Welcome speech
Jiří Drahoš
President of The Czech Academy of Sciences

Introduction
Jiří Plešek
Coordinator of the Research Programme “Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage” of the Strategy AV21 Initiative and Director of the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS, v. v. i.

The Role of Energy Storage in Energy Security
Václav Bartuška
Special Envoy of the Czech Republic for Energy Security

Energy Storage as a Necessary Part of the Future Electric Power System
Josef Tlustý
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

Energy Storage – Myths, Reality and Perspectives
Aleš Laciok
R&D coordinator, ČEZ, a.s.

Accumulation of Energy in the Czech Republic from the Viewpoint of ČEPS, a. s.
Marián Belyuš
Head of Strategy and R&D, ČEPS, a.s.

Practical Ways of Energy Storage, View of E.On
Josef Renč
E.On Česká Republika

Pumped-storage Power Station in the Underground Mine in Ostrava
Pavel Bartoš
CEO and Chairman of the Board of FITE, a.s.

Topic 1:
Promising Topics for Research into Energy Storage

Topic 2:
Future of Energy Storage in the Czech Republic - Economic Aspects, National and European Policies

Safe Energy Storage via Hydrogen and Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier
Wolfgang Arlt
Lehrstuhl für Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Hydrogen Technologies for Energy Storage and Beyond
Karel Bouzek
Head of Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague

Thermochemical Materials and Reactor Concepts for Large-scale Energy Storage
David M. J. Smeulders
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology

Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Accumulation of Energy
Ladislav Kavan
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.

Physico-chemical Properties of Thermal Energy Storage Materials
Magdalena Bendová
Institute of Chemical Processes of the CAS, v. v. i.