Global PV Scientists & Advanced Technology Conference Plenary

Date:  Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Room: InterContinental Shanghai Hongqiao NECC, Grand Ballroom 1+2

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.

 

Program

Plenary Session II

Chair: Prof. Armin Aberle, CEO, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Prof. Hui Shen, Director, Yangtze Institute for Solar Technology

09:00-09:20

Multi-Terawatt Scale Photovoltaics: Technologies and Market Trends

Prof. Eicke R. Weber

Former Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE; Prof. emeritus, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley

09:20-09:40

Dr. Wei Wang

Chief Scientist of PV Technology, State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC); CTO, SPIC New Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 

09:40-10:00

Prof. Martin Green

Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

10:00-10:20

Dr. Pierre Verlinden

Chief Scientist, Yangtze Institute for Solar Technology

10:20-10:40

Future Semiconducting Power System and Grid Forming Technology

Dr. Yunfeng Liu

Chief Scientist, Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.

10:40-11:00

Novel PV Application for Building Integration and Circularity

Prof. Michio Kondo

Waseda University, Japan

11:00-11:20

Progress with perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells at SERIS

Prof. Armin Aberle

CEO, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), National University of Singapore (NUS)

11:20-11:40

Can the world replace Chinese solar supply chain?

Ms. Yana Hryshko

Head of Global Solar Supply Chain, Wood Mackenzie

11:40-12:00

Intelligent manufacturing chain leader leading cross-border, lighting up a beautiful net zero future

Mr. Dong Li

Director of Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Research Institute, Rockwell Automation

Lunch

 

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