7^th Solar Silicon Conference – 
»WHO ARE THE COST LEADERS?«

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

9:15 - 9:45
KEYNOTE  
• Eicke Weber, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany (confirmed)

9:45 - 10:15
FUNDAMENTALS 
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)
• Richard Winegarner, Sage Concepts, USA (confirmed)

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee-Break

10:45 - 12:15
THE TRADITIONAL WAY: SIEMENS & FBR
• Graham Fisher, MEMC, USA (confirmed)
• Manuel Vales, Siliken, Spain (confirmed)
• Donato Di Noia, M.Setek, Japan (confirmed)
• Nick Sarno, LDK, China (confirmed)
• Hunter Jiang, GCL Silicon, China (confirmed)
• Yao Gongda, Daqo, China (confirmed)

12:15 - 13:15
Lunch

13:15 - 15:00
THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:
UPGRATED METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON
• Gaёtan Borgers, Dow Corning, USA (confirmed)
• Inge Grubben-Strømnes, Elkem Solar (Orkla), Norway (confirmed)
• René Boisvert, Bécancour Silicon (Timminco), Canada
(confirmed)
• Chip Luo, Jaco SolarSi, China (confirmed)
• David Dunnison, 6N Silicon, Canada (confirmed)
• Gianluca Coletti, Energy Centre of the Netherlands (ECN),
the Netherlands (confirmed)
»Standards for UMG Silicon«

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee-Break

15:30 - 17:00
INSIGHT ON COSTS AND PRICES AND FACTORY PLANNING
• Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)
»Costs structures overview«
• Ken Choudhary, Fluor Enterprises, USA (confirmed)
»Factory planning – theory and reality«
• Albrecht Mozer, Centrotherm SiTec GmbH, Germany (confirmed)
»Price structure for a polysilicon plant / equipment«
• Dave Keck, GT Solar, USA (confirmed)
»Production cost as a function of factory size/technology«
• Alexander Berg, Schmid Silicon Technology, Germany (confirmed)
»Monosilane silicon plants«

17:00 - 18:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT IS THE RIGHT STRATEGY?
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm, Germany (confirmed)
• Peter Woditsch, Deutsche Solar AG, Germany (confirmed)
• Donato Di Noia, M.Setek, Japan (confirmed)
• Richard Winegarner, Sage Concepts, USA (confirmed)
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)

18:00 - 18:15
SUMMARY 
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA (confirmed)