25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5 - Conference Committees

CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS 
  
The Conference is chaired by:
Conference General Chairman:
Dr. Giovanni Federigo De Santi
Director, Institute for Energy (IE)
JRC - European Commission

Conference Vice Chairman:
Prof. Makoto Konagai
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Tokyo, Japan

Conference Vice Chairman:
Dr. Robert Walters
US Naval Research Laboratory
Washington DC, USA


Technical Programme Chairman:
Dr. Heinz Ossenbrink
Joint Research Centre
European Commission

Technical Programme Vice Chairman:
Dr. Michio Kondo
AIST- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology
Tokyo, Japan

Technical Programme Vice Chairman:
David Wilt
Airforce Research Laboratory
Kirtland AFB, NM
USA

CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
G.F. De Santi, Conference General Chairman, Director, Institute for Energy (IE), JRC - European Commission
P. Helm, Executive Conference Director, WIP - Renewable Energies, Germany
H. Ossenbrink, European Commission, DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
W. Hoffmann, EPIA, Brussels, Belgium
A. Jäger-Waldau, European Commission, DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
A. Luque, IES - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
W. Palz, WCRE-World Council for Renewable Energy, Europe
N. Pearsall, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
W. Sinke, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Petten, The Netherlands
A. Grassi, ETA Florence Renewable Energies, Italy
H. Ehmann, WIP - Renewable Energies, Germany

WCPEC-5 ADVISORY COMMITTEE
EUROPE

W. Sinke, ECN , Petten, The Netherlands (chair)
G.F. De Santi, Institute for Energy (IE), JRC - European Commission, Petten, The Netherlands
P. Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
A. Luque, UPM, Madrid, Spain
B. McNelis, IT Power, Hampshire, United Kingdom
H. Ossenbrink, European Commission DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
W. Palz, WCRE-World Council for Renewable Energy, Belgium

ASIA / PACIFIC
K. Kurokawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (chair)
M. Green, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
M. Konagai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
M. Kondo, AIST, Tokyo, Japan
S. Ray, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
J. Song, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
M. Yamaguchi, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
Y. Zhao, Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China

USA
R. Swanson, SunPower, San Jose, USA (chair)
A. Barnett, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
P. Basore, REC Technology US, Foster City, USA
J. Benner, NREL, Golden, USA
H. Brandhorst, University of Auburn, Auburn, USA
D. Flood, North Coast Initiatives, Oberlin, USA
L. Kazmerski, NREL, Golden, USA
A. Rohatgi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Institutional Advisors
O. Benchikh, UNESCO, Paris, France
G. Cadonau, Solar Agency Swiss, Zürich, Switzerland
K. Freier, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Berlin, Germany
A. Gonzalez Finat, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Madrid, Spain
E. Maiser, VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V., Frankfurt/Main, Germany
E. Weber, ISE Fraunhofer, Freiburg, Germany
Further invitations in progress
(see www.photovoltaic-conference.com from mid August onwards)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Session Organiser
C. Agert, EWE, Oldenburg, Germany
H. A. Aulich, PV Crystalox Solar, Erfurt, Germany
A. Barnett, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
F. P. Baumgartner, ZHAW University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
G. Beaucarne, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
J. Benner, NREL, Golden, USA
A. Berni, ETA Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, Italy
A. W. Bett, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
S. Bowden, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
C.J. Brabec, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
J. Cárabe, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
P.C. de Jong, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
E. Despotou, EPIA, Brussels, Belgium
B. Dimmler, Würth Solar, Marbach am Neckar, Germany
F. Ferrazza, Eni, Rome, Italy
C. Flores, CESI, Milan, Italy
S. Gall, CSG Solar, Bitterfeld-Wolfen OT Thalheim, Germany
J. Granata, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA
P. Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
W. Hoffmann, Applied Materials, Alzenau, Germany
C. Hunter, European Commission DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
A. Jäger-Waldau, European Commission DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
J. John, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
F. Karg, Avancis, Munich, Germany
R. P. Kenny, European Commission DG JRC, Ispra, Italy
J. M. Kroon, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
M. C. Lux-Steiner, Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
P. Malbranche, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France
A. Martí Vega, UPM, Madrid, Spain
E. Maruyama, SANYO, Kobe, Japan
D. Mayer, Mines ParisTech, Sophia Antipolis, France
B. McNelis, IT Power, Hampshire, United Kingdom
J. Meier, Oerlikon Solar-Lab, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
J. Merrill, AFRL, Kirtland, USA
D. Mooney, NREL, Golden, USA
T. Nordmann, TNC Consulting AG, Erlenbach, Switzerland
S. Nowak, NET Nowak Energy&Technology, St. Ursen, Switzerland
W. Palz, WCRE-World Council for Renewable Energy, Belgium
N. M. Pearsall, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
E. Perezagua, Consultores de Energía Fotovoltaica, Madrid, Spain
J. Poortmans, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
M. Powalla, ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany
R. Raffaelle, NREL, Golden, USA
B. Rech, Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
K. Sakuta, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
A. Scognamiglio, ENEA, Portici, Italy
C. Signorini, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
W. C. Sinke, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
R. Soler, EDF R&D, Clamart, France
J. Szlufcik, Photovoltech NV, Tienen, Belgium
A. N. Tiwari, EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland
X. Vallvé, Trama Tecnoambiental, Barcelona, Spain
I. Weiss, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
G. P. Willeke, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
P. Wyers, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
K. Yamamoto, KANEKA, Otsu, Japan

Paper Review Experts
G. Agostinelli, Good Energies, Zug, Switzerland
O. Anspach, PV Crystalox Solar, Erfurt, Germany
I. Antón, UPM, Madrid, Spain
F. Assi, Meyer Burger Technology, Thun, Switzerland
C. Ballif, EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
K. Bamberg, Apollon Solar, Lyon, France
R. Barinka, Solartec, Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic
A. Barnett, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
P. Basore, REC Technology US, Foster City, USA
D. Biro, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
B. Bletterie, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
M. Braun, Fraunhofer IWES, Kassel, Germany
R. Brendel, Institute für Solarenergieforschung Hameln, Emmerthal, Germany
T.M. Bruton, TMB Consulting, Woking, United Kingdom
M. Burgelman, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium
S. Caneva, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
G.J. Conibeer, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
C. del Cañizo, UPM, Madrid, Spain
B. Dauksher, Arizona State University, Mesa, USA
P. Delli Veneri, ENEA, Portici, Italy
C. Duvauchelle, EDF R&D, Clamart, France
N.J. Ekins-Daukes, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
G. Flamand, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
G. Friesen, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland
D. Geibel, Fraunhofer IWES, Kassel, Germany
V. Geyer, Scheuten R&D, Venlo, The Netherlands
S.W. Glunz, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
M. Grottke, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
J.F. Guillemoles, CNRS, Chatou, France
S. Guillerez, CEA, Le Bourget du Lac, France
I.B. Hagemann, Architekturbüro Hagemann, Aachen, Germany
G. Hahn, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
A. Hernández-Fenollosa, UPV, Valencia, Spain
W. Herrmann, TÜV Rheinland, Cologne, Germany
K. Hesse, Wacker Chemie, Burghausen, Germany
A. Hinsch, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
J. Hummelen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
S. Irvine, Centre for Solar Energy Research, St Asaph, United Kingdom
W. Jaegermann, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
U. Jahn, TÜV Rheinland, Cologne, Germany
D. Koenig, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
F.C. Krebs, RISOE National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark
A.R. Lagunas, CENER, Sarriguren-Navarra, Spain
C. Lévy-Clément, CNRS, Thiais Cedex, France
K. Lobato, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
S. Martinuzzi, University of Marseille - Paul Cézanne, Marseille, France
D. Mataras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
H. Maurus, SCHOTT Solar Thin Film, Putzbrunn, Germany
O. Mayer, GE Global Research, Garching, Germany
P. Mazzucchelli, EUREC Agency, Brussels, Belgium
A. Meeder, SULFURCELL Solartechnik, Berlin, Germany
E. Mellikov, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
J. Merten, CEA/INES, Cadarache, France
A. Metz, SCHOTT Solar, Mitterteich, Germany
P. Mogensen, Avancis, Torgau, Germany
H.-D. Mohring, ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany
J.W. Müller, Q-Cells, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany
H. Nagel, SCHOTT Solar, Mitterteich, Germany
C. Nyman, Soleco, Porvoo, Finland
S. Oktik, University of Mugla, Mugla, Turkey
G. Papadakis, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J. Parisi, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
M. Pellegrino, ENEA, Portici, Italy
K. Peter, ISC Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
A. Piontek, European Commission DG RTD, Brussels, Belgium
J. Plá, CNEA, San Martín,  Buenos Aires, Argentina
C. Privato, ENEA, Portici, Italy
S. Ransome, Steve Ransome Consulting, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
S. Reber, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
T. Reijenga, BEAR Architects, Gouda, The Netherlands
J. Rentsch, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
B.S. Richards, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
F. Roca, ENEA, Portici, Italy
P. Roca i Cabarrocas, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
A. Romeo, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
M. Rothert, SMA Solar Technology, Niestetal, Germany
M. Rusu, Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
E. Sauar, REC Group, Sandvika, Norway
J. Schneider, CSG Solar, Thalheim, Germany
H.-W. Schock, Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Berlin, Germany
R.E.I. Schropp, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
G. Siefer, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
R.A. Sinton, Sinton Consulting, Boulder, USA
A. Slaoui, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
G. Smekens, E.N.E., Brussels, Belgium
P. Strauß, Fraunhofer IWES, Kassel, Germany
G. Timò, ERSE, Piacenza, Italy
M. Topic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
L. Tsakalakos, GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, USA
S. Tselepis, CRES, Pikermi,  Athens, Greece
A.M. Vallera, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
B. van Kampen, TNO, Delft, The Netherlands
J.A.M. Van Roosmalen, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
W.G.J.H.M. van Sark, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
R.J. Van Zolingen, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
P. Vitanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
K. Wambach, Sunicon, Freiberg, Germany
W. Warta, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
A.W. Weeber, ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
C. Wittwer, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
P. Wohlfart, Singulus Technologies, Kahl am Main, Germany
A. Woyte, 3E, Brussels, Belgium
T. Zdanowicz, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland


BEQUEREL PRIZE COMMITTEE
A. Goetzberger (chair Becquerel Prize Committee), Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
H. Scheer, European Winner of the 1st PV World Prize, Member of German Parliament, Berlin, Germany
V. Andreev, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
A.W. Bett, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
D. Bonnet, Antec Solar, Germany
G.F. De Santi, Institute for Energy (IE), JRC - European Commission
P. Helm, WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany
A. Luque, IES – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
J. Luther, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany
W. Palz, WCRE-World Council for Renewable Energy, Belgium
M. Prince, f.w. US DOE, Washington DC, USA
M. Rothe, Vice President of the European Parliament
W. Sandtner, Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour,Bonn, Germany
A. Shah, IMT, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
R. Swanson, SunPower, San Jose, USA
F.C. Treble, Fred Treble Consulting, Farnborough, United Kingdom
M. Yamaguchi, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan