Conference
18th Global Advanced PV Technology Plenary
Date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Room: InterContinental Shanghai Hongqiao NECC, Grand Ballroom 1
Time: 09:00-12:00
The solar power has become one of the cheapest energy in the world after all these years; however, technical innovation is still a key issue for reducing the costs. From the viewpoint of long-term development, cost reduction mainly derives from technical breakthroughs in cell efficiency. This Plenary Session gathers the top scientists and industry experts worldwide to present on the international technology roadmap for photovoltaic, and to share their great insights on technical breakthroughs in Solar PV.
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Mr. Xiaoxin Zhou, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Honorary President of the Chinese Academy of Electric Power Sciences
Speech Title: Research on the Development Trend of China's Energy and Power System under the Dual Carbon Target: A New Energy System with Non-fossil Electro-Hydrogen Coupling |
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Prof. Deren Yang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; President |
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Prof. Eicke R. Weber, Vice-Chairman, European Solar Manufacturing Council ESMC; Former Director, Fraunhofer ISE; Prof. emeritus, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
Speech Title: Photovoltaic Technologies entering the multi-Terawatt Age |
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Prof. Martin Green, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) |
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Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE); Professor of Shanghai University of Electric Power; Chairman of SUNMAN |
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Mr. Jinsong Liu, Chairman of the Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Special Committee of the China Electric Power Development Promotion Association, founder of new energy cloud, and Former Chairman of Xinjiang Electric Power Company
Speech Title: The construction of a provincial, municipal, county-level new power system support service platform system and the practical application scenarios of photovoltaic and energy storage |
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Ms. Yafang Liu, Professor at Zhejiang University, Former Deputy Director of Department of Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment, National Energy Administration
Speech Title: New Energy Storage – A Strategic Partner for High-Quality Development of New Energy |
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Mr. Yongdong Liu, Deputy Secretary General and Director of Standardization Management Center, China Electricity Council
Speech Title: Give full play to the leading role of standards and promote the establishment of a new power system to help achieve the dual carbon goals of electricity |
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Prof. Christoph Brabec, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany |
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Prof. Michio Kondo, Waseda University, Japan
Speech Title: Novel PV Application for Building Integration and Circularity |
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Prof. Armin Aberle, CEO, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS)
Speech Title: Progress with perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells at SERIS |
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Mr. Dong Li, Director of Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Research Institute, Rockwell Automation
Speech Title: Intelligent manufacturing chain leader leading cross-border, lighting up a beautiful net zero future |
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