International Organizing Committee

Chairs:

Dr. David Renné, International Solar Energy Society, USA
Mr. Ken Guthrie, IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme, Australia
Dr. Steven Griffiths, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE

Members:

• Ms. Joanna Costello, International Solar Energy Society, Germany
• Ms. Beatrix Feuerbach, PSE, Germany
• Dr. Hosni Ghedira, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
• Ms. Jennifer McIntosh, International Solar Energy Society, Germany
• Mr. Steve Meyers, International Solar Energy Society, USA
• Dr. Daniel Mugnier, TECSOL, France
• Ms. Pamela Murphy, IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme, USA
• Dr. Manuel Romero, IMDEA Energía, Spain
• Prof. Eicke Weber, International Solar Energy Society, Germany

Technical Program Committee

Chairs:

Dr. Daniel Mugnier, TECSOL (France)
Dr. Manuel Romero, IMDEA Energía (Spain)

Theme chairs:

• Chair theme 1: M.Sc. Jan Erik Nielsen, Planenergi (Denmark)
• Chair theme 2: Mrs. Ing. Sabine Putz, SOLID (Austria) 
• Chair theme 3: Dr. Manuel Romero, IMDEA Energía (Spain) 
• Chair theme 4: Prof. Rodrigo Palma-Behnke, SERC (Chile) 
• Chair theme 5: Mr. Geoff Stapleton, GSES (Australia) 
• Chair theme 6: Dr. Maria Wall, Lund University (Sweden) 
• Chair theme 7: Dr. Paulette Middleton (USA) 
• Chair theme 8: Dr. Philippe Blanc, MINES ParisTech (France) 
• Chair theme 9: Prof. Bülent Yesilata, Harran University (Turkey) 
• Chair theme 10: Prof. Hassan A. Arafat, Masdar Institute (UAE) 

Members:

• Samuel Abreu, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Peter Adelmann, Germany
• Afshin Afshari, Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates
• Betsy Agar, Canada
• Aliakbar Akbarzadeh, RMIT University, Australia
• Saif Al Mheir, Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates
• Ameena Al-Sumaiti, Masdar Institute
• Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Ali, UAE
• Ibraheem Almansouri, Masdar, UAE
• Hassan Arafat, Masdar Institute, UAE
• Camilo Arancibia-Bulnes, UNAM, Mexico
• Elie Azar, Masdar Institute, UAE
• Fengwu  Bai, IEE-Academy of Sciences, China
• Dan Bauer, Germany
• Liliana Beltran, Texas A&M University, USA
• Nurettin Besli Harran University, Turkey
• Philippe Blanc MINES ParisTech, France
• Dwipen Boruah, India
• Alessio Bosio, University of Parma, Italy
• Lex Bosselaar, The Netherlands
• Ruslan Botpaev, Uni Kassel
• François Boudéhenn, France
• Christoph Brunner, Austria
• Husamettin Bulut, Harran University, Turkey
• Luisa Cabeza, Univ. Lleida, Spain
• Nicolas Calvet, MasdarUAE
• Maria Joao Carvalho, LNEG, Portugal
• Manuel Castro, UNED, Spain
• Laltu Chandra, IIT Jodhpur, India
• Manuel Collares Pereira, Univ. Evora, Portugal
• Marcelo Cortés, Univ. Antofagasta, Chile
• Yanjun Dai, Jiao Tong University, China
• Henrik Davidsson, Lund University, Sweden
• Piero de Bonis, EU Commission, Belgium
• Pierre Delmas, France
• Harald Drück, ITW, Germany
• Jiangtao Du, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
• Andreas Eckmanns, Switzerland
• Yehia Eissa, Masdar Instittute, UAE
• Ricardo Enriquez Miranda, CIEMAT, Spain
• Michael EpsteinWeizmann Institute, Israel
• Janhua Fan, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Roberto Fedrizzi, Italy
• David Ferrari, Project Lead - Energy Efficiency | Built Environment & Energy
• Stephan  Fischer,ITW, Germany
• Daniela FontaniCNR, Italy
• Francesco Frontini, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland
• Simon Furbo, DTU, Denmark
• Simon Gamble, Australia
• Martin Gastón, CENER, SPAIN
• Norbert Geuder, CSP Services GmbH, Germany
• Imen Gherboudj, Masdar Institute, UAE
• Markus Goelles, Austria
• José González-Aguilar, IMDEA Energia, Spain
• Adel Gougam, MasdarUAE
• Ian Grant, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Christian Gueymard, Solar Consulting Services, USA
• Ken Guthrie, Australia
• Caroline Hachem-Vermette, University of Calgary, Canada
• Jean-Christoph Hadorn, Switzerland
• Andreas Häberle, Switzerland
• Andreas Hauer, Germany
• James Hazelton
• Tao He, IEA/SHC ExCoChina
• Zinian He, Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute, China
• Detlev Heinemann, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
• Dieter Holm, SoltrainSouth Africa
• Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan AliMasdarUAE
• Pierre Ineichen, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Uli Jakob, Greenchiller, Germany
• Qingtai Jiao, China
• Erik Johansson, Lund University, Sweden
• Mustapha Jouiad, Masdar, UAE
• Paul Kaaijk, ADEME, France
• Jouri Kanters, Lund University
• Henner Kerskes, Germany
• Elisabeth Kjellsson, Lund University, Sweden
• Jan Kleissl, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), USA
• Christian Kok Nielsen, Denmark
• Vlad Kostylev, Green Power Labs, Canada
• Wolfgang Kramer, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
• Philippe Lauret, Laboratoire PIMENT/Université Réunion, France
• Ana Lázaro Unizar, Spain
• Antonio Lecuona, UC3M, Spain
• Carmel Lindkvist, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
• Gabriele Lobaccaro, NTNU, Norway
• Roberto Lollini, Italy
• Yoann Louvet, University of Kassel, Germany
• Salvador Luque,  IMDEA Energia, Spain
• Thomas Mach, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
• David Mathieu, Laboratoire PIMENT/Université Réunion, France
• Yasuhiro Matsumoto, CINVESTAV, Mexico
• Steven Meyers, University of Kassel, Germany
• Adriano Moehlecke, PUCRSBrazil
• Andreu Moià, University Balearic Islands, Spain
• Graham Morrison, University of New South Wale, Australia
• Charles Muchunku, Kenya
• Michael Müller, Steca Elektronik, Germany
• Daniel Mugnier, Tecsol, France
• Ammar Nayfeh, Masdar, UAE
• Les Nelson, IAPMO, USA
• Jan Erik Nielsen, Planenergi, Denmark
• Monica Oliphant, Australia
• Gustaf Olsson, Lund University, Sweden
• Jeremy Osborne, Australia
• Philippe Papillon, France
• Cedric Paulus, CEA – INES, France
• Bengt Perers, Denmark
• Manuel Pérez, Universidad de Almeria, Spain
• Kaj Pischow, Finland
• Jesús Polo, CIEMAT, Spain
• David Pozo Vazquez, Universitiy of Jaen, Spain
• Milan Prodanovic, IMDEA Energía, Spain
• Giovanni Puglisi, ENEA, Italy
• Sabine Putz, Austria
• Lourdes Ramírez, CIEMAT, Spain
• Atul Raturi, Fiji
• Jan Remund, Meteotest, Switzerland
• David Renné, Senior Consultant, Clean Power Research, USA
• Wilfrido Rivera Gomez-Franco, National University of Mexico, Mexico
• Roberto Roberto, Chile
• Manuel Romero IMDEA Energia, Spain
• Celestino RuivoUniv. Algarve, Portugal
• Jose Antonio Ruiz AriasUniversitiy of Jaen, Spain
• Hu Runqing, NDRC, China
• Wasim Saman, Australia
• Mohamed Sassi, Masdar, UAE
• Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
• Luis Serra, Spain
• Sulaiman Shaari, Malaysia
• Manuel Silva, Univ. Sevilla, Spain
• Ted Soubdhan, University of the Antilles, France
• Alistair Sproul, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Geoff Stapleton, GSES, Australia
• Wolfgang Streicher, Austria
• João Tavares Pinho, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
• Costas Travasaros, Primelasertech, Greece
• I-Tsung Tsai, Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates
• Klaus Vajen, Univ. Kassel, Germany
• Loreto Valenzuela, CIEMAT, Spain
• Xavier Vallvé, TTA, Spain
• Nieves Vela, CIEMAT, Spain
• Lucien Wald, Mines ParisTech, France
• Maria Wall, Lund University, Sweden
• Petter Wallentén, Lund University, Sweden
• Wilfred Walsh, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore
• Ruzhu Wang, China
• Werner Weiss, Austria
• Stephen White, CSIRO, Australia
• Stefan Wilbert, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
• Alex Zahnd, RIDS, Nepal
• Luis F. Zarzalejo, CIEMAT, Spain
• TieJun Zhang, Masdar, UAE

Local Organising Committee

Chairs:

Dr. Hosni Ghedira, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Chair)
Dr. Nicolas Calvet, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology (co-Chair)

Members:

• Dr. Yehia Eissa, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Imen Gherboudj, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Maryam Al Shehhi, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 
• Dr. Naseema Beegum, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Haifa Ben Romdhane, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Mustapha Jouiad, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology
• Ms. Muniba Abdul Aziz, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 
• Ms. Liny Mohammed, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 
• Mr. Zaid Kokh, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 
• Mr. Arttu Tuomiranta, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 
• Mr. Pierre Vernier, Masdar Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology