We welcome submissions from across academia, industry, R&D, policy, and the wider hydrogen community that advance practical, evidence‑based understanding of hydrogen deployment. Work grounded in real projects, pilots or research, specially where technical insight connects with commercial, safety or system‑level realities is particularly encouraged.

Here are our conference themes in detail:

1. Hydrogen production and scale-up:

     1.1  Electrolysis technologies and performance

     1.2  Durability and lifetime performance

     1.3  Cost competitiveness

     1.4  Industrialisation and scale up

     1.5  Integration with electricity systems and grid constraints

     1.6  Water sourcing, treatment and desalination considerations

2. Hydrogen applications:

     2.1  Power production: fuel cell and power storage-distribution

     2.2  Heating: industrial, commercial and consumer-hybrid heating

     2.3  Transport and mobility: heavy duty trucks, rail, off-road, emerging markets

     2.4  Industrial hydrogen applications: emissions reduction, cement, steel, refining

     2.5  Chemicals manufacturing: ammonia, methanol, synthetic fuel

3. Hydrogen distribution and storage within the wider energy and industrial system:

     3.1 Transport infrastructure and logistics: including pipelines, shipping and terminals

     3.2  Hydrogen storage infrastructure: including underground storage, compressed gaseous storage and cryogenic liquid hydrogen

     3.3  Hydrogen carriers: ammonia and Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC)

     3.4  Materials integrity and hydrogen embrittlement

4. Hydrogen policy, markets and investment:

     4.1  Policy, regulation: standards and certification: local, national and global

     4.2  Economics and finance: cost transparency, investment readiness, risk allocation, hydrogen hubs

     4.3  Market formation and demand creation: off-take agreements, sector‑coupling strategies, early‑market incentives

     4.4  International trade and competitiveness: import/export corridors, shipping economics, global supply chain dynamics

5. Cross-cutting themes:

     5.1 Community engagement: just transition and sustainability, environmental permitting and compliance

     5.2 Supply chains and skills: manufacturing capability, engineering skills pipelines

     5.3 Safety & risk engineering: hazard identification, safety‑by‑design

     5.4 Emerging technologies: AI/ML for optimisation, advanced sensors, automation 

Help shape the next phase of hydrogen

• Share real-world experiences: successes, challenges, and insights
• Explore system integration, standards, and industrial applications
• Focus on evidence-driven strategies to accelerate the energy transition
• Build a global conversation to turn knowledge into progress – and progress into lasting impact

Presentation slots are approximately 25 minutes long and include a recommended five minutes for Q&A. Presentations will be grouped by topic/theme (typically 3–4 presentations per session). There will be further question/discussion time at the end of the session which you will be expected to participate in.

You will be strongly encouraged to submit a detailed paper accompanying your presentation that will be included in the conference proceedings. However, submitting a full paper is not an essential requirement of presenting.

You will also be asked to submit a video of your presentation ahead of the conference. This is so that we can make recordings available to attendees on ‘catch-up’ after the event.

• All submissions will be reviewed by our steering/technical committee. The highest quality abstracts considered relevant to ​will be offered a presenting slot in the programme.
• If your abstract is successful, you will be strongly encouraged to submit a full paper that will be reviewed again by the steering/technical committee and included in the conference proceedings. However, submitting a full paper is not an essential requirement of presenting. 
• You will also be asked to submit a video recording of your presentation, and PowerPoint slides, ahead of the conference.

Provisional deadlines:

• Deadline for abstract submissions: 25 May 2026
• Abstract review completed, presentation slots offered, programme published: TBC

Deadlines for submitting draft papers, receiving feedback from the steering/technical committee and submitting a final version of your paper, a MP4 recording of your presentation, and PowerPoint slides will be confirmed in due course.