Agenda
This year’s agenda brings you the best of talks on bifacial photovoltaics. The talks selected represented actualized, relevant research in the fast-paced world of bifacial PV discoveries. The workshop presents updates on field validation, new market trends, and knowledge developed in this past year.
The event will take place on April 16-17 of 2026.
Overview:
April 16, 8:30-14:00
Workshop
April 17, 8:30-17:00
Workshop
Day 1: Thursday April 16th, 2026
09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome to bifiPV Workshop
09:08 - 09:15 | Welcome to bifiPV Workshop - Veysel Ünsür (ODTÜ-GÜNAM)
09:08 - 09:15 | Welcome to bifiPV Workshop (ONLINE) - Radovan Kopecek (Isc Konstanz)
SESSION I: Status of PV in Türkiye
09:15 - 09:45 | Session Chair: Veysel Ünsür (ODTÜ-GÜNAM) On Stage: Dr Bugrahan Karaveli, Ministry of Energy, Türkiye
SESSION 2: Industrial-Scale Crystalline Silicon PV: Strategy, integration & Challenges
09:45 - 10:00 | Industrial PV Manufacturing in Turkey: Technical Challenges and Field Experience - Firat Es (Alfa Solar)
10:00 - 10:15 | Choosing the Right Technology in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape: Rationale, Trade-offs, and Future Directions - Frank Feldmann (Holosolis)
10:15 - 10:30 | Strategic R&D Integration in Industrial-Scale Crystalline Silicon PV - Meriç Çalışkan Arslan (Kalyon PV)
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break
KEYNOTE
Chair: Olindo Isabella (TU Deflt)
11:00 - 11:30 | Industrializing the Future of Solar: HJT & Tandem Innovation at Europe’s 3Sun Gigafactory (ONLINE) Cosimo Gerardi (3SUN).
SESSION 3: NEXT GENERATION PV TECH
Session Chair: Olindo Isabella (TU Delft)
11:30 - 11:45 | Highly Efficient Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Products - Meriç Firat (Oxford PV)
11:45 - 12:00 | Results and consequences from IBC4EU project - Florian Buchholz (Isc Konstanz)
12:00 - 12:15 | Panel
12:15 - 12:45 Clossing session, awards, announcements
Session Chairs: Rasit Turan and Hisham Nasser (ODTÜ-GÜNAM)
Presenters: Ron Sinton (Sinton Instruments) & Martin Schubert (Fraunhofer ISE)
12:45 - 13:45 lunch break
SESSION 4: Mass production & Characterization
Session Chair: Miro Zeman (TU DelfT)
13:45 - 14:00 | De-Risking GW-Scale Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing: Execution Lessons from Global Projects - Wolfgang Jooß (RCT Solutions GmbH)
14:00 - 14:15 | Leading-edge Laser Technologies Empower the Performance of c-Si Solar Cells (ONLINE) - Ben Lee (DR Laser)
14:15 - 14:30 | Metrology and Performance Determination of Bifacial Perovskite/Silicon Tandems: From 4-Terminal Concepts to 2-Terminal Architectures - Salar Sedani (ODTÜ GÜNAM)
14:30 - 14:45 | Bifacial solar simulators for high-efficiency and new-PV Technologies - Waqas Zia (Wavelabs)
14:45 - 15:00 | Panel
15:00 -15:30 | Coffee Break
DAY 2 - Friday April 16, 2026
SESSION 5: bifiPV Book
Session Chair: Mark Hofmann (Fraunhofer ISE)
09:30 - 10:00 | Bifacial book 2026- the story continues (ONLINE) - Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz)
10:00 - 10:15 | A new chapter in Solar: Bifacial PV from Emerging Topic to Core Curriculum - Silvana Ovaitt (National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR))
10:15 - 10:30 | Presentation from Atamostec (ONLINE) - Felipe Valencia (Atamostec)
10:30 - 11:15 | Coffee Break
SESSION 6: BifiPV Applications
Session Chair: Ferenc Korsós (Semilab)
11:15 - 11:30 | Bifacial modules, results from Karapınar, data from test stations - Merve Tan (Kalyon PV)
11:30 - 11:45 | AgriPV and Bifacial PV: Synergies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Sustainable Land Use - Duygu Kuzyaka (ODTÜ-GÜNAM)
11:45 - 12:00 | Future of bifi PV (ONLINE) - Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz)
14:00 - 14:30 | Panel
14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break
bifiPV 2026 Closing
Session Chairs: Veysel Ünsür (ODTÜ-GÜNAM) and Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz)
12:00 - 12:15 | Closing and Announcement (ONLINE) - Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz)
12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break
Technical tour 2
13:30 - 18:15 | Factory visit Kalyon
All persons registered for the tour will meet in front of the conference building at 01:15 PM to get the bus. Please remember to bring your name badge. After the tour, the bus will return to the conference building.
Agenda Factory Visit Kalyon:
- Welcome & Reception
- Corporate Video & Presentation
- HSE Briefing
- Coffee Break & Product Briefing
- Integrated Factory Tour
- Closing, Photos & Farewell
