2010年7月12,13日，来自全国各地的光伏界，红外电池，LED界的专家参加2010年国际学术研讨会，会议主要回顾并讨论了在迅速发展的光子材料和设备领域的最新进展和未来的趋势。
这个研讨会是由Quantum-functional半导体研究中心, 芝加哥伊利诺大学的Microphysics实验室的和Sivananthan实验室公司承办的。这次研讨会在芝加哥的Marriott市中心的Mile 饭店成功举行。
来自于政府机构，大学，行业的精英都把光伏电池，IR发明，LED行业的先进成果展示出来。不限于薄膜光伏电池，高效太阳能电池，heteroepitaxial增长,antimonide -和HgCdTe-based红外线传感器和氧化锌nanorods。
Ms. Anter说:“这次会议的目的是让一小群在不同领域杰出的光电材料协会成员互相交流并了解这个行业的发展,。另外,会议提供了一个绝好的机会,让许多学生和教员与这些知名的演讲嘉宾做网络交流。”
芝加哥伊利诺州大学的物理学教授兼研究生主任Chris Grein教授， EPIR技术股份有限公司的的开拓者和NREL设备开发小组的奠基人说Timothy顾问和科学家都表示，光伏，红外，LED的行业的技术有相似的地方，这样思想和科技的交流会促进科技的发展。
On July 12 and 13, 2010, experts from across the solar photovoltaics, infrared (IR) photovoltaics and light emitting diode (LED) disciplines met to review and discuss recent progress and future trends in the rapidly advancing fields of photonic materials and devices at the 2010 International Symposium on Optoelectronic Materials and Devices.
The symposium was jointly organized by the Quantum-functional Semiconductor Research Center of Dongguk University, the Microphysics Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Sivananthan Laboratories Inc. It was held and successfully concluded at the Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Hotel in Chicago.
Leading scientists from various government agencies, universities and industry presented recent advances on solar cells, IR devices and LEDs including but not limited to thin film solar cells, very high efficiency tandem solar cells, heteroepitaxial growth, antimonide- and HgCdTe-based infrared sensors and ZnO nanorods.
The symposium featured two plenary speakers, Dr. Martha Symko Davies of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Mr. Minh Le of the Solar Energy Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy.
"The year's symposium was 7th in the series and the second consecutive symposium held in Chicago," said Yesim Anter, Project Coordinator of the Microphysics Laboratory.
Ms. Anter added "The goal of this symposium was to bring together a small group of distinguished members of the optoelectronic materials society to interact with each other and listen to the exciting developments in their respective fields first hand. Furthermore, the symposium provided a great opportunity for many students and faculty to do networking with these renowned speakers."
Dr. Chris Grein, Professor of Physics and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said that "The fields of solar and infrared photovoltaics and light emitting diodes have many common technical elements yet few conferences bring together experts from all three. One of the goals of the symposium was to facilitate the cross-pollination of many ideas that will benefit these technologies."
Dr. Timothy Coutts, Advisor and Senior Scientist at EPIR Technologies Inc, NREL Fellow Emeritus and founder of the Device Development Group at NREL, stated, "This year's International Symposium on Optoelectronic Materials and Devices brought together a wonderful group of researchers from the solar, IR, and LED industries. The symposium attendants exchanged ideas that will potentially result in creative new approaches for advancing the state of these technologies."
