![LIA NextPV Signing Ceremony](https://nextpv.cnrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/May-24.jpg)
On May 24th, 2012, the LIA NextPV was created. The picture shows the signing ceremony.
The agreement was signed by Mrs Claudine Schmidt-Laine, Director of INSIS and by Yoshiaki Nakano, Director of RCAST in presence of Yoshitaka Okada and Pierre Destruel, the Japanese and French co-directors of NextPV.
The effective starting date of NextPV was September 1st, 2012.