The second Materials Challenges for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies: from innovation to industry Workshop will take place in Grenoble (France) from 19th to 21th September 2016, hosted by Nano-CAT, a European project funded by the FCH-JU Programme under the EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).

The 2016 edition intends to build on the success of the first Workshops (March 2012) to: 

1. Highlight key results of the research and innovation (R&I) projects supported by various programs of FP7 and Horizon 2020 (the current EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2017-2020) in the field of material for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen (FCH) and review their technology readiness level (TRL) in a value-chain approach.
2. Give an updated overview of the portfolio of projects in the FCH field to bring forward the global picture of FCH R&I in Europe and highlight the impact of advanced materials toward for a widespread of the FCH technologies.
3. Identify common R&I priorities for bridging the gap between advanced materials and the successful commercialization of innovative products and industrial technologies.
4. Provide a forum for discussion, problem solving and planning of R&I activities in Eu¬rope and give key recommendations on future R&I needs in the FCH domain. including cross-cutting topics (engineering and upscaling, characterization, modelling, standardization) 
5. Enable the materials, nanotechnologies & FCH communities in Europe to develop strategic collaborations and industrial partnerships. 
6. Review the existing materials, nanotechnologies and FCH roadmaps to support the deve¬lopment of FCH industry, and to implement them in Horizon 2020.

PROVISIONNAL PROGRAMME 

19 September – 18:00 
Arrivals and welcome cocktail 

20 September – 9:00 – 18:00 
Welcome and opening 
FCH-JU program overview presentation 
NMPB program overview presentation 
DoE program overview presentation 
Session on advanced catalysts 
Session on advanced characterization 
Session on materials, components and modelling 

20:00: Gala dinner 
21 September – 9:00 – 15:00 
Session on degradation 
Session on gas quality 
Session on testing protocols 
Conclusions and identification of common initiatives between FCH2-JU and NMBP 
Posters and discussions during breaks and buffet

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 
Mr Jean-Luc Delplancke, FCH2-JU, Belgium 
Mr Erno Vandeweert, NMPB, Belgium 
Mrs Nancy Garland, DoE, USA 
Mr Andreas Friedrich, DLR, Germany 
Mrs Laure Guetaz, CEA, France 
Mr Piotr Zelenay, LANL, USA 
Mrs Sylvie Escribano, CEA, France 
Mr Jari Ihonen, VTT, Finland 
Mr Georgios Tsotridis, JRC, Netherland 
Mr Rod Borup, LANL, USA

If you wish to submit an abstract for poster or oral presentation, please send it to pierre-andre.jacques@cea.fr and joel.pauchet@cea.fr.
The abstract (1 A4 sheet) shall cover:
- title
- authors
- affiliation
- session addressed
- oral or poster
- summary of presentation with figures on main results as necessary.

Oral presentations are planned to last 20 minutes.

The deadline for submission is 26/08/2016.