A Mini Colloquium was conducted on 9th April 2019 at Meeting Room, Level 4, Administrative Building FKAB, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bangi, Selangor. The event was co-organized by IEEE EDS UKM Student Branch, UKM and IMEN. The event started with a welcoming speech by the EDS Malaysia chapter advisor, Professor Dato’ Dr Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis and the Vice President of IEEE Electron Devices Society, Dr M.K.Radhakrishnan. 

Distinguished Lecture Talk 1: Photovoltaics History, Technology, Innovation, and Progress: The Future is Now . .
Prof Dr Lawrence L. Kazmerski
IEEE Fellow, Emeritus Research Staff Member, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado
Research Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, with the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI)

Distinguished Lecture Talk 2: PV Module Performance Loss due to Degradation and Soiling
Prof Dr Anil Kottantharayil
Centre for Research in Nanotechnology and Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

Distinguished Lecture Talk 3 : Perovskite solar cells : The new frontier for photovoltaic device
Prof Dr Vikram Dalal, IEEE Fellow
Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University USA

Associate Professor Dr Azrul Azlan Hamzah (Director, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Professor Ir Dr Noyahati Soin (Director, Center for Printed Electronics, University of Malaya),
Professor Dr Nowhsad Amin (College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)), Associate Professor Dr Mohd Nizar Hamidon (Director, Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA) were also invited to give their talk. All the speakers shared their research on photovoltaics and nanoelectronics.