Technical Stream Speakers

List of Plenary Speakers

Dr. Fermin Cuevas

CNRS

FeTi-based intermetallic compounds for large-scale stationary hydrogen storage

Prof. Paolo Fornasiero

University of Trieste, Italy

A personal perspective into the catalysts for hydrogen production

Prof Anita-Ho-Bailie

University of Sydney

Prof. Akihiko Kudo

Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Artificial photosynthesis using powdered photocatalyst materials

Prof. Nathan Lewis

California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), USA

TBA

List of Keynote Speakers

Prof Doug Macfarlane

Monash University

Towards Solar Fuels - Hydrogen and Ammonia

Prof. Lianzhou Wang

University of Queensland

Perovskite Materials for High Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar cells and Beyond

Prof. Thomas Klassen

Helmhotz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Hydrogen Generation and Storage: from Materials to Components

Prof. Kylie Catchpole

Australia National University

Hybrid Perovskite Quantum Dots for High Efficiency Solar Cells

A/Prof. Simon Smart

University of Queensland

TBA

Prof.Gus Nathan

Centre for Energy Technology, Univ of Adelaide

Emerging roles for hydrogen in decarbonizing heavy industrial processes

Prof. Evan Gray

Griffith University

Is there a role for metal-hydride hydrogen storage in the developing hydrogen economy?

List of Invited Speakers

Name	Organisation	Title of talk
Dr Nick Burke	Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions	What part can coal-derived hydrogen play in Australia’s Energy Future?
Prof Umit Demirci	University of Montpellier	MBNH materials for solid-state hydrogen storage – Focus on alkali and alkaline-earth hydrazinidoboranes
Prof. Gerry Sweigers	Univ of Wollongong	A New Class of Bubble‐Free Water Electrolyzer that is Highly Energy Efficient
Prof. Robert Willows	Macquarie University	Optimising biohydrogen production in bacteria using synthetic biology
Dr Alexander Simonov	Monash University	Towards sustainable electrosynthesis of hydrogen and ammonia
Dr Gurpreet Kaur	CSIRO	Solid oxide electrolysers: Efficient technology for utilization and transportation of renewable energy in form of value-added chemicals and fuels
Prof. Dongke Zhang	Univ of Western Australia	Renewable H2 and H2 Carriers as Clean Transport Fuels
Prof. Michael Brear	Melbourne University	Hydrogen, Hydrogen everywhere, but will we drink a drop
Prof. Tatsuya Kodama	Niigata University	Solar thermochemical water splitting cycle with a particle reactor
Prof. Michelle Spencer	RMIT	TBC
Prof. John Andrews	RMIT	TBC
A/Prof Jonathan Love	QUT	H2Xport Project – A Pilot Scale Renewable Hydrogen Plant
Dr Paul Feron	CSIRO	Methane as renewable energy carrier
Prof. Gunther Anderson	Flinders University	Photocatalysts for H2 Production Based on Metal Clusters as Co-Catalysts
Dr Anirudhha Kulkarni	Fortescue Future Industries	TBC
A/Prof. Zhenguo Huang	University Technology Sydney	Amine-borane systems featuring room temperature dehydrogenation
Dr Tom Rufford	University of Queensland	Controlling electrolyser flooding at high-current density in electrochemical CO2 conversion to CO and ethylene
Prof Hieu Nguyen	Australia National University	The multi efforts behind solar cell efficiencies: the fundamentals, characterisation and materials engineering.
Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie	University of Sydney	TBA
Dr Shigeru Ikeda	Konan University, Japan	Photoelectrochemical Applications of Chalcopyrite and Kesterite Compound Thin Films
A/Prof Yunhau Ng	City University of Hongkong	TBA
A/Prof Xiaojing Hao	UNSW Sydney	Design of Green Kesterite for Solar Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction
Dr Jessica Allen	University of Newcastle	Process considerations for electrochemically driven green ammonia and carbon negative materials
Prof. Adam Lee	RMIT	TBA
Dr Yijiao Jiang	Macquarie University	Heterogeneous Molecular Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Water
Dr Siva Karuturi	Australian National University	Advanced Semiconductor and Catalytic Materials for Direct Solar Hydrogen Generation