HySchool Days 2026
This is the web page for HySchool Days, the premier networking event organised by HySchool ‒ Norwegian Research School on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels.
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 2026
University of Oslo (UiO) (external link) will be hosting HySchool Days 2026 in Oslo at 14-15 April 2026. For internal participants, there will be additional programmes on Monday 13 April and Thursday 16 April.
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 2026 represents a unique opportunity for networking, as well as an overview of contemporary research activities and industrial initiatives on hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels.
Programme
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Past HySchool Days
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.