3^rd PV Equipment Conference: 
»Ways to reduce cost of ownership«


9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING
Chairpersons: 
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International (confirmed)
• Lars Podlowski, Solon AG (confirmed)

9:10 - 9:40
KEYNOTE 
How to mass manufacture the next generation of solar cells 
• Larry Kazmerski, NREL, USA (confirmed)

9:40 - 10:30
INGOT & WAFERS
Equipment needs of a large wafer manufacturer
• Yuepeng Wan, LDK, China (confirmed)
Large scale Wafer production – case studies 
• Klaus Eberhardt, Applied Materials, USA (confirmed)

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee-Break

11:00 - 12:15
CELL PRODUCTION + MATERIALS
Status and trends of crystalline silicon cell manufacturing 
• Daniel Biro, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany (confirmed)
Solar Equipment Requirements for Grid Parity 
• Nasreen Chopra, SunPower Corp., USA (confirmed) 
Innovative product with great potential for future 
cost reduction
• Mike O'Riley, Optomec, USA (confirmed)
Cell production lines – case studies 
• Peter Fath, GP Solar, Germay (confirmed)

12:15 - 13:15
Lunch 

13:15 - 14:30
MODULE PRODUCTION + MATERIALS
The Netherlands Status and trends of solar module manufacturing 
• Martin Spath, ECN, The Netherlands (confirmed)
Innovative photovoltaic processes
• Klaus Bamberg, Apollon Solar, France (confirmed)
Backsheet foils: Beyond Tedlar
• Karlheinz Brust, August Krempel Soehne, Germany 
  (confirmed)
Designing a highly-automated module factory – 
a case study 
• Jürgen Heller, Schmid Group (confirmed)

14:30 - 15:30
THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY
Status and trends of thin-film manufacturing 
• Roland Scheer, Hahn Meitner Institute, Germany (confirmed)
Equipment supplier strategy of a manufacturer of 
thin-film modules
• Oliver Hartley, Q-Cells, Germany (confirmed)
Designing thin-film lines – a case study 
• Hans Ebinger, Oerlikon, Switzerland (confirmed)

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee-Break 

16:00 - 17:00
QUALITY CONTROL 
Will we ever measure power correctly? 
• Ralf Adelhelm, PV Consultant, Germany (confirmed)
Characterisation in PV manufacturing
• Paul Grunow, Photovoltaic Institute Berlin (confirmed)
The PV equipment / supplier challenge: From customer 
R&D to »integrated« innovation
• Chris Buckland, ib vogt, Germany (confirmed)

17:00 - 17:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: 
Ways to reduce cost of ownership
• Hans Autenrieth, Centrotherm photovoltaics AG, Germany 
• Oliver Hartley, Q-Cells AG, Germany
• Larry Kazmerski, NREL, USA

18:00
EXHIBITORS RECEPTION AT PV EXPO SHOW