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Tuesday 16 April 2013 |
| 08:00 |
Registration and get together with snacks and drinks |
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| 09:00 |
Opening session - Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Rutger Schlatmann, PVcomB |
| 09:00 |
Opening speech |
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Karl-Heinz Remmers, Solarpraxis AG |
| 09:20 |
Challenges and Perspectives of Thin Film Photovoltaics |
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) |
| 09:45 |
Discussion Panel: Thin Film - Past, Present and Future |
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Stefan de Haan, IHS |
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Andreas Wade, International Thin-Film Solar Industry Association |
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Ioannis-Thomas Theologitis, EPIA |
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Florian Wessendorf, VDMA |
| 10:45 |
Questions and discussion |
| 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:30 |
Session: Politics and Markets |
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What would a favorable political situation for Thin-Film look like? What will the situation we can expect look like in 2013 and 2014 (in Germany)? And what will be the consequences for the thin-film PV industry? How do companies expect the world-wide market to develop in the short/medium term? Which markets do they expect to be the most promising ones? |
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Session Chair: Jonathan Gifford, pv magazine |
| 11:30 |
PV Market Overview |
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Stefan de Haan, IHS |
| 11:45 |
Regional Perspectives on PV: Maghreb |
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Badr Ikken, IRESEN |
| 12:00 |
Regional Perspectives on PV: MENA |
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Karim Asali, Dii |
| 12:15 |
Prospects for CIS Thin-film PV in the Japanese Market |
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Ichiro Sugiyama, Solar Frontier |
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| 12:30 |
Questions and discussion |
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| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 |
Session: Production, Quality and Bankability |
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Key issues: Does production in Germany still have potential? What are ways for cost reduction while maintaining quality? Thin-Film has always been a promising technology, has the industry delivered? What is the state of thin-film applications now? What about efficiency? In how far have efficiencies improved since 2008? What are the requirements for financing? Which technology will prevail and why? What is required for project financing? |
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Introduction and chair: Dr. Hasan AlBusairi, Renac |
| 14:30 |
Entire in-line metrology solutions for CIGS and CdTe PV production lines |
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Volker Birk, LayTec |
| 14:45 |
Experiences with Thin-Film in the field |
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Rajkumar Subbiah, Solarpraxis |
| 15:00 |
Take-Back and Recycling of Thin Film PV: The Technological and Legal Landscape |
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Jan Clyncke, PV CYCLE |
| 15:15 |
Risk Transfer for Photovoltaic Systems |
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Dr. Michael Härig, Marsh |
| 15:30 |
Assuring long term ROE with large scale PV projects |
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Rosa Tarragó, Prime Capital |
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| 15:45 |
Questions and discussion |
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| 16:30 |
Coffee break |
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| 17:00 |
Session: Rising from the Ashes: New Applications and Visions for the future |
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Thin-Film has unique potentials to be used in the eletronics of tomorrow - where do the potentials lie? W hich are the important fields of application? When will new scientific developments be ready for market applications? What stimulus does the industry need? What are the partnerships that need to be shaped now? |
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Introduction and chair: Prof. Dr. Bernd Szyszka, Technische Universität Berlin |
| 17:00 |
Building integrated PV |
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Dr. Claas Helmke, Masdar PV |
| 17:20 |
PV after the feed-in era: Decentralized electricity generation for consumers and mobility |
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Dr. Florian Holzapfel, CALYXO GmbH |
| 17:40 |
Electromobility and Renewables |
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Thomas Meißner, Deputy Director, Berlin Agency for Electromobility eMO |
| 18:00 |
Mobile Metering – New Business Models for E-Mobility |
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Arwen Collel, ubitricity |
| 18:20 |
Questions and discussion |
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| 19:00 |
End of the conference |
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| 19:45 |
Dinner Event |
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The Dinner is organized by PVcomB as Part of the Thin-Film Week and requires separate registration. Please click here for more information. |
