On Thursday, February 16, 2023 , the kick-off event of the project "HyExpert - Hydrogen Region South-East Lower Saxony" will take place from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Helmstedt Business Incubation Center. At the event, an overview of the project content will be given. In addition, NOW GmbH will present the funding program "HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany" and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Transport, Building and Digitalization will provide insights into the North German Hydrogen Strategy in the context of the HyExpert projects.

Program:

Admission from 9.30 a.m.
10.00 a.m. | Greetings

• Gerhard Radeck, District Administrator of the Helmstedt District
• Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digital Affairs
  (as video message)
• Thomas Klein, Managing Director of Wirtschaftsregion Helmstedt GmbH

10.15 a.m. | HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany:
Findings from the first phase of regional funding

• Alexander Gehling, Program Manager Hydrogen and Fuel Cell of NOW GmbH

10.45 h | Project presentation

• Thomas Ahlswede-Brech, Program Manager Economy and Mobility of Allianz für die Region GmbH
• Christoph Imdahl, Group Manager Sustainable Factory Systems and Life Cycle Management from the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST
• Dr. Ingmar Hartung, Team Leader Infrastructure & Electrolysis at IAV GmbH

11.30 a.m. | North German Hydrogen Strategy in the Context of the HyExpert Region SouthEastLower Saxony

• Lars Bobzien, Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Transport, Building and Digitalization

12.00 p.m. | World Café followed by get together

Your registration via email to HyExpert@allianz-fuer-die-region.de will be accepted until February 14, 2023. The event is free of charge and the number of participants is limited.