At this event, we will be celebrating the success of the HyDEX programme in bringing together academic, businesses, local authority and policy makers to support the development of a Hydrogen Economy in the Midlands.
After launching in 2022, the Research England HyDEX programme is coming to a close in December, having supported over 50 companies with their training needs, supporting 12 micro/start-up companies to further develop hydrogen technologies, over £100 million of funding has been secured for hydrogen projects by our university partners and more than 50 events delivered across the Midlands and beyond.
We will be hearing from those who have collaborated and innovated with us as part of the programme to showcase and celebrate their success. We will then look to the future, beyond HyDEX, to explore hydrogen developments in the Midlands. The day will also provide opportunities for networking to meet familiar faces and form new collaborations.
Agenda: (subject to change)
09.30-10.00 Registration and refreshments / Networking / Exhibition stands
10.00-10.10 Welcome: Professor Mark Ormerod, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Keele University
10.10-10.30 Celebrating HyDEX – round up of the innovative work of the HyDEX programme – Professor Martin Freer, CEO of the Faraday Institution
10.30-10.45 HyDEX – influencing hydrogen policy:
Professor Martin Freer, CEO of the Faraday Institution
10.45-11.45 Hydrogen Innovators: (presentation of 3 Innovation Funded projects with Q&A)
• Green Coordinate – Martin Stanley and Aston University – Amir Amiri
• Nium – Kerry McLaughlin and Aston University – Amir Amiri
• Microcabs – Anne Shepherd and John Jostins, and
University of Birmingham – Yousif Al-sagheer
11.45-12.15 Refreshments / Networking / Exhibition stands
12.15-13.15 HyDEX Skills
Hydrogen Micro-internship programme: Guest speakers:
· Modular Clinton Global – Clinton Liu, CEO
· Intern – Numan Ahmed
· Air Products PLC – Chloe Tindale, Hydrogen Strategic Marketing
Intern at Xodus – Shakana Onyinah Manager
12.35-13.15 Skills Panel Discussion: Building the Hydrogen Workforce of the Future: Skills, Training, and Industry Growth
Panel: Richard Penn, Sonya Calman, Hanlin Li, Lisa Bingley, Richard Harper
13:15-14:15 Lunch, Showreel + videos / Exhibition stands / networking
14.15-14.35 Keynote: The future of Hydrogen in the Midlands
Will Morlidge – East Midlands Combined Authority and East Midlands Hydrogen
14:35-15:10 Panel: The future of Hydrogen in the Midlands
Panel chair: Sarah Windrum, Horiba-Mira
Panellists: Will Morlidge – East Midlands Combined County Authority, Kelly Manders – Cadent, Matt Barney – GeoPura, Professor Martin Freer – CEO of the Faraday Institution
15.10-15.30 Closing remarks – Beyond: The HyDEX legacy