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Program of the 8th RD20 Conference 2026
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Workshop (WS) Members only

October 19, 13:00-16:00 (SAST, UTC+2)
Venue: Crystal / Garnet / Onyx meeting room, First Floor

Time
12:00-12:55Registration (ICC Registration Desk)
12:55-13:00Safety briefing
13:00-16:00WS #1: AI for Energy (Members only)
This workshop will serve as a follow-up to the meeting held at KIER, Korea, in April 2026, with the aim of making cooperative work among RD20 member institutions more concrete.

Moderators:
・Dr. Woonho Baek, KIER, Korea
・Dr. Taha Selim Ustun, AIST, Japan

Panelists and Short Presentation Titles:
・Dr. Woonho Baek, KIER, Korea
2026 AI for Energy Workshop
・Dr. Cho Mincheol, AIST, Japan
AI Applications in Japanese Home Energy Big Data and Development of External Control Technology for Home Demand-Side Resources
・Dr. Aidan Rhodes, Imperial College London/UKERC, UK
Risks and Regulation for AI in Energy Systems

Coffee break (approximately 14:10-14:30)

・Dr. Amedeo Buonanno, ENEA, Italy (online)
Human-AI Interaction in Operational Optimization
・Dr. Taha Selim Ustun, AIST, Japan
AI Assisted Predictive Maintenance in Hydroelectric Power Plants
・Dr. Xiwei (Sherry) Xu, CSIRO, Australia (online)
AI Infrastructure x Energy Infrastructure: An Architecture Perspective
・Dr. Joungho Park, KIER, Korea (online)
Reliable Surrogate-Assisted Multi-Objective Optimization for Complex Chemical Processes

Discussion and wrap-up

October 21, 13:30-16:40 (SAST, UTC+2)
Venue: Diamond auditorium, Ground Floor

Time
13:30-16:40WS #2: Clean Hydrogen and Its Derivatives (Members only)
To establish a focused international technical collaboration platform that identifies and addresses priority research and innovation challenges across diverse hydrogen pathways which includes hydrogen derivatives, sustainability assessment, and emerging hydrogen resources such as natural/geological hydrogen while ensuring complementarity with existing global hydrogen initiatives.

Moderators:
・Dr. Michio Kondo, AIST, Japan
・Dr. Thabo Hlalele, CSIR, South Africa

Panelists and Short Presentation Titles:
・Dr. Hirokazu Kojima, AIST, Japan
Evaluation Technologies for Large Scale Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis
・Dr. Sibimol Luke, UCL/UK-HyRES/UKERC, UK
Hydrogen reality check: Hard truths and real pathways
・Dr. Abdelilah Slaoui, CNRS, France
Water use & quality for sustainable Hydrogen
・Dr. Hunmin Park, KIER, Korea
Recent Progress in Next-Generation SOEC Technology toward Scalable Clean Hydrogen Production

Discussion (14:15 – 14:30)

・Prof. Dmitri Bessarabov, NWU/DSTI HySA Infrastructure Center of Competence, South Africa
HySA Green Hydrogen Innovation and Value Chain Development Hub at NWU
・Dr. Abdul Hamid Budiman, BRIN, Indonesia (online)
Status and implementation of clean hydrogen in Indonesia
・Dr. Joungho Park, KIER, Korea (online)
Impact of model fidelity and data resolution on green hydrogen economics
・Dr. Liezl Schoeman, CSIRO, Australia
Clean Hydrogen and derivatives: industrial applications

Discussion (15:20 – 15:35)

Coffee Break (15:35 – 15:50)

Breakout Session (15:50 – 16:20)

Discussion and wrap-up (16:20 – 16:40)

Note: Women in Green Hydrogen (WiGH) Networking Cocktail Event (Members only)
21 October | 17:30-21:00
Venue: Amber banquet room
Women in research and development, industry professionals, developers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, funding partners and allies will exchange perspectives through a moderated panel and audience discussion, followed by a networking cocktail reception.