๐ŸŽ™๏ธEU PVSEC Speaker spotlight: meet Helge Malmbekk โ˜€๏ธ

August 14, 2026

Our joint EMPOWER Horizon Europe Project ร— SHINE PV parallel session at EU PVSEC 2026 is around the corner: “๐—ฃ๐—ฉ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€?”

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 17 September 2026
โฐ 10:30 โ€“ 12:00
๐Ÿ“ WTC Rotterdam, Auditorium 5

About the speaker:
Helge Malmbekk โ€” EMPOWER Horizon Europe Project Coordinator and Head of the Solar Energy Materials & Technology Department at Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway.

Helge brings extensive research leadership experience with a particular focus on bridging research, pilot-scale development, and industrial deployment. At IFE, he leads multidisciplinary teams working on next-generation solar cell technologies, sustainable manufacturing processes, and European value chain development. Through EMPOWER, he coordinates a broad consortium of research organizations, equipment suppliers, and industrial partners dedicated to strengthening Europe’s competitiveness in photovoltaic manufacturing and accelerating the commercialization of solar technologies.

Session contribution:
โšก โ€œ๐—˜๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ โ€“ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฉ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€
The talk will explore how EMPOWER is building European resilience in advanced solar manufacturing through innovation, scale-up, and industrial collaboration.

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