Technical Program
See the Schedule for the 2025 Center for Hydrogen Safety Americas Conference
Preliminary Technical Program
This schedule is subject to change
| Day 1 - October 14, 2025 - Tuesday | ||
| 8:30 AM | 6:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Conference Welcome |
| 9:15 AM | 9:55 AM | Keynote Presentation Dr. Sunita Satyapal - Hydrogen Leader and Former US Department of Energy |
| Session 1 - Fundamental Safety Considerations & Best Safety Practices 1 | ||
| 9:55 AM | 10:15 AM | Hydrogen Safety Fundamentals: facts, fictions and real-world implications |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Speaker to be announced |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Speaker to be announced |
| 10:45 AM | 11:00 AM | Q&A panel |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Break |
| Session 2 - Fundamental Safety Considerations & Best Safety Practices 2 | ||
| 11:30 AM | 11:50 AM | Considerations for Ventilation Rates to Mitigate Hydrogen Releases Danielle Murphy - WHA International |
| 11:50 AM | 12:05 PM | Advancing Hydrogen Ignition Probabilities: Current State, Gaps, and Research Directions Alex Gupta - Electric Power Research Institute |
| 12:05 PM | 12:20 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:20 PM | 12:35 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:35 PM | 12:55 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:55 PM | 2:10 PM | Lunch |
| Session 3 - Process Safety Management & Safety Culture | ||
| 2:10 PM | 2:30 PM | Gaurav Sharma - Shell |
| 2:30 PM | 2:50 PM | David Moore - AcuTech Consulting Group |
| 2:50 PM | 3:05 PM | Hydrogen in the Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industry – a Process Safety Management Perspective Don Lanier - Safety First Group |
| 3:05 PM | 3:20 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:20 PM | 3:35 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:35 PM | 4:00 PM | Q&A panel |
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Break |
| Session 4 - Regulations, Codes and Standards | ||
| 4:30 PM | 4:50 PM | Hazards Associated with the Delayed Ignition of Hydrogen Releases Lee Phillips - Shell Research Ltd. |
| 4:50 PM | 5:10 PM | Seizing the Moment: Advancing Hydrogen Standards in a Shifting Industry Landscape Laura Brumsey - CGA |
| 5:10 PM | 5:25 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 5:25 PM | 5:40 PM | CSA Group Research Initiatives - Hydrogen Pipelines Delivery Brett Weinkauf - CSA Group |
| 5:40 PM | 6:00 PM | Q&A panel |
| 6:00 PM | 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| Day 2 - October 14, 2025 - Wednesday | ||
| 8:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Morning Welcome |
| 9:05 AM | 9:45 AM | Keynote Presentation Tom Drube - Chart Industries |
| Session 5 - Safety in Production & Electrolyzers | ||
| 9:45 AM | 10:05 AM | From Design to Operation: Ensuring Safety in Hydrogen Production Plants Christian Plume - Siemens Energy |
| 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Speaker to be announced |
| 10:20 AM | 10:35 AM | Best Practices for the Safe Operation of Electrolyzers Rob Early - Compressed Gas Association |
| 10:35 AM | 10:50 AM | Speaker to be announced |
| 10:50 AM | 11:10 AM | Q&A panel |
| 11:10 AM | 11:40 AM | Break |
| Session 6 - Hydrogen/Natural Gas Pipeline Safety / Blending 1 | ||
| 11:40 AM | 12:00 PM | Rob Hiestand - Chevron |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| Session 7 - Incidents, Investigations, & Lessons Learned | ||
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Dave Farese - Durham Consulting |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Unexpected Fire Beneath a Steam Methane Reforming Furnace in a Hydrogen Plant Ken Wohlgeschaffen - Chevron |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:15 PM | 3:35 PM | Q&A panel |
| 3:35 PM | 4:00 PM | Break |
| 4:00 PM | 5:45 PM | Roundtable discussion/networking time (& HIT poster session) |
| Day 3 - October 16, 2025 - Thursday | ||
| 8:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Morning Welcome |
| 9:05 AM | 9:25 AM | CHS Presentation Nick Barilo - Center for Hydrogen Safety |
| 9:25 AM | 10:05 AM | Keynote Presentation |
| Session 8 - Hydrogen/Natural Gas Pipeline Safety / Blending 2 | ||
| 10:05 AM | 10:25 AM | Jin Zhang - SoCalGas |
| 10:25 AM | 10:45 AM | Alex Fridlyand - GTI Energy |
| 10:45 AM | 11:00 AM | Speaker to be announced |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Q&A panel |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Break |
| Session 9 - Safety Training & First Responder Education | ||
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | First Responder Education and Public Communication on Hydrogen Fuling and Production Facilities Danielle Press - HTEC |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| Session 10 - Hydrogen Safety in Other Applications | ||
| 1:45 PM | 2:05 PM | Hydrogen in Weather Balloons Martin Gresho - FP2FIRE, INC. |
| 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | Q&A panel |
| 2:50 PM | 3:05 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:05 PM | 3:20 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:20 PM | 3:35 PM | Speaker to be announced |
| 3:35 PM | 3:50 PM | Q&A panel |
| 3:50 PM | 4:10 PM | Wrap-up Discussion |
| 4:10 PM | 4:15 PM | Closing Remarks |
