These speakers brought their expertise on stage

At hy-fcell Confrerence, we are bringing together international minds of the hydrogen & fuel cell industry in Stuttgart, as well as hidden champions and Start-ups. It's a solid mix of absolute experts with profound insights and engaging personalities. The speakers of the hy-fcell 2024 are published here.

 

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Dr. Markus Auer
MAHLE International GmbH
Head of fuel cell project house

Dr. Volker Banhardt
e-mobil BW GmbH
Senior Manager Industry Net Work

Dr. Ulrike Beyer
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tooling and Forming Technology
Head of Department Referenzfabrik.H2

Roland Bleinroth
Messe Stuttgart
CEO

Laurent Donceel

Director of Transport and Industrial Policy & Sustainability (Hydrogen Europe)

Arnd Franz
MAHLE Group
Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Alina Richter
e-mobil BW GmbH
Referee Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technologies

Ulf Groos
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Interim Director, Division Hydrogen Technologies

Dr. Stefan Kaufmann MdB
Member of the German Bundestag,
Senior Adviser

 

Gerd Krieger
VDMA Fuel Cells Working Group
Managing Director

Dr. Daniel Hrdina
Allianz Wasserstoffmotor
MAHLE GmbH
Head of PCU Technology

Dr. Manuel Schaloske
NRW.Energy4Climate
Director Mobility

Matthias Ziebell
Robert Bosch GmbH
Head of Electrolysis Technology & Services
Business Development & Sales Electrolyzer and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Customer Accounts Energy Market & Business Development 

Timo Dörr
Dr. Schenk GmbH
Technical Sales Manager

Prof. Dr. K. Andreas Friedrich
German Aerospace Center, Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
Head of Department

Sören Scheffler
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU
Group Leader Technologien@Referenzfabrik.H2

Prof. Dr. Anna Grevé
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Head of Department

Volker Hasenberg
Daimler Truck
Deputy Head of Department Regulatory Strategy

Prof. Dr. Josef Kallo
H2Fly
Co-Founder and CEO

Marlin Kersting
Fraunhofer  Institute for Production Technology IPT
Head of business unit Hydrogen Systems

Stefan Neumann
IFA Technology GmbH
Founder & CEO

Holger Klaassen
Aurubis AG
Director Corporate Energy & Climate Affairs

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Acher
Linde Hydrogen FuelTech
Head of Process Design and Development

Thomas Anders
DVGW BW
CEO

Joachim Blum
cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG
Head of Fuel Cell System Development

Andreas Bodén
PowerCell Group
CTO & SVP

Christian Dörner
Siemens
Portfolio Consulting Team Leader

Martin Florstedt
SITEC Industrietechnologie GmbH
Head of Business Development

Stefan Garche
NRW.Energy4Climate
Project Manager Fuel Cell/Hydrogen 

Dr. Marcus Gebhard
NOW GmbH
Programme Manager Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Components & Systems)

Dr. Frank Graf
DVGW Research Center at Engler-Bunte-Institut of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Head of Division Gas Technology, Head of Division Gas Internal Services

David Hart
ERM - Energy and sustainability
Partner

Thomas Kuschel
thyssenkurpp Automation Engineering GmbH
Head of Business Development

Yiying Zhang
Shenzhen Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
Secretary-general

Prof. Brando Okolo
Consortium for the Development and Advancement of a Hydrogen Economy in Africa (CODAHEA)
Founding Member

Andreas Schick
Netze-Gesellschaft Südwest mbH
Managing Director

Dr.-Ing. Nurettin Tekin
KAWASAKI Gas Turbine Europe GmbH
Hydrogen Product Manager

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas von Unwerth
TU Chemnitz / HZwo e.V.
Institute Managing Director / Chairman

Marcel D. Werner
SENCO Hydrogen Capital GmbH
Partner

Ludwig Jörissen
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)
Head of Departement Fuel Cell Fundamentals

Simon Brugger
CellForm Hydrogen GmbH & Co. KG
CEO

Samira Farahani
NLHydrogen
Program Manager for System & Infrastructure and Coordinator of International Affairs

Dr. Christopher Giehl
Anton Paar Germany GmbH
Product Competence Management Rheometry

Thorsten Hickmann
Whitecell Eisenhuth GmbH & Co. KG
CEO

Masami Hihara
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Japanese Government
Special Advisor to Minister's Secretariat on European Affairs

Peter Beckhaus
ZBT - The hydrogen and fuel cell center
Managing Director

Gert Schlegel
Hzwo e.V.
Head of Network and Member Management

Max Weiß
H-TEC SYSTEMS
Principal Digitalisation & Operational Excellence

Johannes Daum
NOW GmbH
Head of Division Hydrogen, Alternative Fuels and Fuel Cells

Jelle Blekxtoon
FME
Business Development Manager Hydrogen

Jasna Jankovic
University of Connecticut
Professor

Sven-Erik Kratz
SEK Strategy Consulting GmbH
Managing Director

Ralf Diemer
eFuel Alliance e.V.
CEO

Stefan Gruber
IAG Industrie Atuomatisierugsgesellschaft m.b.H
Managing Director

Timo Cholibois
Enapter GmbH
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development

Torsten Höck
VfEW Verband für Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Baden-Württemberg e.V.
Managing Director

Matthias Lisson
Hy2gen Deutschland GmbH
Country Director D-A-CH

Kevin Brodowy
Daimler Truck AG
H2 Infrastructure Strategy & Vehicle Projects Manager

Dr.-Ing. Daniela Lindner
Head of Department for Applied Hydrogen Technologies at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
CEO & Co-Founder of DLR-spin off H2KNOW GmbH & Co. KG

PhD Isaac Justicia Antó
Vall Hidrogen de Catalunya (Catalan Hydrogen Valley)
Director

Zohreh Kiaee
Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Project Manager, Fuel Cell Production Team

Jürgen Pfeiffer
GREEN PLUS CLEAN - EUROPEAN ENERGY TALKS
Moderator - Host - MOC

Bumin Hatiboglu
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Group Lead: Implementation Methods for the Digital Production

Markus Hölzle
ZSW
Member of the board I Head of the Electrochemical Energy Technologies Division

Thomas Frey
Weil Technology GmbH
Industrial Manager New Energy

Karl Samuelsson
PowerCell Sweden AB
SVP Customer Applications

Philipp Stiefel
EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH
Head of Industrial Engineering Fuel Cell

Dr. Henning Döscher
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Senior Scientist

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Zellmer
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST
Deputy Director and Head of Department Process Technology and Production Engineering for Sustainable Energy Storage Systems

Dagmar Fehler
NOW GmbH
CEO

Ulrich Heppe
Stuttgart Airport (Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH)
CEO

Stephan Herbst
Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME) Fuel Cell Business Group
Technical Head Hydrogen Business and Value Chain

Jens Oergel
THOST Projektmanagement GmbH
Head of Branch Mannheim

Jonathan Kraus
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Industrial Engineering Fuel Cell

Armin Humer
DB Schenker Cluster DE/CH
Sustainability Manager

Paul Karzel
Chair, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) | Managing Director, LIFTE H2

Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich Gärtner
GP JOULE GmbH
Co-Founder & CTO

Holger Albers
Director Projectfinance & Head of Hydrogen Taskforce
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Prof. Dr. Ute Karl
EIFER und KIT/DFIU (Karlsruhe)
 

Dr.-Ing. Henning Jannsen
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
 

Moritz Layer
Ministerium für Verkehr
Policy Officer for EU-Regulation of Renewable Fuels

Dorothea Nold
 

Marko Wittig
Steigerwald Strahltechnik GmbH
Area Sales Manager

Matthias Dieke
two4H2 GmbH - A Joint Venture of RWE and Westfalen AG
Managing Director

Martin Zerta
Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH (LBST GmbH)
 

Johannes Garbino-Anton
NEX
CEO & Founder

Romain Di Costanzo
HYCCO
CEO & Founder

Andreas Weigel
 

Norbert Barthle
 

James Mnyupe

Thomas Gschwind
Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg
Deputy Head of the Hydrogen Department

Christoph Luschnat
terranets bw
 

Detlev Konigorski
 

Hanson Ruan
Blue-O Technology Inc.
Founder & CEO

Michael Ulsh
DoE
 

Dr. Daniel Lust
Stadtwerke Stuttgart GmbH
Projectlead Hydrogen

Dr.-Ing. Julia Miersch 
Robert Bosch GmbH
Group Manager, Lead System Engineering and Architecture at Bosch solid oxide #fuelcell systems

Dr. Markus Ohnmacht
 

Werner Diwald

Alexander Trattner
HyCentA Research GmbH
CEO

Jochen Kober
ZELTWANGER Leaktesting & Automation GmbH
Industrial Manager E-Mobility

Susann Puppe

Robert Obenaus Emler
Montanuniversität Leoben
Head of Resouces Innovation Center

Dennis Backofen
Frauenhofer IWU

Stefan Groß
Aumann

Max Obereisenbuchner

Birte Sönnichsen
German Hydrogen Association (DWV) e.V.
Head of Strategy and Market Development

Philipp Schildt
APUS Zero Emission
Team Lead Software & Systems Engineering | Deputy Head of Propulsion Systems Engineering