Stefan Bergander ist seit Juni 2018 als neuer Projektmanager bei HYPOS e.V. aktiv. Er absolvierte seinen Master of Business Administration im Bereich Energie- und Ressourcenwirtschaft an Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. In seiner Masterarbeit entwickelte er zusammen mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf ein Konzept für eine modulare Ammoniakproduktionsanlage basierend auf einer Wasserstoffelektrolyse gekoppelt mit dem Preisentwicklungen am Spotmarkt Strom. In der Vergangenheit war er bereits als Werkstudent an der Europäischen Energiebörse EEX und als Freischaffender für die Industrie- und Handelskammer Chemnitz tätig.

Following diverse political positions in Germany, Mr Jorgo Chatzimarkakis was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014 (ITRE, ECON, CONT). He was then appointed Ambassador-at-Large for the Greek government during the financial crisis. Since 2016, he is Secretary General of Hydrogen Europe, the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association.

Mr Chatzimarkakis was born in Duisburg, Germany. He holds German and Greek nationality, and a degree in Political Science from the University of Bonn. 

Dr. K. Andreas Friedrich is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Stuttgart and the Head of the Electrochemical Energy Technology Department at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart, Germany. 

His research areas are electrochemical energy conversion and storage, in particular polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolysis, solid oxide cells, system design and optimization. Dr. Friedrich has authored and coauthored about 200 reviewed papers. He received the Fischer medal (Dechema) in 2009 and the Ertl prize 2014 for his scientific work.

Dr. Friedrich has an initial background in Physics and Physical Chemistry. Starting with early fundamental work on electrochemical interfaces and electrocatalysts the research has become increasingly application oriented. His doctoral study on non-linear optics at electrochemical interfaces was performed at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck-Society from 1987 –1990 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. G. Ertl (Nobel prize laurate in Chemistry). 

His former employments include research associate positions at University of Oregon and Research Center Jülich. Senior scientist positions were held at Technical University Munich and ZSW (Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research) in Ulm. In 2004 he joined the DLR and University of Stuttgart heading the group focusing on electrolysis, fuel cells and advanced batteries. Priorities are polymer membrane and solid oxide technology as well as “beyond Li-ion” technology in batteries. The primary goals of the group comprise enhanced power density, long lifetime, reduction of precious materials and manufacturing costs, identification of degradation mechanisms in stacks and their prevention, advanced stack design, and optimised integration of fuel cells into energy supply systems. The activities of the group have received the f-cell Award in Silver 2016 for electrolysis components, the Clean Tech Media Award 2012 (Aviation) and the f-cell Award in Silver 2008 (DLR with Airbus).

Ulf Groos studied Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg until 1996. The diploma thesis was written at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe, where he worked until 1997. During 1998 and 1999 he was a consultant at Rudolf Spitzmueller in Gengenbach. Beginning of 2000 he came to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg. There, he was responsible for marketing of today’s division Hydrogen Technologies until end of 2008. Since beginning of 2008 Ulf Groos is head of the department Fuel Cell Systems. He is in charge for around 20 engineers and scientists. 

Dr David Hart is a Director of E4tech and an expert advisor, consultant and researcher on hydrogen energy and fuel cells for 25+ years. He leads and conducts projects from research to strategy in different industry sectors for governments, corporations and investors worldwide, has sat on venture capital investment committees and clean energy company boards, is a Director of the International Association of Hydrogen Energy and chairs the Grove Fuel Cell Symposium Steering Committee. He has been an invited keynote speaker on hydrogen energy on six continents. In 2001, having built a successful research group at Imperial College London, he co-founded E4tech's London office to work on sustainable energy strategy consulting, helping clients make the best decisions in uncertain conditions. Now based in Switzerland, he is a director of E4tech and heads the hydrogen and fuel cell consulting practice, while retaining a role as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College.

Thorsten Herbert has been advancing the market preparation of hydrogen and fuel cell technology at the National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW) GmbH in Berlin since November 2008. He coordinates the activities of the National Innovation Program Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP) as Head of Program NIP. Its main focus is on hydrogen-powered vehicles for road and rail transport (cars and fleet vehicles, such as buses) and the corresponding hydrogen infrastructure. Since 2015, he is heading the Division Transport and Infrastructure. The tasks in his area of responsibility also include the funding measures of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) for battery-electric mobility and the implementation of the Federal Funding Program Charging Infrastructure. In addition, NOW supports the BMVI in the realization and further development of the Federal Government's mobility and fuel strategy. After studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Thorsten Herbert was involved in leading functions in the development of automotive fuel cell propulsion systems at Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH and GM Powertrain Deutschland GmbH for a total of seven years. In January 2015, he completed an extra-occupational master's program in "Renewable Energies".

Daniel Hofer, Lawyer with additional training in business administration, has been CEO of Migrol AG since 2003 and previously worked for 17 years in Switzerland and abroad for subsidiaries of Swiss and German corporate groups in marketing and finance. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Avenergy Suisse (Switzerland’s Petroleum Association), of which he was elected Chairman at the Annual General Meeting on 24 June 2016. 

Daniel Hofer is married and has three adult children with his wife. Hobbies are sport (rowing, skiing) and the occupation with mental-philosophical topics.

Thomas Kattenstein (born in 1969) is Head of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Electric Mobility Network of the EnergieAgentur.NRW in North Rhine-Westphalia. This NRW network is arguably Europe's largest regional initiative, geared to strengthening the fuel cell and hydrogen industry.  

His tasks include the development of strategies for the future activities of the network or the state of NRW, the development of support programs in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells, as well as in neighboured areas, e.g. co-generation. Dr. Kattenstein also works on the initiation and monitoring of projects, the pooling of project partners as well as the coordination and representation of the NRW activities at the federal government, the EU and international committees. In this regard, he is active in the national working group, the EU regional partnership on hydrogen, fuel cells and electromobility HyER. Bilateral contacts with international companies and institutes are also part of its mission, especially with Japan. 

Thomas Kattenstein completed a degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in energy engineering / energy management and a doctorate in Dr.-Ing. at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Afkenel works as New Energy Stakeholder Manager for N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie. She focusses on hydrogen, CCS, Green Gas and District Heating projects. A graduate from the Erasmus Univeristy Rotterdam, she obtained a Master degree in Finance and Investments. Afkenel also holds a professional qualification as Register Controller and an executive Master of Finance and Control. She started her career as a graduate with Shell and held various jobs for Shell in Upstream and Downstream in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Italy. 

Afkenel is also founding member of VIEN - Women in Energy. VIEN is a community of energy leaders committed to busting the diversity gap and creating a new, sustainable and inclusive future for energy. 

In her spare time, you will find Afkenel at the theatre. A lifelong music lover, she founded Kinderconcertjes Groningen; classical concerts for kids from 0-99. 

Stefan Schrank studied Electrical Engineering and Business Economics at the University of Braunschweig, Germany and has more than 15 years experience in the Rail Industry. Stefan is a leading expert on Hydrogen Fuel Cell based hybrid rail vehicles.

Frode Skaar studied Industrial Automation at HiST in Trondheim and has more than 20 years experience from Automation, IT, R&D and shipping. For the last five years Frode have been working to develop new green solutions for the maritime industry for Westcon Power & Automation (WPA). WPA is a world leading system integrator for hybrid- and electric propulsion systems and the system integrator for the world’s first ferry driven by liquid hydrogen

André Steinau graduated as Master in Business Admistration from Westfaelische Wilhelms-University in Muenster, Germany in 2002. He has a career in Marketing and Sales Management and Sales Controlling in the banking sector. Since he joined GP JOULE at the very beginning in 2009 he held many positions as director for finance, marketing, managing director miniJOULE e.g. As Coordinator to the CEO he is the project leader in the business development of GP JOULE’s hydrogen activities within Germany and beyond.

Thomas Tingelöf holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He has been working with fuel cell component, stack and system research and development since 2004. He is currently leading the fuel cell development at PowerCell Sweden AB. He is also responsible for the design of the European automotive fuel cell stack platform, currently being jointly developed within the German “AutoStack Industrie” consortium by a large number of leading automotive OEMs and component suppliers.