This workshop will focus on forklifts & material handling, an application which constitutes a successful early market for FC technologies.

Emphasis will be placed on sharing best practices, discussing the state of the art of fuel cell technologies for material handling. Speakers and participants will also debate about the market perspectives and strategies for a broad deployment of fuel cell forklift and material handling.

In particular, the workshop should discuss the following questions:
(1) SET THE FRAME of the discussion: FCH technologies for forklift & material handling in Europe, state of the art, role and potentials
(2) CASE STUDY & LESSONS LEARNED: present and demonstrate current projects, share the vision of end users and exchange best practices with the audience
(3) ADVANTAGES & BARRIERS: review of  benefits & discussion of barriers (technological, political, economical)  hindering a full deployment, solutions on the field
(4) PERSPECTIVES: market perspectives in Europe, benchmark with US and Asia, status of market (offer & demand), next steps & key developments to achieve a full market uptake

Speakers

• Steven Westenholz, H2 Logic, Sales manager, Denmark
• Hannes Schöbel, Linde Material Handling, Manager market intelligence,  Germany
• Mark Kammerer, Hydrogenics Europe, Business development manager,  Belgium
• Dr. Georgios Tsotridis, European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy, Scientific / Technical Project Manager - Sector Head – Cleaner Energy,  Netherlands
• Dr Bram Veenhuizen, HAN Automotive, Professor (lector) in vehicle mechatronics at the HAN University, Netherlands

Who should attend:

The event is opened to all European fuel cells and hydrogen experts, from industry and research, professionals from  the end users side (retail, transport, logistics) interested to know more about or implement projects with fuel cells forklifts & MH solutions, as well as executives from the forklifts & MH sectors to bridge the gap between the supply & demandroundtable with panellists from the industry and from demonstration project participants.

Details:

• Venue:  The workshop will take place at Euro Keys offices, rue de la Loi 26, 10th floor, 1040 Brussels
• Timing:  From 10h00 to 17h00