The EU PVSEC 2013 will take place from September 30 to October 4 at Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte in Paris. The five-day conference is combined with the three-day PV Industry Exhibition, held fromOctober 1-3.
Received abstracts cover the entire PV value chain, with a particularly strong response to top-notch topics addressing new materials, PV system aspects including reliability and grid integration issues.
Analysis confirms the trend towards further internationalization with a strong participation from countries outside Europe.
France, host country of the EU PVSEC 2013, increases its share of submitted abstracts and underlines its strong position in PV research and development, while the largest number of abstracts continues to be submitted from Germany. The Asia-Pacific region increases its share considerably to around 30%, and emerging markets from the MENA region and from Africa show their strong interest in the EU PVSEC with more abstracts than ever.
The abstracts are currently being reviewed and scored by the international scientific committee made up of more than 200 leading research and industry experts from the global PV sector.
Dr. Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, European Commission, DG JRC and EU PVSEC technical programme chairman, co-ordinates the scientific committee to set up a well-balanced conference programme of highest international standards.
Dr. Jäger-Waldau said: "To guarantee the quality of the programme, each abstract is scored by three independent reviewers before the topic organisers select the oral and visual presentations."
The conference programme will be published in May.
