November 2019
08:30
First Landing Programme of Green Hydrogen Scale-up Club
Registration & Welcome Coffee
World Port Center (WPC), Wilhelminakade 909, 3072 AP Rotterdam
09:00
Welcome addresses
Speaker:
Jeannette Baljeu, Province of South Holland
Allard Castelein, Port of Rotterdam
Thierry Lepercq, Soladvent
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
09:30
The Green Hydrogen Technology Super Scaling Club
How European start-ups and industrial majors are massively scaling up operations and aiming at global leadership in electrolysis, hydrogen transport and storage and fuel cells, with the objective of cost parity with fossil fuels
Moderator:
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
Panelist:
Nils Aldag, SunFire GmbH
Bertrand Amelot, McPhy
Luc Graré, Nel Hydrogen
Martin Schneider, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
Adamo Screnci, thyssenkrupp
Andreas ten Cate, ISPT
Lennart van der Burg, TNO
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
The Hydrogen Port Hub Network
How ports and hinterland regions are setting up hydrogen infrastructure, industrial and trading hubs, aggregating mass-scale demand around flagship industrial sites (chemicals, refining, steel…) to meet the EU’s dual objective of competitiveness and decarbonization of industry
Moderator:
Pierre Herben, Soladvent
Panelist:
Allard Castelein, Port of Rotterdam
Frédéric Hauge, The Bellona foundation
Guy Janssens, Port of Antwerp Bruges
Sammy Van Den Broeck, Yara Growth Ventures
Marc van Doorn, Brightlands Chemelot Campus
12:00
Coffee Break
12:10
The Pan European Hydrogen Highway
How European gas transmission and storage companies are joining forces to bring mass-scale volumes of hydrogen from solar (Spain, Morocco) and wind (Scandinavia) to users all across Europe
Moderator:
Thierry Lepercq, Soladvent
Panelist:
Philippe Boucly, Afhypac
Daniel Muthmann, Open Grid Europe GmbH
Marcelino Oreja Arburua, Enagás
Cosma Panzacchi, Snam
René Schutte, Gasunie
Marcel van de Kar, Vopak
13:10
Networking Lunch
14:00
The Hydrogen Finance Coalition
How European VCs, banks and institutional investors are identifying bankable business models and gearing up for the mass-scale financing of hydrogen start-ups and infrastructures
Moderator:
Thierry Lepercq, Soladvent
Panelist:
Julie Chevaillier, European Investment Bank
Andrew Hinkly, AP Ventures
Régis Leenhardt, Crédit Agricole CIB
Paddy Padmanathan, Acwa Power
Peter van Ees, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
15:00
Coffee Break
15:30
The EU Hydrogen Initiatives
How the mass-scale development of renewables and green hydrogen is upending the geopolitics of energy and offer a unique opportunity for community initiatives and EU leadership in the energy transition and the fight against global warming, with such tools as IPCEIs
Moderator:
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe
Panelist:
Rana Adib, REN21
Gwennaël Joliff-Botrel, European Commission Directorate of Research and Innovation
Thomas Koch Blank, Rocky Mountain Institute
Christian Weinberger, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
16:30
Closing address
Speaker:
Pierre Herben, Soladvent
Thierry Lepercq, Soladvent
Christian Weinberger, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
16:45
Closing Drinks
17:30
End of the First Landing Programme of Green Hydrogen Super Scaling Club