[Digest] Summary of the Workshop: The use of hydrogen fuel in transport

PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 13h45 – 15h45

 13h45               Welcome and opening remarks to the Workshop

Ms Karima Delli, Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism

13h50               Why commit to hydrogen? A general overview and the challenges for rail transport

Speaker: Carlo Borghini, Executive Director of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, Belgium

14h05               Hydrogen as a potential game changer to decarbonize the lagging shipping sector

Speaker: Laurence Grand-Clément, Chief Executive Officer of Persee, France

14h20               Hydrogen and aviation: opportunities and perspectives

Speaker: Josef Kallo , Coordinator Energy System Integration, German Aerospace Centre, Germany

14h35               Road transport and the use of hydrogen; EU’s international position and future actions for the hydrogen economy

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

14h50               Questions and Answers

15h45               Closure of the Workshop