November 25/26th 2026
Hotel Marriott, Vienna
Shaping the Future of Gas in Europe
PROGRAMME
November 25th, 2026
November 26th, 2026
08:00 | Registration | |
09:30 | Opening Session President Speeches & Keynote Speeches | |
11:30 | Round Table Discussion | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:30 | I Gas Supply "Which new gases can accompany Europe on its path to energy independence?" | II Gas Supply "The role of biomethane in the diversification of Europe's energy supply" |
15:00 | Coffee Break | |
15:30 | III Gas Processing Unleashing Europe’s Potential, Pyrolysis, Underground-storage | IV Gas Processing Wood gasification, CO₂ Removal Pathways, Gas Processing Technologies |
17:00 | End Day 1 | |
19:00-23:00 | Dinner at Palais Ferstel |
09:00 | V GERG Academic Network - Presentations | |
10:00 | Students poster sessions with Coffee Break | |
10:30 | VI Midstream Gas System: Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe, Sector coupling for hydrogen,Project H2med-BarMar | VII Downstream Gas System: Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO's in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline |
12:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 | VIII The new gas usage: "Our way of using gas is changing" Hydrogen to the customer’s door, Low‑Carbon district heating by gas infrastructure, Mobility & E-fuel | IX Gas Quality & Metering: "How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?" |
15:30 | Coffee Break | |
16:00 | Keynote Speech | |
16:30 | Conclusions, conference end, announcement EGATEC 2028 | |
17:00 | End Day 2 |
November 25th, 2026
08:00 | Registration | |
09:30 | Opening Session President Speeches & Keynote Speeches | |
11:30 | Round Table Discussion | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:30 | I Gas Supply "Which new gases can accompany Europe on its path to energy independence?" | II Gas Supply "The role of biomethane in the diversification of Europe's energy supply" |
15:00 | Coffee Break | |
15:30 | III Gas Processing Unleashing Europe’s Potential, Pyrolysis, Underground-storage | IV Gas Processing Wood gasification, CO₂ Removal Pathways, Gas Processing Technologies |
17:00 | End Day 1 | |
19:00-23:00 | Dinner at Palais Ferstel |
Detailed Programme
November 25th, 2026
09:30
Opening Sessions
President Speeches
Keynote Speeches
– EU Energy Policy 10 years – the REPowerEU-Plan
– Christoph Schneider: Diversification of Europe’s energy supply – Autonomy and increasing added value
11:30
Round Table
13:30
I) Main Topic: Gas Supply
“Which new gases can accompany Europe on its path to energy independence?”
- Fransesco Finotti: CO2 routes across Europe –
insights from the COREu project - Friedemann Mörs: Hydrogen and its derivatives for Europe
- Christa Dissauer: Biomass potential in Europe
- Round Table
II) Main Topic: Gas Supply
“The role of biomethane in the diversification of Europe’s energy supply”
- Biogases: A resilient,
competitive and sustainable solution for Europe - Nairara Ortiz de Mendíbil Romo: Integrating Biomethane into Spain’s Gas Infrastructure: State of Play and Outlook
- Ian Kilgallon: Biomethane: National overview and Innovation projects Ireland
- Round Table
15:30
III) Main Topic: Gas Processing
“Unleashing Europe’s Potential, Pyrolysis, Underground-storage”
- Thomas Stöhr: Unleashing Europe’s Potential: Hydrogen, Strategic Gas Infrastructure and Energy Independence
- Robert Obenaus-Emler: Methane pyrolysis – Low carbon hydrogen for industrial applications
- Markus Pichler: From Power Point to Power Plant – A decade of field-experience in underground hydrogen storage
- Round Table
IV) Main Topic: Gas Processing
“Wood gasification, CO₂ Removal Pathways,
Gas Processing Technologies”
- Katharina Fürsatz: Wood gasification in Austria and beyond
- Frank Graf: CO₂ Removal Pathways for Diverse Applications – Challenges and Solutions
- Michael Harasek: Gas Processing Technologies for Carbon Capture, Biomethane and Renewable Hydrogen Processing
- Round Table
Detailed Programme
November 26th, 2026
09:00
V) Main Topic:
GERG Academic Network – Presentations
10:30
VI) Main Topic: Midstream Gas System
“Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe, Sector coupling for hydrogen, Project H2med-BarMar”
- Modernizing the Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe
- Barbara Jinks: The role of hydrogen infrastructure in sector coupling for hydrogen
- Francisco de la Flor: H2med-BarMar: Infrastructure Disruption at the Heart of Europe’s Energy Transition
- Round Table
VII) Main Topic: Downstream Gas System
“Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline”
“Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline”
- Sara Walker: Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions in the UK, realising a future net-zero energy transition through an academic co-creation of the value chain
- Bart Vogelzang: Lessons learned of real-life hydrogen demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands
- Jos Luiks & Martin van Agteren: Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline for the development of a low pressure biomethane gathering pipeline
- Round table
14:00
VIII) Main Topic: The new gas usage
“Our way of using gas is changing” Hydrogen to the customer’s door, Low‑Carbon district heating by gas infrastructure, Mobility & E-fuel
- Barbara Jinks: Are we there yet? The role of gas distribution grids delivering hydrogen to the customer’s door.
- Dominik Jachimczyk: The Transition to Low‑Carbon District Heating Systems enabled by gas infrastructure
- Konstantin Weller: eFuels and the Future of Sustainable Transportation
- Round Table
IX) Main Topic: Gas Quality & Metering
“How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?”
“How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?”
- Nikolaos-Marios Moneos: Gas Quality challenges for the integration of renewable and low carbon gases
- Bela Sebok: Standardisation of Hydrogen Quality: Results from Knowledge Sharing in the HyQual Net Project
- Lucie Dangeon-Vassal: New H2 traceability chain to help metrology and end-users to face the increase of hydrogen use
- Round Table
16:00
Keynote Speech
16:30
Conclusions, Conference End
November 26th, 2026
09:00 | V GERG Academic Network - Presentations | |
10:00 | Students poster sessions with Coffee Break | |
10:30 | VI Midstream Gas System: Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe, Sector coupling for hydrogen,Project H2med-BarMar | VII Downstream Gas System: Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO's in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline |
12:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 | VIII The new gas usage: "Our way of using gas is changing" Hydrogen to the customer’s door, Low‑Carbon district heating by gas infrastructure, Mobility & E-fuel | IX Gas Quality & Metering: "How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?" |
15:30 | Coffee Break | |
16:00 | Keynote Speech | |
16:30 | Conclusions, conference end, announcement EGATEC 2028 | |
17:00 | End Day 2 |
Detailed Programme
November 25th, 2026
09:30
Opening Sessions
President Speeches
Keynote Speeches
– EU Energy Policy 10 years – the REPowerEU-Plan
– Christoph Schneider: Diversification of Europe’s energy supply – Autonomy and increasing added value
11:30
Round Table
13:30
I) Main Topic: Gas Supply
“Which new gases can accompany Europe on its path to energy independence?”
- Fransesco Finotti: CO2 routes across Europe –
insights from the COREu project - Friedemann Mörs: Hydrogen and its derivatives for Europe
- Christa Dissauer: Biomass potential in Europe
- Round Table
II) Main Topic: Gas Supply
“The role of biomethane in the diversification of Europe’s energy supply”
- Biogases: A resilient,
competitive and sustainable solution for Europe - Nairara Ortiz de Mendíbil Romo: Integrating Biomethane into Spain’s Gas Infrastructure: State of Play and Outlook
- Ian Kilgallon: Biomethane: National overview and Innovation projects Ireland
- Round Table
15:30
III) Main Topic: Gas Processing
“Unleashing Europe’s Potential, Pyrolysis, Underground-storage”
- Thomas Stöhr: Unleashing Europe’s Potential: Hydrogen, Strategic Gas Infrastructure and Energy Independence
- Robert Obenaus-Emler: Methane pyrolysis – Low carbon hydrogen for industrial applications
- Markus Pichler: From Power Point to Power Plant – A decade of field-experience in underground hydrogen storage
- Round Table
IV) Main Topic: Gas Processing
“Wood gasification, CO₂ Removal Pathways,
Gas Processing Technologies”
- Katharina Fürsatz: Wood gasification in Austria and beyond
- Frank Graf: CO₂ Removal Pathways for Diverse Applications – Challenges and Solutions
- Michael Harasek: Gas Processing Technologies for Carbon Capture, Biomethane and Renewable Hydrogen Processing
- Round Table
Detailed Programme
November 26th, 2026
09:00
V) Main Topic:
GERG Academic Network – Presentations
10:30
VI) Main Topic: Midstream Gas System
“Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe, Sector coupling for hydrogen, Project H2med-BarMar”
- Modernizing the Midstream Grid for a Multi‑Gas Europe
- Barbara Jinks: The role of hydrogen infrastructure in sector coupling for hydrogen
- Francisco de la Flor: H2med-BarMar: Infrastructure Disruption at the Heart of Europe’s Energy Transition
- Round Table
VII) Main Topic: Downstream Gas System
“Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline”
“Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions, Demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands, Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline”
- Sara Walker: Hydrogen integration of accelerated energy transitions in the UK, realising a future net-zero energy transition through an academic co-creation of the value chain
- Bart Vogelzang: Lessons learned of real-life hydrogen demonstration projects of DSO’s in the Netherlands
- Jos Luiks & Martin van Agteren: Repurposing of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline for the development of a low pressure biomethane gathering pipeline
- Round table
14:00
VIII) Main Topic: The new gas usage
“Our way of using gas is changing” Hydrogen to the customer’s door, Low‑Carbon district heating by gas infrastructure, Mobility & E-fuel
- Barbara Jinks: Are we there yet? The role of gas distribution grids delivering hydrogen to the customer’s door.
- Dominik Jachimczyk: The Transition to Low‑Carbon District Heating Systems enabled by gas infrastructure
- Konstantin Weller: eFuels and the Future of Sustainable Transportation
- Round Table
IX) Main Topic: Gas Quality & Metering
“How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?”
“How can the interoperability of gas systems in Europe be ensured?”
- Nikolaos-Marios Moneos: Gas Quality challenges for the integration of renewable and low carbon gases
- Bela Sebok: Standardisation of Hydrogen Quality: Results from Knowledge Sharing in the HyQual Net Project
- Lucie Dangeon-Vassal: New H2 traceability chain to help metrology and end-users to face the increase of hydrogen use
- Round Table
16:00
Keynote Speech