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On the Press Conference of the SWC 1993 Prof. László Imre, the general chairman answered the questions
of the journalist and the great number of specialists together with Prof. Adolf Goetzberger, president of ISES,
Mr. Michael Nicklas vice-president of ISES and Prof. András Zöld technical program and editorial chairman of
the congress.

In 1984, the Hungarian Section of ISES established a close contact with the Division of Technological Research
and Higher Education of UNESCO and an effective and active co-operation has been realized in the European
Solar Energy Network (ESEN) Committee of UNESCO. A Hungarian Solar Participation Program (SPP) has
been prepared by considering the aims of the World Solar Summit Process of UNESCO. In the main regions of
the country eight Solar Regional Centres have been established, most of them at high-schools and universities.
Additionally, 60 secondary schools and 40 university departments received technical and scientific textbooks.
ISES-Hungary proposed for the UNESCO ESEN to establish a closer co-operation with the FAO in the field of
renewable energy technologies participating in several international meetings organised by the contribution
of FAO.

Hungary served also actively in the Board of ISES and ISES-Europe. Prof. L. Imre was a director for small
sections for the period of 1992-1998. Prof. I. Farkas served for ISES-Europe as a vice president for 1999-
2001 and as a president for 2001-2003. He was a member of the ISES Governing Board for the period of
2003-2008.

Due to the initiation of ISES-Europe, the Hungarian Section of ISES regularly organised the Sun-Day
programs. It was the first time in 1994, when H-ISES with the active contribution of the “Organization of Our
Environment” organised the event. Since that time, the Sun-Day has been successfully celebrated in every
year by the central event organised at the Szent Istvan University Gödöllő, under the direction of Prof. I. Farkas.

The HSES Society operates five (5) Working Groups as: Solar architecture; Photovoltaic application; Solar
thermal applications; Energy politics and Youth.

With the support of HSES successful events in the series of the Seminar/Workshop on Energy and Environment
(EE) were organised yearly since 1995 under the auspices of the Department of Physics and Process Control,
Institute for Environmental Engineering Systems, Szent István University Gödöllő, Hungary, including active
participation also from foreign institutions working in the field of the application possibilities of renewable
energy resources. These events provide a forum for the presentation of new results in research, development
and applications in connection with the issues of energy and environment with an especial attention to the
use of solar energy resources.

Under the auspices of the Society the following projects were/are running: UNESCO Solar Participation
Program; PHARE program; Solar School Forum; EU Terminology research to identify the most suitable
Hungarian equivalents to around 249 corresponding English IATE entries in the field of solar energy.

The HSES keeps close contact and active co-operation with the national companies working on the fields of
solar energy installations. The most important firms are as follows: Abutex Bt, EU-Solar Zrt, Elti Kft, Energoplan
Kft, H.M. Mérnöki Iroda, Höfle Légtechnika Bt, Hungaroklima Bt, Klimasol Kft, Naplopó Kft, NVSolar Energia
Kft, Nyílhegy Tanácsadó BT, Solart System Kft, Super Solar, Wagner Solar Hungaria Kft.

The academic co-operation with the universities and also with the Scientific Energy Committee of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences are active. At the same time daily co-operation is going on with the related
governmental institutions.

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