The conference will be held at the Zewail City of Science, October 6th City, close to Cairo from February 3 to 6, 2016. At INCORE 2016, experts from all over the world will disseminate the latest cutting-edge technologies in the renewable energy field and will address the main renewable energy challenges that Egypt and Africa face today. The conference will provide a forum for scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, industrial experts, and technicians from all over the world on the recent developments in the field of renewable energy. The Conference is organized by Zewail City of Science and Technology in partnership with African Network for Solar Energy (ANSOLE) Conference Chairperson Prof. Salah Obayya Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt Conference Vice Chairperson Dr. Shaimaa Ali Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt ANSOLE Coordinator and International Organizer Prof. Daniel Ayuk Mbi Egbe Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cell (LIOS), Linz, Austria Back to top Topics The conference topics include, but not limited to the following: 1. Renewable Energy Renewable energy potentials Technical and educational concepts, and training in renewable energy Projects in renewable energy and its related topics Green nanotechnology Integrated smart systems and components Case studies 2. Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Biomass Fuel cells Wind energy Solar thermal Solar concentrators Energy production and storage Solar based hydrogen production Integrated smart systems and components Water treatment and water desalination 3. Photovoltaic Materials, Devices and Applications Thin film photovoltaics Photonics and plasmonics Solution process technology Electronic structure and interfaces Device properties and charge transport Novel organic/inorganic and hybrid materials Perovskites (solution processed, vacuum deposited) Organic photovoltaics (polymers and small molecules) Photovoltaic based quantum dots and dye sensitized solar cells Nanostructured and nanocomposite materials for photovoltaics High efficiency approaches in vacuum and printing technologies Transparent electrodes and transparent conductive oxides (TCO) Equipment and machine components for large area manufacturing processes Theory, modeling, simulation and computational methods of materials and devices