Progress on PV Silicon Technology at ARISE Technologies Corporation

Ian MacLellan, 
President and CEO, ARISE Technologies Corporation, USA

Mr. Ian MacLellan has 30 years of experience in sales, engineering, venture capital, acquisitions, running two public companies and is a leading Canadian solar energy expert. He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnic University as an Electrical Engineering Technologist. He then spent ten years with Motorola, Hewlett Packard and Oracle in various technical, sales and management positions. In 1989 he founded Creation Venture Capital Corporation, which made several successful investments – mostly in electronic manufacturers – and then sold his interest in late 1995. 

In 1996, he consulted for Solar Design Associates, a world leader in solar energy and for a related company, Advanced Energy Systems, where he became the Chairman of the Board. In 1997, he founded ARISE Technologies Corporation, now one of Canada's leading solar energy companies. The main focus over the last several years is developing next generation high efficiency silicon and PV technology with the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and several industry partners.

Ian MacLellan will provide an update on the progress that ARISE has made on it's PV Silicon Pilot Plant Program since his presentation at Photon's Solar Silicon Conference last year. He will discuss recent financial, business and technical results. Furthermore, he will provide the company's perspective on integrating silicon and wafer technology strategies and their requirements for high efficiency PV cells.

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