EPFL Seminar – Program

EIT Urban Mobility

3-day PhD school course – EPFL 

November 10-12, 2020 – Estimated date

Inscription deadline – 30th October 2020

This program is the 1st draft and is being currently updated…

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Tue NOV 10 Technology overviews Speakers
9h00-10h00 H2 and mobility Prof Hubert Girault (EPFL)
15’ break
10h15-11h15 Batteries and mobility Dr Priscilla Caliandro (BFH, CH)
15’ break
11h30-12h30 Artificial Intelligence for Mobility Prof. Alexandre Alahi (EPFL)

Lunch

14h00-14h45 Biomethane, gas vehicles Dr Arthur Wellinger (Triple E&M, CH)
15’ break
15h00-15h45 Vehicle-to-Grid: Electric Vehicles as Energy Storage Dirk Lauinger (EPFL)
15’ break
16h00-16h45 Adoption of EVs at national and urban scales : are incentives effective ? Dr Vincent Moreau (EPFL)
15’ break
17h00-17h45 From physical properties to transit demand estimation Dr Julia Yan (LYFT)

 

Wed NOV 11 Entrepreneurship Speakers
9h00-10h00 Disruption in the automotive industry: fuel cells, electromobility and entrepreneurs. Start-up support program example in the UK. Prof David Hart (E4Tech)
15’ break
10h15-11h00 Sion Mobility Lab Eric Imstepf (Swiss Post)
15’ break
11h15-12h30 Market Opportunity Navigator Tool Enrico Bergamini (EPFL)

Lunch

14h00-15h00 Fuel Cell mobility Alexandre Closset (Plastic Omnium Group)
15’ break    
15h15-17h00 Workshop with Market Opportunity Navigator tool; study cases, business cases Enrico Bergamini (EPFL)

 

Thu NOV 12 Country activity overviews Speakers
9h15-10h00 Activities in Norway Prof. Hugh Middleton (UiAgder – N)
15’ break
10h15-11h00 Activities in Italy Prof. Massimo Santarelli (Poly Torino – IT)
15’ break
11h15-12h00 National Programmes in UK, Germany, Japan Prof. Robert Steinberger (Birmingham – UK)

Lunch

13h15-14h00 Hydrogen ferry in Finland Prof Tanja Kallio (Aalto – FIN) – Coorganizer
15’ break
14h15-15h00 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Research Towards Automotive Applications Prof. Dario Dekel (Technion – ISR) – Coorganizer
15’ break
15h15-16h00 Assessment of green mobility scenarios on European energy systems Dr Tuong-Van Nguyen and Jonas Schnidrig (EPFL)
15’ break
16h15-17h00 Seminar summary, wrap-up and personal experience remarks Dr Jan Van herle (EPFL) – Coorganizer
Closing