The program includes interactive scientific, industry and poster sessions on the following topics:

• Tandems
• Ultrathin CIGS solar cells
• Industrial advancements and durability in Chalcogenide based PV
• Kesterites absorbers
• New absorber materials
• Passivation, interfaces and contacts
• Alternative chalcopyrite absorbers and concepts
• CIGS absorbers
• Characterization

List of confirmed invited speakers:

• Christian Kaufmann (HZB, Germany): Highly efficient monolithic 2 terminal CIGSe/perovskite tandem solar cells
• Stephane Collin (C2N, CNRS, France): Highly reflective BC for ultrathin CIGS solar cells
• Edgardo Saucedo (IREC, Spain): Progress and Perspectives of Thin Film Kesterite and new chalcogenide materials for thin film Photovoltaic Technology
• John M. Walls (Loughborough University, UK): The roles of Chlorine and Selenium in high efficiency CdTe-based devices
• Takeaki Sakurai (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan): Investigation of carrier recombination processes in alkaline treated CIGS solar cells
• Sascha Sadewasser (INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal): The current status of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro-concentrator solar cells
• Nicholas Valdes (University of Delaware, USA) : Effects of Ag and KF-PDT on Low Bandgap CuInSe2 Solar Cells

Submit a poster title now for a chance to win a prize. For more information on poster submission, please refer to the conference website.

The conference will be free of charge.