Technical Program
(This Program is Subject to Change)
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| CHS Training Day - Monday - 16 February 2026 | ||
| Join us for Training Courses ahead of the Conference! Learn more here | ||
| CHS Foundations of Hydrogen Safety Expert-Led Three-day Training Tuesday-Thursday, 17-19 February 2026 | ||
| Expert-led Training running concurrently with the Conference Learn more here | ||
| Conference Day 1 - Tuesday - 17 February 2026 | ||
| 8:30 AM | 6:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 9:15 AM | 9:55 AM | Keynote Presentation: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis - Hydrogen Europe |
| Session 1 - Fundamental Safety Considerations and Best Safety Practices | ||
| 9:55 AM | 10:10 AM | Comparative Review of Hazardous Area Classification Standards for Hydrogen Facilities |
| 10:10 AM | 10:25 AM | Basic Safety Considerations and Permitting Considerations Regarding Hydrogen Power Generators Margreet B. Spoelstra - Netherlands Institute for Public Safety |
| 10:25 AM | 10:40 AM | Hydrogen Safety Is Not an Option, It Is a Condition... Laurent Lecomte - École nationale supérieure des officiers de sapeurs-pompiers (ENSOSP) |
| 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Q&A panel |
| 10:55 AM | 11:25 AM | Break |
| Session 2 - Hydrogen Detection, Mitigation, and Venting 1 | ||
| 11:25 AM | 11:40 AM | Beyond Visibility: Matching Flame Detection Technologies to Hydrogen Applications Tobias Moss - Dreager |
| 11:40 AM | 11:55 AM | Qualification of High-Flow Hydrogen Flaring Systems through Large-Scale Experiments and Safety Modelling Yanshu Wang - NaTran Research & Innovation |
| 11:55 AM | 12:10 PM | Hydrogen Flaring Vs Venting: Navigating Safety, Cost, and Permitting Challenges Bharat Abhyankar - Black & Veatch |
| 12:10 PM | 12:25 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:25 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| Session 3 - Hydrogen Detection, Mitigation, and Venting 2 | ||
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Comparative Assessment of Commercial Hydrogen Sensors for Targeted Applications Mário Silva - HyLab - Green Hydrogen Collaborative Laboratory |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Sensor Placement in Hydrogen Leak Localization |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | High-Speed Diagnostic Methodology for Near-Field Characterization and Mitigation of Hydrogen Explosion Effects Sophie Trélat - French Ministry of Defense |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Ultrasound Imaging for Hydrogen Leak Detection and Quantification: From Leak Surveys to Continuous Monitoring and Alerting Claudio Fecarotta - Distran |
| 3:00 PM | 3:20 PM | Q&A panel |
| 3:20 PM | 3:50 PM | Break |
| Session 4 - Production and Electrolyser Safety | ||
| 3:50 PM | 4:05 PM | Hydrogen-Oxygen Crossover in Electrolysers Gülay Kartal - Shell |
| 4:05 PM | 4:20 PM | Cascading Failure Analysis in Green Hydrogen Production with Insufficient Data Tizita Belachew Tamirat - Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| 4:20 PM | 4:35 PM | Ventilation to Mitigate Hydrogen Explosions in Enclosures Gabriele Ferrara - DNV |
| 4:35 PM | 4:50 PM | Q&A panel |
| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Wrap-Up Discussion |
| 5:00PM | 7:00 PM | Networking Reception |
| Conference Day 2 - Wednesday - 18 February 2026 | ||
| 8:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Morning Remarks |
| 9:05 AM | 9:20 AM | Robert Zalosh Hydrogen Safety Excellence Award Announcement |
| 9:20 AM | 10:00 AM | Keynote Presentation: Ghassan G. Abulfaraj - Saudi Aramco |
| Session 5 - Hydrogen Safety in New Technologies | ||
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Review of CFD Techniques for H2 Risk Evaluation in Domestic Settings |
| 10:20 AM | 10:30 AM | Fire Safety for Hydrogen Aircraft - Overall Approach and Outcomes Anaïs Marie Gay - Airbus & Soumyo Sengupta - Airbus Protect |
| 10:30 AM | 10:40 AM | Q&A panel |
| 10:40 AM | 11:10 AM | Break |
| Session 6 - Regulations, Codes, and Standards | ||
| 11:10 AM | 11:30 AM | IEA TCP Task 43 - Recommendations for Safety Distances Methodology for Alkaline and PEM Electrolysers Elena Vyazmina - Air Liquide |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Hydrogen Explosions, Codes and Standards and What We Can Learn from Oil and Gas Lee Phillips & Andrew Crerand - Shell |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Widescale adoption of hydrogen in mobility: safety aspects and requirements of hydrogen as a fuel and energy carrier Madeleine Mitschler - Aramco |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | SIL Assignment in Hydrogen Systems: Ensuring Safety in a Decarbonized Future Jan Franck Sr. - Pilz Global Services |
| 12:15 PM | 12:35 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:35 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| Session 7 - Hydrogen Safety in Production, Storage, and Distribution | ||
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Odorant Development for Safe Hydrogen Delivery Nicolas Blouin - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Safety Considerations in Adsorption-Desorption Cycles for Hydrogen Purification Vishvas More - Saudi Aramco |
| 2:30 PM | 2:40 PM | Q&A panel |
| 2:40 PM | 3:20 PM | CHS & HySafe Feedback Session: Help shape hydrogen safety priorities. Share your input on research needs, emerging risks, and gaps in codes and standards through a brief feedback session and industry survey. |
| 3:20 PM | 3:50 PM | Break |
| Session 8 - Hazard Analysis, Risk Assessment, and Safety Management | ||
| 3:50 PM | 4:05 PM | Process Safety in Hydrogen Systems: Comparative Lessons Learned from Hydrogen Release Incidents and Conventional Industrial Processes Maria Elyas - Dekra |
| 4:05 PM | 4:20 PM | Review of Research on Hydrogen Ignition Ørjan Knudsen - Gexcon |
| 4:20 PM | 4:35 PM | Applying Appropriate Risk Assessment and Functional Safety Life-Cycle Practices to a Stationary Fuel Cell System Using IEC 62282-3-100 and Related Standards Jonathan Keswick - eFunctionalSafety |
| 4:35 PM | 4:50 PM | Q&A panel |
| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Wrap-Up Discussion |
| 5:30 PM | 8:30 PM | Get a Taste of Athens Food Tour |
| Conference Day 3 - Thursday - 19 February 2026 | ||
| 8:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Badge Pick-Up & On-site Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:10 AM | Morning Remarks |
| 9:10 AM | 9:40 AM | Keynote Presentation: Greece’s Hydrogen Frontier: Scaling Innovation Safely Across Industry and Mobility Stella Giannisi - Motor Oil Hellas |
| Session 9 - Safety Culture & Workforce Development | ||
| 9:40 AM | 10:00 AM | Culture, Controls & Capability – A comprehensive approach to managing safety risks in the emerging Hydrogen business |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Building a Safer Workforce with Immersive Virtual Training Elefteris Charakleias - Siemens |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | The Role of Organizational Responsibility in Building a Hydrogen Safety Culture Leonardo Michele Carluccio - Dekra |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Q&A panel |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 AM | Break |
| Session 10 - Hydrogen Safety in Maritime Applications | ||
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Risk-Based Safety and Regulatory Validation of Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Systems for Reliable Marine Auxiliary Power: Insights from Singapore’s Hymaf-Sg Project |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Lessons Learned in Hydrogen Safety: Insights from Maritime and Offshore Risk Management Practices |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Safety Considerations and Certification Challenges for Large-Scale Hydrogen Fuel Cell Integration in Marine Applications: Insights from the H2MARINE Project Kyriakos Panopoulos - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Q&A panel |
| 12:15 PM | 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| Session 11 - Liquid Hydrogen and Refueling Safety | ||
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | From Remote Tanks to Urban Giants: Rethinking LH₂ Storage Safety at Scale Angelina Kurkova & Geert van den Handel - Shell |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Risk Assessment of Liquid Hydrogen in Transfer Operations |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Mitigation Strategies for Hydrogen Refuelling Stations: From Risk Assessment to Safe Operation Dimitra Antonia Bagaki - Technical University of Crete |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Q&A panel |
| 2:45 PM | 3:15 PM | Wrap-Up Discussion |
