May 13-14, 2025

Long Beach, California

May 13-14, 2025

Long Beach, California

Unlocking California's Hydrogen Potential

Technical Program

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Production, Transmission & Distribution
Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Wednesday 29 May 2024

Day 1

Thursday 30 May 2024

Day 2
08:00 AM

Registration Opens

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Solar PV Hydrogen Development, Design, and Optimization

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Patrick Goodman , Technical Director Fellow, Clean Hydrogen Technology , Fluor

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Cradle to Grave: The Impact of Automation on Your Hydrogen Asset

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Seth Harris , Director of Sustainability, Americas , Emerson

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Distributed Production of Low Cost Carbon Negative Hydrogen (from biomass)

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Dr. Robert T. Do , President and CEO , SGH2 Energy Global Corporation

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Compact and Efficient Energy Storage Based on Iron Oxide And Hydrogen to Overcome the World’s Energy Challenges

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Frank Claassen , Business Development Manager , AMBARtec

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Insights from Dynamic Simulations: Controllability and Safety Analysis of Green Hydrogen Production Systems

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Rodolfo Tellez-Schmill , Product Champion, Process Simulation , KBC Advanced Technologies (A Yokogawa Company)

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The Role of Hydrogen in Long-Duration Energy Storage to Address Grid Constraint and Rising Electricity Costs

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Alex Ivanenko , CEO & Founder , HyWatts

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Lunch Break

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Negative Carbon-Intensity Hydrogen or Steam Production Using Biomass or Waste Fuels in an Innovative Chemical Looping and Oxygen Combustion Process

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Brian Higgins , Chief Strategy & Climate Officer , Babcock & Wilcox

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Enabling the Low-Cost Hydrogen Future with Today’s Infrastructure

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Elliot Anise-Hicks , Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder , Oberon Fuels

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Advancing Predictive Health Monitoring: High-Accuracy Cell Voltage Measurement as a Key Enabler

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Umer Farooq , Business Development Leader Hydrogen Market , Siemens

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Advancing the Hydrogen Economy: The Technical Superiority of Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture for Industrial Decarbonization and Urgent Hydrogen Utilization

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Mack Hopen , Sr. Commercialization Manager, Hydrogen , Modern Hydrogen

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Hydrogen Refueling Components

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Cesar Salazar , Marketing & Service Manager , WEH Technologies

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Enabling Durable Hydrogen Trucking and Cheap Green Hydrogen Production

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Gary Ong , Chief Executive Officer , Celadyne Technologies

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

California Dreaming: AI-Enabled Learnings from Early Demonstration Hydrogen Fueling Stations

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Alison Hawkins , General Manager, Americas Hydrogen Mobility , Air Products and Chemicals

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Techno-Economic Analysis of Natural And Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Yashee Mathur , PhD Candidate , Stanford University

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Scaling Hydrogen Liquefiers and Machinery

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Louis Mann , Marketing and R&D Manager , Atlas Copco Gas and Process

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Field Experience with Measuring Hydrogen Using Ultrasonic Flowmeters

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Joe Incontri , Director of Marketing, North America , KROHNE, Inc.

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Hydrogen from Hydrogen Sulfide and Water in Los Angeles County

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Ryan Gillis , Chief Executive Officer , Thiozen Inc

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Technical and Economic Feasibility of Storing Hydrogen in Salt Caverns

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Jai Duhan , Project Engineer , RESPEC

04:00 PM

Day 1 of Technical Conference - Concludes for the Day

08:00 AM

Registration Opens

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Techno-Economic Evaluation of a High Temperature Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor for Hydrogen Production

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Jacobus Swanepoel , Lead High Temperature Applications , Xenergy LLC

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Marking Progress in the Decade of Hydrogen

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Patrick Goodman , Technical Director Fellow, Clean Hydrogen Technology , Fluor

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Creating Carbon Negative Hydrogen

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Joshuah Stolaroff , Chief Executive Officer , Mote

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Accelerating Decarbonization using an Integrated Engineering approach for Digital Design of Green Hydrogen and CCUS systems

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Simon Leyland , Industry Strategy Director for Energy , Siemens Industry, Inc.

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

A Novel Approach to Powering Green Hydrogen Production: DC-DC Converter Technology

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Alex Comeau , Key Account Manager, Hydrogen , Dynapower

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Leveraging Computational Models to Support the Strategic Decision-Making With the Development of Hydrogen Infrastructure

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Grant Aguinaldo , Principal , Envera Consulting

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Lunch Break

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Golu-H2: Modular On-Site Off-Grid Carbon-Negative Renewable Hydrogen from Ethanol

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Jag Singh , Business Development Director , Golu Hydrogen Technologies Inc.

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Methane Pyrolysis: Pioneering Sustainable Business Models in the Hydrogen Economy

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Mack Hopen , Sr. Commercialization Manager, Hydrogen , Modern Hydrogen

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Understanding Geologic Hydrogen Production from First Principles

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Victor Awosiji , PhD Student , Stanford University

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Carbon Accounting Solutions for a Sustainable Hydrogen Future

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Barron Effenberger , Business Development Manager , Caltrol Inc.

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

New Wave Hydrogen - Transformative Clean Hydrogen and Carbon Production

Production, Transmission & Distribution

Colin Copeland , Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering , Simon Fraser University

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Hydrogen Production Water Management: Understanding the Challenges

Storage, Utilization & Sustainability

Adam Leece , Manager, Decarbonization & ESG , Integrated Sustainability

03:30 PM

Day 2 of Technical Conference - Concludes for the Day