About HySchool Days
The primary objective of HySchool is to contribute to the global energy transition by enhancing the quality of Norwegian doctoral training on the use of hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuel as energy carriers in society. PhD students from all universities and university colleges in Norway can be admitted to HySchool, provided research on hydrogen and/or hydrogen-based fuels is an important part of the doctoral project.
In this perspective, HySchool Days will be an annual meeting place for PhD candidates, researchers and representatives from the labour market, from different disciplines and organisations. The partners in HySchool will take turns organising HySchool at various locations in Norway.
HySchool Days 2027
University of Stavanger (UiS) (external link) will be hosting HySchool Days 2027 in Stavanger at 11-12 May 2027. For internal participants, there will be additional programs on Monday 10 May and Thursday 13 May.
The programme will feature presentations from:
- The five Topical Areas in HySchool
- PhD students admitted to the research school
- The academic partners in HySchool
- Some of our collaboration partners
- Leading researchers from national and international universities
- The labour market: industry, authorities, research institutes, cluster organisations, etc.
As such, HySchool Days 2027 represents a unique opportunity for networking, as well as an overview of contemporary research activities and industrial initiatives on hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels.
Program
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Registration
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Cancellation
Please notify HySchool as soon as possible if you have to change or cancel your registration: hyschool@uib.no.
Practical information for internal participants and invited speakers
Internal participants are 1) PhD students admitted to the research school; 2) their supervisor; 3) members of the Board and 4) the Project Management Team (PMT). Please contact the main contact representative of your organisation if you are in doubt whether you should register as an internal participant.
Invited speakers are guests that have received an official invitation from the PMT of HySchool, specifically instructing you to register as an invited speaker.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, HySchool will ONLY cover expenses for accommodation booked through the regular registration process.
- All participants must cover their own travel expenses, or get such expenses covered by the budget allocated to their respective organisations. The only exception are specially invited speakers, for which the research school may offer to cover accommodation and travel expenses (this must be agreed in advance).
- HySchool has reserved a limited number of rooms for internal participants of HySchool. HySchool will send a list of registered participants to the hotel, including a list of the internal participants that have opted for, and are entitled to, accommodation covered by the research school.
Practical information for external participants
All participants must cover their own travel expenses and accommodation, or get such expenses covered by the budget allocated to their respective organisations.
Past HySchool Days
HySchool Days 2026
University of Oslo (UiO) hosted HySchool Days 2026 at Oslo Science Park in Oslo on 14-15 April 2026. For internal participants, there were additional programmes on Monday 13 March and Thursday 16 April.
Programme
The program for HySchool Days 2026 can be downloaded here.
You can find the slideshow featuring all of the PhD posters here.
Presentations from HySchool Days 2026, shared with permission from the speakers (to be uploaded):
- Trygve Skjold (UiB) - HySchool: Status and Prospects
Topical Area #1 – Society and environment
- Lin April Løstegård (Norwegian Hydrogen Forum) - The Norwegian Hydrogen Landscape
- Victoria Krohl (Equinor) – Industrial H2 emissions quantification
- Sarah Soon Arnhus (Wood Group) – Is Norway losing its competitiveness in green hydrogen production compared to our Nordic neighbours?
- Guro Fasting (GreenH) – GreenH - Where are we at with the Hydrogen Market?
- Oddvar Roeyset (Norwegian Hydrogen Car Association) - Hydrogen cars and hydrogen refuelling stations in Norway – up and downhills the last 20 years
Topical Area #2 – Production
- Stefano Deledda (IFE) – Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides: challenges and opportunities
- Frank Viveros Acosta (UiB) – Mineral influence on SRBactivity during underground hydrogen storage (UHS): a biogeochemical approach
- Yogesh Kumar Yadav (UiO) – Advanced Hydrogen Storage in High-Entropy Alloys
Topical Area #3 - Storage and distribution
- Eduard van Oort (HyStar) – Brown field system integration and field demonstration of efficient PEM electrolysis
- Aimy Bazylak (University of Toronto) – Investigating multiphase flow and material considerations for fuel cells and electrolyzers,
- Marius Fredriksen (NTNU) – Model predictive control of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis systems
- Willow Dew (NTNU) – Pd-based membranes for hydrogen and ammonia technology
- Sahra Louise Guldahl-Ibouder (NTNU) – Transition metal catalysts for low temperature ammonia decomposition
- Sepanta Dokhani (KTH/RISE) – Lifetime assessment of anion exchange water electrolyzer (AEMWE)
- Øyvind Lindgård (NTNU) – Evaluating IrO2 stability with in-line ICP-MS: pH dependence of IrO2 dissolution
Topical Area #4 - Applications
- Petrus X. Young (UiO) – From Supply to Demand
- Mohamad Mustafa (UiT) – Fuel Cell-Powered Turbine-less Jet Engine for Aircraft Propulsion Thermodynamic Analysis
- Qingqing Shao (UiO) – Alkali-Resistant MOFs with Ion Conductivity
- Samy Ben-Othman (Ecole Centrale de Lyon) – Preparing the venue of ZEROe aircrafts by modelling the future infrastructure at airport
Topical Area #5 - Safety
- Katrina Groth (University of Maryland) – Enabling safety and reliability in hydrogen systems through reliability and risk analysis
HySchool Days 2025
University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) hosted HySchool Days 2025 at Kulturhuset Ælvespeilet in Porsgrunn on 1-2 April 2025. For internal participants, there were additional programmes on Monday 31 March and Thursday 3 April.
Programme
The programme for HySchool Days 2025 can be downloaded here.
You can find the slideshow featuring all of the PhD posters here.
Presentations from HySchool Days 2025, shared with permission from the speakers:
Topical Area #1 – Society and environment
The Norwegian hydrogen landscape – Lin April Løstegård (Norwegian Hydrogen Forum).
Developing a hydrogen market – Ernes Cereku (Green H)
Enabling sustainable hydrogen economy – Teymur Gogiyev (NTNU)
Topical Area #2 – Production
Commercial scale green hydrogen production: A practical approach – Sivert Eliassen (Å Energi AS)
Renewable energy (RE) based water electrolysis – Øystein Ulleberg (IFE)
State estimation for gas purity monitoring and control in alkaline water electrolysis – Lucas Cammann (NTNU)
Electrochemical and thermochemical-based processes for production of chemicals – Massimo Santarelli (Politecnico di Torino)
Topical Area #3 - Storage and distribution
Energy utilization and storage – Ingvald Torblå (Hardanger Hydrogen Hub) & Lars Kristian Skårberg (Technip FMC)
Magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction – Vilde Gahr Sturtzel Lunde (IFE).
Topical Area #4 - Applications
Emerging fuels: Challenges and opportunities – Peter Derks (Equinor)
Spatially solved levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) in offshore eligible areas for green electricity production – Alberto Ferrarese (SINTEF & Politecnico di Torino)
Patented fuel cell powered turbine-less jet engine for aircraft propulsion – Mohamad Mustafa (UiT)
An ab initio microkinetic model fitting experiments for the CO2 hydrogenation to methanol with Ru-MACHO: Insight for catalyst design – Mohamed Eid Ahmed Safy (UiO)
Topical Area #5 - Safety
Major hazards research: A history of enabling the energy sector – Dan Allason (DNV Spadeadam)
Hydrogen safety in design – Trine Helene Endresen (Equinor)
Studying and modelling hydrogen gas explosions using open-source tools – Petar Bosnic (USN)
Influence of hydrogen on overload-affected fatigue crack growth in pipeline steels – Leonardo Giannini (NTNU)
Education & Research Centres
Educational offer on hydrogen technologies at NTNU – Federico Ustolin (NTNU)
From research to reality: Enhancing your PhD journey in a hydrogen centre – Ellen Ingeborg Hætta (FME HyValue / NORCE)
Moving forward with HYDROGENi (TBC) – Hilde Johnsen Venvik (FME HYDROGENi / NTNU)
HySchool: Concept and status – Trygve Skjold (UiB)
HySchool Days 2024
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) hosted HySchool Days 2024 at Rockheim Museum and Quality Hotel Prinsen in Trondheim on 23-24 April 2024. For internal participants, there were additional programmes on Monday 22 April and Thursday 25 April.
Programme
The programme for HySchool Days 2024 can be downloaded here.
All the presentations from HySchool Days 2024 can be downloaded here.
The slideshow featuring all of the PhD posters can be downloaded here.
HySchool Days 2023
University of Bergen (UiB) hosted HySchool Days 2023 at hotel Scandic Ørnen in Bergen on 8-9 March 2023.
Programme
The programme for HySchool Days 2023 can be downloaded HERE
You can find the presentation slides from HySchool Days 2023 here.