WFCC 2021 Invited Plenary Speakers

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Laurent Antoni

CEA Liten, France;
President, Hydrogen Europe Research

Presentation Title
High temperature electrolysis and alternative fuel feeding strategy and architecture of PEM Fuel Cell Stack to improve performance and stability while reducing costs of hydrogen production and usage

Tobias Christoph Brunner

Managing Director, Hynergy GmbH, Germany and Cryomotive GmbH, Germany, and former Vice President, Hydrogen Business Great Wall Motor China

Presentation Title
Hydrogen on the Way to Competitiveness – A Hydrogen Cost and Decarbonization Perspective

Zhongwei Chen

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Professor in Advanced Materials for Clean Energy at the University of Waterloo, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Director of Waterloo Center for Electrochemical Energy, Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Vice President of International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science

Presentation Title
Advanced Platinum and Non-Platinum Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells

Ahmed F. Ghoniem

Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Director of the Center for Energy and Propulsion Research and the Reacting Gas Dynamics Laboratory

Presentation Title
Thermochemical Production of Green and Grey hydrogen

Craig Gittleman

General Motors, USA

Presentation Title
Materials Research and Development Focus Areas for Low Cost Automotive Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Michael D. Guiver

Tianjin University, China

Presentation Title
Innovations in Fuel Cell Membranes

David Hart

Director of E4tech, a Switzerland- and UK-based business consulting company specialising in sustainable energy
Visiting Professor at Imperial College London

Presentation Title
How fuel cells can help both recovery and climate in a post-covid world

Shigeki Hasegawa

Toyoto Motor Company, Japan

Presentation Title
Physical Modeling of Fuel Cell System and Application to Product System and Control Development

Jun Liu

University of Washington
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Presentation Title
Electrons or Hydrogen – The Choices for Future Energy Storage

Asmae Mokrini

Team Lead and Senior Research Officer at the Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Center of the National Research Council Canada

Presentation Title
Novel Manufacturing Opportunities for PEM Cost Reduction and Durability Improvement

Sunita Satyapal

Director, Hydrogen and Fuel cell Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Presentation Title
U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Perspectives

Detlef Stolten

Professor and Director of the Institute of Techno-Economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3) at Juelich Research Center, Germany
Chair for fuel cells at RWTH Aachen University

Presentation Title
Hydrogen Becoming a Commodity: A Requisite for Future Carbon-neutral Energy Systems Getting Reliable and Affordable

Xueliang Andy Sun

Professor and senior Canada Research Chair (Tier I) at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Presentation Title
Single Atom Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: Opportunity, Challenge and Progress

Xiao-Zi Yuan

Research Officer at the Energy, Mines & Environment (EME) Research Centre of the National Research Council Canada (NRC)

Presentation Title
Quality Control of PEM Fuel Cell Components

Piotr Zelenay

World Fuel Cell Conference

World Fuel Cell Conference

WFCC 2021 Plenary Speakers

World Fuel Cell Conference

WFCC 2021 Invited Plenary Speakers

CEA Liten, France;
President, Hydrogen Europe Research

Presentation Title
High temperature electrolysis and alternative fuel feeding strategy and architecture of PEM Fuel Cell Stack to improve performance and stability while reducing costs of hydrogen production and usage

Managing Director, Hynergy GmbH, Germany and Cryomotive GmbH, Germany, and former Vice President, Hydrogen Business Great Wall Motor China

Presentation Title
Hydrogen on the Way to Competitiveness – A Hydrogen Cost and Decarbonization Perspective

Presentation Title
Advanced Platinum and Non-Platinum Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells

Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Director of the Center for Energy and Propulsion Research and the Reacting Gas Dynamics Laboratory

Presentation Title
Thermochemical Production of Green and Grey hydrogen

General Motors, USA

Presentation Title
Materials Research and Development Focus Areas for Low Cost Automotive Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Tianjin University, China

Presentation Title
Innovations in Fuel Cell Membranes

Director of E4tech, a Switzerland- and UK-based business consulting company specialising in sustainable energy
Visiting Professor at Imperial College London

Presentation Title
How fuel cells can help both recovery and climate in a post-covid world

Toyoto Motor Company, Japan

Presentation Title
Physical Modeling of Fuel Cell System and Application to Product System and Control Development

University of Washington
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Presentation Title
Electrons or Hydrogen – The Choices for Future Energy Storage

Team Lead and Senior Research Officer at the Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Center of the National Research Council Canada

Presentation Title
Novel Manufacturing Opportunities for PEM Cost Reduction and Durability Improvement

Director, Hydrogen and Fuel cell Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Presentation Title
U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Perspectives

Professor and senior Canada Research Chair (Tier I) at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Presentation Title
Single Atom Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: Opportunity, Challenge and Progress

Research Officer at the Energy, Mines & Environment (EME) Research Centre of the National Research Council Canada (NRC)

Presentation Title
Quality Control of PEM Fuel Cell Components

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Presentation Title
Durability of PGM-Free ORR Catalysts: Recent Progress

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WFCC 2021 Plenary Speakers

WFCC 2021 Invited Plenary Speakers

Toyoto Motor Company, Japan

Presentation TitlePhysical Modeling of Fuel Cell System and Application to Product System and Control Development

Copyright 2025 @ World Fuel Cell Conference (WFCC)

Presentation Title
Physical Modeling of Fuel Cell System and Application to Product System and Control Development