Women in Green Hydrogen

📢 We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Horizon Educational, a social enterprise dedicated to transforming how students learn about #hydrogen technologies! They do this through an innovative H2 Grand Prix competition where young women are empowered to design, engineer, construct and then race their very own 1:10 scale #hydrogencar – developing the next generation of engineers, designers, and leaders in hydrogen.    In collaboration with universities and research centers partners of the H2 Grand Prix, #WiGH and Horizon Educational aim at supporting young #womeninSTEM and facilitating knowledge sharing from hydrogen experts in the WiGH network with students participating in the Grand Prix race.   Carla Reihle, Alessia D'Addabbo, Maya Demnati, and Ben Giordano got a chance to test the very H2-powered car students use worldwide in the H2 Grand Prix! We look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

🌟 Reflecting on our inspiring workshop for mentors with Sasha Twining! 🌟 We’re thrilled about yesterday's first mentor-exclusive event with none other than Sasha Twining - #WiGH's trusted partner for supporting our wonderful mentors. Sasha brought her extensive experience as a professional presenter to lead the "#SpeakWithImpact: Audience Awareness and Key Message Delivery" workshop, equipping our mentors with essential tools to connect more deeply with their audiences. As the first event of its kind for our mentors, this workshop provided ➡️ Insights on enhancing their presence as trusted experts in the field 🌐 ➡️ Tips for making themselves the speaker/panelist that everyone will remember ➡️ Tools for delivering the right message to the right audience, every time 🎯 With interactive exercises, practical tips, and a lively Q&A session, Sasha helped each participant uncover their unique voice and strengthen their influence. Her expertise has set a powerful foundation as we continue to support our mentors in guiding and inspiring the next generation of Women in Green Hydrogen. Stay connected with Sasha Twining on LinkedIn to hear details of her next course! Thank you, Sasha, for making this first-ever event such a success! 💚 Here’s to many more impactful sessions ahead. #WomenInGreenHydrogen #MentorshipMatters #FirstMentorEvent #SpeakWithImpact #AudienceEngagement #CareerGrowth #WomenInEnergy #SustainabilityLeadership Ann-Kathrin Lipponer Anna Seefried Medinah Willies

🌱 Monthly Meetings of #WiGH Latin America! At WiGH Latin America, we host open virtual meetings every month to bring together women from across the region to connect and share knowledge. These sessions provide a space to strengthen the network, learn about green hydrogen developments in the region, and showcase studies or projects you’ve worked on. 📅 Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 27 UTC -3:00 (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil [Eastern], Paraguay*): 4:00 p.m. UTC -4:00 (Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile*): 3:00 p.m. UTC -5:00 (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama): 2:00 p.m. UTC -6:00 (Mexico [Central], Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica): 1:00 p.m. In this third open meeting, we will dive into two key studies conducted in the region: 💚 RFNBO Compliance Analysis of Products Produced from Renewable Hydrogen and Various Sources of CO2 in Uruguay and Chile under the EU's Renewable Energy Directive. Keynote speaker: Nuria Hartmann, Manager, HINICIO 💚Potential Non-Energy Uses for Green Hydrogen. Keynote speaker: Julieta Rabinovich, Energy Consultant, GME Group If you haven’t registered yet, we invite you to complete the form and share it with other women interested. 🔗https://lnkd.in/eHKQig-z #GreenHydrogen #LatinAmerica #Women #OpenMeetings

🏆 Deborah Jones, Research Director at the French National Scientific Research Council, has won the 'Women in Hydrogen Innovation' award at the European Hydrogen Week 2024! We are proud to announce Deborah as the winner of the inaugural edition of this new award from our network and the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. Next to the Research Director at the French National Scientific Research Council, she is also the Head of the Laboratory for aggregates, interfaces and materials for energy at the Institute for Molecular Chemistry and Materials at the University of Montpellier. "Innovation in #hydrogen technologies is central to further accelerate #decarbonisation,’ she said. ‘Recognising the contributions women are making to the field is important in encouraging greater female involvement. I am delighted to be distinguished in this way by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership." Her interests include the development and analysis of materials used in hydrogen technologies, particularly those used in proton and anion exchange membrane #fuelcells and electrolysers. She has authored or co-authored over 250 publications and has been awarded several patents for inventions related to materials used in fuel cells and #electrolysers. Among her many leadership roles, she is associate director of the 'Key Challenge' on clean hydrogen, which brings together all the academic research laboratories working on hydrogen topics in the Occitania region of France. The award aims to encourage the participation of women in the development, deployment and promotion of clean #hydrogentechnologies. “An award dedicated to recognising women in this industry is timely and crucial for fostering equality, inspiring future generations, and accelerating progress in the energy transition” said Valerie Bouillon-Delporte, Executive Director, Clean Hydrogen Partnership who presented the award together with Alessia D'Addabbo, Lead Partnerships at Women in Green Hydrogen. "By honouring women in hydrogen, the hydrogen industry can demonstrate that inclusion and innovation go hand in hand, paving the way for a more equitable and innovative energy future.” Valerie Bouillon-Delporte, thank you for initiating this cooperation! Thank you also to the WiGH Brussels Chapter, led by Anaïs Laporte and Katarina Muse for this fruitful collaboration.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝? 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧! 💪 We face a significant challenge for the future of #hydrogen: women remain underrepresented in the industry. To discuss how to close the gap for women entrepreneurs, we teamed up with Women in Green Hydrogen and FTI Consulting for a joint networking event at the European Hydrogen Week in Brussels. The discussion was very important to us as we at H2UB believe that diversity is a key driver of innovation. It was a pleasure to welcome an inspiring group of around 150 hydrogen enthusiasts to our booth to learn more about how industry and peers can support women entrepreneurs. The evening kicked off with Marina Scheider and Dr. Sopna Sury (RWE) opening the discussion. Our moderator Anaïs Laporte (Battolyser Systems) welcomed the #H2 experts Olga Bielkova (FTI Consulting), Dr. Teresa Wich-Konrad (WEW GmbH) and Joana Simão Costa (European Commission) on stage to share their experiences. Katarina Muse from Hydrogen Europe rounded off the discussion. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 🗝️ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭: it's important to have role models in early education to motivate girls to study science, but also to work on their relationship with money. Women are not often as familiar with the capital market as men, which puts them at a disadvantage when looking for funding. Most women rely on their own savings or borrow money from family to start a business. 🗝️ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬: women need to support each other and bring their ideas from the bottom up. It is also important to have peers to support you in the early stages of your career. And: if you don't ask for it, you'll never get it, so ask for it! 🗝️ 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 are vital and a great start to increase reach to decision makers and visibility in general. Through events like this, we address barriers, spark discussions and look for ways to support female founders. We see this as an opportunity to unlock more diverse perspectives, which are critical for #innovation and growth. Thank you for joining the discussion!

We are thrilled to announce our participation in #WorldHydrogenLatinAmerica 2024, taking place from December 2-4 in Santiago, Chile. As a supporting partner, Women in Green Hydrogen Latin America will host a side event on December 4 to introduce the WiGH Network, foster connections, and organize our dynamic Hydrogen Market Future Lab—a collaborative space exclusive to conference participants.   We will also contribute to the panel discussion: 💚 'What is required to make long-term offtake agreements bankable?' 📅 Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 🕓 Time: 14:00   Join us at this important event to explore the latest insights from #WiGH Latin America and connect with inspiring women leaders shaping the hydrogen industry in the region.   👋 Exclusive benefit for WiGH members: Enjoy a 20% discount on the three-day event ticket. For more information, please contact WiGH LATAM at latam@wigh.network. 🔗 Discover more about the event and the full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/gHFWuBJg We look forward to seeing you there! #GreenHydrogen #LatinAmerica #Chile #Women World Hydrogen Leaders

📣 Join us at the #EUH2Week! Women in green Hydrogen Brussels Hub together with H2UB has organized a side event on the topic: Women entrepreneurs in the hydrogen sector: how to close the gap 📆 The event will take place Tuesday, November 19, 2024 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Europe/Brussels) 💡 This event will feature a panel discussion on the crucial role of women entrepreneurs in the sector, strategies to better face the challenges they face and how to support them in their careers. Thank you very much to the organizers and panelists: H2UB, Katarina Muse, Anaïs Laporte, Dr. Sopna Sury, Olga Bielkova, Dr. Wiebke Lueke, Joana Simão Costa, Hydrogen Europe, European Hydrogen Week ➡ Register here: https://lnkd.in/e748nQTK

📢 WiGH India Chapter to be launched! 🌏 We are proud to announce today that WiGH will launch a dedicated Chapter to promote gender equality in #greenhydrogen in India! The official launch will take place at the Smarter E India conference in Gujarat, 11-14 February 2025. Phoolvi Agarwal, Co-Founder of HyOn Energy, will lead the chapter. Welcome to the team! The main objectives of the WiGH India Chapter are to ➡ Identify and monitor the challenges faced by women working in the green hydrogen ecosystem and develop an action plan to make it more attractive to women ➡ Promote the empowerment of women and groups by connecting them to international networks, participating in (international) #mentoring or #internship programmes, and up-scaling successful approaches.   Key activities of the WiGH India Chapter will be ↪ Training and capacity building  ↪ #Networking events  ↪ Awareness campaigns in collaboration with government agencies and local organisations How to get connected? Join the WiGH India WhatsApp group by scanning the attached QR code. Feel free to contact Phoolvi directly if you want to play an active role or just join the WhatsApp group for now to stay updated. Stay tuned for news! We can't wait to see the first steps of this new Chapter.

Successful #networking event on #diversity at the Brennstoffzellen Forum Hessen this week! Thanks to everyone who joined the latest #WiGH networking event, this time in Darmstadt, Germany. Speaker Caroline Schäfer and guests discussed how diversity influences innovation and how much it is needed to create innovative approaches and solutions for #decarbonisation. The evening ended with drinks and engaging conversations in this inspiring location at Darmstadtium. Many thanks to the organisers Anna Peise and Caroline Schäfer as well as LEA LandesEnergieAgentur Hessen for their support! The event was one of many meetings of the #WiGH group in the Rhine-Main area! Members meet regularly for informal get-togethers organised by Caroline Schäfer. Kathrin Ebner ZORA EVENTS GmbH Birgit Scheppat Gesa Mosch Lis Blume Annika Schroeder Julia Woth Alina Riepshoff Dr. Saskia Biehl Marie Plaisir Ina Stevens and many more. © Jana Kay

WiGH at #COP29 🎉 Together with our partners UNIDO and Hydrogen Council we are happy to announce our engagement at #COP29 in Azerbaijan! At an energizing morning conversation over coffee ☕, we will talk about the role of women with a solid track record in #hydrogen and connect insights on topics such as education, skills development, cultural dynamics, and policy incentives to promote gender equity in hydrogen. An outcome will also be ideas 💡 on what new resources (studies/surveys/training activities/knowledge products) would be useful to foster inclusivity in the hydrogen sector. Key questions ❔ we will seek to answer: What key bottlenecks remain in achieving gender parity in hydrogen? What are the best practices on gender empowerment from around the world, and what can we learn from them? Can the involvement of women in decision-making and community meetings help to improve the social acceptance of hydrogen? You have access to the blue Zone at COP29 and want to participate at our event? Kindly reach out to hello@wigh.network for additional information.