4th International RD20 Summer School

Organized by UM6P & LIMSET, in collaboration with RD20. Join us for an enriching academic experience bringing together researchers and innovators from around the world to explore the future of renewable energy and sustainable development.

Background
RD20 Research
RD20 Summer School

Where Global Minds Shape Sustainable Solutions

The RD20 Summer School is an international training and networking platform for early-career researchers and senior leaders in clean energy. The 2026 edition, hosted at UM6P Benguerir, will gather global experts to explore solutions in carbon management, renewable energy, hydrogen, ammonia, AI, and sustainable materials.

Why Morocco & UM6P ?

Living lab for the energy transition

Living lab for the energy transition

Morocco offers a uniquely rigorous testbed for clean-energy innovation—grid-scale solar and wind operating in desert and coastal climates, growing green-hydrogen value chains.

UM6P: where research meets deployment.

UM6P: where research meets deployment.

At University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Benguerir, translational research is the operating system. World-class labs sit next to pilot plants and industrial partners.

Industry at the table from day one.

Industry at the table from day one.

UM6P's foundation by OCP—one of the world's most influential actors in fertilizers and the phosphate value chain—creates a direct line to high-impact decarbonization challenges.

LIMSET: materials and systems for a net-zero economy.

LIMSET: materials and systems for a net-zero economy.

The Laboratory of Inorganic Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies (LIMSET) advances the full stack of energy innovation: novel battery and thermal-storage materials.

Conference collaboration
Why it matters

Why This School Matters

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Built around the work you do

Carbon to markets (Mon): From CCUS fundamentals to a Carbon Markets panel, plus on-campus lab visits (UM6P Labs, 1337, Green Energy Park) to see technologies and data environments you can plug into immediately.

Lab visits & immediate integration
(01/05)
Pr. Abdessamad FAIK
Chairman

Pr. Abdessamad FAIK

Chairman

Chairman of the organization Committee

Full Professor in Sustainable Energy and Materials at UM6P Morocco

Director of LIMSET

R&D Director at IFI

R&D&I Co-Director at Cluster Green H2

Coordinator of the Executive Master: Green Hydrogen and its Applications

Organization Committee

Meet Our Committee Members

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Christine Womba KASOKA

Christine Womba KASOKA

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Soukaina Katif

Soukaina Katif

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Dr Hassan NAANANI

Dr Hassan NAANANI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Mouad TOUIL

Mouad TOUIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Christine Womba KASOKA

Christine Womba KASOKA

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Soukaina Katif

Soukaina Katif

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Dr Hassan NAANANI

Dr Hassan NAANANI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Mouad TOUIL

Mouad TOUIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

Khadija ELMOUTOUAKIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Christine Womba KASOKA

Christine Womba KASOKA

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Soukaina Katif

Soukaina Katif

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

Hicham LALAOUI MOUTARRAJI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Dr Hassan NAANANI

Dr Hassan NAANANI

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Mouad TOUIL

Mouad TOUIL

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

Our Partners

We are grateful to our partners who make this event possible

AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
JRC - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OCP Group - Office Chérifien des Phosphates Group
LIMSET
Pertamina - PT Pertamina (Persero)
AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
JRC - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OCP Group - Office Chérifien des Phosphates Group
LIMSET
Pertamina - PT Pertamina (Persero)
AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
JRC - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OCP Group - Office Chérifien des Phosphates Group
LIMSET
Pertamina - PT Pertamina (Persero)
AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
JRC - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OCP Group - Office Chérifien des Phosphates Group
LIMSET
Pertamina - PT Pertamina (Persero)

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