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2016
• ISES participates in the 6th IRENA General Assembly and WFES in Abu Dhabi, January 16-20, and officially
joins the IRENA Coalition for Action.Prep meetings for SWC 2017 were held with representatives of the
Masdar Institute.
• ISES, as a member of the board, attends the Global Solar Council Board Meeting, and also participates in a
Now/Turkey side event during Intersolar Europe, Munich, 22-24 June.
• D. Renné attends WREC XVI in Jakarta, Indonesia, and gives a keynote address, September 19-20.
• The Karl Boer Solar Energy Medal of Werit was awarded to Yogi Goswami during a ceremony at the
University of Delaware, September 23.
• ISES EuroSun 2016 held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (11-14 October 2016)
• Solar Energy Journal increases to 18 issues per year (up from 12 per year) and introduces Subject Area
Editors.
• D. Renné, at the invitation of the ISES Section in South Africa, gives a plenary speech at the Southern
Africa Solar Energy Conference on November 2.
• D. Renné and J. Costello (ISES HQ) attend COP-22 in Marrakech, Morocco, and participate in a REN-
Alliance side event, November 14-16.

2017
• ISES representatives President Dave Renné, Vice President Eicke Weber, attend the 7th IRENA General
Assembly and the Coalition for Action Strategy Meeting in Abu Dhabi, 15-18 January.The first meeting of
the Go 100% Renewable Energy Platform Executive Committee, of which ISES is a member, was also held.
• The first ELSEVIER-ISES Renewable Transformation Challenge (RTC) is launched. The objective of the
Renewable Transformation Challenge is to recognize and honour outstanding work encouraging progress
towards a world powered by renewable energy and with accessible energy for all. The first winner of
the RTC, Dr. Sebastian Groh of ME SolShare was announced during the awards banquet at SWC 2017,
Abu Dhabi.
• ISES President D. Renné participates in the Student Energy Summit, Merida, Mexico, 14-15 June.
• ISREE-12, was held at the Strömstad Academy in Sweden, and attended by a number of ISES representatives,
June 19-21.This was the first ISREE since 2005, and a commitment was made to have future ISREE’s be
held in conjunction with ISES Solar World Congresses, as had been done up through 2005.
• ISES is re-elected to the Board of the Global Solar Council, June 28.
• ISES and its U.S. Section ASES organize a day-long side event on 100% Renewable Energy at Intersolar
North America, San Francisco, July 10.
• ISES introduces a new award, ISES Fellows, to recognise people who have given many years of distinguished
service to ISES and have advanced the use of solar and renewable energy through research, education,
communication and deployment.
• ISES SWC2017 is held in Abu Dhabi on 29 October – 2 November, hosted by the Masdar Institute.For the
first time the Congress was held together with the IEA SHC Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for
Buildings and Industry.

2018
• D. Renné and M. Oliphant participate in the 8th IRENA General Assembly and Coalition for Action Strategy
Meeting, January 13-17.D. Renné also attended a GSC Board meeting, and there were side meetings with
the REN-Alliance and the GO 100% RE Campaign.A working relationship with the International Solar
Alliance, new intergovernmental organisation led by India with the goal of promoting rapid growth of solar
energy, especially in tropical and subtropical regions, was established with ISES and D. Renné participated
in an ISA side event during this week.
• ISES participated in the REN 21 Steering Committee meeting and the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue,
March 16-18.
• D. Renné gives an invited speech at SNEC 2018, Shanghai and attends a GSC Board Meeting, May 27-30.
• D. Renné gives keynote address and ISES has special track at GRE2018, Yokohama, June 18-20, 2018.
• D. Renné gives an invited speech and attends the WREN Council meeting at WREC XVII in Kingston
(London), England, July 30 – August 2.
• ISES EuroSun 2018 was held in Rapperswil, Switzerland on 10-13 September. D. Renné participated in
the closing ceremony.
• The GSC held its Board Meeting and a Side Event at Solar Power International, Annaheim, California,
September 24-27.
• ISES launches a new infographics publication and published the first instalment titled “Dispelling
“Dispelling the Myths-Renewables in the Grid”. The infographic addresses myths about renewable energy
grid integration, storage, load management and energy transmission.
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