Photovoltaic EHS Seminar
SEMICON West 2009 / Intersolar North America 2009
EHS Symposium for PV Manufacturing
PV EHS at the Crossroads – The Path to Sustainability
Time and Place
Thursday, July 16, 2009, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
InterContinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 94103 USA
Description
This session aims at giving increased visibility to environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues in PV manufacturing, as well as providing insights and perspectives on broader sustainability considerations in the PV manufacturing supply chain. The central theme of this Symposium is to identify and address EHS issues in the context of sustainable development strategies for PV manufacturers and the supply chain.
Agenda / Speakers
Topics and Speakers include:
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2:00 – 2:30 |
Introduction and Overview |
Aaron Zude, Senior Director, EHS Division, SEMI |
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2:30 – 3:30 |
Keynote Address: Photovoltaics – Enabling Sustainability of Very Large Growth |
Vasilis Fthenakis, Senior Scientist and Head of the National Photovoltaic Environmental Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Director, Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Columbia University |
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Optimizing Sustainability of PV Manufacturing |
Ben Ighani, Global PV Program Director for Technology & Manufacturing, CH2M Hill |
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4:00 – 4:30 |
Break | |
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4:30 – 5:00 |
Sustainable Strategies of PV Materials Suppliers |
Eugene Ngai, President, Chemically Speaking |
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5:00 – 5:30 |
Sustainable Strategies of PV Equipment Suppliers |
Bruce Klafter, Senior Director EHS & Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Applied Materials |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Sustainable Strategies of PV Manufacturers |
Lisa Krueger, Vice President Sustainable Development, First Solar |
Presentation Materials
Presentation materials are below:
- Agenda
- Introduction & Overview (Zude)
- Keynote Address (Fthenakis)
- Optimizing Sustainability (Ighani)
- Materials Suppliers (Ngai)
- Equipment Suppliers (Klafter)
- PV Manufacturers (Krueger)
More Information
For more information about this event, please contact Sanjay Baliga (SEMI Senior Manager in San Jose).
A complete list of all EHS and Sustainability programs and events that took place at SEMICON West 2009 / Intersolar North America 2009 is located here.
Web Address / Updates
The web address for this page is: http://www.semi.org/en/issues/ehs/ctr_028733
This page was first created on March 1, 2009. This page was last updated on July 27, 2009.
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