HySchool Days 2026

HySchool Days 2026 tentative programme.

The program will be updated regularly as we close in on the event.

Registration for HySchool Days 2026 is now open (click here)

The extended registration deadline is 1 March 2026. Registration will close when capacity is reached.

There is no registration fee, but please note that the number of participants is limited.
 

Please notify HySchool as soon as possible, and preferably before 31 January 2026, if you have to change or cancel your registration: hyschool@uib.no.

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 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.
• HySchool has reserved a limited number of rooms for internal participants of HySchool at Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion. HySchool does not cover accommodation for participants residing in or near Oslo, including admitted students, board members, etc.

All participants must cover their own travel expenses and accommodation, or get such expenses covered by the budget allocated to their respective organisations. 

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) 

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.

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.