The Program
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The Morning
| 08:30 - 10:25 CEST | Welcome and Technology Potentials |
| 08:30 - 08:38 CEST | Welcome Speech, Prof. Dr Oliver Kraft, on behalf of the President of the KIT |
| 08:38 - 08:45 CEST | Greetings to participants, Till Mansmann, Federal Government Commissioner for Hydrogen, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| 08:45 - 08:55 CEST | Welcoming the Conference, Prof. Dr. Thomas Koch, KIT |
| 08:55 - 09:25 CEST | MAN expands its zero-emission portfolio with its new hydrogen combustion engine in the MAN hTGX Werner Kübler, MAN Truck & Bus |
| 09:25 - 09:55 CEST | Status and challenges of electrolysis technology Thorsten Herbert, Hydrogen Now – Herbert Knowledge and Network |
| 09:55 - 10:25 CEST | H2 ICE activities within Volvo Group Dr. Jonas Wärnberg, Volvo Powertrain Strategic Development |
| 10:25 - 11:00 CEST | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 CEST | Challenges of the hydrogen engine |
| 11:00 - 11:30 CEST | Hydrogen Combustion Heavy Duty Truck with Zero Impact Emissions Thomas Waldron, Superturbo Technologies Inc. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 CEST | The synergy between operating strategy, hydrogen injection system and exhaust-gas aftertreatment as the key to an attractive hydrogen engine concept, Dr. Andreas Kufferath, Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 12:00 - 12:30 CEST | Development of a wheel loader with hydrogen engine - Vertical integration at Liebherr Didier Genoud, Liebherr Machines Bulle SA |
| 12:30 - 13:30 CEST | Lunch break |
The Afternoon
| 13:30 - 15:00 CEST | Internationale Perspective |
| 13:30 - 14:00 CEST | H2 ICE: an Indian and Tata Motors perspective Michael Benz, TATA |
| 14:00 - 14:30 CEST | H2 ICE Activities in the USA – Environmental Scan and Recent Technical Progress Paul Miles & Dr. Ales Srna, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 14:30 - 15:00 CEST | Latest steps of H2 and eFuels activities from Korea Prof. Dr. C. Bae, KAIST |
| 15:00 - 15:30 CEST | Break |
| 15:30 - 17:30 CEST | Society, Economy and Finance |
| 15:30 - 16:00 CEST | Economic benefits and challenges of hydrogen in a decarbonised energy system Johanna Reichenbach, Frontier Economics Limited |
| 16:00 - 16:30 CEST | IImpact of ESG on Bank Financing Jens Brokate, ING-DiBa |
| 16:30 - 17:00 CEST | Hydrogen legal framework – setting up a new value chain Thomas Burmeister, White & Case LLP |
| 17:00 - 17:30 CEST | Utilisation of the hydrogen-powered working machine Armin Mörtlbauer, Mörtlbauer Baumaschinenvertriebs GmbH |
| 17:30 - 17:45 CEST | Break |
| 17:45 – 18:30 CEST | Panel discussion - How long will it take for hydrogen to deliver mobility? Moderator: Jürgen Essig, SWR |
| Panellist: Werner Kübler, MAN Truck & Bus Jens Brokate, ING DiBa Thorsten Herbert, Hydrogen Now – Herbert Knowledge and Network |
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| 18:30 - 18:40 CEST | Summary and closing, Prof. Dr. Thomas Koch, KIT |
