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• At the COP-19 ISES and the REN-Alliance held a side event focusing on 100% Renewable Energy.
• As part of ISES’ role with REN 21 we were invited to lead a panel discussion on the future of solar PV
as part of the activities of the Abu Dhabi International Renewable Energy Week (in conjunction with the
WFES in January).
• ISES members provided technical input on solar technologies to REN 21’s 2013 Global Status Report.
• Besides REN21, ISES formed partnering relationships with key international organizations such as IRENA
(where ISES provided inputs to the IRENA Renewable Energy Learning Platform and the Global Solar and
Wind Atlas); the IEA’s Renewable Energy Working Party, the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All Program, the
UN Foundation’s Practitioner Network, the UNFCCC, ACORE and LAC-CORE.
• D. Renné attended the International Hydropower Association Conference in Kuching, Malaysia
and participated in a REN-Alliance side event, May 22-25.
• The ISES SWC2013 was held in Cancun, Mexico on 3-7 November, hosted by the ISES local
Section ANES.

2014
• ISES is represented at the 4th IRENA General Assembly and at side events at the WFES, Abu Dhabi,
January 18-22.
• D. Renné represents ISES and gives an invited talk at the International Forum on Renewable Energy,
organised by the Government of Mexico and held at the Riviera Maya, near Cancun, Mexico, May 22-24.
• D. Renné represents ISES at a Student Energy event in Mexico City, June 18-20.
• D. Renné gave an invited keynote address at GRE2015, Tokyo, where a special ISES track was held, July
28 – August 1, 2014.He also participated in meetings with the Japan Renewable Energy Society and ISES-
Japan.
• President D. Renné represents ISES and gives a keynote address at WREC XIII, London, August 4-6.
• ISES Eurosun was held in France (NOTE:Need dates and location).
• EuroSun 2014: International Conference on Solar Energy and Buildings, takes place 16 - 19 September
2014, in Aix-les-Bains, France.

2015
• D Renné meets with a Stuent ISES group at the University of South Florida, organised by Prof. Yogi
Goswami, April 23.
• ISES launches its Conference Proceedings Database of proceedings from Solar World Congresses,
EuroSun conferences and section events. The website provides a searchable open access platform for the
conference proceedings.
• D. Renné attends WREC XIV and gives a keynote address in Budapest, June 8-9, and, then attends several
ISES related events with HQ staff in Munich at Intersolar Europe, June 10-12.
• ISES played a key role in developing portions of the South Africa International Renewable Energy
Conference (SAIREC) program in Cape Town on 5‐7 October 2015 including contributing to an issue paper
on PV, organising two side‐events and presenting a keynote address by ISES President D. Renné.
• At the annual REN 21 Steering Committee meeting, held on 7 October immediately following SAIREC ISES
was re‐elected as a member of the REN‐21 Steering Committee for another 3‐year term.
• ISES provides annual support in the review of the annual Global Status Reports (GSRs), and annually
invites the Executive Director, Christine Lins to give a webinar presentation shortly after the annual GSR
has been released.
• ISES becomes a Founding Member of the GO100% Renewable Energy Campaign led by the World Future
Council.
• ISES organised a panel discussion on 100% renewables at Intersolar North America in San Francisco on
15 July 2015.
• ISES SWC2015 was held in Daegu, S. Korea, November 8-13, hosted by the ISES local Section Korean
Solar Energy Society.
• The REN‐Alliance (ISES, WWEA, IGA, WBA, and IHA) organised a side event at the UNFCCC COP21 in
Paris, December 7.
• ISES becomes a founding member as well as member of the Board of the Directors of the Global Solar
Council, launched in conjunction with UNFCCC COP-21, Paris, December 10.
• ISES becomes a sponsor of the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Technology
Cooperation Programme, and becomes a member of the Executive Committee.
• ISES celebrates 20 years of ISES headquarters in Freiburg with an open-house event with special guest
Prof. Joachim Luther.

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