Technology and Manufacturing Roads to Grid Parity

The new format of the 4th PV Fab Manager Forum will address the contribution of technology and manufacturing to reach Grid Parity as soon as possible in order to generate new growth and prospects for our industry. The forum will be attended by executives, fab managers, scientists and experts from the photovoltaic industry, research and academic organizations.

Visit www.pvgroup.org/pvfmf for more details and take a detailed look into the conference agenda.

I invite you to join us and be a part of this important executive conference (7-9 March 2010.)

See you in Berlin!


Heinz Kundert
President
SEMI Europe/ PV Group

Conference Agenda:

Introduction and Status of the Global PV market (Plenum)

  • Opening: Heinz Kundert, SEMI / PVGroup
  • Keynote I: Status of the global PV industry
    Winfried Hoffmann, President, EPIA
  • Keynote II: Challenges of Advanced Si Cell Technologies
    Prof. Rolf Brendel, Director, ISFH
  • Keynote III: Challenges of Advanced Thin Film Technologies
    Prof. Hans-Werner Schock, Head of Inst. Technology, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

First Session (Workshop):
Three parallel tracks with brief presentation followed by an interactive discussion among all participants.

1st track

Crystalline Silicon

Roadmap to advance crystalline cell technology

Ralf Lüdemann, CEO Solarworld Innovation, GmbH

Volker Nadenau, CTO, Bosch Solar Energy

Ingo Schwirtlich, VP Technology, SCHOTT Solar AG

Silvia Roth, VP Roth and Rau

Sjouke Zijlstra, CEO Arise, GmbH

2nd track

Thin Film

Status, Applications and competitiveness of thin film technology

Harald Binder, VP EMEA, AMAT Solar Business

Bernhard Dimmler, CTO, Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG

Nikolaus Meyer, COO, Sulfurcell

Roland Sillmann, CEO, Inventux

3rd track

Solar Modules

Main challenges in module manufacturing

Peter Fath, CTO, Centrotherm Photovoltaics

Roger Little, CEO, Spire Corp.

Lars Podlowski, CTO, Solon SE

Harry Wirth, Head of Group PV Modules, FhG ISE

Second Session (Plenum):

Report out of Workshops by Chairmen:

1st Track: Peter Wawer, SVP Technology, Q-Cells

2nd Track: Prof. Bernd Rech, Head of Si PV, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

3rd Track: Patrick Hofer-Noser (invited), CEO, 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG

Status PV Standardization Panel
Chair: Prof. Werner Bergholz, Professor of Electrical
Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen

Panel:
James Amano, Director, SEMI PV Group
"PV-Standards Roadmap Status"
Hubert Aulich, CEO, PV Crystalox and EPIA Board

Grand Panel: Learning and directions
Chair: Prof. Eicke Weber, Director, Fraunhofer ISE
Panel:
Joerg Althaus
Peter Fath
Markus Hoehner
Winfried Hoffmann
Nikolaus Meyer
Prof. Hans-Werner Schock
Peter Wawer

Company Visits 9 March, 2010
Visit to Adlershof, Science and Technology Park in Berlin
Sulfurcell GmbH, Solon AG, Helmholtz Institute
(additional visits tbc)

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