24.09.2026 – Day 1

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:20 Institutional Welcome

9:20 – 9:45 Organizing committee welcome – Introduction to the workshop

9:45 - 10:30 Keynote | Daniele Castello (Aalborg University): “Biofuels in action: the HTL pathway towards drop-in aviation fuels”

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 SESSION I: Advanced biofuels production and applications

-          Simone Mataloni (NextChem) - NEXTCHEM Waste to Methanol: The Missing Link for Sustainable Mobility

-          Marco Baratieri (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) – Biofuels from gasification and HTL

-          Benedetta De Capraris (Sapienza Università di Roma) - Role and Fate of Intrinsic Inorganics and Added Catalysts in HTL of High-Ash Waste: Impact on Biocrude Quality and Yield

-          Andrea Maria Rizzo (Re-CORD) – Oxidative pyrolysis for biofuels

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Lab visit

16:00 – 17:30 SESSION II: Hydrogen production and use

-          Anna Carassai (Alperia), Energy in Transition: the role of Hydrogen and biomethane in decarbonization

-          Andrea Marzi (Strabag) - La produzione di idrogeno verde in Alto Adige è diventata realtà con un impianto tecnologicamente all'avanguardia

-          Simone Anelli (Bluenergy Revolution) – BluEnergy Revolution: soluzioni innovative a idrogeno dalla ricerca all’utilizzo in comunità energetiche

-          Mohsen Fatehi (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) – “Potential for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors through hydrogen and ammonia combustion: CFD studies”

17:30 – 18:00 Round table and closing of day 1

25.09.2026 – Day 2

9:00 – 10:30 SESSION III: Hydrogen storage and applications

-          Anna Holzknecht (IIT Hydrogen) - Hydrogen application - A use case experience in Light and Heavy-Duty Mobility

-          Andrej Markovic (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) – “Thermal management of metal hydrides for hydrogen storage: limits of operation and possible novel strategies”

-          Gabriele Comodi (Università Politecnica delle Marche) – tbd

-          Marco Maggini (Università della Tuscia) – tbd

-          Stefano Barberis (Università degli Studi di Genova) - Caratterizzazione di SOFC e PEMFC con streams di idrogeno a composizione variabile

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 PhD SESSION: 6 oral flash presentations

-          Nicole Catli (Sapienza Università di Roma) - HTL of Highly Contaminated Biomass: Effect of Inorganics on the Reaction Mechanism of Cellulose as a Model Compound

-          Kumail Abdi (Università Politecnica delle Marche) - Energy and Environmental Performance of a Biogas-Powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC): A Numerical Modeling Approach

-          Luca Pierantonelli (Università Politecnica delle Marche) – tbd

-          Lorenzo Gambadori (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)– Strategies for the optimal sizing and management of hydrogen technologies in renewable energy districts

-          Others - tbd

12:30 – 12:45 Closing remarks