1^st PV Production Equipment Conference

Location: M,O,C, Munich, Germany

Conference Chairmen:
Michael Schmela, PHOTON International / 
Paul Grunow, Photovoltaic Institute Berlin

7:30
REGISTRATION + Coffee, Croissant

8:30 - 8:35
CONFERENCE OPENING
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International

8:35 - 9:00
KEYNOTE
• What PV can learn from the semiconductor industry
  Charlie Gay, Applied Materials

9:00 - 10:15
INGOTS & WAFERS
• Challenges for ingot & wafer production:
  A manufacturer‘s view
  Mario Behrendt, SolarWorld
• Multicrystalline growth equipment
  Chandra Khattak, GT Solar
• Monocrystalline growth equipment
  Michael Volk, PVA TePla
• Wafering
  Stefan Schneeberger, HCT

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:30
CELL PRODUCTION
• Challenges for crystalline silicon cell production:
  A manufacturer‘s view
  Nasreen Chopra, SunPower
• Etching
  Gerry Knoch, Rena
• Diffusion
  Josef Haase, Centrotherm
• Antireflection coating
  Sylvia Roth, Roth & Rau
• Screen printing
  Paul Kasulke, Baccini
• Cell testing & sorting
  Dieter Manz, Manz Automation

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch

13:30 - 14:30
MODULE PRODUCTION
• Challenges for crystalline module production:
  A manufacturer‘s view
  Frans van den Heuvel, Scheuten Solar
• Tabbing & Stringing
  Brian Micciche, Komax Systems York
• Encapsulation
  Masafumi Ito, NPC
• Solar Simulators
  Detlev Berger, Berger Lichttechnik

14:30 - 15:45
THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY
• Challenges for thin-film module production:
  A manufacturer‘s view
  Jörg Baumbach, Avancis
• TCO deposition equipment for thin-film solar cells
  Michael Liehr, Leybold Optics
• Laser applications in thin-film mass module production
  Richard Grundmüller, InnoLas
• Turn key lines for thin-film silicon factories
  Johannes Meier, Oerlikon

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:30
GW-SIZE PV PRODUCTION FACTORIES
• Different concepts for a fully integrated
  1 GW PV factory
  Peter Fath, SolMic
• Automation for mass production
  Steffen Günther, Reiss Robotics
• Quality & process control
  Eric Rüland, GP Solar
• Facility design roadmap for large-scale
  PV manufacturing
  Robert Gattereder, M+W Zander

17:30 - 18:00
PANEL DISCUSSION – »How will PV factories look like
in 2015, and where will they be located?«

18:00 - 18:15
CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS

After the conference all participants are invited to join
the industry reception at the PV Technology Show.