ASES SOLAR 2021

SOLAR 2021: Empowering a Sustainable Future

50th Annual National Solar Conference

August 3-6, 2021 | Boulder, CO | University of Colorado Boulder

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Boulder, CO (October 7, 2020) – The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has opened the Call for Participation for their 50^th Annual National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2021. This conference is focused on the  theme of “Empowering a Sustainable Future,” highlighting innovations and advancements in renewable energy technology and its equitable adoption. SOLAR 2021 promises to cover the most important and empowering content to drastically reduce carbon emissions now.

ASES represents the scientists, educators, and activists who can provide renewable energy technologies and solutions for climate action in the United States. The ASES SOLAR 2021 conference will focus on these strategies.

SOLAR 2021 will take place August 3-6, 2021 in the city of Boulder, Colorado which has become an example in sustainable practices for communities across the country. The conference will be held on the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus which has earned the STARS Gold rating for sustainability achievements in 2018 and is home to the first zero-waste collegiate athletic program, plus the first collegiate recycling program in the United States.

ASES invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation or poster. You can choose to submit a proposal to present a ten minute oral presentation, a five minute ~switch presentation, or a poster. You can choose one or two of the six conference tracks. The submission requires a 100 word max bio, as well as 100-200 word abstract, and brief pitch. ASES is interested in research and development, but not sales. Learn more and submit at ases.org/participate2021. The submission deadline is January 15, 2021.

Submit presentation abstracts in these tracks:

• Modeling and Scaling (Renewables at Scale, Grid Integration, Clean Energy Economics)
• Solar Advancements (Bifacial, Solar Thermal, Low Cost Manufacturing)
• Sustainability (Transportation, Electrifying Everything, PV Recycling)
• Policy, Education and Finance (New Tech Adoption, K-12 Activities, Clean Energy FInancing)
• Other Renewable Energy (Wind, Geothermal, Wave)
• Social/Environmental Justice and Renewable Energy (Community Solar, Solar on Native Lands, Teaching Environmental Justice)

If you have a product or service that you are selling, you are invited to sponsor the conference to present at the Industry Round Table. Please visit ases.org/sponsorsolar2021 or contact sales@ases.org for more information on the available sponsorships. 

Thank you for your interest, ASES looks forward to reading your proposal.

For questions contact conference@ases.org. 

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