4^th Solar Silicon Conference: NEW SOURCES

Location: M,O,C, Munich, Germany

April 2, 2007

18:00 - 21:00
REGISTRATION + Welcome Drink

April 3, 2007

7:00
REGISTRATION + Coffee, Croissant 

8:30 - 8:35
CONFERENCE OPENING
• Anne Kreutzmann, PHOTON International 

8:35 - 8:50
KEYNOTE
• Hans-Josef Fell, Bavarian Solar Initiatives

8:50 - 9:20
FUNDAMENTALS
• Supply, Demand and Prices
  Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA 

9:20 - 10:15
DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON SUPPLY I – 
Growth of the traditional Players

• Silicon Supply Options for the PV Industry
  Gary Homan, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation (HSC), 
  USA 

• Silicon production of REC: Status and future projects
  Gøran Bye, REC Renewable Energy Corp. ASA, Norway
  
• M.Setek's upstream integration into Silicon 
  with new Polysilicon Plant
  Donato Di Noia, M. Setek Co. Ltd., Japan

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00
DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON SUPPLY I I – 
New entrants with Siemens Process

• A new silicon production facility in France
  Frank Wouters, SilPro SAS, France 

• How Hoku is Building its Polysilicon and Solar Business
  Dustin M. Shindo, Hoku Scientific, Inc.,  USA 

• Design and Process Changes for a 
  Solar Grade Polysilicon Plant
  Jan Maurits, Poly Plant Project Inc., USA 

• Silicon factory planning based on Siemens reactors:
  Status and future challenges
  Albrecht Mozer, Solmic GmbH, Germany 

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch

13:00 - 14:45
DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON SUPPLY III – 
Purifying metallurgical silicon

• Dow Corning: The First Supplier of Commercial Solar 
  MG-Si Reveals Next Steps
  Gaetan Borgers, Dow Corning, USA 

• Elkem Solar AS announces 5,000-ton solar MG-Si plant –
  as a first step
  Ragnar Tronstad, Elkem Solar AS, Norway

• JFE'S Metallurgical Process for Authentic SOG Silicon
  Shoichi Hiwasa, JFE Steel Corp., Japan 

• The Silbec Process for the production 
  of solar grade silicon 
  René Boisvert, Bécancour Silicon Inc., Canada 

• Solar Grade Silicon Production plans of Solarvalue
  John Mott, Solarvalue Proizvodnja d.d., Slovenia

• Silicon factory planning based on cleaning MG silicon:
  Status and future challenges 
  Peter Fath, Solmic GmbH, Germany 

14:45 - 15:15
Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:45
DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON SUPPLY IV – 
Alternative  approaches 

• Polysilicon manufacturing implementing the reduction of
  silicon tetrachloride with zinc vapor:
  A very uncommon approach from Chisso
  Masatsugu Yamaguchi, Japan Solar Silicon Inc., 
  Japan 

• Development of Processes for Production of Polysilicon,
  Including Tribromosilane FB
  Dr. John C. Schumacher, 
  CEO of Peak Sun Silicon Corporation, USA 

• Progress on PV Silicon Technology at 
  ARISE Technologies Corporation
  Ian MacLellan, President and CEO, ARISE Technologies
  Corporation, USA 

• The Process of City Solar 
  Gerd Lippold and Michael Nitzert of City Solar 
  will answer questions

• Buying silicon from unknown sources: 
  How to test product quality
  Rob Bushman, Silicon Recycling Services, Inc

16:45 - 17:30
PANEL DISCUSSION – Will there be oversupply?

Discussing:

• Martin Rüter, CEO, Conergy AG 

• Gary Homan, Vice President Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. 

• Morten Hansen, CEO Elkem Solar AS 

• Prof. Dr. Peter Woditsch, CEO Deutsche Solar AG

• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA 

17:30 - 18:00
CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS
• Summary
  Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting