Solar Energy Symposium - Explore the Emerging Trends in Photovoltaic Technologies

Sept. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Following the dramatic growth of solar energy industry around the world, solar technologies have been advancing in the component level including films, coatings, glass, and other solar material innovations. What is coming, what is under development, what is missing, how do these portray the current and upcoming technology development, and how will they influence the solar energy industry will be the focus of the symposium.

NAMI is organizing a half-day nanotechnology and advanced materials forum on solar energy titled "Unleashing the Power of Helios - Emerging Trends in Photovoltaic Technologies" at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on September 28, 2009 (Monday). NAMI has invited distinguished speakers from academia and the industry to give presentations on the following topics:

Professor Henry HC Kuo, the Chief Technology Officer (Special Projects) of Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd, will be presenting "Development Strategy and Roadmap for the Emerging PV Industry in Hong Kong";

Professor DS Wuu from the Department of Materials Engineering at the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan will be presenting "Si Thin-Film Technology for High Efficiency PV Applications";

Professor Furong Zhu from the Department of Physics at the Hong Kong Baptist University will be presenting "Organic Solar Cells";

Professor Jianjun Yang, the Vice President and Director of R&D Center of Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd will be presenting "Flat Glass and its Fabricated Products";

Dr. Steve T Chen, the Corporate Strategist of China Solar Energy, will be presenting "Thin Film PV and Technology and Investment to Enable Grid Parity".

The forum provides participants a platform where academics, business professionals, and end users from solar energy industry can exchange their views on the latest technology development and their applications.

Along with presentations, technology showcase and focus group are arranged to provide our participants the knowledge and resources that a growing number of industry professionals have only recently begun manifesting.

Admission is free and seats are on first-come-first served basis.

For enquiries and registration, please visit www.nami.org.hk or call +852 2358 5076.

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About NAMI
The Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (NAMI) was incorporated in 2006 by the Innovation and Technology Commission of HKSAR Government as a not-for-profit company to undertake and fund industry-oriented research in nanotechnology and advanced materials. NAMI focuses on market-driven applications and draws on the leading researchers from the academic community (both locally and internationally) to serve the needs of a variety of markets ranging from consumer lifestyle products, new materials for the construction industry to technologies for solid state lighting and sustainable energy.

Through its consortium membership programme, its affiliate network and its year-round activities such as symposiums and market focus groups, NAMI maintains a platform to facilitate business networking, technology updates, incubation of new ideas and projects as well as to make available technology to meet the evolving needs of industry.

The aim of NAMI is through this dynamic interactive process of academic-industry collaboration, the local companies will be able to enhance their competitiveness in the market and the local research community will continue to be kept at the forefront of technological innovations. NAMI will continue to strive as a catalyst for equipping the local industry with new capabilities and to fulfill its mission to help amplify the recognition of Hong Kong as centre of excellence with a sustainable knowledge-based and technology-led economy.

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NAMI is a not-for-profit company to undertake and fund industry-oriented research in nanotechnology and advanced materials, focusing on market-driven applications by drawing on the leading researchers from academia to serve needs from a variety of market.