Program

Two days dedicated to Hydrogen
october 1st 2025
7:30AM - 8:30AM: Welcome, registration and networking
8:30am - 8:55am: Welcome address
8:55am - 9:15am: Keynote Address by the Honorary President of Hyvolution Canada Andrew Stuart
9:15AM - 9:30AM: Introducing the world's largest hydrogen project: NEOM Green Hydrogen.
9:45AM - 10:45AM : Misinformation, Barriers, and Distances: How Can We Turn Challenges into Collective Strength to Make
Hydrogen Work?
11:15AM - 12pM Panels
NORTHERN TERRITORIES H2
Opportunities, needs, no-regrets and complementarity with batteries
MATCHING PRODUCTION, CAPACITY AND DEMAND
Hydrogen and derivatives market in the framework of ReFuelEU Maritime and Aviation EU
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Hydrogen as a storage solution for grid stability and flexibility
NATURAL HYDROGEN
Underground treasure or energy mirage?
United States
Hydrogen achievements, challenges and opportunities
12:00pM - 12H50PM Panels
CONCRETE OPPORTUNITY FOR ARCTIC H2 PRODUCTION
Projects, players and real capacity in remote areas
H2 CORRIDOR CANADA-EUROPE
No-regrets investments in Euro-Canadian industrial hubs and logistics platforms
H2 FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Film and live events (sport, festivals, etc.) and co-beneficiary industries
NATURAL HYDROGEN AND HELIUM
Bankability and business opportunities in Quebec, Canada and North America
Mexico
Hydrogen achievements, challenges and opportunities
12:50PM - 2:00PM : Networking lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM: Hydrogen in the Americas: How to Create Value in a Fragmented Continent?
3:00PM - 3:15pm: HYP3R Strategy presentation (Hydrogen Strategy for Trois-Rivières)
3:30Pm - 4:30PM: Green Corridors: Port and Maritime Opportunities, H2, Ammonia, and Beyond
4:30PM - 5:00PM Panels
DETAILS OF THE HYP3R TROIS-RIVIÈRES HYDROGEN STRATEGY
How to do business in this new incentive framework?
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Selling, buying, investing in turnkey solutions
PORTS IN THE AGE OF H2 AND ITS DERIVATIVES
Bunkering and Shore-Side Electrification Requirements
HYDROGEN FOR BIOENERGY AND BIOREFINERIES
Toward a revival of the North Atlantic Hydrogen Alliance
5:00PM - 6:30PM : Opening Day cocktail
7:00PM - 11:00PM : la nuit de l'hydrogène (Hydrogene Night)
presented by Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Dive into the heart of Hydrogen Night, a unique festive evening where exquisite flavors in gourmet islands, captivating symphony and vibrant
DJ rhythms merge under the stars of Trois-Rivières' Cogeco Amphitheatre.
Let yourself be transported by this incomparable sensory experience, celebrating Trois-Rivières' energy, culture and gastronomy!
october 2nd 2025
7:30AM - 8:30AM : Welcome, registration and networking
8:30AM - 8:35AM : Welcome address — Lessons from Day 1
8:35AM - 8:50AM : Opening Address
8:50AM - 9:20AM: Fireside Chat — Hydrogen from 2003 to 2025: Why Is the Industry Slump Different This Time?
9:20AM - 10:10AM : Aviation, Airports, and Aeronautics: Decarbonization and Accessibility
10:25AM - 11:30AM: Hydrogen: Essential for operational resilience and the Defense Greening Strategy
11:30AM - 12:15PM Panels
CANADA-ALASKA-GREENLAND
Hydrogen benefits and co-benefits for First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples
TRANSATLANTIC FINANCING OF HYDROGEN PROJECTS
Who are the buyers, what do they want, and under what conditions? Can hydrogen become a new source of revenue for cities and regions?
RECYCLED CARBON, REINVENTED ENERGY
Synthetic fuels for major transitions
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Hydrogen achievements, challenges and opportunities
12:15PM - 13:30PM
NETWORKING Lunch France-Québec NETWORKING Lunch*
*reserved
1:30PM - 2:15PM Panels
INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY END-USERS
Who can, wants to, or should buy Nordic hydrogen? Why, and under what conditions?
HYDROGEN AND NUCLEAR POWER
DRONAUTICS AND H2 LOGISTICS
What are the needs from the warehouse to the last mile?
PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH TO BOOST THE HYDROGEN BUSINESS
Developing international cooperations around sensitive technologies.
Europe
Hydrogen achievements, challenges and opportunities
2:15PM - 3:00PM Panels
GREEN STEEL, GREEN MINING AND DATA CENTERS
How and why are these H2 applicationsemerging in the North? For which markets?
REGULATORY AND CERTIFICATION ISSUES
Transatlantic harmonization, normative certainty, loopholes, financial releases
H2 MULTIMODAL MOBILITY
Use cases, benefits and road-river complementarity
TERRITORIAL ECOSYSTEMS H2 QUEBEC-CANADA
Which partnership mechanisms for which complementarities (interprovincial)?
ASIA
Hydrogen achievements, challenges and opportunities
3:15PM - 3:35PM : Pitch National Start-up Contest
3:35PM - 4:35PM : Europe-Canada Panel, Dialogue and shared vision for hydrogen deployment (opportunities and challenges)
4:35PM - 4:45PM: Closing Remarks
4:45PM - 5:00PM: Closing Keynote