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Day 1 - June, 2nd 2008

REGISTRATION and INTRODUCTION

• 08:30 to 09:00 - Registration
• 09:00 to 09:20 - Welcome

Session I - Inorganic Thin Films : Absorbers, Doping, and Transparent Conductors

• 09:20 to 10:10 - Alex Zunger
  
  What can theory do to advance understanding of basic properties of solar thin films
• 10:10 to 10:50 - Reiner Klenk
  
  Material Properties and Design of Chalcopyrite-Based Solar Cells and Modules
• 10:50 to 11:20 - Coffee Break
• 11:20 to 12:10 - Andreas Klein
  
  Status and challenges of CdTe thin film solar cells
• 12:10 to 14:00 - Lunch Break

Session II - Inorganic Thin Films : Defects and Grain Boundaries

• 14:00 to 14:50 - Malgorzata Igalson
  
  Experimental verification of the theoretical predictions for DX-type defects in CIGSe absorbers of solar cells
• 14:50 to 15:40 - Clas Persson
  
  Engineering the electronic band edges of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2
• 15:40 to 16:10 - Coffee Break
• 16:10 to 17:00 - Susanne Siebentritt
  
  Point defects and grain boundaries in chalcopyrites

Session III - Opportunities for theorists in solar Thin Films

• 17:00 to 18:00 - Discussion

DINNER

Day 2 - June, 3rd 2008

Session IV - Exceeding the efficiency limit via the Intermediate Band Solar Cell

• 09:00 to 09:50 - Antonio Luque
  
  Advances in the research of the Intermediate Band (IB) Solar Cells
• 09:50 to 10:40 - Perla Wahnon
  
  Ab-initio Characterization of Transition Metal Chalcogenide as Intermediate Band Photovoltaic Materials.
• 10:40 to 11:10 - Coffee Break
• 11:10 to 12:00 - José C. Conesa
  
  Sulphide-type intermediate band materials for improved photon harvesting: thermodynamic assessments and experimental realization
• 12:00 to 14:00 - Lunch Break

Session V - More on Intermediate Band Solar Cell

• 14:00 to 14:50 - Stanko Tomic
  
  Absorption characteristics of quantum dot array based intermediate band
• 14:50 to 15:40 - Silvana Botti
  
  Ab initio modeling of optoelectronic properties of chalcopyrites for photovoltaic conversion
• 15:40 to 16:10 - Coffee Break

Session VI - Opportunities and problems for theory and simulations : IB & CIGS

• 16:10 to 17:10 - Discussion

Session VII - Quantum Dots: Theory I

• 17:10 to 18:00 - Alex Zunger
  
  Theory of colloidal quantum dots : basic physics and application to multiple exciton generation.

DINNER

Day 3 - June, 4th 2008

Session VIII - Using quantum dots to get two (electron hole pairs) for the price of one (photon)

• 09:00 to 09:50 - Victor Klimov
  
  Carrier Multiplication in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Mechanism and Competing Energy-Loss Processes
• 09:50 to 10:40 - Guy Allan
  
  Influence of the electronic structure and the multi-exciton spectral density on the multiple exciton generation in semiconductor nanocrystals
• 10:40 to 11:10 - Coffee Break

Session IX - Creating libraries of materials to select candidates with target properties

• 11:10 to 12:00 - John Rodgers
  
  Materials Informatics + Quantum Calculations for Materials Design

Session X - More on open issues for modeling and simulations

• 12:00 to 12:45 - Discussion
• 12:45 to 13:00 - Closing word