Program for the 2020 SolarPACES Conference is Now Online

SolarPACES 2020 is coming up soon; starting Monday, 28th September. We are happy to update you on the latest news and program additions.

Conference Program
The full program of technical and plenary sessions is now available online.
More than 400 contributions in the technical program among oral and poster presentations organized in 16 tracks allow a thorough update on current R&D results, project development and market trends in the field of concentrating solar technologies for power supply and high temperature process heat applications.

The plenary program will highlight in four sessions the global CSP market trends, advanced applications beyond power generation, international R&D trends and a view on the perspectives of green hydrogen in a future energy system and the special role of concentrating solar technologies in this field, presented by leading experts in their field.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity for information exchange and sign up for the conference!

> REGISTER HERE

Sponsorship Opportunities
With over 500 attendees expected, the conference will again offer an outstanding option to present your company and products to a forum of international experts in this field. Increase your visibility by presence in the conference program and creating your companies own virtual booth. Same as in a live conference, the booths can be visited all the time. In addition, the breaks in the conference are foreseen to visit the sponsors and get in touch. Please find more information here.

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Kind regards,
SolarPACES 2020 Organizing Team

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