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THURSDAY, JUNE 17 AT 9:00AM (PACIFIC). 60-minute session with Prof. Dr. Jack Brouwer, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center; Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program. Prof. Brouwer received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, he served as a research assistant professor at the University of Utah and was a member of the technical staff at Reaction Engineering International. He came to UC Irvine in 1997 as associate director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC), concurrently holding appointments as lecturer, assistant and then associate adjunct professor. He was named assistant professor in the summer of 2011. Dr. Brouwer will provide an overview of the state and progress of the hydrogen industry, with an “ask the expert” session.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 15 AT 12:00PM (PACIFIC). There is much excitement about the electrification of transit. We often hear about battery electric buses but far less discussion on hydrogen fuel cell buses. Part of this hesitancy stems from general misunderstandings on the hydrogen supply chain in Canada and its robustness for the future. In this session, hear from hydrogen supply experts about their future views on the viability and cost.

Speakers:

• Mark Kirby – Moderator - Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, President/CEO
• Pietro Di Zanno – Hydrogen Supply Subject Matter Expert – Stantec
• David Zekveld – Low-carbon / Green Hydrogen Supply - Altura Power (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation)
• Reb Guthrie – Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Specialist – Fuel Solutions
• Thomas Small – Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus Specialist – New Flyer and MCI
   

Learning Objectives

• Objective 1: Identify different hydrogen production processes
• Objective 2: Understand the components of a hydrogen project
• Objective 3: Define the commercial realities of hydrogen

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THURSDAY, JUNE 17 AT 9:00AM (PACIFIC). Join Prof. Dr. Jack Brouwer, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center; Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program on a 60- minute session addressing hydrogen 101 facts vs myths.

Prof. Brouwer received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, he served as a research assistant professor at the University of Utah and was a member of the technical staff at Reaction Engineering International. He came to UC Irvine in 1997 as associate director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC), concurrently holding appointments as lecturer, assistant and then associate adjunct professor. He was named assistant professor in the summer of 2011. Dr. Brouwer will provide an overview of the state and progress of the hydrogen industry, with this “ask the expert” session.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 AT 12:00PM (PACIFIC). Green hydrogen is a promising and exciting area in the clean energy world and represents a major growth opportunity for solar energy deployment. Green hydrogen, a gas that can be made simply from water and solar energy, is already starting to transform fossil-fuel powered economies into economies fueled by the sun. In this one-hour webinar, join experts who will explain green hydrogen basics, use cases, and developments in the United States, and identify market opportunities for solar developers to be aware of as the green hydrogen economy unfolds.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the green hydrogen landscape and the role of green hydrogen in multisectoral decarbonization
• Understand the shared market opportunities between solar energy and green hydrogen
• Learn how utility scale solar development can drive production of green hydrogen at-scale
• Who should attend this webinar:

Utility-scale renewable energy providers

• Electric utilities, local distribution companies (LDCs) and other load-serving entities (LSEs)
• Independent power producers (IPPs)
• Environmental and government regulators
• Large energy end-users/industries
• Non-profits and associations focused on environmental justice policy
• Grid operators
• Gas utilities

Speakers

Finbar Sheehy, Senior Director, Finance & Technology, 8minute Solar Energy
David Alonso, Regional Vice President, New Equipment Sales, Mitsubishi Power

Moderator

Janice Lin, Founder and President of the Green Hydrogen Coalition and the Founder and CEO of Strategen

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 AT 10:00AM (PACIFIC). SoCalGas® and C-Zero invite you to a webinar to learn about a new process for transforming natural gas into hydrogen and a solid carbon co-product.

In this webinar, we will introduce C-Zero’s technology and the role that methane pyrolysis can play in decarbonizing our existing natural gas infrastructure. We will also discuss the recent work that C-Zero completed with assistance from SoCalGas, and how it fits into C-Zero’s greater effort to create a large-scale prototype demonstration system.

Speakers:

Zach Jones, CEO at C-Zero*

Zach Jones has a successful track record in technology commercialization, having founded and sold a medical device company prior to joining a private equity firm. In 2018, he left to found C-Zero with Prof. Eric McFarland. He holds a BSE in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Fadl Saadi, Director of Business Development and Operations at C-Zero

Dr. Saadi is an expert in emerging energy technologies. He previously worked at ARPA-E, the US Department of Energy’s program modeled after DARPA, where he assessed hundreds of energy technologies focusing on low-emission fuels. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the California Institute of Technology and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.

Moderator:

Matt Gregori, Technology Development Manager, SoCalGas Research, Development and Demonstration

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TUESDAY, JULY 20 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 21 AT 8:30AM (PACIFIC). Join Program Mansger: Safety, Education, Codes and Standards; Jennifer Hamilton July 20th from 1:25pm - 1:50pm (Pacific) during "Session 5: Addressing Safety Concerns: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Traning for Responders and AHJ's" during the, Infocast Virtual Master Class: Green Hydrogen Business & Investment Models: 2021 Event. 

The Green hydrogen is one of the largest economic opportunities over the next 30 years. Driven by international actions to combat climate change, it has the potential to revolutionize numerous value chains in the energy industry and across both mobility and manufacturing sectors. With revenues for green hydrogen projected to exceed $200 billion by 2027, diverse opportunities will open up not only for renewable projects for its production, but also to use it as a long-term energy storage technology, to replace fossil fuels for mobility, and to become a major part of manufacturing and process industries.

Major players are moving now to initiate projects and launch new green hydrogen business models:

• Green hydrogen production projects based on with large solar and offshore wind projects
• Gas pipeline owners and operators are incorporating hydrogen in their strategic plans for their systems
• Clean fleet conversions and the development of mobility infrastructure based on hydrogen
• Exploring how to use hydrogen transform their existing operations and value chains

But successfully jumping aboard a fast-moving green hydrogen play will require a thorough grounding in today’s rapidly evolving technologies and business models. Capturing these opportunities will depend on understanding the latest developments, and projecting when future tipping points will happen.

This remarkable Green Hydrogen Master Class will allow you to understand:

• How technologies and end-uses are coming together to open up opportunities
• Current policy drivers and potential for new incentives in the US, Europe and Asia
• The capabilities of current electrolyzer technologies, and the prospects for improvements
• How to assess potential hybrid production project and mobility business models
• When economic and infrastructure development tipping points will be reached to trigger full-scale deployment

CLASS TAKEAWAYS

Get tangible outcomes for immediate use and application!

• Understand how current policy and economic factors are opening up massive green hydrogen opportunities
• Hear how technologies and end uses are coming together to drive green hydrogen project investments by major developers
• Assessments of current and emerging electrolyzer technologies: cost, performance and suitability to different applications
• Get a survey of the green hydrogen business models in hybrid renewable projects, clean transportation, greening gas utilities, and how these may evolve going forward as technologies advance
• Learn how the oil, gas and petrochemical industries are preparing for future green hydrogen markets

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 FROM 9:30AM - 6:35PM. Join Technical Program Manager; Nico Bouwkamp at the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure Forum. rought to you in partnership by GO-Biz, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) 

Nico Bouwkamp will speak during the Statewide Perspective Session from 10:45am - 12:00pm 

The Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Market Development Strategy published by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) establishes four pillars for successfully moving the California fleet to 100% ZEVs. These four pillars are:  Vehicles, Infrastructure, End-Users, and Workforce. In order to transition to ZEVs, all four pillars must be successful.

Recognizing that demand for ZEV fueling infrastructure is already significant, and will increase with the introduction of the growing number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MDVs/HDVs), GO-Biz, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) are collectively bringing together public and private partners to provide an overview of the efforts underway in the State to meet this demand.

The forum will provide information on California State agency efforts to determine, manage and fund the infrastructure needs, as well as the efforts of our public and private partners to meet the demand for zero-emission fuels and develop robust fuel delivery systems, while collaboratively incorporating the priorities of local communities and improving community health and creating jobs.

Morning Session: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. ET
Afternoon Session: 1 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. ET
Evening Community Session: 5:30 p.m. – 6:35 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. – 9:35 p.m. ET

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 - THURSDAY, JUNE 10 AT 16:00 (KST). Join Executive Director; Bill Elrick at the 2021 Seoul Forum, a global business forum established by Seoul Economic Daily. Korea's first economic newspaper, in commemoration of its 50th anniversary in 2010. The Seoul Forum, which was launched in a situation where the global economic order is rapidly changing due to the global financial crisis that occurred in 2008, attracted attention by suggesting a new solution for the growth of the Korean economy and the sustainable development of the global economy, which has undergone a structural transformation.

The Seoul Forum, where world-renowned scholars, global business leaders, politicians, and economic experts have gathered together to discuss the future of the global economy and business.

• 'Science is the future: creativity, convergence, communication' (2011),
• 'Korean Wave, Embracing the Global Economy: Economy, Finance, Industry, Culture' (2012),
• 'Entrepreneurship is the Future: Creative Leadership is the 2nd Han River Miracle' (2013),
• 'Technology is the future: creation, convergence, challenge' (2014),
• 'Beyond Korea: New Equation of Success-ICT&IT·Fintech·Bio·New Materials' (2015),
• 'Artificial Intelligence & Bio: Future Korea' (2016),
• 'Future Korea-Soft Infrastructure for the Next Generation Growth Engine' (2017),
• 'Future Korea: Finding a Way in Education' (2018),
• 'It is basic science again: Korea's innovative growth platform' (2019),
• 'Post Corona National Survival Strategy: Science and Technology Super Gap is the Answer' (2020)

As seen in the topics such as, it has established itself as a public forum representing Korea by presenting the most important issues and trends in the Korean and global economy every year and discussing implementation plans. In particular, since 2015, the'Korea-China Forum' has been established within the Seoul Forum to discuss economic cooperation plans with Chinese business leaders who have emerged as the G2 (the world's two biggest powers).

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 AT 9:00AM (PACIFIC). Two European-based initiatives – HyDeal Ambition and the European Backbone Initiatives – have already made significant strides to decarbonize Europe's gas and energy systems. To achieve low-cost delivered hydrogen, these initiatives are supporting European gas operators in creating a ‘green hydrogen-ready’ infrastructure system capable of transporting, distributing, and storing green hydrogen gas.  

This webinar will:
• Share lessons learned from European gas operators participating in HyDeal Ambition and the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative
• Demonstrate that these processes are safe and can be replicated in California, U.S., and larger North American continent
• Present an overview of the project scope and a deep dive on the engineering and technical processes that European gas operators are utilizing to repurpose and develop a pipeline system that can achieve green hydrogen at scale
• Showcase how the U.S. can replicate this success, navigating through perceived operational and regulatory barriers

Featured Speakers:
• Daniel Muthmann, Head of Strategy, Policy & Communication, Open Grid Europe (OGE); and Lead Coordinator of the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative
About: Daniel has profound experience in the international gas and LNG business following various senior commercial roles along the natural gas value chain.  He currently is head of strategy, policy and communication at OGE, where he sets OGE’s direction with regard to hydrogen and decarbonization following an intensive strategy review process in 2018.

• Thierry Lepercq, President & Co-founder, DH2 Energy
About: Thierry is a serial entrepreneur in energy. He recently founded DH2 Energy, a pioneer of mass-scale green hydrogen to compete with fossil fuels, which is developing a 10-GW project portfolio in Southwest Europe. He is the initiator of the HyDeal platform, which brings together 30 players across the value chain, aiming at delivering 1.5 €/kg green hydrogen before 2030.

• Janice Lin, Founder and President, Green Hydrogen Coalition

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 FROM 9:00AM - 12:00PM (PACIFIC). Now in its 8th year, the Driving Mobility Symposium has emerged as a premier event focused on evolving mobility and advanced transportation trends, tech breakthroughs, financial forecasts and more. Explore new opportunities emerging from the rapid pace of innovations and creative new approaches. We look forward to your participation.

In the evening…a potential outdoor in-person Reception & Expo with displays and demonstrations. Driving Mobility 8 is working toward creating an in-person outdoor Reception & Expo. This event is dependent upon exhibitor participation and support. For information regarding exhibiting at the DM8 outdoor Reception & Expo, please contact us at [email protected]

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