Events

This year’s Innovation Forum, organised by the European Voice, will be held on 5 October 2011 in the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in Brussels between 1pm and 5.30pm. The Forum will have a particular focus on the climate challenge and resource efficiency, and look at how innovation can unlock the path to green growth and a low-carbon economy. The event will bring together industry leaders, innovators, thinkers and senior policy-makers. Among many issues, key topics will include innovative technologies in the various sectors, including energy, transport and ICT, regulatory issues, EU policies and how to finance innovation. The questions addressed will include: Does the EU have the right policy framework to promote innovation? What policy decisions are needed to move to decarbonise the energy and transport sectors by 2050? What role can IT play in making the shift to greater resource-efficiency? For more information on event details and registration you can visit here.

The Dutch Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Association (NWV), a national EHA member, will hold its Annual General Meeting on 6 October 2011.
Further information and agenda of the meeting will be available at www.waterstofvereniging.nl

The first Clean Hydrogen In European Cities Workshop will be held Tuesday October 25, 2011 during the Busworld Europe Trade Fair in Kortijk, Belgium. Registration via: h2businfo@chic-project.eu

The FCH Joint Undertaking is coordinating a joint exhibition of five European Technology Initiatives that will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels on 4-6 October 2011. The event will also include presentation of all the FCH JU major achievements and activities.

The European Transport Forum, held on this year on the 18th October 2011, is one of the EU’s central debating platforms on transport issues. With aim to give insight on what lies ahead for transport in Europe, stakeholders, policy-makers, academics and NGOs will help shape the EU’s future transport policy.

More hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will soon be hitting the roads in the United States! As part of the market introduction strategies of their fuel cell models, Mercedes-Benz and Honda recently announced they will be leasing a small number of their B-Class F-Cell and FCX Clarity models respectively to select Southern Californians. The limited geographical availability is due to a necessary focus on the reach of the hydrogen refueling stations in the State. Honda added they expect to roll out more vehicles for lease as additional hydrogen-refueling options become available.

The California Hydrogen Business Council, USA (CHBC) will hold its General Meeting on October 13, 2011 at the AC Transit Facility in Oakland, California, US. During the meeting will several speakers for the industry will present their views to inform the interested parties on what new technologies are speeding fuel cell products to market, what is the impact of renewable hydrogen on commercialization, and their experiences from offering fuel cell products to customers to meet their energy efficiency needs. The presentations will be given under two sessions, Renewables in and New Technologies. Presentation topics include Waste Water to Hydrogen, Farms to Fuel Project Using Stationary Fuel Cells, Ammonia as a Hydrogen Carrier, Linde Technology Update. After the presentations the participants will be given the opportunity to take a ride on AC Transit’s hydrogen fuel cell bus and visit the Emeryville hydrogen station. The event is open to public and further details are available here.

The Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (FCS&E), October 31st – November 3rd provides opportunity to learn about and experience the latest advances in fuel cell research, development and demonstration/application. This year we celebrate 35 years as a forum for researchers and developers alike to share new findings, as well as successes and failures, within the fuel cell community. The 2011 technical program will feature four tracks that cover all aspects of fuel cell R&D, applications, and commercialization. Topic presented will be High Temperature Research and Development; Fuel Processing; Low Temperature Research and Development; Hydrogen Research and Development; Fuel Cell Testing; Fuel Cell Modeling; Demonstrations and End-User Perspectives, Commercialization; and Global Overviews. With exhibitors from Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK, and the US, the 2011 Exposition will  provide attendees with a global perspective of the market. The exposition allows attendees to touch real fuel cell systems and components and it provides the opportunity to network with leaders of the international fuel cell industry. For more information see: Fuel Cell Seminar 2011  

Organised by the Danish Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, VTT, Hydrogen Sweden, Norwegian Hydrogen Forum and Icelandic New Energy, the conference will focus on the market roll out of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, an early market perspective – ongoing research and demonstration, including industrial products and product development, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, fuel cells and hydrogen end-use as well as hydrogen system aspects. We will also give you the latest news and highlights from Brussels and the FCH JTI General Assembly (the European Commission’s Fuels Cell & Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative), which takes place shortly before this event. Representatives from the fuel cell and hydrogen industry will be represented on the speaker list along with other hydrogen stakeholders and researchers from all of the Nordic countries. Presentations will be held in parallel sessions. More information and registration on malmokongressbyra.se

The European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment is hosting  the 11th European Forum on Eco-Innovation that will take place on 11 and 12 October in Helsinki and Lahti, Finland. The 11th Forum will be dedicated to ‘Working with emerging economies for green growth’ The objectives of this forum are to: identify global opportunities for eco-innovation and for green trade between developed and developing nations; review practical examples of making trade work on the ground; and pinpoint the challenges and generate recommendations for policies that create a new platform to increase the global green market. The outcomes will contribute to the development of the EU position at the Rio+20 conference. This forum is jointly organised by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission, with the support of the Lahti Science and Business Park. Please note that attendance at the Forum is upon registration only and that the European Commission does not reimburse any expenses. Click here for the programme (.pdf), for more information and to register.