PHOTON's 2^nd Solar Electric Utility Conference
»STRATEGIES TO MANAGE A VERY QUICKLY AND STRONGLY GROWING SHARE OF SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION«

Chairperson: 
• Anne Kreutzmann, PHOTON Europe, Germany (confirmed)

9:00 - 9:15
CONFERENCE OPENING
• Anne Kreutzmann, PHOTON Europe, Germany (confirmed)

9:15 - 10:30
FUNDAMENTALS
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)
»Solar – A challenge for traditional electric utilities«
• Dirk Briese, Trend Research, Germany
»Photovoltaics in the German Electricity Market until 2020«
• Sven Bode, Arrhenius Consult, Germany (confirmed)
»PV and liberalized electricity markets«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee-Break

11:00 - 12:30
UTILITY ACTIVITIES OF PV COMPANIES
• Charles Gay, Applied Materials, USA (confirmed)
• Julie Blunden, SunPower, USA (confirmed)
• Stephan Hansen, First Solar, USA (confirmed)

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch

13:30 - 14:15
PV ACTIVITIES OF UTILITIES
• David Rubin, Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), USA (confirmed)
• Umberto Magrini, Enel Green Power, Italy (confirmed)

14:15 - 15:15
TECHNICAL & ECONOMICAL CHALLENGES
• Stefan Bofinger, Institute for Solar Energy Supply Technology (ISET), Germany (confirmed)
»Forecasting solar irradiation«
• Volker Wachenfeld, SMA Solar Technology, Germany (confirmed)
»Grid integration«
• Ingo Rehmann, Greentech, Germany (confirmed)
»Contracting: A new way of selling solar electricity in Europe«

15:15 - 15:45
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)
• Stephan Hansen, First Solar, USA
• Umberto Magrini, Enel Green Power, Italy
• Ingo Rehmann, Greentech, Germany
• David Rubin, Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), USA
• Volker Wachenfeld, SMA Solar Technology, Germany

15:45 - 16:00
SUMMARY
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)