Chula Co-hosts 36th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-36) 

Chulalongkorn University, together with the National Energy Technology Center, the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Kasetsart University, the Thai Photovoltaic Industries Association, and the Engineering Institute of Thailand under H.M. The King’s Patronage, co-organized the “36th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-36)” from November 9-14, 2025, at Chamchuri 10 Building (Chalerm Rajakumari 60th Anniversary Building). 

On Thursday, November 13, 2025, an academic lecture was held at the Chulalongkorn University Auditorium on the topic “Policy and Plan for the Promotion of Renewable Energy and PV towards Carbon Neutrality Target for Thailand” by Dr. Prasert Sinsukprasert, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, followed by a lecture on “Recent Development in Photovoltaics” by Prof. Dr. Martin Green from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Attending the session were Prof. Dr. Wilert Puriwat, President of Chulalongkorn University; Prof. Dr. Viboon Sricharoenchaikul, Director of the Chula Energy Research Institute; Prof. Dr. Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat, Director of the Chula Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute; and Prof. Dr. Dusit Kruangnam, Honorary President of the Thai Photovoltaic Industries Association. 

The International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC) is a global academic platform for the exchange and dissemination of knowledge in renewable energy technologies, especially photovoltaic cells, climate-change mitigation, progress toward carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions, and the promotion of technological development in solar cell production, energy storage, and enhanced measures to combat global warming—both in Thailand and abroad. 

The PVSEC-36 conference brought together 461 participants, including academics, scientists, researchers, executives, students, and industrial representatives from more than 40 countries worldwide. 

Chulalongkorn University previously hosted PVSEC-14 in 2004 in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother’s 72nd Birthday Anniversary on 12 August 2004.