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Vision on Energy transition

SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY

We invited influencing speakers from industry, governmental organisations and universities to share their vision on the energy transition, what will be the outlook for the coming years and what role solar energy can play in his arena.

Meet the experts

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Researchers and Experts of our partners, academic and industrial, will be available for live workshops and “Meet the Experts”. In virtual boots you can meet experts on different technologies for thin-film solar. In live workshops you will be updated on latest technologies and insights.

Keynote Speakers

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Diederik Samsom

European Commission
Ir. Diederik Samsom
Head of cabinet for First Vice-President of the European Commission
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Yuri Sebregts

Shell
Yuri Sebregts, Msc. Executive Vice President Technology and Chief Technology Officer at Shell
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Jef Poortmans

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Prof dr. ir. Jef Poortmans Program Director PV at IMEC, guest professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Wim Sinke

TNO Energy transition
Prof.dr. Wim Sinke, Principle scientist Solar Energy at TNO, professor Photovoltaic Energy Conversion at University of Amsterdam
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Ronn Andriessen

Solliance Solar Research
Dr. Ronn Andriessen, Director of Solliance

Plenary morning programme

09:00

Lobby open

09:45

Opening VISION ON ENERGY TRANSITION by Martijn van Gruijthuijsen, deputy for the province of Noord-Brabant.

09:55

Round table talk on Sustainability and innovation. Hosted by Jo De boeck, with Ludo Deferm (imec) and Ton de Jong (TNO Energy Transition) and Richard van de Sanden (TU/e-EIRES).

10:30

Keynote by Diederik Samsom (EC)

11:00

Keynote by Yuri Sebregts (Shell)

11:30

Open discussion about the speeches by Samsom and Sebregts, with Ludo Deferm (imec) and Ton de Jong (TNO Energy Transition) and Richard van de Sanden (TU/e-EIRES) and moderated by Jo De boeck

Lunch Workshops

12:15

Solarge – solar made easy

Huib van den Heuvel – Solarge

Energy loss analysis of thin film PV cells

Guy Brammertz (imec imomec)

12:45

Green and Clean Electricity from Organic Solar Films

Jan Birnstock – Heliatek

Sensors for reliability in infrastructure integrated PV

Michaël Daenen – imec Uhasselt

Afternoon Programme

13:15

Solar PV in past, present and future: a story of success and ambition

Keynote by Wim Sinke (TNO) en Jef Poortmans (imec)

13:45

Collaboration on PV Façade development

by Bauke Geuzebroek – Knauf

14:05

Vision on thin-film production equipement
by Sorin Stan – VDL ETG

14:25

Thin-film PV: Evolution or Revolution?
by Ronn Andriessen – Solliance Solar Research

Afternoon Workshops

14:45

Introducing Midsummer

Richard Jorgberg – Midsummer AB

Introducing the PVMD group

Olindo Isabella – Delft University of Technology

15:15

Atomic layer deposition for energy conversion and storage applications

Adriana Creatore – Eindhoven University of Technology

New models to promote seamless integration of PV in the built environment

Roel Loonen – Eindhoven University of Technology

15:45

Physical Vapor Deposition of Halide Perovskites and Transparent Contacts for Solar Cells

Monica Moralis-Masis – Twente University

Photonic materials systems for light energy-conversion

Rebecca Saive – Twente University

16:15

Roll-to-Roll Laser Processing on Flexible Substrates

Frederick Bamberg and Ronny Neubert – 3D-Micromac AG

Introduction IEK-5 and the research activities in cooperation with Solliance

Bart Pieters – Forschungszentrum Jülich

Lounge and Network caroussel open

Programme is subject to change.

Register now

Registration is free and mandatory. You will receive a link to log in prior to the event. The unique digital platform allows you to join the workshops and keynote speeches from behind your device. You can strole along the company booths where you can meet people by chat and video call. The symposium will close with a Network Lounge.

Registration is open till January 28th, 2021, 08:00 CET.