Thursday, 27 May 2021 11:00 – 12:30 CET

HYDROGEN INNOVATION FOR WASTE-TO-WHEELS SOLUTION

A conversation with

Jens Geier, MEP, S&D GROUP Pietro Caloprisco, FCH JU Andreas Meyer, WSW MOBIL CLICK HERE Moderated by TO REGISTER! Fabio Poretti, CEWEP

Agenda Thursday, 27 May 2021. 11:00 – 12:30 CET

10:00 – 10:10: Opening remarks by Dr. Ella Stengler, CEWEP Managing Director

10:10 – 10:20: Introduction by Jens Geier, Member of the , Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Report on the European Strategy for Hydrogen

10:20 – 10:30: Presentation by Pietro Caloprisco, Project Officer at the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) on Hydrogen Development in Waste-to- Wheels Solutions

10:30 – 10:40: Presentation by Andreas Meyer, Head of Bus Technology at WSW Mobil on Waste-to- Wheels project

10:40 – 11:30: Panel Discussion and Q&A, moderated by Fabio Poretti, CEWEP Technical Officer

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Speakers

Jens Geier, Member of the European Parliament, S&D GROUP

Jens Geier grew up in the Ruhr area, went to school in and studied history, literature and politics at the Ruhr University in .

Since 14 July 2009, Jens Geier has represented the cities of , Essen, Mülheim and , as well as the districts of , and , as a Member of the European Parliament. With the last European elections, his area of responsibility was extended to include the city and district of , the districts of , Düren, and the Rhein-Erft district.

Jens Geier is a member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) and a substitute member of the Budget Committee (BUDG).

Since the beginning of 2017, Jens Geier has been Chair of the EuropaSPD, i.e. the 16 SPD Members of the European Parliament, and in this capacity he is a permanent guest on the Executive Committee and the Presidium of the SPD.

Pietro Caloprisco, Project Officer, FCH JU

Pietro Caloprisco is a project officer at the FCH JU where he is following the portfolio of projects dedicated to development and deployment of fuel cells applications for the road heavy duty transport segment.

Pietro has previously worked at the European Commission DG RTD and Transport & Environment where he specialised in alternative fuels for the decarbonisation of transport.

Before that, Pietro worked for several year for the European Photovoltaic Industry Association where he was involved in the development of Solar Europe Industry Initiative roadmap. Thursday, 27 May 2021 HYDROGEN INNOVATION FOR 11:00 – 12:30 CET WASTE-TO-WHEELS SOLUTION

Andreas Meyer, Head of Bus Technology at WSW Mobil

Andreas Meyer has 18 years of management experience with responsibility for vehicles and equipment. He has many years of experience in the hybridization and electrification of vehicles with different application ranges, especially in the mobility areas of public transport and airport handling.

He is Project manager “ Economic introduction of public transport fuel cell buses” at WSW mobil GmbH with the objective of interlocking energy structures and mobility - sector coupling

He collaborates in the FCH JU project “Market activation of fuel cell buses”. He is also member of the Fuel Cell Cluster, networking with VRR for the introduction of fuel cell local trains.

Organised by

CEWEP (Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants) is the umbrella association of the operators of Waste-to-Energy plants across Europe. CEWEP’s members are committed to ensuring high environmental standards, achieving low emissions and maintaining state of the art energy production from remaining waste that cannot be recycled in a sustainable way. www.cewep.eu

ESWET is a European association representing the European suppliers of Waste-to-Energy technologies, committed to foster the development and dissemination of Waste-to-Energy at the European level. ESWET also seeks to raise the awareness of the positive implications of the technology in terms of better waste management, energy and for the environment. www.eswet.eu