Oxford – Kobe Seminar Series

April 22^nd to April 25^th 2007

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: A Vision of our Energy Future

To be held at the Kobe Institute, Kobe, Japan

in conjunction with

St Catherine’s College Oxford and The University of Oxford

The Meeting

The First Oxford Kobe Energy Seminar will be on the topic of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and will address topics related to the storage and utilization of hydrogen gas for mobile and static applications.

Programme

We are currently in the processing of finalizing the programme, Current invited speakers include;

Professor Peter P. Edwards The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Dr. Martin Owen Jones The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Professor Bill David ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Professor Hironobu Fujii Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University

Dr. Takayuki Ichikawa Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University

Professor Shin-ichi Orimo Institute for Materials Research, High Temperature Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai

Dr Yoshitugu Kojima Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University

Dr. Kazutaka Ikeda Institute for Materials Research, High Temperature Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai

Organisers

Professor Peter P. Edwards

The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Dr. Martin Owen Jones

The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Professor Bill David

ISIS Facility,

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Professor Hironobu Fujii

Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development

Hiroshima University

Dr. Takayuki Ichikawa

Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development

Hiroshima University

Professor Shin-ichi Orimo

Institute for Materials Research, High Temperature Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai

Prof. Akiba

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Ibarki Japan

Dr. Sakata

Institute of Applied Energy

Japan

Robert Morini

Consul, Science and Innovation

British Consulate-General,, Osaka

Support

United Kingdom Foreign Office

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Links

Kobe Institute

St Catherine’s College

The 1^st Energy Seminar

Further Details

For further information please contact Dr Martin Owen Jones