Programme - Morning session

9:00

Registration
Welcome coffee & tea

Overview of international PV markets and new technologies
Chairperson: Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials GmbH & Co. KG
Konzerthaus: Round Conference Hall

9:45

Opening and welcome address
Prof. Dr. Eike Weber, Director
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
(FhG ISE), Germany

10:00

Development of the Top 10 solar PV markets by 2010
Ms. Paula Mints, Director
Navigant Consulting, USA

10:30

Crystalline silicon cell & module technology
Dr. Ingo Schwirtlich, Vice President Global R & D
Schott Solar GmbH, Germany

11:00

Technology overview: Thin film
Dr. Michael Powalla
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW), Germany

11:30

Technology overview: Concentrator technology
Dr. Andreas Bett, Head of Group III-V cells
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (FhG ISE), Germany

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break

Programme - Afternoon sessions

Thin film and concentrator technologies

Chairperson: Dr. M. Powalla, ZSW / Dr. A. Bett, FhG ISE
Konzerthaus: Round Conference Hall

13:30

CIS technology outlook
Mr. Lars Stolt, CEO
Solibro AB, Sweden

14:00

Status of thin-film Si Technology
Mr. Peter Lechner, Director Development Thin Film
Schott Solar GmbH, Germany

14:30

Cd Te technology outlook
Mr. Stefan Hansen, Managing Director
First Solar GmbH, Germany

15:00

The first high efficiency thin film silicon PV module
Mr. Hiromu Takatsuka, Production Manager Modules
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee & tea Break

16:00

Analysis of field experience of high concentration PV systems
Dr. Alexander Slade, Vice President of Technology
Amonix, USA

16:30

Experience in concentrator technology
Mr. Dave Holland
Solarsystems, Australia

17:00

Chairperson's closing remarks

Productive applications in rural electrification

Chairperson: Mr. Rafael Wiese, PSE GmbH
Konzerthaus: Conference Room 5

13:30

Off-grid PV application for rural development
Mr. Chayun Budiono, Director
SunTechnics Energy Systems Pte.Ltd., Singapore

14:00

Next rural electrification - intelligent PV-hybrid grids
Dr. Matthias Vetter, Head of Group Remote Power Supply
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (FhG ISE), Germany

14:30

Load management for village power supply:
field experience
Mr. Xavier Vallve, Project Director
Trama TecnoAmbiental (TTA), Spain

15:00

Village electrification in China:
BOT with local partners
Dr. Martin Gorn, Director Export Sales
Schott Solar GmbH, Germany

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee & tea Break

16:00

PV-powered communication centers in Gambia
Mr. Omar Njie, Managing Director
NICE Ltd., Gambia

16:30

What is needed to make a project profitable in Africa
Mr. Jon Adams, Managing Partner
solar 23 cc, South Africa

17:00

Chairperson's closing remarks