PHOTON's 1^st PV Thin-film Conference
Dec. 3, 2008; San Francisco

9:00 - 9:05
CONFERENCE OPENING
Chairpersons:
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany
• Paul Basore, REC, USA

9:05 - 9:35
KEYNOTE
• Lars Podlowski, Solon AG, Germany

9:35 - 10:00
FUNDAMENTALS
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA
»Global thin-film production outlook«

10:00 - 10:45
STATUS & POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENT THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGIES
• Chris Ferekides, University of South Florida, USA
»Cadmium telluride (CdTe) cells«
• Reinhard Carius, Research Center Jülich, Germany
»Silicon thin-film cells«
• Ayodhya Tiwari, Swiss Federal Material Science and Technology Institute, Switzerland
»CIGS cells«

10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45
TECHNOLOGY: TESTING & PERFORMANCE
• Stephan Krauter, Photovoltaic Institute Berlin, Germany
»Problems of thin-film modules in quality certification tests«
• Luke Strzegowski, STR, USA
»Encapsulation of thin-film modules«
• Heribert Schmidt, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
»Inverter specifics for thin-film technology«
• Mark Culpepper, SunEdison, USA
»Evaluation of c-Si vs. TF from leading US solar services provider«

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:30
COSTS, PRICES & INVESTMENTS
• Dave Seburn, PHOTON Consulting, USA
»Silane supply for silicon thin films«
• Michael W. George, U.S. Geological Survey
»Raw materials for CIS, CdTe«
• Sunil Gupta, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong
»Thin-film technology: A view from the sell-side«
• Craig Cornelius, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, USA
»Evaluating TF investments: Levelized cost of electricity«
• Ryan Boas, PHOTON Consulting, USA
»Thin-film modules: Cost & price outlook«

15:30 - 15:50
Coffee break

15:50 - 17:30
WHO'S THE NEXT FIRST SOLAR?
• Michael Bauer, Q-Cells, Germany
• Subhendu Guha, United Solar (ECD), USA
• Fumihiro Tanikawa, Kaneka, Japan
• Kelly Truman, Solyndra, USA
• Martin Roscheisen, Nanosolar, USA
• Siegfried Irl, Inventux, Germany
• Pascal Noronha, AVA Solar, USA

17:30 - 18:15
EXECUTIVE PANEL:
»THIN FILMS: COMPETITIVE ON ALL FRONTS?«
• Subhendu Guha, United Solar, USA
• Lars Podlowski, Solon AG, Germany
• Jim Thompson, Oerlikon Solar, Switzerland

18:15 - 18:30
SUMMARY
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany