H2 FORUM AGENDA
Date:
June 3–4, 2025
DAY 1
National and regional Topics
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening
By moderator, welcome address by the governor and the chairwoman of Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region
09:10 – 09:30 Hydrogen Compass: What is standing in our way?
Karel Tichý – Project Manager, Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region
Jan Sochor – Senior Specialist for Hydrogen Economy Development, Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform
09:30 – 10:40 Key to the Hydrogen Future – Leaders’ Discussion
Rut Bízková – Coordinator, Supraregional Hydrogen Working Group
Petr Mervart – Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Industry and Trade for Hydrogen Technologies
Ivo Marcin – Director of Strategy and International Cooperation, State Environmental Fund
Jan Bezděkovský – Commissioner for Clean Mobility, Ministry of Transport
Veronika Vohlídková – Executive Director, Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform
Iva M. Dvořáková – Chairwoman, Committee for the Transformation of the Ústí nad Region
Gabriela Nekolová – Chairwoman, Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region
Alexandr Vondra – Member of the European Parliament
Ondřej Krutílek – Member of the European Parliament
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:10 Energy Without Borders: Produce or Import?
11:00 – 11:10 Lenka Krausová – Head of H2R Program, NET4GAS
11:10 – 11:20 Bronislav Převrátil – Director, Chart Ferox
11:20 – 11:30 Valtr Sodomka Sr. – Head of the H2 programme for buildings – APOKS z.s.
11:30 – 11:40 Aleš Laciok – R&D Coordinator, ČEZ
11:40 – 11:50 Jan Pejter – Senior Manager, PwC Czech Republic
11:50 – 12:00 Martin Růžička – Director for Decarbonization, Orlen Unipetrol
12:00 – 12:10 Miroslav Lopour – Strategic Projects and Sustainability Manager, Se.ven
12:10 – 12:30 Hydrogen Personality of the Year – award ceremony
Who has contributed most to the development of hydrogen awareness this time?
12:30 – 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 14:20 Hydrogen Use Today and Tomorrow
13:20 – 13:30 Petr Kůt – Head of Decarbonization Regulation, Orlen Unipetrol
13:30 – 13:40 Vladislav Smrž – Business Development Director, Cylinders Holding
13:40 – 13:50 Jana Zudová Falterová – Councilor for Subsidies, City of Most
13:50 – 14:00 Tomáš Trubačík – Green Deal Manager, Confederation of Industry
14:00 – 14:10 Bronislav Převrátil – Director, Chart Ferox – Project Example
14:20 – 15:30 How to Start Hydrogen Valleys
14:20 – 14:30 Gabriela Nekolová – Chairwoman, Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region
14:30 – 14:40 Jiří Červinka – Hydrogen Economy Project Manager, Karlovy Vary Business Develop. Agency
14:40 – 14:50 Vladimír Maryška – Manager, Moravian-Silesian Hydrogen Cluster
14:50 – 15:30 Petr Mervart – Ministerial Commissioner for Hydrogen Technologies
14:50 – 15:30 Tomáš Dub – Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Office of the Government
Panel discussion with presentations
15:30 – 16:30 Hydrogen Subsidies and Their Future
15:30 – 15:45 Radana Leistner Kratochvílová – Director of Low-Carbon Economy Transformation Support, Ministry of the Environment
15:45 – 16:00 Ivo Marcin – Director of Strategy and International Cooperation, State Environmental Fund
16:00 – 16:15 Martin Janda – Senior Ministerial Counselor, Ministry for Regional Development – Discussion
16:15 – 16:30 Ondřej Baše – export consultant (CzechTrade s.r.o.)
16:30 – 17:00 Conclusion
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H2 FORUM AGENDA
Datum konání
3.–4. června 2025
DAY 2
Block A – International
Hydrogen Cooperation
08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 08:40 Opening
08:40 – 10:10 Czechia in International Hydrogen Projects
Karel Tichý H2CE
Miloš Prokýšek HYDROMUN
Zdeněk Hanzal HyEfRe
Lenka Mansfeldová HyBaBo
Josef Drázský GH2M
Zdeněk Hanzal DANUBE INDEET
Daniel Minařík UNIFHY
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Contribution and Role of European Hydrogen Valleys
Speakers:
Frederik Wewetzer – Head of HIC Research and Transfer Center, HZWo e.V.
Joanna Tokarczuk – CEO, Association for the Development of Energy Innovation
Piotr Rudyszen – CTO, J. Czochralski Holding
Kateřina Konečná – Member of the European Parliament
Karel Tichý – Project Manager
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Block B – The Hydrogen
Knowlege Future
08:30 – 08:40 Opening
08:40 – 10:10 Science and Technology in the Hydrogen Era
08:40 – 08:50 Karel Borovec – Director of the Energy Research Centre, VŠB-TUO – CEET
08:50 – 09:00 Vladimír Matolín – CEO, LEANCAT ELECTROLYZERS s.r.o.
09:00 – 09:10 Bronislav Vahalík – Head of Hydrogen Technologies, Transport Research Centre, v.v.i.
09:10 – 09:20 Milly Kuželková – Regional Consultant, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
09:20 – 10:10 Panel discussion
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Hydrogen to Schools
10:30 – 10:40 Jan Novotný – Associate Professor, Department of Machinery and Power Engineering, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
10:40 – 10:50 Evžen Snášel – pedagogue, chairman of the methodological cabinet of electrical engineering, SOŠ energetická a stavební, OA a SZŠ, Chomutov, p.o.
10:50 – 11:00 Václav Bystrianský – Education Specialist and Coordinator of the HYTEP Programme, Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform z.s.
11:00 – 11:10 Ondřej Smíšek – Head and Deputy Vice Dean of CTU in Prague, Faculty of Transport in Děčín
11:10 – 11:15 Gabriela Nekolová – Chairwoman, Economic and Social Council of the Ústí nad Labem Region, z.s.
11:15 – 12:00 The Path of Hydrogen to the People
Darja Bergman – Business Development Manager, STEM/MARK, a.s.
Veronika Vohlídková – Board Member and Executive Director, Czech Hydrogen Technology platform z.s.
Vladimír Dynda – Founder of APT spol. s r.o.
Panel discussion with presentation
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch