HZwo – Pune Hydrogen Valley Summit

HZwo Events

Industry & Research Hand in Hand

  • Date

    date28.04.2026
  • Time

    time09:00 Uhr
  • Place

    place Villa Rosenberg
    Technologie-Campus 6
    09126 Chemnitz

  • Contact person

    contact personDr.-Ing. Gert Schlegel

Agenda

9:00 a.m. – Registration | Welcome

Opening & Welcome by HZwo e.V.,
Dr.-Ing. Gert Schlegel, Head of Member and Network Management at HZwo e.V.

9.45 a.m. Block I – Introduction of the Pune Hydrogen Valley Delegation

Opportunities for cooperation between India and Germany
Keynote Speech by Dr. Ashish Lele, Director, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory

Presentation of the Hydrogen Valley Pune P-HVIC and Introduction of the delegation from Pune Hydrogen Valley (India)
Dr. Vishnu Budama, CEO at Pune Hydrogen Valley

10:45 – a.m. coffee break

11:15 a.m. Block II – Cooperation Opportunities

Indo-German Cooperation on Green Hydrogen
Clemens Antretter, Advisor Green Hydrogen, GIZ India

Indo-Saxon Economic Ties: New Horizons under the EU-India FTA
Jan Filip, Project Manager Foreign Trade & Fairs, Saxony Trade and Invest

12:30 a.m. – lunch break

2:00 p.m. – Block III – Industry Session

Best practice for Indo-German Cooperation
Markus Hoffmann von Wolffersdorff, Wolffersdorff Commercial Services GmbH & Co KG and Partner of HZwo India Start project

Introduction of the participating HZwo member companies
Pitches á 3 minutes each

Best practice examples from the business development in IndiaManish Kulkarni, Maakuu Consulting and Partner of HZwo India Start project

EU funding for industry-oriented research and innovation
Alexander Hesse, Referent at EU Service Centre Saxony

3:15 p.m. – coffee break

3:45 p.m. – Block IV – R&D Session

R&D related review of the HZwo Delegation visit in Pune
Thanuj Singaravelan, HZwo India Research, Fraunhofer IVI

Introduction to the participating HZwo member research institutions
Pitches á 3 minutes each

Discussions, Summary and conclusion of the day
Dr.-Ing. Gert Schlegel, Head of Member and Network Management HZwo e.V.

5:30 p. m. – Individual transport to the networking evening in Schloss Lichtenwalde