Acting now for the zero-emission planes and ships of tomorrow

Will we ever fly on electric or hydrogen commercial planes? What does a zero-emission ship look like?

Will we ever fly on electric or hydrogen commercial planes? Can we count on sustainable fuels for climate neutral flying? What does a zero-emission ship look like?

This online event brought industry and policy makers face-to-face, in an e-forum to exchange on how they plan to make zero-emission mobility tomorrow’s reality.

T&E’s shipping and aviation teams offered a unique opportunity for innovating companies and policy-makers to meet and debate. Companies such as Airbus, ZeroAvia, Wright Electric, Pipistrel and MAN ES presented their technological breakthroughs to European decision-makers. Face-to-face interaction was possible in the several breakout sessions, to discuss the latest technologies in shipping and aviation, their potential and what steps are needed by policy makers to drive their uptake.

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Speakers list & presentations

Introduction

  • T&E, Silke Bölts, Aviation Policy Officer
  • European Parliament, Ciaran Cuffe, MEP, Group of the Greens/Europeans Free Alliance
  • European Commission, Ewa Oney, Team Leader, Unit Aviation Policy  (MOVE/E1)
  • Deutsche Post DHL Group, Henrik von Storch, Teams Lead GoGreen / Clean OPS Office

Research, Development & Deployment

  • ICCT – Jayant Mukhopadhaya, Aviation researcher
  • Future Cleantech Architects – Peter Schniering, Founder
  • Spark E-Fuels – Arno Zimmermann, Co-Founder

Electric Aviation

Hydrogen Aviation

  • Airbus – Glenn Llewellyn, Vice-President, Zero Emission Aircraft
  • EasyJet – David Morgan, Director of Flight Operations
  • Universal Hydrogen – Jon Gordon, Co-Founder & General Counsel
  • Zero Avia – Dominic Weeks, Head of PR & Government Relations

Synthetic Aviation Fuels

  • Carbon Engineering – Helen Bray, European Policy Director
  • Norsk e-Fuel – Karl Hauptmeier, Managing Director
  • Synhelion – Carmen Murer, Head Corporate Communication
  • Synkero – Misha Valk, Commercial Director
  • Interac – Philipp Engelkamp, Managing Director

Zero-Emission Shipping

Video recordings

Main session

Breakout group Research, development & deployment

Breakout group Electric aviation 

Breakout group Hydrogen aviation

Breakout group Synthetic Aviation Fuels 

Breakout group Zero-emission shipping (audio recording)