Tentative programme (*)

Tuesday, 21. October 2008.

18:00 - 20:00

registration of participants, check in, welcome drink and dinner

Wednesday, 22. October 2008.

8:00 - 9:00

registration of participants and distribution of written materials

9:00 - 10:30

Welcome speeches and introductory lectures
  • organizer's representative
  • Frano BARBIR, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Croatia and UNIDO-ICHET, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Representatives from Croatian Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Split-Dalmatia county, local government, Croatian scientific and research institutions

10:30 - 11:00 :: coffee break

11:00 - 12:30

Global perspective
global trends in energy supply, perspectives for renewable energy sources and hydrogen
Invited Speakers:
  • Robert K. DIXON, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Washington, USA
  • Nicolas LYMBEROPOULOS, UNIDO - ICHET, Istanbul, Turkey
    UNIDO-ICHET Support in Relation to Hydrogen Energy Perspectives in the Developing World
Dennis HAWKES, Hydrogen Research Unit, University of Glamorgan, Wales
Renewable Hydrogen Production in Wales

12:30 - 13:00 :: coffee break

13:00 - 14:30

Island perspective
specifics of energy supply on the islands, islands' energy needs, options
Invited Speakers:
  • Panos KOROYANAKIS, ISLENET, Brussels, Belgium
  • Goran KRAJAČIĆ, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
    Increasing Penetration of Renewables in Islands Energy Systems by Energy Storage
Vilhjalmur NIELSEN, UNEP Riso Center for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, Denmark
Nordic Network for sustainable Energy Systems in Isolated Location
Fabio V. MATERA, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano", Messina, Italy
Development of renewable energy in Sicily

14:30 - 16:00 :: lunch

16:00 - 17:30

Technology status
state-of-the-art in technologies for utilization of renewable energy sources, technologies for production, storage and utilization of hydrogen
Invited Speakers:
  • Hans Jörg FELL, Hydrogen Technologies, Norway
    Electrolysers for distributed renewable energy systems: status and trends
  • Elli VARKARAKI, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece
Takashi OHKUBO, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region Public Works Research Institute, Japan
Production of Hydrogen from Biogas and its Use as Energy in the local Community
Bakir ĐONLAGIĆ, Končar - Institut za elektrotehniku, Croatia
Stacionarno postrojenje za proizvodnju električne i toplinske energije korištenjem vodika i gorivih članaka
Salahaldin NAMAN, Chem. Dept. College of Education, University of Duhok, Iraq
Production of Hydrogen from Hydrogen sulfide of Natural Gas in Kirkuk-Iraq by Conversion of Claus Process

Thursday, 23. October 2008.

9:00 - 10:30

Sharing experience
experience from the islands that already have hydrogen systems and those that have plans to implement them
Invited Speakers:
  • Elisabet FJERMESTADT HAGEN, UNIDO - ICHET, Norway
  • Daniel AKLIL, Pure Energy Centre, Shetland Islands, UK
Philippe POGGI, University of Corsica, France
Hydrogen in Corsica - Platform MYRTE
Klaus STOLZENBURG, PLANET - Planungsgruppe Energie und Technik GbR, Germany
Hydrogen as a means of controlling and integrating wind power in electricity grids

10:30 - 11:00 :: coffee break

11:00 - 12:30

Economics
economics of renewable energy sources and hydrogen, environmental costs
Invited Speakers:
  • Michaela MONTER, NTDA Energia, Spain

14:30 - 16:00 :: lunch

16:00 :: surprise trip with entertaining programme and dinner

Friday, 24. October 2008.

9:00 - 10:30

Financing and incentives
international and government programmes and incentives, funding of renewable energy projects
Invited speakers:
  • Herbert WANCURA, NTDA Energia, Spain, Joint Technology Initiative
  • Duncan MACLEOD, Shell Hydrogen, The Hague, The Netherlands (Speaker to be confirmed)

10:30 - 11:00 :: coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 :: round table, discussion and conclusions

12:30 - 14:30 :: lunch

Poster session
Mihajlo FIRAK, FSB, Croatia
Experiment, modelling and simulation of the solar-hydrogen production system based on the solar cells and alkaline water electrolyzer
Mihajlo FIRAK, FSB, Croatia
Solar-hydrogen based energy supply for passive house located in island of Hvar.
Naomichi NISHIO, Hiroshima University, Japan
Hydrogen recovery from organic wastes by H2-CH4 or NH3-CH4 two-stage fermentation process
Nikolay VLASOV, Federal State Unitarian Enterprise Scientific Research Institute Scientific Industrial Association LUCH, Russian Federation
Metals hydrides for hydrogen storage
Figen KADIRGAN, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Particles for PEM Fuel cells
Konstantin PETROV, Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Hydrogen Production from H2S in Black Sea and Industrial Waters using Green Energy
Atsuhiro KAWAMURA, National traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan
A Development Project of Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine System for Trucks in Japan
Artak BARSEGHYAN, Engineering Academy of Armenia, Armenia
Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of critical conditions in water monatomic hydrogen system

(*) This is a tentative programme. The final version of the programme will be posted when all the papers and speakers are selected. Accordingly, there will be some changes in the timetable.
In a case that too many papers get submitted a poster session will be organized in addition to the oral lectures.

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