About the Workshop

The 1st HyCAM International Workshop on “Additive Manufacturing Enabling Hydrogen-Based Fuels Combustion” will take place from 21–23 October 2026 in Sorrento, Italy.

The workshop aims to advance efficient, low-emission and fuel-flexible thermochemical energy conversion of hydrogen-based fuels considering the vast design space provided by additive and other modern manufacturing techniques (AM).

To address the challenges associated to hydrogen-based fuel combustion, the workshop promotes an interdisciplinary approach leveraging the new opportunities from combining combustion science, materials science, and AM for developing highly optimized combustion systems in terms of efficiency, flexibility, and emissions.

The workshop will bring together leading experts from academia and industry to foster interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. We invite contributions showcasing this integrated approach, but also research in the individual disciplines promoting it. Topics include:

  • Hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) combustion
  • Advanced AM processes and materials for combustion and energy systems
  • Combustor and burner design optimization
  • Complex burner geometries enabled by AM
  • Materials–flame interactions
  • Experimental diagnostics and numerical simulations
  • Turbulence–chemistry interaction modeling
  • Pollutant formation and mitigation strategies
  • Industrial applications of AM-enabled combustion technologies


Ph.D. students and early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to participate. Free registration will be offered to selected contributions to encourage broad international participation.

 → The workshop is organized and funded by the DFG Priority Program SPP 2419 HyCAM: “A Contribution to the Realisation of the Energy Transition: Optimisation of Thermochemical Energy Conversion Processes for the Flexible Utilisation of Hydrogen-based Renewable Fuels Using Additive Manufacturing”

Invited Speakers

Further information will be provided soon. 

Venue

Teatro Tasso
Piazza Sant’Antonino, 25
80067 Sorrento, Naples, Italy

Networking & Social Events

  • Welcome Reception & On-site Registration
    Date: 21 October, 2026
    Time: 6.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.
    Venue: Circolo dei Forestieri Sorrento, Terazza delle Sirene
    Via Luigi de Maio, 35, 80067 Naples, Italy

  • Social Dinner
    Date: 22 October, 2026
    Time: 7.30 p.m.
    Venue: Circolo dei Forestieri Sorrento
    Via Luigi de Maio, 35, 80067 Naples, Italy

Suggested Accommodations

  • Hotel Continental Sorrento, Piazza della Vittoria, 4, 80067 Sorrento Naples, Italy
  • Boutique Hotel Regina Sorrento, Via Marina Grande, 10, 80067 Sorrento Naples, Italy

Important Dates

  • Workshop date: October 21–23, 2026
  • Abstract submission: two pages
  • Registration deadline: August 15, 2026
  • Abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2026
  • Abstract acceptance registration confirmation: September 4, 2026

Call for Abstracts

Instructions to prepare a one-page abstract, you will find within the template:

Submission by August 15, 2026, at the latest.
Send to: spp2419@itv.rwth-aachen.de

Registration

To register, please complete the form below. 

Scientific Programme

More information will be available soon. Stay tuned.

Workshop Organizing Committee

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Pitsch

Director of the Institute for Combustion Technology (ITV), RWTH Aachen University SPP 2419 HyCAM Coordinatior

Institut für Technische Verbrennung
RWTH Aachen University
Templergraben 64
52056 Aachen, Germany

Tel.: +49 241 8094608
Office: +49 241 8094607
Fax: +49 241 8092923
E-mail: h.pitsch@itv.rwth-aachen.de

Dr. Marianna Cafiero

Researcher at Institute for Combustion Technology (ITV), RWTH Aachen University
SPP 2419 HyCAM Deputy Coordinator

Institut für Technische Verbrennung
RWTH Aachen University
Templergraben 64
52056 Aachen, Germany

Tel.: +49 241 8094643
Fax: +49 241 8092923
E-mail: m.cafiero@itv.rwth-aachen.de
E-mail: spp2419@itv.rwth-aachen.de

Dr.-Ing. Michael Gauding

Senior Researcher at Institute for Combustion Technology (ITV), RWTH Aachen University

 

Institut für Technische Verbrennung
RWTH Aachen University
Templergraben 64
52056 Aachen, Germany

Tel.: +49 241 8094617
Fax: +49 241 8092923
E-mail: m.gauding@rwth-aachen.de