Program of the H2 National Summit

May 08, 2025

09:00

10:00
Admission and accreditation at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg
10:00

10:45
Opening speeches

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO Hydrogen Europe

Dr. Philipp Steinberg, Director General, BMWK

Welcome from Dr. Peter Tschentscher (10:30), Patron and First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

10:45

11:30
Regulatory framework conditions: New federal government, new rules?

Panel discussion with MPs, representatives of the new federal government/BMWK and

Dr. Axel Bree, Deputy Director-General, BMWK

Mark Helfrich, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU)

Dr. Kirsten Westphal, Member of the Executive Board of BDEW and member of the National Hydrogen Council,

Friederike Lassen, Board Member, German Hydrogen Association (DWV) e.V.

11:30

11:50
Coffee break
11:50

13:15
Opportunities for the international hydrogen economy

moderated by Dr. Alexander Stubinitzky (Head of Hydrogen and SynFuels, Drees & Sommer) with contributions from

Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director HIF EMEA

Lucretia Löscher, COO thyssenkrupp Uhde

Robert Eschenauer, Director Product Management Electrolyzer, Bosch

Markus Exenberger, Managing Director H2 Global

and subsequent discussion.

13:15

13:45
Nordic by Nature Lunch
13:45

14:45
Panel discussion: "Perspective and role of energy companies"

moderated by Martin Skiba with keynote speeches by:

Stefan Dohler, CEO EWE AG and BDEW President

Dr. Sopna Sury, COO Hydrogen, RWE Generation SE

Dr. Susanna Zapreva, Chief Renewable Officer (CRO), VERBUND AG

Dr. Tobias Mirbach, Head of Hydrogen, EnBW

14:45

15:05
"EU H2 internal market and cross-border trade"

Dr. Christoph von dem Bussche, CEO Gascade and ENNOH President

15:05

15:25
Coffee break
15:25

15:45
"Financing hydrogen projects" talk with

Talk, moderated by Jörg Singer with

Tobias Zehnter, Head of ESG Manangment Nord LB

Udo Schneider, GF Green Giraffe Deutschland GmbH

15:50

16:15
"Hydrogen Park Bad Lauchstädt - Demonstration of the entire H2 value chain"

Susanne Thöle, Director Hydrogen at Uniper

16:15

16:30
Coffee break
16:30

17:30

Start-ups award ceremony

incl. presentation of the winner

Presentation of the €5,000
H2-AgeAward for start-ups,
incl. presentation by the winner

06:50 pm

10:00 pm
Cruise and networking with the historic three-master "Atlantis" including dinner

Participants 2022 to 2024