The summary report from the Industry-Academia panel discussion that took place in Grenoble in November 2012 is available online. You can download it here: 
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Industry-Academia panel discussion report available
5 new institutions recently joined as Associate Members
The following institutions have recently joined the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency NoE as Associate Members:
- Corning S.A.S. Corning European Technology Center www.corning.com
- Institute of Solic State Physics, University of Bremen www.ifp.uni-bremen.de
- LEITAT Technological Center www.leitat.org
- Université Libre de Bruxelles www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/ont
- University of the Basque Country dipc.ehu.es/nanolab
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Registration for Science Camp 2013 OPEN
Registration to Science Camp 2013 is now open (http://sciencecamp.eu/registration). Some grants are available to students working on Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency through the N4E Network of Excellence
Project reports from 2012 are now online
All the Project Deliverable reports corresponding to 2012 are now online in the Deliverables section of the website
Institute of Materials Science of Seville, CSIC, is a new Associate Member
The Multifunctional Optical Materials Group of the Institute of Materials Science in Seville, CSIC is now an Associate Member to the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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INL, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon is now an Associate Member
INL, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon is now an Associate Member to the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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sgenia is now an Associate Member
sgenia is now an associate member of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence
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Related Projects: PhotoNVoltaics
The new FP7 project PhotoNVoltaics aims at enabling the development of a new and disruptive solar cell generation resulting from the marriage of crystalline-silicon photovoltaics (PV) with advanced light-trapping schemes from the field of nanophotonics.
The project consortium is composed by 7 institutions from 3 different European countries. IMEC (the project coordinator) and Obducat are Associate Members of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
SAMEER is now an Associate Member
The Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) in Bombay (India) is now an Associate Member of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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INESC - University of Porto is now an Associate Member
INESC - University of Porto is now an Associate member of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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New Associate Members: University of Oxford and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
The Department of Materials of the University of Oxford (UK) http://fng.materials.ox.ac.uk/ and the Organic Optoelectronics Group of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (E) http://www.oog.escet.urjc.es/ are new Associate members of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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AMO is now an Associate Member
AMO GmbH is now an Associate member of the Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Network of Excellence.
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Nanophotonics - A Forward Look: Report available
The Nanophotonics Europe Association has just published the document "Nanophotonics - A Forward Look", which summarises the conclusions and recommendations of the Workshop held in London in July 2012. The document presents a number of potential applications of nanophotonics, illustrating their potential commercial and/or societal impact. You can download the document here.
EIPBN 2013 First Call for Papers
The World's Leading Symposium on Lithography and Nanofabrication
EIPBN, the “3-Beams”, Conference, is the premier conference on the science and technology of nanopatterning. Traditionally focused on electron, ion, and photon beams, (the 3 beams), the technology of nanofabrication covered in this conference has grown to include nanoimprint and molecular self-assembly as well. This conference is the place to hear the newest techniques and the latest advances in patterning and device fabrication technology.
Visit http://eipbn.org/ for more details
Open positions at ICFO
ICFO has two new position available for the Solution Processed Nanophotonic Devices Group. For more information please visit the following links:
Public Consultation on the Roadmap “Energy-efficient Buildings PPP beyond 2013”.
We would like to inform you about the open Public Consultation on the Roadmap “Energy-efficient Buildings PPP beyond 2013”. The consultation process is conducted by the the Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA), under the umbrella of the European Construction technology Platform (ECTP) and your are invited to participate and provide your feedback.
The consultation process provides a unique opportunity for sending your contribution to shaping the Research and Innovation Roadmap towards Horizon 2020. You can download the feedback form and find any further information via following link:
http://www.ectp.org/enewsportal/index.php?option=com_content&;;view=article&id=698:e2ba-opens-a-consultation-on-the-new-e2b-roadmap-draft&catid=72:consultations&Itemid=61
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CSSL workshop on LED based lighting systems · September 28th 2012
This workshop focuses on the dissemination of knowledge generated in CSSL project to industry and academic institutions.
The workshop format is organised into plenary talks about the hottest issues in LED lamp design, covering all related fields associated with this technology: LED manufacturing, packaging, driver design, dimmering and design for reliability of these systems.
In addition, all demonstrators produced during CSSL execution are going to be presented during coffee breaks, to show the research and development achievements. User perception and field tests have been carried out to verify and optimise their architecture, which can be discussed among the attendees.
Green Photonics Paper published
The results of a study on "Photonics Technologies and Markets for a Low Carbon Economy" have just been published (you can download the document here). The study assesses the European potential in five green photonic technologies: Photovoltaics, Lighting and Displays, Communications, Sensors and instrumentation and Clean Manufacturing.
The document highlights photovoltaics and energy efficient lighting as two of the most promising alternatives to improve energy efficiency and European competitiveness. In particular:
- Photovoltaics is expected to make a major contribution to the 2020 renewable energy generation target - ptentially 12% of EU energy requirements may be satisfied by photovoltaics compared to a global figure of 0.2% in 2010.
- The use of energy efficient lighting and communications can achieve an estimated 40% energy saving compared to using current technologies
Researchers’ Exchange Programme
The Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency Young Researcher’s Exchange Programme main objective is to foster collaboration between institutions working on Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency. It provides funds for travel, accommodation and subsistence to cover the expenses of young researchers (PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) visiting another company or research group in order to carry out collaborative work or to explore new possible collaborations.
