HySafe: International Association for Hydrogen Safety Founded


The International Association for Hydrogen Safety was founded on February 26 in Brussels. 21 members from research and industry from 11 European countries plus Canada agreed to set up an association under Belgian law. The mission of HySafe is to facilitate the international coordination, development and dissemination of hydrogen safety knowledge by being the focal point for hydrogen safety research, education and training.

The association is the sustainable continuation of some of the work of the EU supported network of excellence under the same name. This project in the 6th research framework program aimed at integrating the interested and competent parties in Europe and their global partners.

One of the main activities of the association will be to support the continuation of the "International Conference for Hydrogen Safety" (ICHS). This meeting was held twice in 2005 (Pisa) and 2007 (San Sebastián), and the next will take place from September 16 to 18 in Ajaccio (Corse, France).

Another will be the maintenance of a database on hydrogen accidents and incidents which will accessible to scientifically qualified parties from all over the world.

The association will also promote high level education on hydrogen safety by supporting universities in the organisation of summer schools and post-graduate education.

Finally the association will act as center of competence to support research projects or political decisions whenever necessary and desired.

The association will be officially recognized as an international non-profit association under Belgian law.

Membership is open for any interested legal party or person from all over the world, not restricted to Europe.

More information is available on http://www.hysafe.net/IAHySafe.

Contact: Manfred Wilms (m.wilms@fz-juelich.de)