Abstract
On Friday the 21 October 2022 UK-HyRES (https://ukhyres.co.uk) held an interactive and
participatory online workshop focusing on co-creation and development of research project ideas. The objective of the workshop was to present the structure of the proposed national Hub and co-develop the details of the projects within it. There was an amazing response from across the hydrogen community with over 90 participants. Facilitated by The Collective, we first heard from Prof Tim Mays (UK-HyRES PI and Director), who welcomed all attendees, before Prof Rachael Rothman (Co-I and Co-Director) introduced our vision for the Hub. The agenda for the event is provided in Appendix A.
Dr Derek Craig delivered the opening address at the event. Derek is Deputy Director Cross-Council Programmes within the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). He is responsible for strategic leadership and oversight of EPSRC’s environmental sustainability and decarbonisation research and innovation agenda working closely with colleagues across UKRI and the external academic, business and policy communities. He set out EPSRC’s vision and the funding landscape, as well as the objectives of EPSRC. This included the imperative to create added value to the UK industrial strategy, widely collaborate and to champion EPSRC’s place-based agenda.
Through four themed breakout sessions, we collectively examined some of the research challenges identified through our previous workshops: Production, Storage & Distribution, Alternative Liquid Fuels, and End Use. Following these workshops, key research challenges were drawn out and listed, then circulated to 25 experts from the advisory board of UK-HyRES, and other respected members of the research/industrial communities. This enabled some prioritisation of challenge areas ahead of the showcase event. The experts were asked to assess whether a research area should be investigated by the Hub “now” (3 pts), “later” (1 pt) or “never” (0 pts). From the 12 responses, it was possible to identify consensus priority research areas and rank them. The advisors were also able to suggest priority areas that were not selected from the first four workshops.
participatory online workshop focusing on co-creation and development of research project ideas. The objective of the workshop was to present the structure of the proposed national Hub and co-develop the details of the projects within it. There was an amazing response from across the hydrogen community with over 90 participants. Facilitated by The Collective, we first heard from Prof Tim Mays (UK-HyRES PI and Director), who welcomed all attendees, before Prof Rachael Rothman (Co-I and Co-Director) introduced our vision for the Hub. The agenda for the event is provided in Appendix A.
Dr Derek Craig delivered the opening address at the event. Derek is Deputy Director Cross-Council Programmes within the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). He is responsible for strategic leadership and oversight of EPSRC’s environmental sustainability and decarbonisation research and innovation agenda working closely with colleagues across UKRI and the external academic, business and policy communities. He set out EPSRC’s vision and the funding landscape, as well as the objectives of EPSRC. This included the imperative to create added value to the UK industrial strategy, widely collaborate and to champion EPSRC’s place-based agenda.
Through four themed breakout sessions, we collectively examined some of the research challenges identified through our previous workshops: Production, Storage & Distribution, Alternative Liquid Fuels, and End Use. Following these workshops, key research challenges were drawn out and listed, then circulated to 25 experts from the advisory board of UK-HyRES, and other respected members of the research/industrial communities. This enabled some prioritisation of challenge areas ahead of the showcase event. The experts were asked to assess whether a research area should be investigated by the Hub “now” (3 pts), “later” (1 pt) or “never” (0 pts). From the 12 responses, it was possible to identify consensus priority research areas and rank them. The advisors were also able to suggest priority areas that were not selected from the first four workshops.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | UK-HyRES |
| Pages | 1-42 |
| Number of pages | 43 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2022 |
