VIPs from politics, science and business 1995 - 2006

As early as from the year1995, when the joint stand for hydrogen and fuel cells was founded, the team led by project manager and later owner and operator Arno A. Evers invited an increasing number of VIPs from politics, science and business.
They could obtain general information about hydrogen and fuel cells.
Here, they also learned a lot about the current state of research and the preparation of the exhibitors for series production.
Up until Evers' departure in 2006, the number grew in the twelve events to 165 VIP visits.
All these visits are documented in detail here:
https://www.hydrogenambassadors.com/projects.html

The activities of the total of 337 international exhibitors and forum participants from 1995 through 2006 can be found here:
HANNOVER FAIR 2006
HANNOVER FAIR 2005
HANNOVER FAIR 2004
HANNOVER FAIR 2003
HANNOVER FAIR 2002
HANNOVER FAIR 2001
HANNOVER FAIR 2000
HANNOVER FAIR 1999
HANNOVER FAIR 1998
HANNOVER FAIR 1997
HANNOVER FAIR 1996
HANNOVER FAIR 1995

Abeln	Bernd	State Secretary, Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of the state Hesse	Germany	2004
Adamowitsch	Georg Wilhelm	State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Germany	Germany	2005, 2006
Althaus	Dieter	Minister President of Thuringia	Germany	2004
Altmann	Matthias	L-B-Systemtechnik GmbH, Ottobrunn	Germany	2005
Andres	Gerd	Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour	Germany	2004, 2000
Böhme	Kathleen	Delegation of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour	Germany	2005
Böhmer	Hans-Joachim	CEO German-Portugese Handelskammer	Portugal	2005
Bauckhage	Hans-Artur	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Affairs, Transportation, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Pfalz	Germany	2006, 2005, 2003
Baumann, Dr.	Werner	The Honorable Ambassador of Switzerland in Germany	Switzerland	2004
Bellamy, Prof. Dr.	David	Scientist	UK	2001
Boelkow, Dipl-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult.	Ludwig	Pioneer of implementing Renewable Energies and Hydrogen Energy into a Hydrogen Economy Founder of the German Aircraft-, Helicopter-, and Space Industry, now: Airbus. A hydrogen pioneer from the 1980s	Germany	1996
Bossel, Dr.	Ulf	European Fuel Cell Forum	Switzerland	2001
Branoner	Wolfgang	Senator for Economics and Technology, Berlin	Germany	2001, 2000
Brinkmann	Rainer	Member of German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2001
Brunkhorst	Angelika	Member of the FDP parliamentary group of the German Bundestag	Germany	2006, 2004
Bury	Hans-Martin	Minister of the State in the office of the German Chancellor, Berlin	Germany	2002
Busemann	Bernd	Education Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	2004
Clement	Wolfgang	German Federal Minister of Economics and Labour	Germany	2004, 2002
Committee of Economic, Technology and Employment		from Thuringian Parliament, Erfurt	Germany	2006
Committee of Economics, Labour and Transport, Regional Parliament of Lower Saxony			Germany	2006
Corts	Udo	Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts in the state Hesse	Germany	2004
Coskun	Ali	Turkish Minister of Industry and Trade, Ankara	Turkey	2006
Couchepin	Pascal	Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	2002
Döring, Dr.	Walter	Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Minister President of the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2002
Dawkins	Ian	Vice President A320 Family Programme Management with delegation Airbus Deutschland GmbH	Germany	2006
de Koning	Chris	External Affairs and Communication Manager, Shell Hydrogen B.V., Amsterdam	The Netherlands	2005
Dean	John	Director Equity Research UBS Warburg	UK	2001
Deiss	Joseph	Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	2003
Delegation from Denmark		Business Delegation from Denmark	Denmark	2006
Delegation from India			India	2006
Delegation from Japan	Endress + Hauser	Business Delegation	Japan	2006
Delegation from the 55th Africa Business Forum "Energy Africa"				2006
Delegation from the Committee of Environment, State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Hannover			Germany	2006
Delegation from the Consulate General of the Netherlands		Hamburg	Germany	2006
Delegation of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology			Germany	2006
Devila	Lago	Vice President of State, Secretary of Cabinet, Cuba	Cuba	2000
Dietzel	Wilhelm	Hessian Minister for Environment, Rural Development and Consumer Protection of the State Hessen	Germany	2006, 2004, 2003, 2002,2001, 2000
Dreher, Dr.	Burkhard	Minister for Economics, SMEs and Technology, Land Brandenburg	Germany	1998
Eberl, Dr.	Christian	Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Environment in the state Lower Saxony	Germany	2005, 2003
Ebnet, Dr.	Otto	Minister of Economics of the State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004, 2001
Edlund, Dr.	David	Senior Vice President, CTO and co founder IdaTech	USA	2001
Ende, van den	Kees	EMA Power Generation and Renewables	The Netherlands	2005
Eymael	G?nter	State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transportation, Agriculture and Viticulture of the state Rhineland-Pfalz	Germany	2004
Fan	Su	Deputy Director, International Department of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry (CAEPI)	China	2001
Fell	Hans-Josef	Alliance 90/ The Greens, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2001
Fernandes	Rei	Research Group on Energy and Sustainable Development, Instituto Superior Tecnico (DEM/STE), Lisbon	Portugal	2005
Fischer, Dr.	Peter	Minister of Economy, Technology and Traffic of Lower Saxony	Germany	2000
Foulon	Claude	Trade Commissionner at the French Embassy in Germany	Germany	2005
Gabriel	Sigmar	Prime Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	2002
Georgi, Dr.	Hanspeter	Minister of Economy of the Saarland, President of the Central Office for Productivity and Technology - ZPT Saarbruecken	Germany	2005, 2004, 2003, 2001
Gibbard	H. Frank	Chief Executive Officer H-Power Corp.	USA	2000
Glos	Michael	Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Berlin	Germany	2006
Goehrmann, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.	Klaus E.	Chairman of the board of the Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	1996
Goppel	Thomas	Minister of the Environment, Bavaria, Munich	Germany	1996
Griefahn	Monika	Environmental Minister of the Land of Lower Saxony	Germany	1998, 1996
Grigorescu	Andrei	Secretray of State, Ministry of Economy and Commerce	Romania	2004
Grube, Dr.	Ruediger	Member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG, member of the Board of Directors of Hyundai Motor Company and of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)	Germany	2002
Haberman	David	Member of the Federal Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel	USA	2002
Harms	Rebecca	Chairman of the parliamentary Party Buendnis 90 / Die Gruenen of the Lower Saxony State Parliament	Germany	2000
Harper	Toddington	Fuel Cell Markets Ltd, Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom	2005
Hart	David	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UK	2001
Hatje, Dipl.-Ing.	Wolf	PreussenELEKTRA AG	Germany	2000
Heckmann	Sepp D.	Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany, Member of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany	Germany	2005
Heinzel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.	Angelika	Univ.-Prof. Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg	Germany	2002
Herdan	Thorsten	Managing Director VDMA - Power	Germany	2004
Hirche	Walter	Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment and Transport of Lower Saxony	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004
Hockaday	Robert G.	Chief Fuel Cell Scientist Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.	USA	2001
Horstmann, Dr.	Axel	Ministry for Transport, Energy and Spatial planning of the State Northrhine-Westfalia	Germany	2005, 2004
Juettner	Wolfgang	Minister of Environment in Lower Saxony	Germany	2002, 2001, 2000
Junghanns	Ulrich	Minister of Economic Affairs Land Brandenburg	Germany	2003
Jurk	Thomas	Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, Germany	Germany	2005
Kindler	Johannes	Deputy Director General of the German Chancellery, Berlin	Germany	2001, 2000
Kloed	Christopher	Managing Director Norsk Hydro Electrolysers AS	Norway	2001
Kohlstruck, Dipl.-Ing.	Bernd	Managing Director, ALSTOM BALLARD GmbH	Germany	2001
Krüger, Dr.	Wolfgang	State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy of the state of Brandenburg	Germany	2006
Krause, Dr.	Peter	Head of the New Technologies Unit, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)	Germany	2004
Krogsgaard	Peer	BTM Consult ApS	Denmark	2000
Kroon	Marc J.	Representative of the City of Arnhem	The Netherlands	2005
Lange	Hubert H.	Board of Directors of the Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	2000, 1997
Leonhardt, Prof.	Willy	Minister for Environment, Energy and Transport of Saarland	Germany	1996
Lovins	Amory B.	Co-Chief Executive Officer (Research) of Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado	USA	2000
Müller	Michael	Parliamentary State Secretary by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin	Germany	2006
Mantsch, Prof. Dr.	Henry H.	Counsellor Science & Technology, Embassy of Canada, Berlin	Canada	2003
Marques, Dr.	Rui Boavista	Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Portugal, Berlin	Germany	2006
Martini	Klaudia	Executive Director Corporate Communications, Adam Opel AG	Germany	2003, 2001
Merbold, Dr. rer. nat.	Ulf	ISS Promotion Manager at Microgravity Promotion Division of the ESA Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity, at ESTEC, Noordwijk	The Netherlands	2002
Merkel, Dr.	Angela	Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany	2006
Methling, Prof. Dr.	Wolfgang	Deputy Minister President and Minister of the Environment of Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania	Germany	2005, 2003, 2001
Moeller	Antje	Alliance 90/ The Greens, Chairperson of the Green Caucus in Hamburg City State Legislature	Germany	2001
Mueller, Dr.	Werner	Federal Minister for Economic and Technology	Germany	1999
Nie, de	Erik	Hydrogen Network Enterprise	The Netherlands	2005
Normand, Dr.	Gilbert	Canadian Minister for Research and Technology	Canada	2001
Nurdin	Marcus A. B.	Managing Director, World Fuel Cell Council e.V.	Germany	2000
Oettinger	Günther H.	Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg	Germany	2006
Olk, Dr.	Gerhard	Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transfers, Transport and Technology	Germany	2003
Otero	José Luis Fraile	(representing Roberto Lurueña), APPICE Spanish Fuel Cells Association, Madrid	Spain	2005
Palinkas	Jozsef	Secretary of State of Hungaria from the Ministry of Education, Research and Development	Hungaria	2000
Peet	David L	DuPont Fuel Cell Enterprise	USA	2002
Pfister	Ernst	Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany	Germany	2005
Platzeck	Matthias	Minister President of the Land Brandenburg	Germany	2004
Posch	Dieter	Minister of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of Hesse	Germany	2002, 2001, 2000
Raue	Ernst	Deputy for the Chairman of Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	2000
Reijalt	Marieke	Secretariat H2IT, Milan	Italy	2005
Reinholz	Juergen	Minister, Ministry of Economics, Labour and Infrastructure of Thuringia	Germany	2005, 2004
Rhiel, Dr.	Alois	Minister, Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of the state Hesse	Germany	2006
Riechmann, Dr.	Volkhard	Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Transport, Energy and Spitial Planning of the state Northrhine-Westfalia	Germany	2003
Riesenhuber, Prof. Dr.	Heinz	MdB, Bonn	Germany	1995
Rippel	G?nter	Representative of Deutsche Messe AG in Bavaria	Germany	2003
Rivoir	Martin	Member of the Parliament of the State Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2003
Rohwer, Prof. Dr.	Bernd	Minister for Economic Affairs, Employment and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	2003
Rose	Robert	Executive Director Fuel Cells 2000	USA	2001
Rueth, Dr.	Herbert	Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transfers, Transport and Technology	Germany	2003
Ruettgers, Dr.	J?rgen	Federal Minister of Education, Science and Technology	Germany	1996
Salvamoser	Georg	Managing Director of Solar-Fabrik GmbH	Germany	2000
Sander	Hans-Heinrich	Ministry of the Environment of Lower Saxony	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004
Scheer, Dr.	Herrmann	President of EUROSOLAR, the European Solar Energy Association	Germany	2000
Schlauch	Rezzo	Chairman of the parliamentary group Alliance 90/ The Greens, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2002
Schmalstieg	Herbert	Major of Hannover	Germany	2000
Schmidt	Renate	Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of Bavarian Parliament	Germany	2001
Schroeder	Hiltrud	Wife of Gerhard Schroeder, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	1995
Schroeder	Gerhard	Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany	2004, 2002, 2001
Schuster	Franz	Minister for Economics, Employment and Infrastructure of Thuringia	Germany	2002
Schwager	Maren	BMW Group, Munich	Germany	2005
Schwanhold	Ernst	Minister for Economics and Midsize Businesses, Energy and Transport of North-Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	2002
Schwank	Peter	Delegation of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour	Germany	2005
Seres	Ioan-Codrut	Minister, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Government of Romania	Romania	2005
Shi	Dinghuan	Consultant of the State Council of China, Chief of Middle-Long Term S & T Development Program Group and Chairman of China Solar Energy Association, Former Secretary General of MOST of China	China	2005
Sigfusson	Ingimundur	Ambassador from Iceland	Iceland	2000
Smit	Rob	KEMA Power Generation and Renewables	The Netherlands	2005
Smolenaars	Jacques	President and Chief Marketing Officer of Hexion BV	The Netherlands	2005
Sonneborn, Dipl.- Ing.	Gotthard G.	Technical Director Energiekontor AG	Germany	2001
Stather	Erich	State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), Berlin, Germany	Germany	2004
Stefener	Manfred	CEO Smart Fuel Cell GmbH	Germany	2002
Steinmann, Dr. rer. Soc.	Walter	Director, Swiss Federal Office of Energy	Switzerland	2003
Stolpe	Manfred	Prime Minister of Brandenburg	Germany	1998
Stratmann	Lutz	Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture	Germany	2006, 2005
Strauch	Volkmar	Permanent Secretary for Economics, Labour and Women´s Issues Senate Department for Economics, Labour and Women´s Issues Berlin Government	Germany	2006
Swarup	Asha	Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, New Delhi	India	2006
Szabo	Garbor	Lower Secretary of State	Hungaria	2000
Taft	Bob	Governor from Ohio	USA	2006
Teufel	Erwin	Minister President of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2003
Theis	Werner	Ministry for Environment and Forests of Rhineland-Pfalz, Head of Minister`s office	Germany	2000
Thoben	Christa	Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine - Westphalia, Duesseldorf	Germany	2006
Tiefensee	Wolfgang	Federal Minister, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Berlin	Germany	2006
Tillmetz, Prof. Dr.	Werner	Member of the Board of Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research	Germany	2005
Timken, Jr.	William Robert	Ambassador of the USA in Berlin	Germany	2006
Toepfer, Dr.	Klaus	Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi UNON and Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya	Kenia	2003
Trittin	Jürgen	German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004, 2002
Vahrenholt, Dr.	Fritz	Minister of Enviroment of the State of Hamburg	Germany	2000, 1996
Vandenborre, Dr.	Hugo	Managing Director of Hydrogen Systems N. V.	Belgium	2000
Veziroglu, Prof.	T. Nejat	President, International Association for Hydrogen Energy	USA	2002
Vogt	Ute	Regional Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany and Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2003
Wöhrl	Dagmar	Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Berlin	Germany	2006
Wallace	John R.	Executive Director Th!nk Mobility, LLC	USA	2002
Wei	Han	Vice President and General Secretary of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry (CAEPI)	China	2001
Wenzel	Stephan	Alliance 90/The Greens in the Lower Saxony Parliament	Germany	2004
Wenzel, Prefeito Minister	Jos? Alberto	Environment Minister communal	Brasilia	2005
Wiemann, Dr.	Bernd	CEO, Mannesmann Pilotentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH	Germany	2001
Wiesheu, Dr.	Otto	Bavarian State Minister for Economics, Transportation and Technology	Germany	1998
Wiest, Dr.	Bruno	Technology Officer, Business Development Officer, Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany	Canada	2004, 2003
Witzko	Richard	Business Leader Europe Industrial Products Division W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH	Germany	2001
Wolf	Harald	Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Labour and Women’s Issues, Berlin Government	Germany	2005, 2003
Wulff	Christian	Premier of the Federal State of Lower Saxony	Germany	2003
Wurster, Dipl.-Ing.	Reinhold	Ludwig-Boelkow-Systemtechnik GmbH	Germany	2001, 2000
Yzer	Cornelia	Secretary of state at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn	Germany	1995