“Hydrogen Technology in the transportation of the future cities” is a conference and matchmaking event that took place on 10 November 2022 in Budapest. The event organized by Green Brother, the Hungarian member of EIT Urban Mobility RIS HUB network and co-hosted by the Hungarian Hydrogen Association was taking place with the participation of representatives of stakeholders from the industry, city, and innovators in order to discuss the latest advancements in this sector.
On today’s agenda is efficient and sustainable solutions to reduce CO2 emissions, and key questions arise: what is the role and future of hydrogen technologies in the transportation sector? Hydrogen is the key to zero emissions mobility.

Among the opening speakers were Ákos Dervalics, CEO of Green Brother, manager of EIT Urban Mobility RIS HUB Hungary, István Lepsényi, President of the Hungarian Hydrogen Association, Michal Mackowiak board advisor at Hynfra (Poland), Dr. Markus Hirth, business development director Kontakt Elektro.
The experts all emphasized the importance of innovations in the mobility industry. In his opening speech, Garreth Macnaughton director of innovation at EIT Urban Mobility drew attention to How can hydrogen contribute to making cities more sustainable, why hydrogen is important and how EIT Urban Mobility is boosting this as an alternative to fossil.
In his presentation, István Lepsényi, the president of the Hungarian Hydrogen Association, spoke, among other things, about the opportunities that have opened up and can open up for domestic manufacturers and suppliers in relation to hydrogen technology as a result of the agreements initiated by the association last month, and what aspirations and trends can be seen in the near future. develop at an international level
Things are changing we should use this change because we are talking since long time and hydrogen economy but it was not making the last step in the implementation, now we are having a chance to make steps and we are discussing some of the pilot possibilities and it should make sense and I hope we can support it” Bence Huba, RIS manager at EIT Urban Mobility.

“That kind of initiatives are very needed to gathering in the room different parties that are involved in hydrogen economy and it is very important to have a common understanding, of what challenges are ahead of us and try to work together because this is a challenge that nobody can single-handed way follow” Michal Mackowiak board advisor at Hynfra (Poland).
During the panel discussion Csaba Vér, Research Assistant at University of Pécs, Ákos Hegedűs, CEO of Linde Gas Hungary, Tamás Czikora, Head of mobility at MOL GROUP dedicated to discussing existing hydrogen technologies, with an emphasis on utilizing hydrogen for mobility in cities.
Marian Nic, Innovation Lifecycle Officer at EIT Urban Mobility highlighted ”for the last discussion, it is really important to think about the human aspect and human capacity because we know in this professional area to talk about, but when we go to the city level there would be needs to be done more education and assimilation of the topic and how to get through all processions need to be done. It is really important”.
Green Brother, the Hungarian member of EIT Urban Mobility RIS HUB network. The mission is to build an industry-focused business network community that works for decarbonizing Europe by connecting and inspiring innovators of green industries, circular economy and mobility.