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Conference Programme t a e High temperature h Mobility Conference Programme t h g Power an li Netherlands conference on Electrochemical Conversion & Materials (ECCM) d Friday 21 Juni 2019, The Hague – NH Hotel t a e www.c02neutraalin2050.nl h Low temperature Conference programme Date: Friday 21 June 2019 Location: NH Hotel The Hague Time Activity 9:00 Reception and registration 9:30 Opening conference: Prof. Dr Richard vd Sanden (chair of the Dutch committee for Electrochemical Conversion & Materials) - Drs. Focco Vijselaar, Director-General of Enterprise & Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy - Drs. Manon Janssen, Chair Industry table Dutch Climate Agreement, chair top sector Energy, on behalf of the top sectors Energy, High Tech Systems & Materials and Chemistry, CEO Ecorys - Prof. Niek Lopes Cardozo, member of the Excecutive Board of NWO, chair for the NWO Domain Science Board, Professor in Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion - Drs. Ton de Jong, TNO, Managing Director of the Unit ECN part of TNO - Ms Nienke Homan, GroenLinks, provincial executive of the province of Groningen 10:15 Keynote: Dr. Noé van Hulst, Hydrogen Envoy, Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate, Netherlands 10:45 Keynote: Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, materials for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical energy storage and conversion, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States 11:15 Coffee break and change rooms for parallel tracks 11:30 Parallel tracks part 1 (1x 30 min + 3x20 min) Room: Rotterdam 2 (2nd Room: Rotterdam 3 (2nd floor) Room: Rotterdam 1 (2nd floor) floor) Materials & Catalysis Innovative electrochemistry System integration, business & governance 11:30 - 12:00 (30 min) Keynote: Dr Philipp Keynote: Prof. Christian Breyer, Keynote: Dr. Heleen de Coninck, Dietrich, CEO at H2 Energy Solar Economy, Lappeenranta Environmental Science, Radboud AG, Switserland University of Technology (LUT), University, The Netherlands Finland 12:00 - 12:20 (20 min) Dr. Antoni Forner-Cuenca Dr. Okan Akin (RUG) Dr. Andreas ten Cate (ISPT) (TUe) 12:20- 12:40 (20 min) Dr. Paola Granados Ilona Dickschas, MBA (Siemens Dr. Edgar Harzfeld (Stralsund Mendoza (Nouryon) AG) University) 12:40- 13:00 (20 min) Dr. Willem Haverkort (TUD) Dr. Amanda Garcia (TNO) Dr. Kas Hemmes (TUD) 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Keynote: Prof. Ted Sargent, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada 14:15 Keynote: Dr. Yu Morimoto, Principal Researcher at Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc., Japan 14:45 Coffee break and change rooms for parallel tracks 15:00 Parallel tracks part 2 (4x 20 min) Room: Rotterdam 2 (2nd Room: Rotterdam 3 (2nd floor) Room: Rotterdam 1 (2nd floor) floor) Materials & Catalysis Innovative electrochemistry System integration, business & governance Prof. Mark Huijben (UT) Dr. Thijs de Groot (Nouryon) Robert de Kler, MSc (ECN part of 15:00 - 15:20 (20 min) TNO) Prof. Gadi Rothenberg Dr. Elena Perez Gallent (TNO) Prof. Andrea Ramirez (TUD) 15:20 - 15:40 (20 min) (UvA) Charlotte Vogt, MSc (UU) Dr. Foteini Sapountzi (Syngaschem Ing. Rob van der Sluis (MTSA 15:40 - 16:00 (20 min) BV) Technopower BV) Jan Vos, MSc (Leiden Dr. Michail Tsampas (DIFFER) Bernhard Weninger, MSc (TUD) 16:00 - 16:20 (20 min) University) 16:20 Change room for closing lecture 16:30 Keynote : Prof. Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions, Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom 17:00 Keynote: closing lecture: Dr. Reinhold Achatz, CTO – Head of Corporate Function Technology, Innovation & Sustainability, thyssenkrupp AG, Germany 17:30 Drinks 18:00 End of programme Scope of the conference It is clear that in our future energy system renewable electricity will play a main role in the transition to a low carbon energy Setup supply. This transition is facilitated by CO2 targets of national • Date & time: Friday 21 June 2018, 9:30 – 18:00 h governments and requires extensive electrification. In the • Venue: Netherlands, NH Hotel, The Hague (Pr. Margrietplantsoen 100) future, however, there will still be a need for fuels (for aviation, • Participation: free, including lunch. shipping and heavy road transport) and for chemical products Registration via www.CO2neutraalin2050.nl and materials. These activities and associated production • Not yet on the ECCM mailing list? processes are now responsible for more than 35% of global CO2 Please subscribe via www.CO2neutraal2050.nl emissions. There is a big challenge to produce these fuels and • Setup: one day conference with plenary keynote lectures from acade- chemical products through the use of renewable electricity, at mia, industry and NGO’s. To the parallel sessions Dutch representatives the basis of biomass and/or CO2. from industry, scientists (group leaders), applied research organisati- ons, government and NGO’s will contribute to an appealing programme In addition, solutions are needed for the problem of the imba- • During the conference several ECCM initiatives will be kicked off. lance between production and consumption of electricity. • Language: English These solutions lie in connecting networks and production capacity (interconnection), organizing an optimal balance of supply and demand, and in direct storage of electrical energy. Storage of electricity in batteries or similar systems is an option; electrochemical production of chemicals as an energy carrier is another option. Electrochemical conversion is a promising option for long-term storage as this technology is easy scalable to the amount of energy. During the conference the state-of-the-art in science and technology will be shared by international key notes from academia and industry. Dutch scientist and industry represen- tatives will contribute to an appealing parallel programme related to the theme of the conference. During the conference national R&D initiatives related to the ECCM theme will be announced. Opening • Focco Vijselaar, Director-General of Enterprise & Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy • Manon Janssen, Chair Industry table Dutch Climate Agreement, chair top sector Energy, on behalf of the top sectors Energy, High Tech Systems & Materials and Chemistry, CEO Ecorys • Niek Lopes Cardozo, member of the Excecutive Board of NWO, chair for the NWO Domain Science Board, Professor in Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion • Ms Nienke Homan (GroenLinks), provincial executive of the province of Groningen • Drs Ton de Jong, TNO, Managing Director of the Unit ECN part of TNO 2 | Conference Programme Keynote speakers ECCM conference 21 june 2019 Dr Noé van Hulst, Hydrogen Envoy, Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate, Netherlands Dr Noé van Hulst is Hydrogen Envoy at the positions at the Ministry of Economic Affairs: Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate. Head of the Longer-Term Studies Group From 2013 till 2018 he was Permanent within the Directorate for Technology Policy, Representative of The Netherlands to the Deputy Director for Technology Policy, OECD. He was chairman of the IEA Governing Director for Fair Trading and Deputy Board (2017-2018). He holds a Master’s Director-General of Economic Structure, Degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from VU Director-General for Energy, Director-General Amsterdam. Van Hulst started his career in for Competition and Energy. In 2003, Mr. van 1980 as a Researcher/Lecturer in the Hulst joined the International Energy Agency Department of Micro-economics at VU (IEA) in Paris as Director for Long-Term Amsterdam. In 1985, he was appointed Senior Co-operation and Policy Analysis (LTO). Economist and Deputy Head of the From 2008, he held the position of Secretary- Macroeconomic Policy Department of the General of the International Energy Forum Social and Economic Council (SER) in the (IEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. From 2012 until Netherlands. Mr. van Hulst then held several his nomination with OECD, Van Hulst was Director of Energy Academy Europe. Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, materials for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical energy storage and conversion, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Professor Shao-Horn is W.M. Keck is a member of National Academy of Professor of Energy at the Massachusetts Engineering and is among the World’s Most Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Her Influential Scientific Minds and Highly research is centered on exploiting Cited Researchers. chemical/materials physics at interface and in bulk to understand and design materials/processes for energy storage and making of chemicals. Professor Shao-Horn Dr Philipp Dietrich, CEO at H2 Energy AG, Switserland Dr. Philipp Dietrich is CEO at H2 Energy AG. He was Head of the Technology Management of Axpo. Before he was the Managing Director of the Competence Center Energy and Mobility (CCEM) at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. Prior to joining the PSI and the CCEM, Mr. Dietrich held leading position within ABB in Baden (instrumentation and control systems for CCPP) and worked in the research departments of BMW in Munich (hydrogen-engine). 3 | Conference Programme Prof. Christian Breyer, Solar Economy, Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland Christian Breyer has started the Solar Economy economics of hybrid PV power plants from professorship at Lappeenranta University of University of Kassel. He is member of Technology (LUT), Finland, in March 2014. His international working groups like European major expertise is the integrated research of Technology and Innovation Platform technological and economic characteristics of Photovoltaics (ETIP PV), IEA-PVPS Task 1, member
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