| | Pre-conference seminar - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon | Technologies and materials for the maturing PV market
Johanna Schmidtke, Senior Analyst, LUX RESEARCH |
| 12:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 1:00-5:00 p.m. | PV Applications - From kiloWatts to MegaWatts
Steven Strong, President, SOLAR DESIGN ASSOCIATES LLC |
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| | Day one - Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome and opening remarks from the conference chairs
Jean Posbic, Balance of Systems Technology Manager, BP SOLAR
Lawrence Kazmerski, Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships, NREL |
| 8:15 a.m. | KEYNOTE: Pulse of the PV Industry
Tom Dyer, Senior Vice President, KYOCERA SOLAR INC |
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| | Market Overview and Outlook |
| 8:45 a.m. | Market Dynamics in a Changing PV Industry
Paula Mints, Principal Analyst, NAVIGANT CONSULTING |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Technology and Opportunity Within the Maturing PV Market
Johanna Schmidtke, Senior Analyst, LUX RESEARCH |
| 9:45 a.m. | The US Photovoltaic Market - Facing Obstacles to Exploit Opportunities
Daniela Schrieber, Head of Strategic Operations, EUPD RESEARCH, Germany |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Merger and Acquisition Trends in the Solar Industry
Jack Calderon, Managing Director, LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL |
| | Manufacturing Trends and Developments |
| 11:15 a.m. |
KEYNOTE: Low Cost Utility Solar Farms Using Supersized Modules
Roger Little, Chairman & CEO, SPIRE |
| 11:45 a.m. | Crystalline Silicon vs. Thin Films vs. CPV -- And the Winner Is ....
Thomas Surek, President, SUREK PV CONSULTING |
| 12:15 p.m. | Luncheon |
| | BIPV and PV Financing |
| 1:45 p.m. | PV Project Financing: Utility, Federal & State Initiatives Designed to Support Development
Michael Mendelsohn, Senior Financial Analyst, NREL
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| 2:15 p.m. | Panel Presentation: PV Finance
Christopher J. Moakley, Chief Executive Officer, MERIDIAN CLEAN FUELS
Saurabh Anand, Vice President, DENHAM CAPITAL
Bruce Dickinson, VP, Sales, SOLARIA CORPORATION |
| 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| | Utility Scale PV |
| 4:15 p.m. | PV for Buildings: Product and Market Update
Steven Strong, President, SOLAR DESIGN ASSOCIATES LLC
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| 4:45 p.m. | Panel Presentation: Utility scale PV
Lori Singleton, Manager of Sustainability Initiatives and Technologies, SRP
Peter Lorenz, President, QUANTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES
Steve Clark, VP of Project Development Engineering, FIRST SOLAR (tentative)
Eran Mahrer, Director of Renewable Energy, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE |
| 6:15 p.m. | Reception |
| | Day two - Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| 7:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Opening remarks from the conference chairs
Jean Posbic, Balance of Systems Technology Manager, BP SOLAR
Lawrence Kazmerski, Executive Director, Science and Technology Partnerships, NREL |
| 8:15 a.m. |
KEYNOTE
Robert Petrina, Managing Director, YINGLI GREEN ENERGY AMERICAS |
| | Technology Developments and Perspectives |
| 8:45 a.m. | CPV Reliability and Modeling
Steve Horne, Chief Technical Officer, SOLFOCUS |
| 9:15 a.m. | Why The Stars are Aligning for CPV
Marc Cortez, Director of Product Marketing, AMONIX |
| 9:45 a.m. | New Trends for Flexible Thin-Film Photovoltaics
Jeffrey S. Britt, President & Chief Executive Officer, GLOBAL SOLAR ENERGY |
| 10:15 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Maintaining CdTe cost advantages over competing technologies
Mark Chen, Director of Marketing, ABOUND SOLAR |
| 11:15 a.m. | Development of a Universal PV Interface (UPVI)
John Berdner, General Manager, North America, SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES |
| 11:45 a.m. | Supporting High-Penetration PV with Energy Storage
Jim McDowall, Business Development Manager, SAFT AMERICA INC
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| 12:15 p.m. | Close of conference |
| 12:30 p.m. | All attendees and speakers are invited to a closing luncheon. |