Approved by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China [Ref. No.: (2012)0407], SNEC (2013) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition [SNEC PV POWER EXPO] will be held in Shanghai, China, on May 14 – 16, 2013. It was initiated by Chinese Renewable Energy Society (CRES), Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), Shanghai Federation of Economic Organizations (SFEO), Shanghai Science & Technology Development and Exchange Center (SSTDEC), Shanghai New Energy Industry Association (SNEIA) and jointly organized by 16 international associations and organizations including Asian Photovoltaic Industry Association (APVIA). The exhibition scale of SNEC has evolved from 15,000 sqm in 2007 to over 200,000 sqm in 2012 when it attracted over 2,300 exhibiting companies from 91 countries and regions all over the world and the overseas exhibitor ratio is about 40%. SNEC has become the biggest international PV tradeshow with incomparable influence in China, in Asia and even in the world. As the most professional PV exhibition, SNEC showcases PV manufacturing facilities, materials, PV cells, PV application products & modules, and PV project and system, covering every section of the whole PV industry chain. SNEC 2013 Scientific Conference boasts of an extraordinary International Scientific Committee. The Conference is chaired by Prof Armin ABERLE, the CEO of the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). Prof Joachim LUTHER from SERIS and Prof Martin GREEN from the University of New South Wales will act as the honorary chairmen. Top PV scientists will be invited to present on the cutting-edge technologies of solar energy at the conference.