Thursday, January 21, 2010, 8 AM – 5 PM
SEMI Headquarters, 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, California, 95134, USA

The conference covered various environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability issues for the photovoltaic (PV) industry. The conference targeted EHS, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility professional in the PV industry and those wanting to join the industry from adjacent high tech industries (semiconductor, electronic, biotech, etc). Formal presentations, networking opportunities, and a PV facilities tour were on the agenda (see below).

7:30 AM	Registration / Breakfast / Networking
8:00 AM	Welcome
	Introduction to PV Presentations
8:15 AM	Introduction to PV Manufacturing and Product Life Cycle	Aaron Zude of SEMI
9:00 AM	Overview of PV Manufacturing Equipment Trends	Tim Nicholson of Applied Materials
9:30 AM	Networking Break
9:45 AM	Overview of PV Standards Activities	Chuck Sutton of REC Silicon
10:15 AM	Landscape of Chemical Regulations for the PV Industry	Sanjay Baliga of SEMI
10:45 AM	Managing Change for the PV Industry	Andrew McIntyre of EORM
11:30 AM	Free Box Lunch
12:15 PM	Industrial Hygiene in the PV Industry	Xavier Alcarez of EORM
1:00 PM	EHS Perspectives from the PV End User / Installer	Jon Valle of Andalay Solar
1:45 PM	Networking Break
	Professional Development Presentations
2:00 PM	Making the Transition to the PV Industry (Part 1)	Sue Creighton of S. Creighton Consulting
2:30 PM	Making the Transition to the PV Industry (Part 2)	Jay Jamali of Enviro Safetech
	PV Facility Tour
3:00 PM	Facilities Tour (Includes Travel Time)	Applied Materials PV R&D Facility
	Optional Networking
5:00 PM	Networking Happy Hour and / or Dinner

Presentation Materials are below:

• Final Agenda
• Intro to PV Manufacturing (Zude)
• Overview of PV Manufacturing Equipment (Nicholson)
• Overview of PV Standards Activities (Trio)
• Landscape of Chemicals Regulations (Baliga)
• Managing Change for the PV Industry (McIntyre)
• Industrial Hygiene in the PV Industry (Alcarez)
• EHS Perspectives from the PV End User (Valle)
• Making the Transition to the PV Industry 1 (Creighton)
• Making the Transition to the PV Industry 2 (Jamali)

For more information, please contact the following mini-conference organizers:

• Sanjay Baliga, SEMI
• Sue Creighton, S Creighton Consulting

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