From 1995 through 2006, around 157 VIPs from industry, politics and academia
visited the Group Exhibit H2/FC at the anual HANNOVER FAIR.
Here they received first hand information about the progress in hydrogen and fuel cells development.

	Abeln	Bernd	State Secretary, Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of the state Hesse	Germany	2004
	Adamowitsch	Georg Wilhelm	State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Germany	Germany	2006, 2005
	Althaus	Dieter	Minister President of Thuringia	Germany	2004
	Andréani	Lotte	Director of The French Technology Press Office of Ubifrance in Germany	Germany	2005
	Andres	Gerd	Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour	Germany	2004, 2000
	Böhmer	Hans-Joachim	CEO German-Portugese Handelskammer	Portugal	2005
	Böhme	Kathleen	Delegation of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour	Germany	2005
	Barrigh	Jorge	Business Development, Ballard Generation Systems Corp	Canada	2000
	Bauckhage	Hans-Artur	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Affairs, Transportation, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Pfalz	Germany	2006, 2005, 2003
	Baumann, Dr.	Werner	The Honorable Ambassador of Switzerland in Germany	Switzerland	2004
	Bellamy, Prof. Dr.	David	Scientist	UK	2001
	Boelkow, Dipl-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult.	Ludwig	Pioneer of implementing Renewable Energies and Hydrogen Energy into a Hydrogen Economy	Germany	1996
	Bossel, Dr.	Ulf	European Fuel Cell Forum	Switzerland	2001
	Branoner	Wolfgang	Senator for Economics and Technology, Berlin	Germany	2001, 2000
	Brinkmann	Rainer	Member of German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2001
	Brunkhorst	Angelika	Member of the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Substitute member of the Bundestag Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment	Germany	2006, 2004
	Bury	Hans-Martin	Minister of the State in the office of the German Chancellor, Berlin	Germany	2002
	Busemann	Bernd	Education Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	2004
	Castellano	Antonio	Commercial Officer, Italian Consulate General in Hanover, Germany	Germany	2006
	Césana	Julien	Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Germany	Germany	2005
	Clement	Wolfgang	German Federal Minister of Economics and Labour	Germany	2004, 2002
	Correia, des Sá	José Maria	VP AEP Associacao de Portugal	Portugal	2005
	Corts	Udo	Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts in the state Hesse	Germany	2004
	Coskun	Ali	Turkish Minister of Industry and Trade, Ankara, Turkey	Turkey	2006
	Couchepin	Pascal	Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	2002
	Dean	John	Director Equity Research UBS Warburg	UK	2001
	Dawkins	Ian	Vice President A320 Family Programme Management With delegation Airbus Deutschland GmbH	Germany	2006
	Deiss	Joseph	Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	2003
	Devila	Lago	Vice President of State, Secretary of Cabinet, Cuba	Cuba	2000
	Dietzel	Wilhelm	Hessian Minister for Environment, Rural Development and Consumer Protection of the State Hessen	Germany	2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
	Döring, Dr.	Walter	Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Minister President of the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2002
	Dreher, Dr.	Burkhard	Minister for Economics, SMEs and Technology, Land Brandenburg	Germany	1998
	Eberl, Dr.	Christian	Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Environment in the state Lower Saxony	Germany	2006, 2005, 2003
	Ebnet, Dr.	Otto	Minister of Economics of the State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Germany	2005, 2004, 2001
	Edlund, Dr.	David	Senior Vice President, CTO and co founder IdaTech	USA	2001
	Ende, van den	Kees	EMA Power Generation and Renewables	The Netherlands	2005
	Eymael	Günter	State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transportation, Agriculture and Viticulture of the state Rhineland-Pfalz	Germany	2004
	Fan	Su	Deputy Director, International Department of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry (CAEPI)	China	2001
	Fell	Hans-Josef	Alliance 90/ The Greens, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2001
	Fischer, Dr.	Peter	Minister of Economy, Technology and Traffic of Lower Saxony	Germany	2000
	Foulon	Claude	Trade Commissionner at the French Embassy in Germany	Germany	2005
	Gabriel	Sigmar	Prime Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	2002
	Georgi, Dr.	Hanspeter	Minister of Economy of the Saarland, President of the Central Office for Productivity and Technology - ZPT Saarbruecken	Germany	2005, 2004, 2003, 2001
	Géranton	Sylvain	Commercial Attaché at the French Embassy in Germany	Germany	2005
	Gibbard	H. Frank	Chief Executive Officer H-Power Corp.	USA	2000
	Goehrmann, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.	Klaus E.	Chairman of the board of the Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	1996
	Goppel	Thomas	Minister of the Environment, Bavaria, Munich	Germany	1996
	Griefahn	Monika	Environmental Minister of the Land of Lower Saxony	Germany	1998, 1996
	Grigorescu	Andrei	Secretray of State, Ministry of Economy and Commerce	Romania	2004
	Grube, Dr.	Ruediger	Member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG, member of the Board of Directors of Hyundai Motor Company and of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)	Germany	2002
	Haberman	David	Member of the Federal Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel	USA	2002
	Harms	Rebecca	Chairman of the parliamentary Party Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen of the Lower Saxony State Parliament	Germany	2000
	Hart	David	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UK	2001
	Hatje, Dipl.-Ing.	Wolf	PreussenELEKTRA AG	Germany	2000
	Heckmann	Sepp D.	Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany, Member of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover, Germany	Germany	2005
	Heinzel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.	Angelika	Univ.-Prof. Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg	Germany	2002
	Herdan	Thorsten	Managing Director VDMA - Power	Germany	2004
	Hirche	Walter	Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment and Transport of Lower Saxony	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004
	Hockaday	Robert G.	Chief Fuel Cell Scientist Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.	USA	2001
	Horstmann, Dr.	Axel	Ministry for Transport, Energy and Spatial planning of the State Northrhine-Westfalia	Germany	2005, 2004
	Juettner	Wolfgang	Minister of Environment in Lower Saxony	Germany	2002, 2001, 2000
	Junghanns	Ulrich	Minister of Economic Affairs Land Brandenburg	Germany	2003
	Jurk	Thomas	Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, Germany	Germany	2005
	Kindler	Johannes	Deputy Director General of the German Chancellery, Berlin	Germany	2001, 2000
	Kloed	Christopher	Managing Director Norsk Hydro Electrolysers AS	Norway	2001
	Kohlstruck, Dipl.-Ing.	Bernd	Managing Director, ALSTOM BALLARD GmbH	Germany	2001
	Krause, Dr.	Peter	Head of the New Technologies Unit, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)	Germany	2004
	Krogsgaard	Peer	BTM Consult ApS	Denmark	2000
	Kroon	Marc J.	Representative of the City of Arnhem	The Netherlands	2005
	Krüger, Dr.	Wolfgang	State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy of the state of Brandenburg, Germany	Germany	2006
	Lange	Hubert H.	Board of Directors of the Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	2000, 1997
	Leonhardt, Prof.	Willy	Minister for Environment, Energy and Transport of Saarland	Germany	1996
	Lovins	Amory B.	Co-Chief Executive Officer (Research) of Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado	USA	2000
	Mantsch, Prof. Dr.	Henry H.	Counsellor Science & Technology, Embassy of Canada, Berlin	Canada	2003
	Marques, Dr.	Rui Boavista	Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Portugal, Berlin, Germany	Portugal	2006
	Martin	Andre'	Manager, Sales and Marketing Europe, Ballard Automotive Inc.	Canada	2000
	Martini	Klaudia	Executive Director Corporate Communications, Adam Opel AG	Germany	2003, 2001
	Merbold, Dr. rer. nat.	Ulf	ISS Promotion Manager at Microgravity Promotion Division of the ESA Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity, at ESTEC, Noordwijk	The Netherlands	2002
	Merkel, Dr.	Angela	Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany	2006
	Methling, Prof. Dr.	Wolfgang	Deputy Minister President and Minister of the Environment of Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania	Germany	2005, 2003, 2001
	Moeller	Antje	Alliance 90/ The Greens, Chairperson of the Green Caucus in Hamburg City State Legislature	Germany	2001
	Müller	Michael	Parliamentary State Secretary by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, Germany	Germany	2006
	Mueller, Dr.	Werner	Federal Minister for Economic and Technology	Germany	1999
	Nie, de	Erik	Hydrogen Network Enterprise	The Netherlands	2005
	Normand, Dr.	Gilbert	Canadian Minister for Research and Technology	Canada	2001
	Nurdin	Marcus A. B.	Managing Director, World Fuel Cell Council e.V.	Germany	2000
	Oettinger	Günther H.	Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Germany	2006
	Olk, Dr.	Gerhard	Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transfers, Transport and Technology	Germany	2003
	Palinkas	Jozsef	Secretary of State of Hungaria from the Ministry of Education, Research and Development	Hungaria	2000
	Peet	David L	DuPont Fuel Cell Enterprise	USA	2002
	Pfister	Ernst	Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Germany	2005
	Platzeck	Matthias	Minister President of the Land Brandenburg	Germany	2004
	Posch	Dieter	Minister of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of Hesse	Germany	2002, 2001, 2000
	Raue	Ernst	Deputy for the Chairman of Deutsche Messe AG	Germany	2000
	Reinholz	Juergen	Minister, Ministry of Economics, Labour and Infrastructure of Thuringia	Germany	2005, 2004
	Rhiel, Dr.	Alois	Minister, Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development of the state Hesse, Germany	Germany	2006
	Riechmann, Dr.	Volkhard	Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Transport, Energy and Spitial Planning of the state Northrhine-Westfalia	Germany	2003
	Riesenhuber, Prof. Dr.	Heinz	MdB, Bonn	Germany	1995
	Rippel	Günter	Representative of Deutsche Messe AG in Bavaria	Germany	2003
	Rivoir	Martin	Member of the Parliament of the State Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2003
	Rohwer, Prof. Dr.	Bernd	Minister for Economic Affairs, Employment and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	2003
	Rose	Robert	Executive Director Fuel Cells 2000	USA	2001
	Rueth, Dr.	Herbert	Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transfers, Transport and Technology	Germany	2003
	Ruettgers, Dr.	Jürgen	Federal Minister of Education, Science and Technology	Germany	1996
	Ruppert	Jolle	Ballast Nedam	The Netherlands	2005
	Salvamoser	Georg	Managing Director of Solar-Fabrik GmbH	Germany	2000
	Sander	Hans-Heinrich	Ministry of the Environment of Lower Saxony	Germany	2005, 2004, 2006
	Scheer, Dr.	Herrmann	President of EUROSOLAR, the European Solar Energy Association	Germany	2000
	Schlauch	Rezzo	Chairman of the parliamentary group Alliance 90/ The Greens, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2002
	Schmalstieg	Herbert	Major of Hannover	Germany	2000
	Schmidt	Renate	Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of Bavarian Parliament	Germany	2001
	Schroeder	Gerhard	Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany	2004, 2002, 2001
	Schroeder	Hiltrud	Wife of Gerhard Schroeder, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony	Germany	1995
	Schuster	Franz	Minister for Economics, Employment and Infrastructure of Thuringia	Germany	2002
	Schwanhold	Ernst	Minister for Economics and Midsize Businesses, Energy and Transport of North-Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	2002
	Schwank	Peter	Delegation of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour	Germany	2005
	Seres	Ioan-Codrut	Minister, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Government of Romania	Romania	2005
	Shi	Dinghuan	Consultant of the State Council of China, Chief of Middle-Long Term S & T Development Program Group and Chairman of China Solar Energy Association, Former Secretary General of MOST of China	China	2005
	Sigfusson	Ingimundur	Ambassador from Iceland	Iceland	2000
	Smit	Rob	KEMA Power Generation and Renewables	The Netherlands	2005
	Smolenaars	Jacques	President and Chief Marketing Officer of Hexion BV	The Netherlands	2005
	Sonneborn, Dipl.- Ing.	Gotthard G.	Technical Director Energiekontor AG	Germany	2001
	Stather	Erich	State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), Berlin, Germany	Germany	2004
	Stefener	Manfred	CEO Smart Fuel Cell GmbH	Germany	2002
	Steinmann, Dr. rer. Soc.	Walter	Director, Swiss Federal Office of Energy	Switzerland	2003
	Stolpe	Manfred	Prime Minister of Brandenburg	Germany	1998
	Stratmann	Lutz	Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture	Germany	2006, 2005
	Strauch	Volkmar	Permanent Secretary for Economics, Labour and Women's Issues, Senate Department for Economics, Labour and Women´s Issues, Berlin Government, Germany	Germany	2006
	Swarup	Asha	Additional Secretary, Department Of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, New Delhi, India	India	2006
	Szabo	Garbor	Lower Secretary of State	Hungaria	2000
	Taft	Bob	Governor from Ohio, USA	USA	2006
	Teufel	Erwin	Minister President of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany	2003
	Theis	Werner	Ministry for Environment and Forests of Rhineland-Pfalz, Head of Minister`s office	Germany	2000
	Thoben	Christa	Ministerin, Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie, Düsseldorf, Germany	Germany	2006
	Tiefensee	Wolfgang	Federal Minister, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Berlin, Germany	Germany	2006
	Timken, Jr.	William Robert	Ambassador of the USA in Berlin, Germany	USA	2006
	Toepfer, Dr.	Klaus	Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi UNON and Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya	Kenia	2003
	Trittin	Jürgen	German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety	Germany	2006, 2005, 2004, 2002
	Uitert, van	Henk	President Ballast Nedam IPM	The Netherlands	2005
	Vahrenholt, Dr.	Fritz	Minister of Environment of the State of Hamburg	Germany	2000, 1996
	Vandenborre, Dr.	Hugo	Managing Director of Hydrogen Systems N. V.	Belgium	2000
	Veziroglu, Prof.	T. Nejat	President, International Association for Hydrogen Energy	USA	2002
	Vogt	Ute	Regional Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany and Member of the German Parliament, Berlin	Germany	2003
	Wallace	John R.	Executive Director Th!nk Mobility, LLC	USA	2002
	Wei	Han	Vice President and General Secretary of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry (CAEPI)	China	2001
	Wenzel	Stephan	Alliance 90/The Greens in the Lower Saxony Parliament	Germany	2004
	Wenzel, Prefeito Minister	José Alberto	Environment Minister communal	Brasilia	2005
	Wiemann, Dr.	Bernd	CEO, Mannesmann Pilotentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH	Germany	2001
	Wiesheu, Dr.	Otto	Bavarian State Minister for Economics, Transportation and Technology	Germany	1998
	Wiest, Dr.	Bruno	Technology Officer, Business Development Officer, Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany	Canada	2004, 2003
	Wirtz	Gottfried	Ministerialrat	Germany	2000
	Witzko	Richard	Business Leader Europe Industrial Products Division W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH	Germany	2001
	Wöhrl	Dagmar	Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Berlin, Germany	Germany	2006
	Wolf	Harald	Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Labour and Women’s Issues, Berlin Government	Germany	2005, 2003
	Wulff	Christian	Premier of the Federal State of Lower Saxony	Germany	2003
	Wurster, Dipl.-Ing.	Reinhold	Ludwig-Boelkow-Systemtechnik GmbH	Germany	2001, 2000
	Yzer	Cornelia	Secretary of state at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn	Germany	1995