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Figure 54: The retiring Australian HQ staff, 1995, in their offices at the Chisholm Institute of Technology
in Caulfield, Victoria. Wal Read sits in front of Peg Bilston (left), another staff member and Barbara Rozen
(right). Peg and Wal served ISES for 24 years at ISES HQ Melbourne.
• In 1995 Eduardo de Oliveira-Fernandes was elected President.
• ISES Projects, an HQ initiative of HQ, included resource assessments and Global Environment Fund (GEF)
projects.
• Mike Nicklas presented the ISES NGO Initiative conclusions to the UN Committee on New and Renewable
Sources of Energy and Energy Development.
• SunDay Europe was held on 25 June, with 10 countries participating.
• The first ISES World Congress on Solar Energy held in Africa, was hosted in Harare, Zimbabwe.
• Harare Declaration launched a World Solar Programme for 1996–2005.
• Adolf Goetzberger was awarded the Farrington Daniels Award.
• Monica Oliphant (Australia), Dr Flora Mosaka-Wright (South Africa), Alison Patterson (UK) and Jenniy
Gregory (UK) established the ISES Women in Energy group and launched a Women in Energy Internship
for women from eastern or southern Africa.

Figure 55: Some of the ISES solar women who met at the Congress

• The new ISES Information Gateway received over 60,000 visitors in 1995.

1996
• Renewable Energy Supply Systems for Indonesia became the first international project undertaken by
ISES HQ outside of Europe.
• Mike Nicklas was awarded the ASES Charles Greeley Abbott Award.
• The first EuroSun Conference was conducted in Freiburg, Germany.

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