September 20th update   Invited Speakers Clas Persson, University of Oslo « Exploring materials for ultrathin inorganic solar cells: DFT results, challenges, and computational issues » Christophe Longeaud, GEEPS “Numerical simulation of characterization techniques applied to solar industry semiconductor thin films” Paul Voss, GeorgiaTech Lorraine “Device modelling” Eric Sandré, EDF R&D “PV Economy” Dietrich Foerster, University Bordeaux “An O(N3) solution of the GW equations for complex semiconductors” Jelena Sjaskte Polytechnique, LSI “Hot Carrier Relaxation In Photoexcited GaAs:

The first foundation stone of IPVF (Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile-de-France) was laid today within the École Polytechnique neighborhood in Palaiseau. In the presence of Chantal Castelnot, Sub-Prefect of Palaiseau representative of Madame Josiane Chevalier, Prefect of Essonne, and Gregory de Lasteyrie, Mayor of Palaiseau, this ceremony celebrates the construction of the building of 7800 m2 , which began early January , 2016.