WS-21: HYDROGEN AS A FUTURE ENERGY CARRIER. PROGRAMME Part 1: General Information

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1 WS-21: HYDROGEN AS A FUTURE ENERGY CARRIER PROGRAMME Part 1: General Information

2 VENUE The WS-21 Hydrogen as a Future Energy Carrier will take place during September 2-5, 2007 at HOTEL REINA ISABEL ( located in the ancient and walled town of Ávila. The temperature in the summer is lovely and the atmosphere of the town is very enjoyable. The city lies 110 km from Madrid, the capital of Spain. Ávila can be reached by train from Madrid in 1h 20 min. Madrid is linked by airplane to most of the cities over the world. For more information, see For train connections visit REGISTRATION Registration will be open SUNDAY, September 2 from 18:00 through 20:00 hours at Registration Desk (Hotel Reina Isabel Lobby) SPONSORS CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES, ENERGÉTICAS, MEDIOAMBIEN- TALES Y TECNOLÓGICAS, CIEMAT CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS. CSIC ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DEL VACÍO Y SUS APLICACIONES. ASEVA INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SA- LAMANCA. IRNASA-CSIC JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID. ICMM- CSIC

3 WORKSHOP AIM Hydrogen production, storage and conversion in fuel cells are currently attracting much attention since it is considered a potential energy carrier in a future transformation where the society is shifting from relying on fossil fuels to sustainable energy forms such as biomass, wind and solar energy. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the current advances in the following main subjects involved in such a scenario with emphasis on the materials challenge, i.e. the workshop will offer exchange of views on the most scientific challenging issues like development of materials for photo catalytic hydrogen production and electrolysis, hydrogen storage, and efficient and cheap fuel cells. MAIN TOPICS HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY PHOTO CATALYSIS HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ELECTROLYSIS HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS HYDROGEN CONVERSION IN FUEL CELLS HYDROGEN STORAGE THEORY

4 ORGANISATION Workshop Chairman Professor Ib Chorkendorff Director of CINF Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality (CINF) Department of Physics, Building 312 Technical University of Denmark DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Workshop Programme Coordinator Local Organisation International Programme Committee IPC J. L. de Segovia ASEVA-Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid-CSIC Cantoblanco Madrid. Spain. B. García-Criado Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca. IRNASA. CSIC. Salamanca. Spain A. Zuettel (University of Fribourg, Fribourg. CH) J. Soria (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica. CSIC. Madrid. Spain) JSoria@icp.csic.es L. Daza-Bertran (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica. CSIC. Madrid. Spain) loreto.daza@icp.csic.es Spanish Coordination Committee, SCC Alonso-Martín J. A. (Universidad de Valladolid. Spain) jaalonso@fta.uva.es Calleja-Pardo G. (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. Spain) guillermo.calleja@urjc.es Dieguez-Elizondo P. M. (Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona. Spain) pmde@unavarra.es Gandía Pascual L. (Universidad Pública de Navarra. Spain) lgandia@unavarra.es García-Fierro J.L. (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica. CSIC. Madrid. Spain) j.l.g.fierro@icp.csic.es Martin-Gago J. A. (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. CSIC. Spain) gago@icmm.csic.es Moliner R. (Instituto de Carboquímica. CASIC. Zaragoza. Spain) rmoliner@carbon.icb.csic.es Monge M. A. ( Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. Spain) amonge@icmm.csic.es Román E. (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. Spain) eroman@icmm.csic.es Segarra-Rubí M. (Universidad de Barcelona. Spain) segarra@material.qui.ub.es

5 CRITICAL DATES January 1, 2007 Preliminary Announcement and CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS May 15, 2007 Deadline for abstract submission June 15, 2007 After deadline abstract submission June 30, 2007 July 15, 2007 Preliminary programme (electronic distribution) Deadline for Registration and Hotel reservation SOCIAL EVENTS Sunday Welcome reception. Hotel Reina Isabel Monday 3 19:30-20:30 Walking tour to the Town Tuesday :00 Conference dinner Restaurant SAN MILLÁN PRESENTATION BY COMPUTER Computer assisted projection in Power Point. Please bring with you a CD with your presentation. It is not necessary a computer. For security reasons, bring also a transparency set of your presentation

6 TRAVEL INFORMATION Access to Avila (from Madrid Barajas international airport to Avila) Madrid Airport (1) Nuevos Ministerios 20 min. Underground station (2) 10 min. Chamartin Stati Avila Taxi (3) min. Rent-a-car (4) min. (about 114 km Note 120 km/h speed limit) (1) Direct Underground line 8 from Madrid Airport to Nuevos Ministerios train and underground stations (depending on the terminal the distance from the landing gate to the station takes min. Underground station is in Terminal 2). There is also a new underground station at Terminal 4. (2) Trains from Nuevos Ministerios to Ávila by slow trains (local trains called Cercanías ) take approximately 2 hours. Alternartively, go to Chamartin station (one stop) [la estación de Chamartín], where you can take either slow or faster trains to Ávila (1 h 15 min for faster trains.) Note: You can purchase the ticket through your travel agent in your country or by internet. For timetable and fares, see English version (3) Taxi from Madrid Airport to the Chamartin station Fare: Aprox. 40,00 Euros If your driver does not understand English, you may say A la estación de Chamartín, por favor. [To the Chamartín station, please.] (4) Rent-a-car from Madrid Airport to Avila From the airport, take the motorway towards Madrid, then transfer to motorway M-40 north (A-1, A-6 indications) and take toll motorway A-6 at the exit of A- 6/Villalba, keep on A-6 in the direction of Villacastín-Ávila. From Villacastín continue through the toll motorway to Ávila. (5) Walk from the Ávila station to the Hotel Reina Isabel. Walking from the Avila Station along the main street for about 200 m. You will find the hotel on your right hand.

7 INFORMATION ABOUT ÁVILA Ávila is located at about 110 km northwest of Madrid and at 1,130 m above sea level. The town was established in the 10th century and still has a strong fragrance of medieval town. It has a population of about 4,000. The old town is surrounded by the walls [las murallas] which Christians constructed in the early 11th century to protect the town from invasion of Islamites. The walls is 12 m in height, 3 m in width and 2,550 m in length and looks magnificent. Ávila is also famous as the town in which Santa Teresa de Jesús ( ) was born. She devoted her whole life to the activity of Catholicism and established many convents all over Spain after having established Convento de San Jóse in 1562 in Ávila. This convent is shown on the attached map as no. 26. Other monuments in Avila relevant to Santa Teresa are Convento de La Santa (no.15) which was established in 1636 where she was born and Convento de la Encarnación (no.10) where she lived for 30 years from the age of 18. Catedral (no.1) and Museo Provincial [Provincial Museum] (no.21) are also recommended monuments to visit. More information is available through the website of Ávila < (in Spanish only). VENUE Venue is: Hotel Reina Isabel Avda de José Antonio, Ávila Phone: Fax: hotel@reinaisabel.com Web: