Speaker Name
Ankica Kovač
Job Title
Associate Professor
Bio
Ankica is an Associate Professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Croatia, where she heads the Power Engineering Laboratory. She is the founder of the Renewable Hydrogen Energy Conference – RH2EC. To promote hydrogen transportation, in cooperation with Toyota Croatia, she organized Croatia Mirai Challenge as the road trip from Zagreb to Brussels. She was the representative of Croatia on the Executive Committee of the IEA Collaboration Programme on Advanced Fuel Cells. She is a member of the Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia for Energy Transition and she is the Vice President of the Croatian Hydrogen Association. She was instrumental in developing the Croatian Hydrogen Strategy as de facto leader of the expert working group. She also led the effort in creating the Croatian Rules for Hydrogen refueling stations. She was awarded the Croatian Woman of Influence Award in category of Leadership and Innovation.
Company
University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture