
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 |
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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 |