This conference is hosted by:
Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG), University of Canterbury
We thank our generous sponsors:
Supported by:
The Catalyst: Strategic Fund, administered by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment of New Zealand, the German Ministry of Education and Research, and He Honoka Hauwai, the New Zealand German-NZ Green Hydrogen Centre.
01 June: Abstract submissions open (submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis)
01 July: Registrations open
31 August: Early bird registration deadline
30 September: 15 November: Although the deadline has passed, we still welcome poster submissions.
31 October: 15 November: Although the deadline has passed, we still welcome late registrations.
03-05 February 2025: Conference
- Prof. Rangan Banerjee (Director of IIT Dehli, India)
- Prof. Peter Strasser (Chair of Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis, Technical University of Berlin)
- Prof. Christian Breyer (Chair of Solar Economy, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland)
- Prof. Rodrigo Palma (Director of the Solar Energy Research Center, Chile)
- Prof. Pierluigi Mancarella (Chair of Electrical Power Systems, University of Melbourne)
- A. Prof. Sven Teske (Research Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
- Dr. Claudio Pistidda (Head of Department of Experimental Investigations, Hereon Helmholtz Center, Germany)
- Dr. Hans Christian Gils (Head of Department of Energy System Analysis, German Aerospace Center, Germany)
- Dr. Christopher Boyle (Executive Chair of Fabrum, New Zealand)
- Dr. Linda Wright (CEO of NZ Hydrogen Council, New Zealand)
- Dr. Hamish Miller (Senior Researcher, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council, Italy)
- Dr. Noel Duffy (Group Leader of Solar Technologies, CSIRO, Australia)
- Dr. Carola Kantz (Deputy Managing Director of VDMA Power-to-X for Applications)
- Christina Houlihan (CEO of BSPKL, New Zealand)
- Dr André Cabrera Serrenho (Associate Professor in Engineering, Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Monday 03 February 2025: 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 04 February 2025: 9am to 5pm plus dinner
Wednesday 05 February 2025: 9 am to 4pm
Location: Ti Kouka, 90 Ilam Road, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Link
- H2 Industry and commercialisation: Matt Watson, Sally Brooker
- H2 Storage: David Dempsey, Fei Yang, Luke Liu
- H2 Energy strategies: Jannik Haas, John Kennedy
- H2 Production: Aaron Marshall, Geoff Waterhouse, Anna Garden, Vedran Jovic
- Cross-cutting topics: Prasanth Gupta, Selena Sheng
- Energy systems modelling with H2: Rebecca Peer, Michael Jack
- Risk, environmental and social dimensions: Janet Stephenson, Rebecca Peer
Chairs: Dr. Rebecca Peer and Dr. Jannik Haas
Event coordinators: Francisco Astorga and Akash Handique
Local committee: Dr. Matt Watson, Dr. Andy Nicol, Dr. Aaron Marshall, Dr. Hamish Avery, Dr. David Dempsey
Aaron Marshall, University of Canterbury
Anna Garden, University of Otago
Fei Yang, University of Waikato
Geoff Waterhouse, University of Auckland
Ludmila Adam, University of Auckland
Jannik Haas, University of Canterbury
John Kennedy, GNS Science
Jonathan Kitchen, Auckland University of Technology
Jonathan Leaver, Unitec
Kēpa Morgan, Mauri Model
Linda Wright, NZ Hydrogen Council
Luke Liu, Victoria University of Wellington
Suren Wijeyekoon, Scion
Rebecca Peer, University of Canterbury
Robert Holt, Callaghan Innovation
Sally Brooker, University of Otago
Simon Kelly, Lincoln Agritech
