Plenaries & Panels

PANEL 1: Towards 100% Renewable Energy

PLENARY 1: Photovoltaics Technology: Driven by Innovation (Status, Issues, and Trends)

Solar photovoltaics has had a long, periodically difficult, development pathway from its first serious considerations as a potential terrestrial electricity alternative in the early 1970s to its 2025 status approaching TWs deployed annually. It…

PANEL 2: Bringing Energy to All: Facing Energy Poverty

PLENARY 2: Extreme Weather Events

In 2025, extreme weather events have included European heatwaves, Pakistan and Queensland floods and South Australian drought. What is important to note is not these incidents per se but that the IPCC’s sixth assessment report states that human-…

PLENARY 3: From Concept to Community: Dual-Use Solar for Resilient Rural Economies

Agrivoltaics has sparked both excitement and debate as solar expands into working lands. Through the lens of the InSPIRE project’s ten-year journey, this talk reframes “agrivoltaics” not as a buzzword but as a practical model for strengthening…

PANEL 3: From Storage to Stability: Technologies for Tomorrow's Grid

PLENARY 4: Solar Energy Integration for Sustainable Cities

This presentation will focus on applied research supporting the integration of solar energy in buildings and suburban environments. It will highlight three key areas: building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), with an emphasis on digitalisation,…

PLENARY 5: Innovative Ways of Using Solar Thermal Technologies in Sunbelt Countries

Nearly 50% of global final energy consumption is used for heating and cooling demands. In this context, solar thermal technologies offer a promising solution for sustainable thermal energy production, particularly in sunbelt countries, where high…

PANEL 4: Solar Energy in Latin America: Today and Tomorrow