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| Start | End | Day 1 - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:05 AM | Welcome Note 鈥� Nick Barilo, Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS) |
| 10:05 AM | 10:25 AM | Plenary Speaker: Christophe Aufr猫re, The Hydrogen Council |
| 10:25 AM | 10:45 AM | Plenary Speaker: Sunita Satyapal, DOE - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Activities and H2@Scale Overview - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 10:45 AM | 10:50 AM | Stretch Break and Hallway Chats |
| Session 1: Renewable Energy Applications Session Chair: Bob Mount, Power Innovations |
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| 10:50 AM | 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Venkat Venkataraman, Bloom Energy - Roles of SOEC & SOFC in H2 Production and Power Generation |
| 11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Invited Speaker: Stephen Goyette, Nuvera - Practical Guide to Hydrogen Safety |
| 11:20 AM | 11:35 AM | Invited Speaker: Steve Wheaton, INTERTEK - Certification Testing of Fuel Cells |
| 11:40 AM | 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion & Stretch Break |
| Session 2: Vehicle Applications Session Chair: Daniel O'Connell, Plug Power |
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| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Livio Gambone, Nikola Motor - Ensuring the Safe Fire Performance of Hydrogen Fuel Tanks in Class 8 FCEVS |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Mark Blackwell, Cummins - Hydrogen Safety Challenges Retooling Industry for Hydrogen Products |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Fernanda Rossum, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Hydrogen As Energy Carrier for Vehicles |
| 12:50 PM | 1:10 PM | Panel Discussion & Stretch Break |
| Session 3: Transportation and Transfer of Hydrogen Session Chair: Jennifer Hamilton, California Fuel Cell Partnership |
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| 1:10 PM | 1:25 PM | Invited Speaker: Amir Ahmadzadegan, Emcara Gas Development Inc.- Hydrogen Transport Safety; Some Important Considerations and Standards |
| 1:25 PM | 1:40 PM | Invited Speaker: Kareem Afzal, PDC Machines - Scaling Hydrogen through Packaging Partners- how PDC led with Safety Training |
| 1:40 PM | 1:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Tim Brown, First Element Fuel - Hydrogen Refueling Station Safety |
| 1:55 PM | 2:10 PM | Invited Speaker: Juan Ignacio Del Valle, Ad Astra Rocket - The Costa Rica Hydrogen Transportation Ecosystem: Lessons Learned and Future Steps |
| 2:15 PM | 2:35 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | Closing Remarks: Day 1 - Gary Stottler, Stottler Development, LLC |
| Start | End | Day 2 - Wednesday, September 16, 2020 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:05 AM | Opening Remarks: Gary Stottler, Stottler Development |
| 10:05 AM | 10:25 AM | Plenary Speaker: Neva Espinoza, EPRI |
| 10:25 AM | 10:45 AM | Plenary Talk - Nick Barilo, CHS and Annemarie Purmer, Shell - Hydrogen Incidents鈥� Can We Control the Future? |
| 10:45 AM | 10:50 AM | Stretch Break and Hallway Chats |
| Session 4: Learnings From Previous Hydrogen Incidents Session Chair: Will James, Savannah River National Laboratory |
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| 10:50 AM | 11:05 AM | Ken Wohlgeschaffen, Chevron - Hydrogen Plant Reforming Furnace Tube Failure Results in Fire Outside the Box |
| 11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Invited Speaker: Joseph Shepherd, Caltech - Hydrogen Explosions at Fukushima in 2011 鈥� Nuclear Power Plant Safety and Accident Management Perspective |
| 11:25 AM | 11:45 AM | Panel Discussion & Stretch Break |
| Session 5: Hydrogen Safety in Utility Applications Session Chair: Roman Estrada, Nebraska Public Power District |
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| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Robert Steele, EPRI - Gas Turbines for Low Carbon Power Generation |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Noah Meeks, Southern Company - Target Zero: Maintaining Safety with Hydrogen in Utility Applications |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Jack Brouwer, UC Irvine - Do We Really Need Hydrogen? |
| 12:35 PM | 12:55 PM | Panel Discussion & Stretch Break |
| Session 6: Legacy and Non-Fueling Applications Session Chair: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ad Astra Rocket Company |
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| 12:55 PM | 1:25 PM | Matthew E Moran, Moran Innovation - Liquid Hydrogen Droplets to Millions of Gallons: Lessons Learned from Decades of Space Exploration Systems Operation, Testing and Technology Development |
| 1:25 PM | 1:40 PM | Derek Miller, Air Products - Hydrogen Jet Explosions: More Common Than We May Realize |
| 1:40 PM | 1:55 PM | Karen Vilas and Darren Malik, BakerRisk - Myth Busting: Hydrogen Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCEs) |
| 2:00 PM | 2:20 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 2:35 PM | 3:15 PM | Sponsored Networking Session - SoCalGas |
| 3:15 PM | 3:25 PM | Closing Remarks: Day 2 - Sumanth Addagarla, Chevron |
| Start | End | Day 3 - Thursday, September 17, 2020 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:05 AM | Opening Remarks: Sumanth Addagarla, Chevron |
| 10:05 AM | 10:25 AM | Plenary Speaker: Jay Keller, International Association of Hydrogen Safety |
| 10:25 AM | 10:45 AM | Plenary Speaker: Nick Barilo, CHS |
| 10:45 AM | 10:50 AM | Stretch Break and Hallway Chats |
| Session 7: Learnings and Improvements to Best Safety Practices Session Chair: Jake Leachman, Washington State University |
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| 10:50 AM | 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Will Pryor, LA Fire Department |
| 11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Danielle Murphy, WHA - Hydrogen Training Overview for Technicians: What Do Your Employees Need to Know to Safely Operate and Maintain a H2 System? |
| 11:20 AM | 11:35 AM | Invited Speaker: Claus Due Sinding, NEL - Challenges and methods of in-situ hydrogen leak detection |
| 11:35 AM | 11:50 AM | Michael Snyder and Sarah Eck, DEKRA - Compounding Hazards: How Hydrogen Can Accentuate Other Hazardous Material Risks |
| 12:00 PM | 12:20 PM | Panel Discussion & Stretch Break |
| Session 8: Effective Application of Hydrogen Codes and Standards Session Chair: Wish Krishnamoorthy, BayoTech |
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| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Invited Speaker: Brent Hartman, CSA Group - Codes and Standards: Harmonization and Emerging Applications |
| 12:45 PM | 1:00 PM | Karen Quackenbush, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association - The Importance of Industry Engagement in Developing RCS |
| 1:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Mike Johnson and Rune Kleiveland, DNV GL - CFD Safety Analysis of a Hydrogen Filling Station |
| 1:20 PM | 1:35 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 1:35 PM | 2:05 PM | Open Discussion: Nick Barilo, CHS - What did you learn from the conference and what can we do moving forward? |
| 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Final Closing Remarks |