International Conference on Hydrogen Production and Storage ICHPS on July 19-20, 2026 in Helsinki, Finland

Safety in H2 infrastructure
Production
Distribution and transport (pipelines, gaseous and liquid)
Storage
Handling and Use

H2 fueling stations deployment experience
Safe design
Indoor / outdoor fueling
Permitting
Public acceptance
Mitigation practices
Co-location with other fueling options

Mixed / blended H2
fueling stations and vehicles
HCNG

Safety in H2
vehicle /station interface
Safety in H2 vehicles
On-board storage
Vehicle operation in tunnels and garages
Public acceptance
Material handling and operations in warehouses

H2 Safety aspects in other applications/industries/technologies
Chemical plants
Oil refinery
Space-aircrafts- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones)
Nuclear
Maritime applications e.g boats, submarines
Mining industry
Semiconductor/electronic industries, electrical
generators, neutron beams and other fundamental
experiments
Other applications

Safety of energy storage
H2 solid-storage materials
Grid scale storage
Power-to-gas / power-to-hydrogen

Fuel cells and electrolysers related safety issues
Risk Assessment
Safety of material
Normative or Pre-normative

Behavior of Gaseous and Liquid Hydrogen
and hydrogen mixtures
Release, dispersion
Ignition and auto-ignition
Combustion: fire, deflagration, detonation,
transitional effects

Physical effects, consequence analysis
Thermal, overpressure, missile effects
Effects on humans and environments
Incidents, accidents and near misses
Hydrogen effects on materials and components
Embrittlement
Permeation/blistering

Risk/safety management
Hazard identification and analysis
Risk assessment (cost-benefit analysis, safety
perception, acceptance and harm criteria,
uncertainties, decision making, human factor)
Risk-informed safety engineering
Prevention and Mitigation (active, passive, sensors,
safety distances)
Insurance
Safety solutions and implementation of H2
technologies
“Outside-the-box” safety

Regulations Codes and Standard (RCS)
Pre-normative research (needs, approaches,
incorporation of QRA)
Post normative experience (case studies)
Comparison/compatibility with other fuels
Education, training, lessons learned and best practices
First responders training
Databases