8  - 19 February, 2010
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

Chapter members Narine Gevorgyan and Robert Sargsyan participated in the Winter College on Optics and Energy which was organized by the International Commission for Optics (ICO), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the European Optical Society (EOS), the Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica (SIOF), the US National Academy of Science (NAS), the Photonics Society (IEEE) and the Central European Initiative (CEI).

The Winter College exposed the participants to a broad range of topics related to the applications of optics and photonics for energy production and saving. Important physics aspects involved in solar energy conversion, like optical properties of materials and structures for light harvesting will be addressed, followed by more applied issues of optical devices design and technology. The scientific programme consisted of lectures by international experts, internal seminars and group discussions, some laboratory demonstrations.