Edited by Mary Rose de Valladares M.R.S. Enterprises, LLC ...

at M.R.S. Enterprises, which man­
ages the Secretariat, and prior to that
in the U.S. DOE National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL). With this
move the HIA realized a key milestone
in its Strategic Plan. Our landlord,
FASEB, houses technical research
organizations, most of which are FASEB
members. With convenient access to
Washington, D.C. and three airports, the
FASEB facilities include meeting and
conference rooms as well as an auditori­
um. Founded in 1912, FASEB has been
in this location since 1949. As of 2005,
FASEB counts some 148 Nobel laure­
ates among its members, so the HIA is
in good company.
The world’s interest in hydrogen
converged in at least three meaningful
ways this year: 1) in continued expan­
sion of conference opportunities; 2) in
enhanced potential for collaboration
on hydrogen activities; and 3) in grow­
ing preoccupation with the question of
where the hydrogen will come from.
Conference Opportunities
Because outreach is one of the
three HIA goals for the period 2005­
2009, the implementing agreement
growth in conference opportunities. In
2005, the HIA enjoyed a full schedule
of oral and poster conference engage­
ments to present its activities, accom­
plishments, and plans. In addition, the
HIA exhibited at several conferences.
These conference opportunities included
two internal conferences, numerous
hydrogen conferences, and one renew­
able sustainability conference. These
are listed below:
Internal IEA
• Renewable Hydrogen presenta­
tion at the IEA Renewable Energy Work­
ing Party (REWP) conference – Winter
2005 in Paris, France
• Hydrogen Coordinating Group
presentations on Gaps and Priorities in
Production and Storage – June 2005 in
Paris, France
External
• Melbourne International Work­
shop for Hydrogen Technologies for a
Sustainable Future ­ Spring 2005
• U.S. DOE Program Review
poster – May 2005
• International Partnership for
a Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) Confer­
ence on Storage keynote ­ June 2005 in
Lucca, Italy
• IPHE International Conference
on Storage poster ­ June 2005 in Lucca,
Italy
• UNIDO International Centre for
Hydrogen Energy Technology (UNIDO­
ICHET) keynote and exhibit – July 2005
in Istanbul, Turkey
• IPHE Education Workshop
– August 2005 in Reykjavik, Iceland
• World Hydrogen Technology
Conference (WHTC) keynote and exhibit
– October 2005 in Singapore
• Austrian Hydrogen Conference
presentation – October 2005 in Graz,
Austria
• IPHE Renewable Hydrogen
Workshop presentation – October 2005
in Seville, Spain
• European Hydrogen Energy
Conference (EHEC) presentation and
exhibit – November 2005 in Zaragoza,
Spain
Collaboration
HIA participation in several Inter­
national Partnership for a Hydrogen
Economy (IPHE) events underscores
the mutual interest in collaboration. In
fact, HIA participation in the IPHE stor­
support as a co­sponsor. Apart from
these conference activities, the HIA took
another step toward cooperation with
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“...world interest
in hydrogen
coverged in three
meaningful ways:
• continued
expansion of
conference
opportunities
• enhanced potential
for collaboration on
hydrogen activities
• growing
preoccupation with
the question of
where the hydrogen
will come from.”
“Because outreach
is one of the three
HIA goals for the
period 2005­2009,
the implementing
agreement was
well positioned to
growth in conference
opportunities.”