Hamburg's digital trade fair presentation is jointly organised by Hamburg Invest and Hamburg Marketing. Dr Rolf Strittmatter, managing director of both enterprises, explained: “The Corona pandemic poses major challenges for the economy and for exchange between science and business. This year’s Hannover Messe comes in a digital format that aims to connect some of the brightest minds of tomorrow’s key industries. As part of seven digital round tables, we will be highlighting Hamburg’s innovative power."
Even at this stage, Hamburg is among those European regions that boast extensive expertise in the production of hydrogen and its use in various sectors of the economy. Moreover, as a logistics hub as well as a major industrial location in Europe, Hamburg offers ideal conditions for advancing green hydrogen. This process is further strengthened by connecting hydrogen with Hamburg’s high-performance electricity grid. Moreover, large parts of the local gas grid are currently being prepared for hydrogen usage.
Kicking off this year’s event, Minister Westhagemann and Jan Rispens, coordinator of the Hamburg Hydrogen Network, will be presenting their concepts for a self-sustaining hydrogen economy as part of a digital dialogue. This will be followed by five additional talks with industry representatives. Topics will include
- infrastructure
- port logistics and shipping
- aviation
- production and industrial use, and
- hydrogen imports.
The talks will be held in English and will be moderated by Heinrich Klingenberg, Hamburg Invest’s hydrogen expert. Another discussion format will be used to introduce the ITS World Congress, which is scheduled to be held in Hamburg this October.