1^st PV Glass Conference

8:00
Registration


8:30
Conference Opening
Chairman:
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany 


8:30 - 9:15
FUNDAMENTALS
• Mark Farber, PHOTON Consulting, USA
  »A solar CEO‘s perspective on glass«
• Heiko Hessenkemper, Technical University of Freiberg, 
  Germany
  »Boundary conditions for solar glass production«


9:15 - 10:30
THE BIG SOLAR GLASS SUPPLIERS: 
Products and Production 
• Weinan Li, CSG Solar Glass, China
• Alain Garnier, Saint Gobain, France
• Patrick Van Bortel, AGC Solar, Japan
• Thomas Hofmann, Centrosolar, Germany


10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break


11:00 - 12:15
QUALITY CONTROL & PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR SOLAR GLASS 
• Francois Pahmer, Stein-Heutey /Fives Stein, France 
  »Float glass plants for PV glass«
• Hans Mahrenholtz, Linde, Germany
  »Ecological assessment of solar glass melting«
• Dexter Chan, Arkema Pte Ltd., Singapore
  »CVD coating technologies for PV glass«
• Peter Eikmeyer, Isra Vision, Germany
  »Sunny views: Optical quality inspection for the solar industry«


12:15  - 13:00
PANEL DISCUSSION – Solar Glass: Supply & Demand