ABU DHABI / Emirates Business
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, on Sunday announced that more than 500 stakeholders from the academia, industry and government will be gathering to network and exchange information at the 22nd Solar Power And Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES) Conference, taking place in Abu Dhabi in October.
Masdar Institute shares the role of national host for the conference with the UAE Ministry of Energy. The event, which will be held from October 11-14 at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, will include around 300 technical contributions (oral and poster) and 30 plenary talks by leading experts. It will be a forum for industry, research, political and financing stakeholders to discuss the future of concentrating solar energy, while offering an insight into new developments in technology, and the market presented by top experts in the field.
The conference is organized annually by SolarPACES, an international cooperative network that brings together experts from around the world and focuses on development and marketing of concentrating solar power systems.