According to the World Bank and the International Energy Agency, over 1.3 billion people in the world have no access to electricity that is 18% of the world population. More than 95% of these people are either in sub-Saharan African or developing Asia and 84% are in rural areas.

The IEEE Canada Industry Relations Committee, the International Year of Light Canadian Committee, the IHTC 2015 Program Committee, LUTW, together with the IEEE Photonics Society Ottawa Chapter invites you to attend the workshop - iLUV on technologies and solutions for efficient, cost-effective, renewable electricity power generation and lighting.