SHFCA 2022 Hydrogen Scotland Annual Conference & Awards
· SHFCA2022 Awards & Networking on Wednesday 19 October 17:30 – 20:30 BST
· SHFCA2022 Annual Conference on Thursday 20 October 09:00 – 17:00 BST
· Venue for both days is the McEwan Hall in central Edinburgh (map)
Wednesday 19 October is the SHFCA2022 pre-conference Awards & Networking event at the McEwan Hall, including presentation of the 2022 Stewart Dow Award and announcement of the winners of the SHFCA2022 Student Poster Competition.
Thursday 20 October is the SHFCA2022 annual conference at the McEwan Hall. The plenary session will focus on the importance of partnerships for growth of hydrogen across Scotland, and three other sessions will cover regional hubs with hydrogen infrastructure, scaling up hydrogen production, and building up early hydrogen demand.
Our SHFCA2022 conference takes place on the evening of Wednesday 19th and during Thursday 20th October, bringing together delegates with invited expert speakers to network and discuss the partnership opportunities and steps needed to build the hydrogen economy across Scotland.
Tickets for the SHFCA2022 annual conference are now on sale on Eventbrite (SHFCA members please check your email inbox for the SHFCA2022 discount code).
SHFCA2022 kicks off on the evening of Wednesday 19th October with all delegates invited to join the Awards & Networking reception at the prestigious McEwan Hall in Edinburgh.
SHFCA2022 Annual Conference: Wednesday 19th October, 17:30-20:30
The evening of Wednesday 19th October is the SHFCA2022 pre-conference Awards & Networking event in the McEwan Hall, including presentation of the 2022 Stewart Dow Award and announcement of the winners of the SHFCA2022 Student Poster Competition. The evening opens with drinks in the Exhibition Zone and includes post-award networking with buffet dinner as part of your SHFCA2022 conference ticket.
SHFCA2022 Annual Conference: Thursday 20th October, 08:30-17:00
The plenary session will focus on the importance of partnerships for growth of hydrogen across Scotland, and three other sessions will cover regional hubs with hydrogen infrastructure, scaling up hydrogen production, and building up early hydrogen demand.
09:00 - 10:45 SHFCA2022 Opening Plenary: Partnerships for Growth
Plenary Session Chair: Dr Alexandra Stein, Scottish Government
Stuart McKay, Scottish Government – Public Sector, Industry, & Academic Partnerships
Alan Mortimer, Wood – Make it, Move it, Use It
Christina Jensen, Wind Energy Counsellor, Royal Embassy of Denmark in London
Kerry-Ann Adamson, Worley – Partnerships for H2 Growth
Plenary Panellists: Neil Atterbury, BEIS; David Scrimgeour MBE, Global Scot
11:15 - 12:45 Session 2. Regional Hubs and H2 Infrastructure
Session 2 Chair: Paul Wheelhouse, South of Scotland Enterprise
Fergus Tickell, SGN – Growing the H2 Economy in South-East Scotland
Simon Nesbitt, Mott MacDonald - Machrihanish & Moray H2 Opportunities
Neil Kermode – Learning by Doing from Early H2 Deployments in Orkney
Dr Shelly Tang, Swagelok – Best Practice with H2 pipework & fittings
Session 2 Panellists: Greig McIntosh, SSE; Sibyl Scharrer, Renewable Energy Hamburg
13:40 - 15:05 Session 3. Scaling up H2 Production
Session 3 Chair: Dr Katriona Edlmann, University of Edinburgh
Mark Crowther, Kiwa – Local H2 production from Biogas
Stefan Tait, BayWa r.e. - Partnerships for Scaling up Green H2
Gunther Newcombe, ORION – Shetland’s Hydrogen Hub
Jon Clipsham, Protium Green Solutions – Making it Real, Overcoming Challenges
Session 3 Panellists: David Amos, PlusZero; Enrique Troncoso, Enercy B.V.
15:30 - 17:00 Session 4. Building Early H2 Demand
Session 4 Chair: Dr Gerry Agnew, The Hydrogen Accelerator
Graham Bennett, DNV – Insights from the H2 Outlook 2022
Tim Dumenil, Storegga - Industry demand for H2 in Scotland
Simon Mylius, Ballard Motive Solutions – Building the Scottish H2 Train
Heidi Genoni, Arup – Local, Regional & National early market growth
Session 4 Panellists: Louise Napier, Aberdeen City Council; Martin McCormack, ETZ Ltd
Speakers will highlight the opportunities with hydrogen and fuel cells as an enabler for energy system transition, and showcase exemplar projects and related activities that are building core skills and expertise.
There will be extensive networking opportunities throughout both days of SHFCA2022 with networking coffee and lunch breaks taking place in the Exhibition Zone foyer area. Our SHFCA2022 Partners are actively involved with the conference and exhibition, and delegates will have the opportunity to hear more and interact with all our SHFCA2022 Partners during the conference sessions and in the SHFCA2022 Exhibition Zone throughout both days:
SHFCA2022 Platinum Partners: Arup, Kiwa, Northern Valve & Fitting Company
SHFCA2022 Gold Partners: H2.Bavaria, DNV, ScottishPower, Swagelok, SGN, TÜV SÜD
SHFCA2022 Silver Partners: Aberdeen City Council, Ballard Motive Solutions
SHFCA2022 Bronze Partners: Abbott Risk Consulting, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, Logan Energy, ORION Clean Energy Project, TCP-ECO
Tickets for our 14th SHFCA annual conference are available for both members and non-members (SHFCA members please check your email inbox for the SHFCA2022 discount code).