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Conference Agenda
Welcome Reception March 7, 2010
19:00 – 21:00		Welcome Reception at the Park Inn Berlin (Ground Floor, Spagos Bar & Lounge) sponsored by DB Schenker
Conference March 8, 2010 Opening
09:00-09:10		Opening Heinz Kundert, President, SEMI / PV Group
09:10-09:30		Keynote I Status of the global PV industry Winfried Hoffmann, President, EPIA
09:30-09:50		Keynote II Challenges of Advanced Si Cell Technologies Prof. Rolf Brendel, Director, ISFH
09:50-10:10		Keynote III Challenges of Advanced Thin Film Technologies Prof. Hans-Werner Schock, Head of Institute Technology, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
10:10-10:20		Keynote IV Status of PV Roadmap Gerhard Rauter, COO, Q-Cells
10:20-11:00		Coffee Break Sponsored by EDWARDS
The following workshops will take place in separate rooms. All rooms are on one floor therefore changing the sessions in between is possible.
11:00-13:45		Workshop Session 1 Crystalline Cells Roadmap to advance crystalline cell technology
		Chair: Peter Wawer, Senior VP Technology Q-Cells
		Panel:
		Ralf Luedemann, CEO SolarWorld Innovations GmbH
		Volker Nadenau, CTO Bosch Solar Energy
		Silvia Roth, VP Marketing & Investor Relations Roth & Rau AG
		Ingo Schwirtlich, Vice President Technology SCHOTT Solar AG
		Ralf Breu, Cell Technology Fraunhofer ISE
11:00-13:45		Workshop Session 2 Thin Film Panels Status, Applications and competitiveness of thin film technology Chair: Prof. Bernd Rech, Head of Si PV Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
		Panel:
		Bernhard Dimmler, CTO Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG
		Stephan Hansen, Managing Director First Solar GmbH
		Nikolaus Meyer, COO Sulfurcell
		Klaus Neubeck, Head of R&D and Production Technology Front End Inventux
		Stephan Wieder, Head of R&D Applied Materials
11:00-13:45		Workshop Session 3 Module Manufacturing Main challenges in module manufacturing Chair: Patrick Hofer-Noser, CEO 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG
		Panel:
		Joerg Althaus, Business Field Manager TÜV Rheinland
		Peter Fath, CTO centrotherm Photovoltaics
		Mark Willingham, VP Spire Solar
		Lars Podlowski, CTO Solon SE
		Harry Wirth, Head of Group PV Modules FhG ISE
13:45-14:45		Lunch Break
14:45-15:45		Report out of Workshops by WS Chairmen and plenary discussion Chair: Robert M. Hartung, CEO Centrotherm
	14:45-15:00	Workshop Session 1 (Cells) Peter Wawer, Senior Vice President Technology Q-Cells
	15:00-15:15	Workshop Session 2 (Thin Film Panels) Prof. Bernd Rech, Head of Si PV Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
	15:15-15:30	Workshop Session 3 (Modules) Patrick Hofer-Noser, CEO 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG
15:30-15:45		Plenary Discussion
15:45-16:15		Coffee Break Sponsored by EDWARDS
16:15-17:00		Status PV Standardization Chair: Prof. Werner Bergholz, Electrical Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen
		James Amano, Director SEMI PV Group
		Hubert Aulich, CEO PV Crystalox and EPIA Board
		Wolfgang Herbst, Senior Manager Market & Technology Research, Centrotherm
17:00-18:00		Grand Panel about learning and directions Chair: Prof. Eicke Weber, Director Fraunhofer ISE
		Peter Fath, CTO centrotherm Photovoltaics
		Markus Hoehner, CEO EuPD Research
		Winfried Hoffmann, President EPIA
		Nikolaus Meyer, COO Sulfurcell
		Gerhard Rauter, COO Q-Cells
		Prof. Hans-Werner Schock, Head of Institute Technology, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
18:00-18:10		Closing Heinz Kundert, President, SEMI / PV Group
19:00-open end		Conference Dinner (Wasserwerk Berlin, more on www.wasserwerk-berlin.de)
09:00-15:00		Company Visits 9 March, 2010 (more detailed Agenda here)
		Solon SE
		SOLON SE is one of the largest manufacturers of solar modules in Europe as well as a supplier of solar system technology for large-scale rooftop and Greenfield installations. The SOLON Group has subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and the U.S. and employs some 900 people worldwide. SOLON’s core business is producing solar modules and photovoltaic systems along with planning and constructing large rooftop installations and turnkey solar power plants all over the world.  Program: Introduction by Lars Podlowski, CTO Balcony tour of production line Visit of energy efficient SOLON Headquarter Building
		Sulfurcell
		Sulfurcell has been manufacturing and developing thin- film solar modules based on chalcopyrite-type semiconductors (CIS/CIGSe) since 2003. As an industrial company in Berlin our origin is at the Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Europe’s largest research institute on thin-film photovoltaics. To date technological leadership as well as continuous improvement of our products have been our principal goals. Program: Introduction of Sulfurcell Balcony tour of production (ramping up) Tour to roof
		Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
		In the department of solar energy our scientists are working on the next generation of solar cells, including new kinds of materials and innovative cell structures. Long-term goals are to develop efficient and competitive thin film solar cells and multispectral cells. Thin-film technologies are developed to a stage where industrial applications can follow as the next step. As cofounder of the Photovoltaic Competence Centre (PVcomB) HZB supports the technology transfer to the industry.   Program: Introduction of Helmholtz Zentrum Tour of BESSY Visit of laboratories
		For more information about the PV Fab Managers Forum please contact: Stephan Raithel at sraithel@semi.org