Hydrogen at the Research Frontier:
Innovations and Emerging Breakthroughs
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Hydrogen is a central pillar of the energy transition, with a growing role in industrial decarbonisation, clean transport, energy system integration, and long-term energy diversity, resilience, and security. Across Europe and beyond, major public and private efforts are being deployed to accelerate the market uptake of hydrogen technologies. However, the strength and durability of this transition will ultimately depend upon research and innovation to address unresolved challenges and to open up new technological pathways. 

Important progress is still required in areas such as efficiency, durability, cost competitiveness, materials sustainability, system flexibility, manufacturability, infrastructure development, and integration into real operating systems and environments. At the same time, emerging scientific and technological advances are creating new opportunities in hydrogen production, conversion, storage, transport, digitalisation, intelligent system management, and advanced materials and components. 

In this context, the EFCH2 2026 plenary session brings together key representatives of leading research, industrial, policy and innovation frameworks shaping the hydrogen landscape in Europe and internationally.  

The objective of the plenary session is to discuss where the real hydrogen research frontier lies today, which innovation priorities are emerging as most relevant for the years ahead, and how research, industry, public strategies,infrastructure development and international cooperation can work together to accelerate impact. By combining European and global perspectives, the plenary will offer a forward-looking reflection on the breakthroughs, priorities and collaborative directions that may define the next phase of hydrogen and fuelcells in a clean energy economy.
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Click here for the complete program of our plenary session.

EFCH₂ 2026 | poster session
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Authors and presenters are invited to present their activities and results.

Poster Session will be organized in the "Gazebo Room" of the Grand Hotel Quisisana.

The main poster session will be hosted on September 16^th from 16.00h to 18.00h.
For this session, authors are invited to be present beside their poster to share the contents with the attendees.

A second session will be in place on September 17^th from 10.30h to 12.00h.
Author's participations is optional and discretional.

The Set up of the posters will be on September 16^th from 14.00h to 16.00h.
The max dimensions of the poster are 90cm x 230cm.

For any further information, please contact with the Organizing Committee via email at the email address info@europeanfuelcells.com