Scientific Calendar Event



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  • Monday, 4 November 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Welcome from Authorities, Organizers, ICTP, iThemba, ANSOLE and NanoAFNET
      • 09:00 Welcome from Authorities, Organizers, ICTP, iThemba, ANSOLE and NanoAFNET 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 ANSOLE - Exactly 3 years from Sousse Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. What next?
      • 10:30 ANSOLE - Exactly 3 years from Sousse Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. What next? 30'
        Speaker: Daniel EGBE (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Launch of "South African Solar Energy Association"
      • 11:00 Launch of "South African Solar Energy Association" 1h30'
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Power from the sun - Renewables for sustainable world in 2050
      • 14:30 Power from the sun - Renewables for sustainable world in 2050 1h0'
        Speaker: Dieter MEISSNER (Crystalsol GmbH, Vienna, Austria)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Introduction to photophysics of organic solar cells
      • 16:00 Introduction to photophysics of organic solar cells 1h0'
        Speaker: Niyazi Serdar SARICIFTCI (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Photophysical properties of solar harvesting systems from atomistic simulations
      • 17:00 Photophysical properties of solar harvesting systems from atomistic simulations 1h0'
        Speaker: Ralph GEBAUER (International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy)
  • Tuesday, 5 November 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Algae metabolic engineering for improved biofuels production
      • 09:00 Algae metabolic engineering for improved biofuels production 1h0'
        Speaker: Olaf KRUSE (Bielefeld University, Germany)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Charge transport in organic semiconductors
      • 10:30 Charge transport in organic semiconductors 1h0'
        Speaker: Niyazi Serdar SARICIFTCI (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Ab-initio simulations of photocatalytic systems
      • 11:30 Ab-initio simulations of photocatalytic systems 1h0'
        Speaker: Nicola SERIANI (International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Solar energy materials for energy efficient buildings: Background and overview
      • 14:30 Solar energy materials for energy efficient buildings: Background and overview 1h0'
        Speaker: Claes Goran GRANQVIST (Uppsala University, Sweden)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Selective materials for photothermic conversion of solar energy
      • 15:30 Selective materials for photothermic conversion of solar energy 1h0'
        Speaker: Serge BERTHIER (Universite Paris Diderot, France)
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Poster Session with coffee
      • 16:30 Poster Session with coffee 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 6 November 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Dye-sensitised solar cells
      • 09:00 Dye-sensitised solar cells 1h0'
        Speaker: Neil ROBERTSON (The University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Fuels from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide: A thermochemical approach
      • 10:30 Fuels from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide: A thermochemical approach 1h0'
        Speaker: Sossina M. HAILE (CALTECH, Pasadena, U.S.A.)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Photobiological H2 production with microalgae
      • 11:30 Photobiological H2 production with microalgae 1h0'
        Speaker: Olaf KRUSE (Bielefeld University, Germany)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Conversion of CO2 to synthetic fuels using renewable energies
      • 14:30 Conversion of CO2 to synthetic fuels using renewable energies 1h0'
        Speaker: Niyazi Serdar SARICIFTCI (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Powder-based solar cells
      • 16:00 Powder-based solar cells 1h0'
        Speaker: Dieter MEISSNER (Crystalsol GmbH, Vienna, Austria)
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Conducting polymers based and natural pigment sensitized photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion
      • 17:00 Conducting polymers based and natural pigment sensitized photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion 1h0'
        Speaker: Teketel Yohannes ANSHEBO (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
  • Thursday, 7 November 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 General statement of the "flexy-energy" concept and its application to solar PV/Diesel hybrid systems
      • 09:00 General statement of the "flexy-energy" concept and its application to solar PV/Diesel hybrid systems 1h0'
        Speaker: Yao AZOUMAH (Foundation 2iE, Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Material design in organic solar cells: Case study of PPE-PPV's
      • 10:30 Material design in organic solar cells: Case study of PPE-PPV's 1h0'
        Speaker: Daniel EGBE (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Electromagnetic exchanges by insects: Inspiration for solar absorbers and emitting devices
      • 11:30 Electromagnetic exchanges by insects: Inspiration for solar absorbers and emitting devices 1h0'
        Speaker: Serge BERTHIER (Universite Paris Diderot, France)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Introduction to concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies
      • 14:30 Introduction to concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies 1h0'
        Speaker: Bertrand TCHANCHE (ESIEE Amiens, France)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Hybridization of CSP and options for high electricity conversaion efficiences
      • 16:00 Hybridization of CSP and options for high electricity conversaion efficiences 1h0'
        Speaker: Gilles FLAMANT (PROMES CNRS, Font-Romeu, France)
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Electrical conductivity relaxation studies of Ceria-based materials
      • 17:00 Electrical conductivity relaxation studies of Ceria-based materials 1h0'
        Speaker: Sossina M. HAILE (CALTECH, Pasadena, U.S.A.)
  • Friday, 8 November 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Electrochromic and thermochromic materials and their applications in energy efficient windows
      • 09:00 Electrochromic and thermochromic materials and their applications in energy efficient windows 1h0'
        Speaker: Claes Goran GRANQVIST (Uppsala University, Sweden)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
      • 10:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Materials for solar receivers and storage
      • 10:30 Materials for solar receivers and storage 1h0'
        Speaker: Gilles FLAMANT (PROMES CNRS, Font-Romeu, France)
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Environmental impacts, market status and perspectives of CSP technologies
      • 11:30 Environmental impacts, market status and perspectives of CSP technologies 1h0'
        Speaker: Bertrand TCHANCHE (ESIEE Amiens, France)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Sustainable energetics - Aspects for new curricula
      • 14:30 Sustainable energetics - Aspects for new curricula 1h0'
        Speaker: Dieter MEISSNER (Crystalsol GmbH, Vienna, Austria)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
      • 15:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Luminescent materials for solar energy conversion
      • 16:00 Luminescent materials for solar energy conversion 1h0'
        Speaker: Neil ROBERTSON (The University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
    • 17:00 - 18:00 TBC
      • 17:00 TBC 1h0'
        Speaker: Maaza MALIK (iThemba Labs., Cape Town, South Africa)