GPPS Energy & Aviation Draft Program
Welcome to our two-day Forum, Geopolitical Changes & Evolving Priorities for Power and Propulsion. Bringing together leaders across industry, academia, finance, and policy, we will explore sustainable energy, propulsion innovation, shifting global supply chains, and strategies to drive progress while balancing cost, security, and environmental responsibility.
Day 1: Wednesday January 13th
Day 2: Thursday January 14th
Day 1: Wednesday January 13th
| 08:00 – 17:00 | Registration | Main Building Entrance Hall |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Morning Coffee | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Ceremony GPPS Forum27 Welcome Speech by Albert Kammerer (Chairman GPPS Executive Committee, Ansaldo), Organising Committee | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 09:30 – 13:00 | Theme: Turbulent Times | ||
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Opening Keynote session on Energy Speaker: Zuozhi Zhao (Siemens Energy, China) | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote session on Aviation Speaker: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Keynote session on Climate Change in Energy & Aviation Speaker: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Networking & Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:50 | Finance Panel Role of Public / Private finance in accelerating innovation and development of technology for P&P Moderator: TBC Panelists: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Debrief | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | Dozentenfoyer |
| 14:30 – 18:00 | Theme: Future of Power & Propulsion | ||
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Panel Discussion on Power Generation Moderator: Matt Taher (Bechtel, USA) Panelists: Dr. Toshiro Fujimori (IHI), TBC (MHI), TBC (Baker Hughes) | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Networking & Coffee Break | Foyer |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Panel Discussion on Propulsion Moderator: Vince Sidwell (Pratt&Whitney, USA) Panelists: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Panel Discussion on Novel Fuel Moderator: Herve Morvan (Rolls Royce, UK) Panelists: Bobby Noble (EPRI), TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 18:00 – 18:10 | Debrief | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Transfer to Evening Venue: Zunfthaus zur Waag | |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Apero Riche | Zunfthaus zur Waag |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Dinner | Zunfthaus zur Waag |
Day 2: Thursday January 14th
| 08:00 – 17:00 | Registration | Main Building Entrance Hall |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Morning Coffee | |
| 09:00 – 13:00 | Theme: Transformative Technologies | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote session on Disruptive propulsion technologies Speaker: Zoltán Spakovszky (MIT, USA) | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Keynote session on Battery Speaker: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote session on Fuel Cells Speaker: Barnaby Law (MTU, Germany) | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Keynote session on Gas Turbines Speaker: Kwang Yeol Lee (Doosan, South Korea) | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Networking & Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:50 | Panel Discussion on A.I. Moderator: TBC Panelists: Per Nilsson (Causergy), Zoltán Spakovszky (MIT, USA), TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Debrief | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | Dozentenfoyer |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Theme: How we engineer that future? | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Keynote Session Speaker: TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Panel Discussion with the future leaders Moderator: Prof. Matteo Pini (TU Delft, The Netherlands) Speakers: TBC (IHI), TBC | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Closing Ceremony | HG F 30 | Audi Max |
