This conference celebrated its 16th anniversary and the International Year of Light (IYL) in 2015. It expanded its scope to include the science and technology of not only next-generation organic photovoltaics (OPVs) but also of hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaics (HOPVs). The focus of this conference will be on high-performance light-harvesting and carrier transporting materials, highly efficient and stable OPVs and HOPVs, device physics including interfaces, film structure (morphology), photophysics of carrier generation, and transport. The conference will also cover new techniques for fabrication, encapsulation, and printing of solar cells on large-area flexible substrates. The aim of this meeting is to bring together scientists, engineers, and technologists from multiple disciplines to report on and discuss the fundamental issues that affect device operation, including efficiency and long term stability. The “state-of-the-art” performance of OPVs and HOPVs, and next-generation solar cells, and their applications in future technologies will be the main core of this conference.