Impressions from the Conference
OPENING & KEYNOTE SESSION

INTRO

John Tak, President & Ceo, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association

Honourable Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources of British Columbia, Canada

Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of National Resources (by video)

Stephen H. Crolius, Senior Director, Clinton Climate Initiative, Boston,
MA, USA

Anthony Freeman, Program Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Earth Science Research and Advanced Concepts
Session:
National & Regional Strategic Perspectives: Advancing H2/FC Technology

Co-Chairs: Nick Beck (left) & Michael McGowan (right)
Update on US Federal Policy for the Sector — focusing
on the impact the Obama administration will have on the Industry
Bob Rose (middle), US Fuel Cell Council, Washington, DC, United States

Applications in NRW— Early markets as bridge to the NRW Hydrogen HyWay
Andreas Ziolek, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Network NRW, Duesseldorf, Germany

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells as strong partners of renewable energy systems
Johannes Michael Toepler, German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV)
Berlin, Germany

An Impressive proceeding for the Seven-Year Finnish Tekes Fuel Cell
Programme:
How a small country can be strong in Developing Emerging
Technologies
Martti Korkiakoski, Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and
Innovation,
Helsinki, Finland

Michael Goldstein, Vice President and CCO, Ballard Power Systems Inc., Burnany, BC, Canada

Mike McGowan, Head of Hydrogen Solutions, Linde North America Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, USA, also Chairman of the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), Washington, DC, USA

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