BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T220723Z UID:EEB570B9-11D6-4601-89A6-BD1826A7CB27 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T180000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Photonics Society Toronto is proud to invite you to a semi nar by Dr. Federico Rosei of University of Trieste\, Italy.\n\nJoin us Tue sday\, 24 February 2026 at 4PM (ET) on University of Toronto main campus. Refreshments will be served. Registration Required.\n\nAbstract\n--------- ------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe quest for su stainable development dictates an urgent transition from fossil fuels to r enewables. This presentation focuses on next generation (solar) energy tec hnologies from a materials perspective. We study structure property/relati onships in advanced materials\, emphasizing multifunctional systems that e xhibit several functionalities. Such systems are then used as building blo cks for the fabrication of various emerging technologies. In particular\, nanostructured materials synthesized via the bottom–up approach present an opportunity for future generation low cost and low energy intensive man ufacturing of devices. We focus on recent developments in solar technologi es\, including third generation photovoltaics\, solar hydrogen production\ , luminescent solar concentrators and other optoelectronic devices\, highl ighting the role and importance of critical raw materials.\n\n------------ ---------------------------------------------------\n\n------------------- --------------------------------------------\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Federico R osei\, \n\nRoom: 202\, Bldg: Galbraith Building\, 35 St George St\, Toront o\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m /532572 LOCATION:Room: 202\, Bldg: Galbraith Building\, 35 St George St\, Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/53 2572 ORGANIZER:jiupeng.zhang@mail.utoronto.ca SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:[IEEE CAS04/ED15/EP21/PHO36 Photonics Society Distinguished Lecture ] The Energy Challenges from a Materials’ Perspective URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/532572 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="language: en-CA\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; margin-left: 0in\; text-align: left\; direction: ltr \; unicode-bidi: embed\; mso-line-break-override: none\; word-break: norma l\; punctuation-wrap: hanging\;"><span style="font-size: 18pt\; font-famil y: 'times new roman'\, times\, serif\; color: black\;">IEEE Photonics Soci ety Toronto is proud to invite you to a seminar by Dr. Federico Rosei of U niversity of Trieste\, Italy.</span></p>\n<p style="language: en-CA\; marg in-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; margin-left: 0in\; text-align: left\; d irection: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; mso-line-break-override: none\; word -break: normal\; punctuation-wrap: hanging\;"><span style="font-size: 18pt \; font-family: 'times new roman'\, times\, serif\; color: black\;">Join u s Tuesday\, 24 February 2026 at 4PM (ET) on University of Toronto main cam pus. Refreshments will be served. Registration Required.</span></p>\n<p st yle="language: en-CA\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; margin-left: 0in\; text-align: left\; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; mso-line- break-override: none\; word-break: normal\; punctuation-wrap: hanging\;">& nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="language: en-CA\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0 pt\; margin-left: 0in\; text-align: left\; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; mso-line-break-override: none\; word-break: normal\; punctuation-w rap: hanging\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt\; font-family: 'times new roman'\, times\, serif\; color: black\;">Abstract</span></strong></p> \n<hr>\n<p style="margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; margin-left: 0in\ ; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; word-break: normal\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-family: 'times new roman'\, times\, serif\; color: black\;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'T imes New Roman'\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">The quest for s ustainable development dictates an urgent transition from fossil fuels to renewables. This presentation focuses on next generation (solar) energy te chnologies from a materials perspective. We study structure property/relat ionships in advanced materials\, emphasizing multifunctional systems that exhibit several functionalities. Such systems are then used as building bl ocks for the fabrication of various emerging technologies. In particular\, nanostructured materials synthesized via the bottom&ndash\;up approach pr esent an opportunity for future generation low cost and low energy intensi ve manufacturing of devices. We focus on recent developments in solar tech nologies\, including third generation photovoltaics\, solar hydrogen produ ction\, luminescent solar concentrators and other optoelectronic devices\, highlighting the role and importance of critical raw materials.</span></s pan></span></p>\n<p style="margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; margin-l eft: 0in\; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; word-break: normal\; tex t-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr>\n<p style="margin-top: 0pt\; margin- bottom: 0pt\; margin-left: 0in\; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; wo rd-break: normal\;"><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margi n-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/displ ay/2e6af507-205f-4fc7-811c-645e01253c94" width="842" height="468"></p>\n<h r>\n<p style="language: en-CA\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; mar gin-left: 0in\; text-align: left\; direction: ltr\; unicode-bidi: embed\; mso-line-break-override: none\; word-break: normal\; punctuation-wrap: han ging\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR