Arrival and registration
Foyer, 1^st floor

In the morning: two parallel sessions
Session 1: EU Strategy for the Danube Region

On invitation only

08:30 - 10:30
Strengthening the Danube Innovation Ecosystem – an Event of the Working Group Innovation & Technology Transfer of EUSDR PA8 and the
EcoDaLLi Living Lab System
Siegfried Weishaupt Hall, 7th floor

Please find programme with the following link.
Separate registration is required via this link.

09:00 – 10:30
Meeting of the Working Group of Priority Area 8
Digital Danube
Meeting room 102, 1st floor

Please find programme with the following link (tbc)

11:00 – 13:00
Joint Steering Group Meeting of Priority Area 7 “Knowledge Society” and Priority Area 8 “Competitiveness of enterprises”
Siegfried Weishaupt Hall, 7th floor

Please find programme with the following link and register by email to: PA8_eusdr@wm.bwl.de

Session 2: Expert Forum „Developing a supply chain for green hydrogen along the Danube”
Ludwig Erhard Hall, 1^st floor

10:30
Opening addresses
Dr. Jan Stefan Roell, President IHK Ulm
Johannes Jung, Head of Department Strategy, Business Law, Foreign Trade and Europe, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
 

11:00                      
Keynote:  From East to West - Future Hydrogen flow along the Danube
Prof. Dr. Markus Hölzle, University of Ulm, Member of the Board Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg

11:45                             
Coffee break | Networking

12:00
Panel Discussion
„Developing a supply chain for green hydrogen along the Danube"

Moderation
Dr. Jan Stefan Roell, President IHK Ulm

Panellists

• Klemens Schwarz, Head of Business Steering & Marketing Green Hydrogen, VERBUND Green Hydrogen GmbH, Vienna (virtual)
• Robert Rafael, Secretary General, Pro Danube International, Vienna
• Alexander Kümmelschuh, Center Manager Hydrogen - Green Energy, MR PLAN GmbH, Donauwörth
• Prof. Dr. Markus Hölzle, University of Ulm, Member of the Board Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), 
         Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• Annamária Nádor, Priority Area Coordinator, PA2 "Sustainable Energy", EU Strategy for the Danube Region, Hungary
• N.N.

Afternoon: Main event for all participants
Ludwig Erhard Hall, 1st floor

13:00                                   
Networking lunch
Foyer, 1st floor

14:00        
Opening addresses

Martin Ansbacher, Lord Mayor of Ulm
Dr. Patrick Rapp, State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg

14:15
Pitch session
"Impetus for a more resilient economy in the Danube region”

Moderation
Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker, CEO RegioClusterAgentur Baden-Württemberg and Coordinator of EUSDR PA 8 Working Group Cluster and Regional Development

Pitches:

• Balazs Barta, CEO Pannon Business Network, Hungary: 
         Interreg Danube Region Programme founded Project BrAIn – Bringing Artificial Intelligence to SMEs in the 
         sectors manufacturing, health and agro food. EUSDR PA 8 Flagship Project
• Michael Bächler, Spokesperson of the Association for the H2-Wandel Project: 
         H2-Wandel, an EFRE funded Green Hydrogen Model Region project
• Vesna Vesna Kučan Polak, Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency and Marko Žabojec, Gitone Kvarner Ltd., Croatia 
        North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley
• Dr. Oliver Ziegler, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH: 
         RIS4Danu, a Horizon Europe project with the aim to facilitate social-sustainable-technological transition in Danube regions 
         through the revitalization of disused industry sites. EUSDR PA 7 Flagship Project
• Simone Burster, Danube Office Ulm / Neu-Ulm: 
         Project „European energy award along the Danube" as an example for the municipal level
         Bence Bíró (HU), Ana Sabanovic(RS), Ratin Sazedul. (BW), Julian Stöckle (BY) and Philip Tudor (A), Danube
         Youth Council Engagement of the Youth in the Danube Region Strategy
• More tbc

15:00                       
Coffee break | Networking

15:15
Panel discussion
„Challenges and Opportunities in Cooperation within the Danube Region"

Moderation
Dorothee Fischer, Senior Communications Expert and CEO, Legado Sharpe & Fischer

Panellists

• Dr. Patrick Rapp, State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
• Christoph Ulrich, CEO Ulrich medical, Vice-President IHK Ulm
• Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, State Secretary for Europe, Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
• Dr. Christian Moser, Vice President of the Economic Chamber of Lower Austria (WKNÖ) and the Danube Chamber of Commerce Federation (DCCF)
• Anja Quiring, Regional Director South East Europe, German Eastern Business Association
• N.N.

Evening reception
Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Silcherstraße 40, 89231 Neu-Ulm

On invitation only

16:15
Transfer/walk to the evening reception at the Danube Festival

17:00
Evening reception

Opening adresses

Katrin Albsteiger, Lord Mayor of Neu-Ulm
Dr. Patrick Rapp, State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg

18:30
End of official programme and individual time at the Danube Festival

On Invitation only

09:00 – 14:30
Strengthening the Danube Innovation Ecosystem – an Event of the Working Group Innovation & Technology Transfer of EUSDR PA8 and the
EcoDaLLi Living Lab System
IHK Ulm, Olgastraße 95 – 101, 89073 Ulm
Meeting Room, 7th floor

Please find programme with the following link.

09:00 – 17:00
European Energy Award along the Danube
Final Project Meeting
Edwin-Scharff-Haus, Silcherstraße 40, 89231 Neu-Ulm
Meeting Room: Studio München upper floor (OG)

Please register according to your invitation