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Besides focusing on the latest trends and achievements in the field of natural refrigerants technologies, the two-day event will explore business opportunities and reveal future perspectives in the HVAC&R industry.
End users, policy makers, manufacturers, researchers, academia, NGOs, associations, media and consultants.
Established as a significant platform for HVAC&R industry stakeholders to discuss new ideas and innovations, ATMOsphere Europe 2023 offers the participants a comprehensive and multifaceted programme.
Welcome and introduction by Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere
Participants will introduce themselves and get to know one another in a dynamic speed networking session.
Moderator: Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere
Kim Gardø Christensen, CEO, Fenagy | Growing with natural refrigerants in Heat Pumps
Kenneth Hoffmann, Product Manager Heat Pumps, GEA | Commercialisation of heat pumps – GEA Heating and Refrigeration Technologies
Raymond Decorvet, Senior Account Executive, MAN Energy Solutions | If you’re willing to change the world – let heat-pumps be your energy
Menno van der Hoff, Chief Executive Director, TripleAqua | Latest 2023 heat pump trends & natural refrigerants
Davide Sabbadin, Policy Manager for Climate & Energy, European Environmental Bureau (EEB) | High temperature heat pumps in non-renovated homes. A desk analysis.
Moderator: Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere
Olaf Schulze, Director Energy Management & Real Estate Sustainability, METRO Properties Holding | The 2040 climate and decarbonisation strategy of METRO
Moderator: Jan Dusek, COO & Head of APAC, ATMOsphere
Aurélie Grélot-Liénard, Global Cooling and Refrigeration systems Lead, Cargill | Natural refrigerants within Cargill
Peter Danzer, Project Leader, Deutsche Bahn | Change to natural refrigerants – activities, experiences and outlook of Deutsche Bahn AG
Oleksandr Sikora, Head of Technical Operations, METRO Ukraine | The first CO2 project in Ukraine during the war
Moderator: Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere
Bas Eickhout, Member of European Parliament
Sophie Geoghegan, Climate Campaigner, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) | EU F-gas regulation review
Jürgen Süß, Member, Clean Cooling Coalition | NatRefs – their past, present and future
Moderator: Jan Dusek, COO & Head of APAC, ATMOsphere
Andreas Meier, Managing Director, TEKO Refrigeration, & Ruben De Vos, Manager Energy & Engineering, Delhaize | FridgiWise – innovative Plug-in-Solution shows best performances in Delhaize trial store
KC Chen, Vice President of CO2, Energy Recovery & Stien Develtere, Purchaser, Fieuw Koeltechniek | PX G1300 installations in Benelux region
Berty Jacob, Senior R&D Manager, Unilever | Energy efficiency initiatives in Unilever ice cream freezer cabinets
Ivan Zudek, Partner, Zudek & Mahmud Rahman, Head of Energy & Environment, Müller | Ammonia air cooled chiller with free cooling integration for Muller’s facility in Scotland
Jaume Casanovas, European Product Planning & Technical Support, & Indy Tharnvithian, Product Specialist, Panasonic & Philippe Bouly, Technical Engineer, SARL PMB | Panasonic strategically approach healthcare business applications
Giacomo Pisano, CO2 Compressors Business Development Manager, Dorin & Enrico Zambotto, Technical Engineering Director Refrigeration Systems, Arneg | Improving CO2 systems efficiency with the use of the most novel technologies
Moderator: Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager PA – Ozone, Climate, Energy and Chemicals, ATMOsphere
Andreea Closca, Market Manager Residential Comfort, Copeland & François Crouzet, Head of R&D and Innovation for Residential Heat Pumps, BDR Thermea | Residential heat pump with natural refrigerant and low sound scroll
Alessandro Moneta, Business Development Manager for Renewable Energy Systems, Güntner & Kim Gardø Christensen, CEO, Fenagy | Air heat exchanger in district heating application: key factors and performance
Raymond Decorvet, Senior Account Executive, MAN Energy Solutions | Large scale HT CO2 heat pumps – Because they work !
Michael Bantle, CTO, Aneo Industry | Ammonia – Steam. Cascade heat pump for +100˚C steam generation
Timothy J. Held, CTO, Echogen Power Systems | High-Temperature CO2 Heat Pumps for Industrial Decarbonisation
Moderator: Stefan Elbel, Professor, Technical University Berlin
Roman Heckt, Senior Manager R744 eCompressor & Systems Development, HANON Systems Deutschland | Sustainable thermal management for electric vehicles
Jürgen Süß, Technical Director, Ecooltec | Field experiences with natural refrigerants in transport
Philipp Barth, Senior Manager Product Engineering, Rheinmetall | R290 e-Compressor and HP-module for electric vehicles
Giacomo Pisano, CO2 Compressors Business Development Manager, Dorin | A novel CO2 compressor design for safe and efficient comfort cooling and heating in mobile HVAC systems
Filip Kitanoski, Founder, PBX | Industrialisation of R290 in transport refrigeration
Phillip Denzinger, Project Manager, GIZ Proklima | Greener reefers project
Welcome and introduction to Day 2 by Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere
Participants will introduce themselves and get to know one another in a dynamic speed networking session.
Marc Chasserot, ATMOsphere, will provide an update of the ATMOsphere Approved Label and next steps. He will be joined on stage by Delhaize to discuss decarbonisation strategies for scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.TEKO Refrigeration, the first ATMO Approved manufacturer that has used the platform to reduce their embedded carbon emissions, will also take part in the session.
Tom Vandenberghe, Energy Manager, & Ruben De Vos, Manager Energy & Engineering, Delhaize
Andreas Meier, Managing Director, TEKO Refrigeration
Moderator: Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager PA – Ozone, Climate, Energy and Chemicals, ATMOsphere
Emma Wink, Project Lead, BASE | The Global Servitisation for Energy Transition Alliance – Accelerating the shift from products to services for clean and energy efficient technologies
Moderator: Jan Dusek, COO & Head of APAC, ATMOsphere
Stefan Elbel, CEO, Creative Thermal Solutions, & Professor, Technical University Berlin | Transport market trends
Moderator: Thomas Trevisan, ATMOsphere
Jutta Paulus, Member of the European Parliament
Christine Lützkendorf, Policy Advisor on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH)| Deep Dive TFA: small molecule, big consequences
Anna Lennquist, Senior Toxicologist, ChemSec | Impact of PFAS, including F-Gases on health and the environment
Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager PA – Ozone, Climate, Energy and Chemicals, ATMOsphere | State of play & PFAS restriction intention
Moderator: Jan Dusek, COO & Head of APAC, ATMOsphere
Federica Rosseti, R&D Department, SCM Frigo, & Andrea Zanchetta, Sagat | Low temperature CO2system as optimized, energy-efficient solution: cold room manufacturer applications
Marino Bassi, Key Account Sr. Advisor – Commercial Business, Nidec Embraco, & Robert Pędzik, Technical Director, ES System K | Revolutionary, energy efficient cabinet with variable speed compressor for effective sale and display of ice cream
Lionel Audouy, Integrated Products Director, Tecumseh, Wojciech Musioł, Research and Refrigeration Deputy Manager, & Marcin Szczecina, Sales Engineer/ Project Manager, JBG2 | R290-based waterloop display case with simplified heat recovery and superior benefits for supermarket
Luca Rossi, Engineer Project Manager, Biaggini Frigoriferi, & Andrea Skory, Facility and Technical Manager, Migros Ticino | Migros Cassarate: R744 integral solution with lake water
Anders Mønsted, Business Development Manager – Industry, Advansor & Roy Arends, Design engineer refrigeration, industrial business unit, Veld Koeltechniek | Climate solutions for distribution centres!
Pedro Olalla, Sales/R&D Director, Huayi Compressor Barcelona | R290 variable speed compressor – The future of light commercial refrigeration
Moderator: Menno van der Hoff, Chief Executive Director, TripleAqua
Azam Thatte, Chief Scientist, Energy Recovery | Novel rotary pressure exchanger for increasing efficiency of transcritical CO₂ heat pumps
Ebbe Nørgaard, Sales Director – Energy Sector, Fenagy | Heat pumps in Danish district heating
Menno van der Hoff, Chief Executive Director, & Radek Hrabánek, Project Manager, TripleAqua by Sinop | TripleAqua CO₂ 105 kW heat pump for new Czech SINOP factory
Andreas Längauer, Simulations Engineer, ecop | Unique ecop rotation heat pump for industrial and district heating applications using noble gases as working medium
Michael Eckert, Entrepreneur in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration System Construction, Kälte Eckert | Use of a bivalent heat pump as a replacement for a liquid chiller in an existing building
Moderator: Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager PA – Ozone, Climate, Energy and Chemicals, ATMOsphere
Thomas Trevisan, Deputy Manager PA – Ozone, Climate, Energy and Chemicals, ATMOsphere | Spotlight on certification and training for alternatives
Coen van de Sande, President, AREA, & Director, NVKL | The importance of training
Harald Erös, Founding Member & Chairman, & Andreas Klaudus, Deputy Chairman, Austrian Association of Refrigeration (ÖGKT) | Training activities related to natural refrigerants
Christian Heerup, Business Manager, Refrigeration, Danish Technological Institute (DTI)
Lee Downham, Technical and Sustainability Director, Beijer Ref Academy | Training for a sustainable future
Mustafa Abunofal, Senior Consultant, Guidehouse – Cool Up programme | CoolUp: Upscaling capacities in the MENA region and Türkiye
Summary of the two-day conference with key takeaways by Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere



































































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