About the Event

The Handelsblatt Wasserstoff-Gipfel 2026 takes place as a single, compact day on September 29, 2026, at the Palace Hotel in Berlin, held immediately before the Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Gas. It is organized by Euroforum Deutschland GmbH as part of the Handelsblatt Group's events portfolio.

Audience and Attendees

The summit is aimed at decision-makers from politics, industry, infrastructure, municipal utilities and the finance sector working on hydrogen deployment. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO of Hydrogen Europe; Luc Graré, Head of Central & Eastern Europe at Lhyfe; Dr. Felix Matthes, chair of the Nationaler Wasserstoffrat; and Eva Witt, head of individual financing and public clients at KfW.

Programme Structure

The one-day programme is organized around three themed blocks covering infrastructure and supply, applications and markets, and financing and investment, run alongside the separate Handelsblatt Gas conference for the first time in 2026 as part of a shared platform for the transformation of gaseous energy supply.

Main Topics

Sessions address the development of the German hydrogen core network and where bottlenecks are emerging, viable use cases in steel, chemicals, refining, mobility and municipal heat, and how hydrogen projects become bankable, including the role of funding instruments and private capital.

Closing Session

The event page does not describe a specific closing session; the single-day programme concludes on September 29, 2026, ahead of the co-located Handelsblatt Gas conference.

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