| 09:00 | Registration and Welcome coffee | |||
| 09:30 | Opening Speech | Bernhard Dimmler, Würth Solar - Conference Chairman |
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| 09:45 | Session 1 |
Market Overview and Production Forecast / The Future of Thin Film Moderator: Bernhard Dimmler, Würth Solar |
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The Future of PV Thin Film, Industry Point of View Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials, EPIA Vice-President |
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Thin Film: Emerging as Competition for Crystalline, a Historically based,
Future Perspective Paula Mints, Navigant Consulting |
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Overview of the Global Thin Film Production Arnülf Jâger-Waldau, European Commission, DG JRC |
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| 10:45 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:15 | Session 2 |
Thin Film Module Production Moderator: Subhendu Guha, United Solar Ovonic |
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State of the Art on Thin Film Compounds: Technological & Cost Potential Hans-Werner Schock, Helmholz Center for Materials and Energy |
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Towards Module Production below 1€/Wp Benny Buller, First Solar |
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Beautiful CIGS Johannes Segner, Solibro |
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How to Reach Large Volume Production with a-Si Hermann Maurus, Schott Solar |
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| 12:45 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:15 | Session 3 |
Towards a Multi Gigawatt Production Moderator: Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, European Commission, DG JRC |
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Key Elements to Successfully Design a Thin Film Factory Nader Mottahedin, Ib Vogt |
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| Round Table: Is the Turn-key Solution the Best Approach for Multi Gigawatt Production? | ||||
| Klaus Eberhardt, Applied Materials |
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| Robert Gattereder, Oerlikon |
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| Hartmut Gross, Centrotherm |
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| Claus Kuhn, Manz |
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| 15:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:00 | Session 4 |
Investing in the Thin Film Sector Moderator: Adel El Gammal, EPIA Secretary General |
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Investing in Thin Film: First Experiences for Goog Energies Frank Siebke, Good Energies |
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Thin Film Investments of Q-Cells, an Overall Strategy Florian Holzapfel, Q-Cells |
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The Investor's Point if View Wolfgang Seeliger, LBBW |
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| 17:00 | Session 5 |
Testing and Sustainability Moderator: Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials, EPIA Vice-President |
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Thin Film Module Testing: "State of the Art" Tony Sample, European Commission, DG JRC |
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PV CYCLE: On the road to a European Voluntary Take-back and Recycling
Scheme for Photovoltaic Modules Jan Clyncke, PV CYCLE Association |
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| 17:50 | Closing Speech | Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials EPIA Vice-President | ||
| 18:00 | End of the conference | |||
| 18:10 | Networking Cocktail |
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