O onidi speech h2&fc workshop_inauguration_intro

1. Speaking Points o Mr Olivier Onidi, Director European Mobility Network, EC
o Subject: TEN-T Days Riga – Joint H2 & Fuel Cell Workshop
o Meeting / Official visit / Event Inauguration WS incl. Handover Ceremony
Buyers' Declaration
o Date: 23 June 2015 at 14:30 (until 15:10max)
o Place: Omega 1 Room, Conference Centre, Hotel Radisson Blu Latvija, Riga, LV
Speaking Points
Introduction to Workshop at start of Inauguration Session
• Welcome to the Joint Workshop – An innovation pipeline for
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (all persons seated at the podium):
Commissioner
Ms Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport
Partners of the Joint Workshop
Mr Nils Usakovs, Mayor of Riga
Mr Kurt Bodewig, European Coordinator Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
Mr Bernard Frois, Chairman of the International Partnership of the
Hydrogen Economy (IPHE)
Mr Pierre-Etienne Franc, Chaiman of NEW-IG (Industry Grouping), Vice
President Advanced Business & Technology of Air Liquide
Mr Bert de Colvenaer, Director Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
(FCH-JU)
Delegates of Regional Entities (5 of about 30 in total)
Mr Nils Usakovs, Mayor of Riga, Representative of the LV Cluster
Ms Kirsten Holling, Representative of the Ministerium für Bauen, Wohnen,
Stadtentwicklung und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Representative of the DE Cluster
Mr Barney Crockett, Councillor for Communities, Housing and
Infrastructure at Aberdeen City Council, Representative of the
UK/Scontland Cluster
Mr Günther Burger, representing Mr Florian Mussner, Councillor for
Mobility of SouthTyrol-Bolzano, Represent.of the IT Cluster (change after print)
Ms Els de Wit, Chairperson of the Governmental Support Group & Head
of Clean Fuels at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment,
Representative of the NL Cluster
CEOs, Directors and Managers of leading companies, engineers and
technicians, Pepresentatives of Parliaments, Ministries and
Administrations (mostly seated in First Row), honoured guests.

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• After the introduction of the innovation pipeline concept at the general
innovation session on Monday morning, the today's joint workshop on
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells has 2 main objectives:
• Firstly, to strongly increase European Added Value by the improved
coordination established through setting up a specific innovation
pipeline for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Europe, i.e. to give this
innovative topic a strong push towards the market.
• Today, all players: programmes, agencies, regions & towns and
above all, industry and businesses, are brought together to make it
happen, - now,
• - by clearly declaring what to do in the next few years; by
understanding what support is required – financial and legislative -, -
research and entrepreneurial.
• Hydrogen & Fuel Cells, a topic which is expected to have a strategic
impact on the future of transport (& beyond, eg energy storage) in
Europe, but also on other EC policies such as the
environment/climate change/health, oil dependence and jobs.
• Secondly, to test the effectiveness and usefulness of our new tool,
the 4-facet joint innovation workshop to set up a specific pipeline.
• Why choosing Hydrogen and Fuel Cells as the first candidate? –
Because mass production started in January 2015 at leading Asian
companies (Hyundai and Toyota).
• If judged by all of us to be useful, then also to offer this tool to other
strategic innovation topics in need of a strong push on European
level.
>>>>>> next speech by Ms Violeta Bulc on setting-up the specific political
frame for the joint workshop of Hydrogen & Fuel Cell <<<<<<
Contact person:
Helmut Morsi
MOVE B.0
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