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New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium 2025 (NZHS-3)

03 February 2025

New Zealand's conference on hydrogen research. Registrations are still open. 

HOW TO APPLY

This conference is hosted by:

Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG), University of Canterbury

Location: Ti Kouka, 90 Ilam Road, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Link

Symposium Programme: Link

We thank our generous sponsors:

Supported by: 

The Catalyst: Strategic Fund, administered by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment of New Zealand, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research—via the project HINT (New Zealand-German Platform For Green Hydrogen Integration, grant number 03SF0690), He Honoka Hauwai (New Zealand German-NZ Green Hydrogen Centre) and HighHy (Development of highly active anodes for anion exchange membrane electrolysers to enable low-cost green hydrogen).

  • Prof. Rangan Banerjee (Director of IIT Dehli, India)
  • Prof. Peter Strasser (Chair of Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis, Technical University of Berlin)
  • Prof. Christian Breyer (Chair of Solar Economy, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland)
  • Prof. Rodrigo Palma (Director of the Solar Energy Research Center, Chile)
  • Prof. Pierluigi Mancarella (Chair of Electrical Power Systems, University of Melbourne) 
  • A. Prof. Sven Teske (Research Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
  • Dr. Claudio Pistidda (Head of Department of Experimental Investigations, Hereon Helmholtz Center, Germany)
  • Dr. Hans Christian Gils (Head of Department of Energy System Analysis, German Aerospace Center, Germany)
  • Dr. Christopher Boyle (Executive Chair of Fabrum, New Zealand)
  • Dr. Linda Wright (CEO of NZ Hydrogen Council, New Zealand)
  • Dr. Hamish Miller (Senior Researcher, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council, Italy)
  • Dr. Noel Duffy (Group Leader of Solar Technologies, CSIRO, Australia)
  • Dr. Carola Kantz (Deputy Managing Director of VDMA Power-to-X for Applications)
  • Christina Houlihan (CEO of BSPKL, New Zealand)  
  • Dr André Cabrera Serrenho (Associate Professor in Engineering, Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

  • H2 Industry and commercialisation: Matt Watson, Sally Brooker
  • H2 Storage: David Dempsey, Fei Yang, Luke Liu
  • H2 Energy strategies: Jannik Haas, John Kennedy
  • H2 Production: Aaron Marshall, Geoff Waterhouse, Anna Garden, Vedran Jovic
  • Cross-cutting topics:  Prasanth Gupta, Selena Sheng
  • Energy systems modelling with H2: Rebecca Peer,  Michael Jack
  • Risk, environmental and social dimensions: Janet Stephenson, Rebecca Peer

01 June: Abstract submissions open (submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis)

01 July: Registrations open

31 August: Early bird registration deadline

30 September: 15 November: Although the deadline has passed, we still welcome poster submissions. 

31 October: 15 November: Although the deadline has passed, we still welcome late registrations.

03-05 February 2025: Conference

Chairs: Dr. Rebecca Peer and Dr. Jannik Haas

Event coordinators: Francisco Astorga Mendoza and Akash Handique

Local committee: Dr. Matt Watson, Dr. Andy Nicol, Dr. Aaron Marshall, Dr. Hamish Avery, Dr. David Dempsey

Aaron Marshall, University of Canterbury

Anna Garden, University of Otago

Fei Yang, University of Waikato

Geoff Waterhouse, University of Auckland

Ludmila Adam, University of Auckland

Jannik Haas, University of Canterbury

John Kennedy, GNS Science

Jonathan Kitchen, Auckland University of Technology

Jonathan Leaver, Unitec

Kēpa Morgan, Mauri Model

Linda Wright, NZ Hydrogen Council

Luke Liu, Victoria University of Wellington

Suren Wijeyekoon, Scion

Rebecca Peer, University of Canterbury

Robert Holt, Callaghan Innovation

Sally Brooker, University of Otago

Simon Kelly, Lincoln Agritech

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