# Notice of Workshop on Polymers for Photovoltaic Systems
**AGENCY:**
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces a Workshop on Polymers for Photovoltaic Systems.
**DATES:**
The workshop will be held over two days, Thursday, September 23, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, September 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at NIST's Gaithersburg campus, 100 Bureau Drive, Employee Lounge, Building 101, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Please note admittance instructions under the *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* section of this notice.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Dr. Joannie Chin, Polymeric Materials Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, (301) 975-6815, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
All attendees must contact Joannie Chin, *[email protected]* , (301) 975-6815, by September 9 to pre-register and have appropriate government-issued photo ID to gain entry to NIST. Agenda items for the meeting include: presentations on polymeric materials used in photovoltaic systems; testing, performance, and reliability of polymers in photovoltaic systems; impact of polymers on safety standards and codes; breakout sessions to obtain stakeholder perspectives on the above mentioned topics; presentation of a NIST-developed accelerated aging and service life prediction methodology to polymers used in photovoltaic systems.
Dated: August 26, 2010.
Harry S. Hertz,
Director, Baldrige National Quality Program.