10.10: Automotive Day & hydrogen mobility in Spa/Francorchamps (BE)

All transport sectors, including maritime, aeronautics or land-based, are deploying huge R&D budgets to reduce the carbon footprint of their vehicles. These sectoral efforts can be pooled across sectors to promote economies of scale.


The Walloon Region, and the province of Liège in particular, is a major logistics hub for these 3 types of transport, thanks to Liège freight airport, the autonomous river port and the intersection of the various European highways.


This important annual event for top professionals in the automotive sector will be held in Francorchamps this autumn. The automotive industry will learn from concrete use cases how the ongoing alternatives powertrains can lead to cross-sectoral opportunities.


Program of the day:

  • 09:00 Welcome
  • 09:15 Introduction by Technifutur®
  • 09:30 Technological challenges and economical context of the automotive sector
  • 09:50 Technological challenges and economical context of the aeronautic sector
  • 10:10 Technological challenges and economical context of the maritime sector
  • 10:30 Coffee break
  • 10:45 Moderated round table: Topic : “Trans-sectorial technological opportunities on several perspectives : regulation, intern combustion engine, hydrogen, automotive competition, logistic and transport”.
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 Moderated round table: Topic : Job opportunities and training offer in the H2 fields.
  • 14:00 Closure of the plenary session
  • 14:30 Visits of remarkable sites, demonstration/exposition.
  • 16:00 End of the event

Among the participants: CMB, Paul Wurth, Breuer Technical Development, Wallonie Entreprendre, LIST, Kolping Bildung Deutschland, AFPA, Logistics in Wallonia, Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse du Gouvernement Du Grand-Duché De Luxembourg,…

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