Detailed programme

20 March 2024 (Wednesday)
21 March 2024 (Thursday) – Scientific part   21 March 2024 (Thursday) – Educational part   22 March 2024 (Friday) – Scientific part   22 March 2024 (Friday) – Educational part
22 March 2024 (Friday) – Matchmaking Session

A1 HALL

09:00–10:40
Aspects of H2 transmission

Chaired by Karin Stehlík

09:00–09:20
The EU's future hydrogen system: Modelling of hydrogen transport networks in Germany at the centre of Europe
Tim Mielich (TU Berlin, DE)

09:20–09:40
Critical parameters for metallic materials in contact with a mixture of natural gas and hydrogen
Klára Kuchťáková (UCT, CZ)

09:40–10:00
Hydrogen and major industrial accidents
Atef Mahmoud (VSB-TUO, CZ)

10:00–10:20
The BMW iX5 Hydrogen and Future Hydrogen Storage Solutions. Subtitle: „The EV with Fast Refueling and What Will be the Next Generation of Hydrogen Storage”.
Klass Kunze (BMW, DE)

10:20–10:40
discussion

10:40–11:00  Coffee Break

11:00–12:20
H2 production methods

Chaired by Tomáš Němec

11:00–11:20
SERGIO “Sustainable photoElectRochemical hydroGen evolution”: an Italian Project of Significant National Interest (PRIN) in the context of NextGenerationEU
Stefano Trocino (National Research Council, Messina, IT)

11:20–11:40
Optimization of materials and components of tandem cells for hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting
Carmelo Lo Vecchio (National Research Council, Messina, IT)

11:40–12:00
Steam thermal plasma assisted pyrolysis of simulated natural gas for hydrogen and nanostructured carbon production
Jafar Fathi (Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS, Prague, CZ)

12:00–12:20
Assessment of iron (III) chloride as a catalyst for the production of hydrogen from the supercritical water gasification of microalgae
Kieran Heeley (University of Birmingham, UK)

12:20–13:00  STUDENT AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY