Wendy Morton, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will give the keynote at a high profile event being organised by the British Embassy and Landor LINKS to promote decarbonisation – and particularly the use of hydrogen – at an online seminar on November 25 from 9.00 to 12.30, 'broadcast' across the UK and Europe.

Read more about hydrogen projects here

Expert speakers from UK companies, including RYSE Hydrogen, Arup and Ulemco will be taking part in the discussion, which is hosted by the Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Technology.

Minister Morton will be joined at the seminar by British Ambassador to Hungary Paul Fox, State Secretary for Climate and Energy Peter Kaderjak, and President of the Smart Future Innovation Cluster Zsolt Bertalan.

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Agenda

09.00 - 09.15
Welcome by British Embassy Deputy Head of Mission, Richard Shackleton

Opening remarks:
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Policy, Peter Kaderjak

President of the Smart Future Innovation Cluster, Zsolt Bertalan

09.15 – 09.30
Keynote speech: Wendy Morton, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

09.30 – 11.50

Presentations from:

Jash Rughani, Business Development & Strategic Alliances, Ryse Hydrogen 

Alex Burrows, Director, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education

Kevin Kinsella, Senior Partner (Energy Transition), ERM

Nicola Smith, Business Development Manager, ULEMCo

Mark Neller, Director, Energy Leader UKIMEA, Arup

Bill Ireland, CEO, Logan Energy

Dr Prem Mahi, Development and Innovation Director, Energy, Mott MacDonald

Moderator: Andras Lengyel, Smart Future Innovation Cluster

11.50.- 12.05
Kriston Ákos, CEO, Hungarian Natural Gas Storage Ltd (tbc)

12.05 – 12.25
Tamás Pazsiczky, Director, Energy, Resources and Industrials; Csaba Mez?, Partner, Deloitte (tbc):
The potential for hydrogen in Europe, and perspectives for the Hungarian hydrogen market

12.25 - 1230
Closing remarks: President of the Smart Future Innovation Cluster, Zsolt Bertalan