ORGANISERS

Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform (HYTEP) is a grouping of commercial, scientific, research, and educational entities active in the field of advanced hydrogen and related technologies. HYTEP was created on the initiative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic in 2006.

For more information visit www.hytep.cz.

International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) is the leading global forum promoting the development of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technologies. IAHE stimulates the Exchange of information in the hydrogen energy field through its publications and sponsorship of International workshops, short courses and conferences including the and WHTC sister conference series.

For more information visit www.iahe.org.

 

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Bart Biebuyck
Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking, Belgium

John P. Kopasz
Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Christian Sattler
DLR

Filip Smeets
General Manager On-Site Generation, Hydrogenics, Belgium

Hirohisa Uchida
Dean of Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Japan

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Odne Burheim
Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Horacio R. Corti
Atomic Energy National Commission (CNEA), Department of Physical Chemistry at UBA, Argentina

Mary-Rose de Valladares
International Energy Agency (IEA), USA

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Dincer
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Energy Research (IJER)
Director at Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada

Michael Dolman
Principal Consultant at Element Energy Limited, UK

Jiří Dvořák
Grant Thornton Advisory s.r.o., Czech Republic

Sebastian Fritz
Linde Gas AG, Austria

Uwe Halbmeier
Proton Motor

Thomas Kattenstein
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Network NRW, EnergyAgency.NRW, Germany

Yane Laperche-Riteau
Ballard Power Systems

Keno Leites
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Germany

Shigeru Muraki
Program Director of Energy Carrier, Cabinet Office, Executive Adviser, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Japan

Odtsetseg Myagmarjav
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

Eiji Ohira
Director of the New Energy Technology Department - New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan

Jon Pharoah
Director of the Queens-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre, Queen's University, Canada

Alexander Ramm
Innogy SE, Germany

Dan Sadler
Northern Gas Networks, UK

Manfred Waidhas
Head of Technology, Hydrogen Solutions Business Unit, Siemens, Germany

 

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Aleš Doucek
ÚJV Řež, a.s.

Martin Fišer
United Hydrogen Group, Prague

Vladimír Kováčik
VYTEK Ltd.

Petr Novotný
HYPERTECH GROUP s.r.o.

Iva Pelánová
C-IN

Jiřina Poláková
ÚJV Řež, a.s.

Karin Stehlík
HYTEP

Dagmar Elizabeth Tien
HYTEP

Martin Tkáč
Centrum výzkumu Řež s.r.o.

Karolína Tylšová
C-IN

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Convention Chair

Karel Bouzek
University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Transportation Systems

Co-chair

Thomas von Unwerth
TU Chemnitz, Germany

Members

Shanna Knights
Ballard Power Systems Inc. Canada

Jan Macek
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Ali Mohammadi
Toyota Motor Europa, Belgium

Peter Prenninger
AVL List GmbH, Austria

Jiří Vávra
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Jörg Wind
Daimler AG, Germany

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Energy Systems

Co-chair

Robert Steinberger-Wilckens
University of Birmingham, Great Britain

Members

Manfred Baldauf
Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

Annabell Brisse
European Institute for Energy Research (Eiffer), Germany

Jiří Hájek
Unipetrol, a.s., Czech Republic

Paul Luccechse
CEA, France

Stylianos Neophytides
FORTH / ICE-HT, Greece

Mikihiro Nomura
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Martin Paidar
University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic

Karin Stehlík
Research Centre Řež, Czech Republic

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Cross-cutting Issues

Co-chair

Olaf Jedicke
Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology, Germany

Members

Daniele Baraldi
Joint Research Centre (JRC), Netherlands

Bart Biebuyck
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), EU

Peter Holtappels
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Vladimir Molkov
Ulster University, UK

Bruno Pollet
KP2M Ltd., UK

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Czech Hydrogen Days 2017

Co-chair

Aleš Doucek
ÚJV Řež, a. s., Czech Republic

Members

Hanno Butsch
NOW GmbH, Germany

Ioan Iordache
Romanian Association for Hydrogen Energy, National In, Romania

Dr. Jakub Kupecki
Institute of Power Engineering - Research Institute, Poland

 

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Frano Barbir
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Split, Croatia

Klaus Bonhoff
NOW GmbH, National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Germany

Nigel Brandon
Director of Sustainable Gas Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Arnoud van de Bree
Director of Nedstack Holding B.V., Netherlands

Paul Ekins
Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, Bartlett School Env., Energy & Resources, UK

Erich Erdle
Erdle Fuel Cell & Energy Consulting, Germany

Andreas Frömmel
FuelCellEnergy, Germany

Viktor Hacker
Graz University of Technology, Austria

Jiří Hošek
Unipetrol, a.s. Czech Republic

Hans Aage Hjuler
Danish Power Systems, Denmark

Ján Híveš
Slovakian Technical University, Slovakia

František Humhal
GasNet, s.r.o., Czech republic

Lee Choong-Gon
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Hanbat National University, Korea

Jens Oluf Jensen
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Deborah Jones
University of Montpellier, France

Sotiris Karellas
National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Thomas Kattenstein
Energieagentur NRW, Germany

Jari Kiviaho
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Ltd., Finland

Heinrich Klingenberg
hySOLUTIONS GmbH, Germany

Karel Křížek
CEO, ÚJV Řež, a.s

Aleš Laciok
Head of Research and Development of ČEZ, a.s., Czech Republic

Zongqiang Mao
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

József Margitfalvi
Hungarian Hydrogen Association, Hungary

František Maršík
Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Vladimír Mařík
Chairperson of the Scientific Board, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Vladimír Matolín
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Stephen McPhail
European Energy Research Alliance, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Italy

Georg Menzen
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Germany

Jaroslaw Milewski
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Paulo Emílio Valadao de Miranda
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, The H2 Laboratory, WHEC 2018, Brazil

Romana Mjartanová
Visegrad Fund, Slovakia

Angelo Moreno
European Energy Research Alliance, Italy

Nobuyuki Nishimiya
College of Science and Technology, Nihon Uuniversity, Japan
President, Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan

Byeong Soo Oh
Department of Mechanical Engineering of Chonnam National University, Korea

Jiří Plešek
Director of the Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Oliver Poszdiech
Sunfire GmbH, Germany

Marieke Reijalt
Executive Director, European Hydrogen Association, EU

Javier Brey Sánchez
Chairman of the Board, Spanish Hydrogen Association, Spain

Veronika Šiková
Danube Region Strategy, Czech Republic

Filip Smeets
General Manager On-Site Generation, Hydrogenics, Belgium

Horst Steinmüller
Leiter der Abteilung für Energietechnik, Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria

Johannes Töpler
German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV), Germany

Daria Vladikova
Director of Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Ewald Wahlmüller
Fronius International GmbH, Austria

Chris White
Communications Director, California Fuel Cell Partnership, USA

Viacheslav Zgonnik
Ukranian Hydrogen Platform, Ukraine