Chairs

General Chairs

Mohamed Essaaidi
ENSIAS, Director
essaaidi@ieee.org

Youssef Zaz
Mediterranean Space of Technology and Innovation, President
Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, A. Prof
zaz@med-space.org

Technical Program Committee Chair

Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui ISES, IEEE member
Chairman of the scientific council of IRESEN
Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles

Chairs of Workshop1: electronic properties of two-dimensional materials

Prof. Abdelkader Kara, University of Central Florida, USA.
Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat-Morocco.

Keynotes

Prof. Masataka Nagaoka/b>Nagoya University, Japan

Microscopic Additive Effect on SEI Film Formation in Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Computational Chemical Study based on Red Moon Methodology

By Prof. Masataka Nagaoka, Nagoya University, Japan. Recently, we have developed a new efficient hybrid Monte Carlo (MC)/molecular dynamics (MD) reaction ...

The Influence of Implementation Uncertainties in the Optimal Real-Time Operation of Inertia-less Microgrids

By Dr. Lorenzon Chamorro from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Biography Lorenzo Reyes-Chamorro was born in Santiago, Chile in 1984. He received the B.Sc. degree ...

Carlos Moreira

Biography Carlos Moreira graduated in Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto - FEUP (2003), and ...

Support for innovation from the Local Government: the example of Valencian cities network for innovation

By Mr. Jose Benlloch Fernandez, Mayor of Vila-real City, Spain. For the most advanced modern societies, the promotion of knowledge is ...

Towards zero-energy buildings and neighborhoods

By Dr Maria Wall, Associate Prof., Division of Energy and Building Design, Lund University, Sweden. The presentation will cover topics as: - ...

Omar Mounkachi

Prof. Omar MOUNKACHI is a Professor at the Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University of Rabat. Prof. Omar MOUNKACHI received ...

Prof. João A. Peças Lopes
Porto University, Portugal

Joao Peças Lopes

Biography: João A. Peças Lopes is Full Professor at Porto University (FEUP) where he teaches in the graduation and post graduation ...

Dr Teodor Todorov
IBM, Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

Progress and Challenges in High-efficiency Kesterite Solar Cells

By Dr. Teodor Todorov, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA. Thin-film multinary chalcogenide absorbers have numerous attractive properties ...

Towards the ultimate Silicon solar cell and module

By Dr. Ivan Gordon, Silicon PV group, imec, Belgium. In this presentation, the current status and the main R&D challenges of ...

Strategies for hole transporting layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

By Dr Samrana Kazim, BCMaterials-Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown ...

The quest for new functional applications of environmentally friendly ceramic tiles in the context of a circular economy

Prof. Juan Bautista Carda Castelló, Universitat Jaume I, Spain The Spanish industry of ceramic tiles manufacturing is mainly concentrated in Castelló, ...

Kesterite Thin Film Photovoltaics: Review on Cationic and Anionic Substitution for High Efficiency Solar Cells

By Dr. Edgardo Saucedo, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Barcelona, Spain. The so called kesterite (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 – CZTSSe; Cu2ZnSnS4 – ...

Andreas Hintennach

By Dr. Andreas Hintennach, Mercedes-Benz, Germany. Biography Dr. Andreas Hintennach is a chemist and medical doctor. He received his PhD in electrochemistry ...

Karim Zaghib

By Dr. Karim Zaghib, Director at Hydro-Québec, Canada. Biography Dr. Karim Zaghib is the Director of – Energy Storage and Conversion at ...

Prof. Teofilo Rojo CIC Energigune, Spain

Recent advances, current challenges and future trends on sodium-ion batteries.

By Prof. Teófilo ROJO 1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Faculty of Science and Technology. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ...

Prof. Ahmed EnnaouiChairman of the Scientific Council - IRESEN

Development of High performance Cadmium free Cu-chalcopyrite thin film solar cells with CBD-Zn(S,O) buffer layer

By Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui, Chairman of the Scientific Council, Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN), Rabat, ...

Energy Efficiency and using of Renewable Energy In the field of tension between prosperity, environmental protection, resource conservation and economical aspects

By Dr. Saad Baradiy, iproplan® Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany. The author will explain the state of the art in Germany with current ...

Moncef Krarti

Prof. Moncef Krarti, University of Colorado, USA Biography Moncef Krarti, Professor, Associate Chair, and Director, Building Systems Program, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural ...

Ismael Saadoune

Prof. Ismael Saadoune FST, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco Prof. Ismael Saadoune, FST, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. Biography Ismael SAADOUNE, Full Professor in the ...

Khalil Amine

By Dr. Khalil Amine, distinguished Fellow and manager of the Advanced Lithium Battery Technology program at Argonne National Laboratory, IL, ...

Why do we care about lithium?

By Dr Emilio E. Bunel, Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM), Chile. The market for lithium, lithium minerals, and lithium chemicals has ...

Crystalsol's Printed Single Crystalline Kesterite Photovoltaic Modules

By Prof. Dieter Meissner, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Crystalsol, a spin-out company of Tallinn University of Technology, has developed a ...

Interface Characteristics of 2D Organic Materials on Metal Surfaces

By Prof. Abdelkader Kara, University of Central Florida, USA. Organic materials are playing an increasing role in electronics and particularly in ...

Abdelilah Benyoussef

Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, Morocco. Prof. Abdelilah Benyoussef received his "Doctorat d’état" degree from ...

New 2D materials: silicene and phosphorene

By Prof. Hamid Oughaddou, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, France The remarkable properties of graphene stem from its two-dimensional ...

Susan Schorr

Susan Schorr, Professor for Geo-Materials Research, Freie Universitaet Berlin and head of the Department Structure and Dynamics of Energy Materials ...

Director of the National Graphene Institute and Professor of Condensed Prof. Vladimir Fal’koDirector of the National Graphene Institute & Prof. of Condensed Matter Theory at the University of Manchester. , UK

Optoelectronics of two-dimensional post-transition metal chalcogenides

By Prof. Vladimir Fal’ko, National Graphene Institute, Manchester, UK. We present the analysis of electronic band structure of InSe and GaSe ...

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Biography Prof. Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin current research at EPFL focuses on Dye Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells, CO2 reduction, Hydrogen production, ...

High efficiency of lead-halide perovskite solar cells: Defects and Polarons

Dr. Filippo De Angelis, Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies, University of Perugia, Italy. An outstanding property of lead-halide perovskites is ...

Engineering of novel electronic materials by the atomically precise on-surface synthesis of graphene nanostructures

Dr. Oliver Gröning, Empa Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland Graphene provides an ideal platform to create diverse electronic properties by ...

Engineering 2D/3D Hybrid Perovskites for Stable and Efficient Solar Cells

By Dr Grancini Giulia, EPFL, Switzerland. Three-dimensional (3D) methylammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells are undoubtedly leading the photovoltaic scene with ...

Prof. Clas PerssonUniversity of Oslo, Norway & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Copper-based chalcogenides for ultrathin inorganic solar cells

Emerging Cu-based materials are explored to benefit from the energetically high-lying Cu d-state in combination with low effective mass of ...

Prof. Ari Paavo Seitsonen
École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Computer modelling and design of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene

By Dr. Ari Paavo Seitsonen, Research Engineer at École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. The continuous miniaturization, emergence of the practical realization ...

Prof. Ahmad ShahzadaBCMaterials, Bilbao, Spain

Perovskite solar cells: A paradigm shift in thin film photovoltaics research

By Prof. Shahzada Ahmad, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. Perovskites solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a ...

Late Submission Deadline	October 10, 2018
Notification to authors (Early submissions)	October 6, 2018
Notification to authors (Late submissions)	October 18, 2018
Final version due	October 20, 2018
Registration deadline	October 25, 2018
IRSEC'18 Conference	Dec., 5-8, 2018

Dec. 5-8, 2018, Rabat, Morocco

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Chairs of Workshop1: electronic properties of two-dimensional materials

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