International delegations

International delegations 2022

Germany

Delegates

Professor Peta Ashworth OAM University of Queensland

Professor Ken Baldwin (Mission Lead) Australian National University

Professor Leonie Barner Queensland University of Technology 

Professor Rachel Caruso RMIT University

Dr Christian Hornung Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Professor Eric May University of Western Australia

Professor Sally McArthur Deakin University, Swinburne University

Professor Paul Medwell The University of Adelaide

Dan O’Sullivan (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Gerhard (Gerry) Swiegers University of Wollongong

Dr Dietmar Tourbier (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Organisations visited

France

Delegates

Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou (Mission Lead) University of Sydney

Dr Vicky Au (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Ken Baldwin Australian National University

Professor Stefan Iglauer Edith Cowan University

Professor Emilie Sauret Queensland University of Technology

Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Bradley Williams University of Technology Sydney

Organisations visited

• AGEPP (Lyon)
• Association of industries, France H2
• CEA (French Alternative Energies Commission)
• CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research
• FC LAB (Centre for research on hydrogen energy systems)
• FEMTO-ST sciences and technologies (A CNRS institute)
• IC2PM (Institut De Chimie Des Milieux Et Matériaux De Poitiers)
• ICMCB (Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux)

• IRN-FACES (French-Australian research network on energy materials and integrated systems for electrochemical storage and hydrogen energy

• LEPMI (Electrochemistry and Physiochemistry of Materials and Interfaces)
• Lhyfe
• CEA Liten
• National Research Agency
• NEEL Institute (Grenoble)
• Research & Education Ministry

United Kingdom

Delegates

Dr Jessica Allen University of Newcastle

Dr Christian Hornung Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Jonathan Love Queensland University of Technology

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Dan O’Sullivan (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Bernard Rolfe Deakin University

Professor Gerhard (Gerry) Swiegers University of Wollongong

Professor Paul Webley (Mission Lead) Monash University

Organisations visited

• BEIS – Department of Business, Energy &  Industrial Strategy
• Henry Royce Institute

• Imperial College London

• Johnson Matthey

• National Grid

• National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

• Rolls Royce

• Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC)

• University of Birmingham

• University of Chester

• University of Liverpool

• University of Oxford
• University of Sheffield

United States of America

Delegates

Professor Peta Ashworth OAM University of Queensland

Professor Craig Buckley Curtin University

Megan Crocker (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) US

Dr Patrick Hartley (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Siva Karuturi Australian National University

Dharmini Robertson (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) US

Dr Fiona Simon Australian Hydrogen Council

Associate Professor Simon Smart University of Queensland

Professor Hongqi Sun Edith Cowan University

Organisations visited

• Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)

• Argonne National Lab (ANL)

• Department of Energy (DoE)

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

• National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
• NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)

• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

• Stanford Hydrogen Research Faculty
• Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
• Sustainable Energy Council

Japan

Delegates

Professor Ali Abbas University of Sydney

Professor Rosalind Archer Griffith University

Professor Damian Barrett Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi University of Newcastle

Dr Patrick Hartley (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Zhenguo Huang University of Technology Sydney

Professor Shanghoon (Shawn) Kook University of New South Wales

Dr Daniel Roberts Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Alexandr (Sasha) Simonov Monash University

Rebecca Thomson Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water

Yuko Wakamatsu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Organisations Visited

• AIST Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute
• AIST Global Zero Emission Research Center
• AIST Tsukuba
• Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
• Electric Power Development Co.Ltd.  (JPower)

• Hitachi

• IERE Central Office

• JGC Group

• Kanazawa University

• Kyushu University

• Okayama University

• Sumitomo Corp

• Tokyo City University

• Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Toyota
• University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science
• Yamanashi University

International delegations 2023

Singapore

Delegates

Dr Saif Al Ghafri University of Western Australia

Scientia Professor Rose Amal University of New South Wales

Dr David Harris Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Tom Hughes Monash University

Associate Professor Siva Karuturi Australian National University

Dr Fengwang Li University of Sydney

Associate Professor Jonathan Love Queensland University of Technology

Graeme Moya (Delegation Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb Curtin University

Dr Daniel Roberts Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Bahman Shabani RMIT University

Associate Professor Simon Smart University of Queensland

Organisations visited

• Maritime Port Authority Singapore

• Nanyang Technological University

• National University of Singapore
• Pulau Semakau (Semakau Island)

Republic of Korea

Delegates

Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou University of Sydney

Professor Rachel Caruso RMIT University

Dr Andrew Feitz Geoscience Australia

Dr Sarb Giddey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Patrick Hartley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Zhenguo Huang University of Technology Sydney

Professor Shanghoon (Shawn) Kook (Mission Lead) University of NSW

Professor Ian Mackinnon Queensland University of Technology

Professor Eric May University of Western Australia

Dan O’Sullivan (Delegation Co-ordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Alexandr (Sasha) Simonov Monash University

Professor Paul Webley Monash University

Organisations visited

• Australian Korea Business Council (AKBC)

• GPhilos

• Hyundai Motor Company Fuel Cell Development Centres

• Hyundai Namyang Global R&D Centre

• KIST – Korea Institute of Science and Technology
• KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power) Underground Plant
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
• Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) Central Research Institute
• Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) Hydrogen Energy Institute
• Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)

• Korea University

• Mabuk R&D Centre

• National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• Seoul National University, AKBC
• Yonsei University

India

Delegates

Professor Ken Baldwin Australian National University

Professor Suresh Bhargava (Mission Lead) RMIT University

Associate Professor Nolene Byrne Deakin University

Dr Sarb Giddey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Patrick Hartley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Petros Lappas RMIT University

May Liak (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Professor Sally McArthur Deakin University, Swinburne University

Professor Paul Medwell University of Adelaide

Dan O’Sullivan (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Breandan Skinner Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water

Dr Jafar Zanganeh University of Newcastle

Organisations visited

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Electrochemical Research Institute(CSIR-CECRI)
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Chemical Laboratories (CSIR – NCL)

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Research Park

• KPIT Technologies Limited

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
• Reliance Innovation Leadership Center

International delegations 2024

Our first delegation for 2024 will be to the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam. Watch this space for more delegations to be announced. 

International delegations 2022

Germany

Delegates

Professor Peta Ashworth OAM University of Queensland

Professor Ken Baldwin (Mission Lead) Australian National University

Professor Leonie Barner Queensland University of Technology 

Professor Rachel Caruso RMIT University

Dr Christian Hornung Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Professor Eric May University of Western Australia

Professor Sally McArthur Deakin University, Swinburne University

Professor Paul Medwell The University of Adelaide

Dan O’Sullivancsiropeople link (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Gerhard (Gerry) Swiegers University of Wollongong

Dr Dietmar Tourbier (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Organisations visited

France

Delegates

Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou (Mission Lead) University of Sydney

Dr Vicky Au (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Ken Baldwin Australian National University

Professor Stefan Iglauer Edith Cowan University

Professor Emilie Sauret Queensland University of Technology

Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei Swinburne University of Technology

Professor Bradley Williams University of Technology Sydney

Organisations visited

• AGEPP (Lyon)
• Association of industries, France H2
• CEA (French Alternative Energies Commission)
• CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research
• FC LAB (Centre for research on hydrogen energy systems)
• FEMTO-ST sciences and technologies (A CNRS institute)
• IC2PM (Institut De Chimie Des Milieux Et Matériaux De Poitiers)
• ICMCB (Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux)

• IRN-FACES (French-Australian research network on energy materials and integrated systems for electrochemical storage and hydrogen energy

• LEPMI (Electrochemistry and Physiochemistry of Materials and Interfaces)
• Lhyfe
• CEA Liten
• National Research Agency
• NEEL Institute (Grenoble)
• Research & Education Ministry

United Kingdom

Delegates

Dr Jessica Allen University of Newcastle

Dr Christian Hornung Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Jonathan Love Queensland University of Technology

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Dan O’Sullivancsiropeople link (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Bernard Rolfe Deakin University

Professor Gerhard (Gerry) Swiegers University of Wollongong

Professor Paul Webley (Mission Lead) Monash University

Organisations visited

• BEIS – Department of Business, Energy &  Industrial Strategy
• Henry Royce Institute

• Imperial College London

• Johnson Matthey

• National Grid

• National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

• Rolls Royce

• Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC)

• University of Birmingham

• University of Chester

• University of Liverpool

• University of Oxford
• University of Sheffield

United States of America

Delegates

Professor Peta Ashworth OAM University of Queensland

Professor Craig Buckley Curtin University

Megan Crocker (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) US

Dr Patrick Hartley (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Siva Karuturi Australian National University

Dharmini Robertson (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) US

Dr Fiona Simon Australian Hydrogen Council

Associate Professor Simon Smart University of Queensland

Professor Hongqi Sun Edith Cowan University

Organisations visited

• Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)

• Argonne National Lab (ANL)

• Department of Energy (DoE)

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

• National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
• NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)

• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

• Stanford Hydrogen Research Faculty
• Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
• Sustainable Energy Council

Japan

Delegates

Professor Ali Abbas University of Sydney

Professor Rosalind Archer Griffith University

Professor Damian Barrett Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Associate Professor Elham Doroodchi University of Newcastle

Dr Patrick Hartley (Mission Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Zhenguo Huang University of Technology Sydney

Professor Shanghoon (Shawn) Kook University of New South Wales

Dr Daniel Roberts Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Alexandr (Sasha) Simonov Monash University

Rebecca Thomson Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water

Yuko Wakamatsu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Organisations Visited

• AIST Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute
• AIST Global Zero Emission Research Center
• AIST Tsukuba
• Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
• Electric Power Development Co.Ltd.  (JPower)

• Hitachi

• IERE Central Office

• JGC Group

• Kanazawa University

• Kyushu University

• Okayama University

• Sumitomo Corp

• Tokyo City University

• Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Toyota
• University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science
• Yamanashi University

International delegations 2023

Singapore

Delegates

Dr Saif Al Ghafri University of Western Australia

Scientia Professor Rose Amal University of New South Wales

Dr David Harris Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Tom Hughes Monash University

Associate Professor Siva Karuturi Australian National University

Dr Fengwang Li University of Sydney

Associate Professor Jonathan Love Queensland University of Technology

Graeme Moya (Delegation Lead) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb Curtin University

Dr Daniel Roberts Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Bahman Shabani RMIT University

Associate Professor Simon Smart University of Queensland

Organisations visited

• Maritime Port Authority Singapore

• Nanyang Technological University

• National University of Singapore
• Pulau Semakau (Semakau Island)

Republic of Korea

Delegates

Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou University of Sydney

Professor Rachel Caruso RMIT University

Dr Andrew Feitz Geoscience Australia

Dr Sarb Giddey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Patrick Hartley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Zhenguo Huang University of Technology Sydney

Professor Shanghoon (Shawn) Kook (Mission Lead) University of NSW

Professor Ian Mackinnon Queensland University of Technology

Professor Eric May University of Western Australia

Dan O’Sullivancsiropeople link (Delegation Co-ordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Alexandr (Sasha) Simonov Monash University

Professor Paul Webley Monash University

Organisations visited

• Australian Korea Business Council (AKBC)

• GPhilos

• Hyundai Motor Company Fuel Cell Development Centres

• Hyundai Namyang Global R&D Centre

• KIST – Korea Institute of Science and Technology
• KOMIPO (Korea Midland Power) Underground Plant
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
• Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) Central Research Institute
• Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) Hydrogen Energy Institute
• Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)

• Korea University

• Mabuk R&D Centre

• National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• Seoul National University, AKBC
• Yonsei University

India

Delegates

Professor Ken Baldwin Australian National University

Professor Suresh Bhargava (Mission Lead) RMIT University

Associate Professor Nolene Byrne Deakin University

Dr Sarb Giddey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Patrick Hartley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Dr Petros Lappas RMIT University

May Liak (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Professor Iain MacGill University of New South Wales

Professor Sally McArthur Deakin University, Swinburne University

Professor Paul Medwell University of Adelaide

Dan O’Sullivancsiropeople link (Delegation Coordinator) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Breandan Skinner Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water

Dr Jafar Zanganeh University of Newcastle

Organisations visited

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Electrochemical Research Institute(CSIR-CECRI)
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Chemical Laboratories (CSIR – NCL)

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Research Park

• KPIT Technologies Limited

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
• Reliance Innovation Leadership Center

International delegations 2024

Our first delegation for 2024 will be to the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam. Watch this space for more delegations to be announced.