Excellence in Fuel Cells 2003
Advisory Panel
In association with The
World Fuel Cell Council
and Core Technology
Ventures
The following international experts are advising EyeforFuelCells
on the content of the conference and workshops and evaluating
prospective presentations prior to the publication of the agenda
in January 2003.
Allan Casanova, Director Business Development, Siemens
Westinghouse Stationary Fuel Cells
Marcus Nurdin, Managing Director, World
Fuel Cell Council
The WFCC was established
in 1991 as a non-profit association dedicated to promoting fast
as possible world-wide industrialization of fuel cells. Membership
comprises leading fuel cell developers, system integrators, materials,
catalyst and fuel suppliers and users (utilities and automotive
OEMs) from around the world. The WFCC is located in Frankfurt
am Main.
Between 1999 and 2001 Phil was Global Head
of Fuel Cells Research at UBS Warburg, where
he wrote equity research and provided advice to the bank's corporate
clients on both private and public companies in the international
fuel cell industry. He has presented his work to the UK Government
Fuel Cell Advisory Panel, the European Commission the UK Institute
of Civil Engineers, the Lucerne Fuel Cell Conference and the Technical
University of Lübeck. Phil is based in Germany and speaks
fluent German.
Jean-Marc Tixhon, International Director of Fuel Cells,
DuPont
DuPont is the leading supplier
of membranes and stack components to the PEM fuel cell industry.
The company draws on in-house competencies in polymer chemistry,
materials engineering, catalysis, and process development. These
enable DuPont to develop and manufacture high-performance membranes,
membrane electrode assemblies, and conductive plates to serve
the PEM fuel cell industry now and in the future. DuPont is working
with several large fuel cell system developers to develop hydrogen
and reformed hydrogen fuel cell stack components. These efforts
are covered under nondisclosure agreements. DuPont is also working
with ABB Corp., H Power Corp., and Mechanical Technologies Inc.
to develop DMFC technology.
