PHOTON's 8^th Solar Silicon Conference:
»ASIAN SILICON IN TIMES OF THE CRISIS«

9:00
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairpersons:
• Anne Kreutzmann, PHOTON, Germany

Invited speakers:

9:05 - 9:30
KEYNOTE
• Light Peng, LDK, China
»A comprehensive PV business approach:
From silicon production to solar electricity projects«

9:30 - 10:30
FUNDAMENTALS: SUPPLY, DEMAND AND PRICES
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA
• Charles Yonts, Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA),
Hong Kong
• Sunil Gupta, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee-Break

11:00 - 12:45
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm, Gemany
»UMG – Right technology but wrong timing?«
• George Xiao, LXE, USA
»FBR technology – Challenges and Solutions –
also for STC conversion
• Bjørn Sandberg, Norway
»Siemens – incumbant forever?«
• Manuel Vales, Siliken, Spain
»Silane / TCS«
• Shawn Qu, Canadian Solar
»Silicon Product Quality Control«

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 15:30
SILICON IN ASIA – I
• N.N., N.N.
»Overview on framework conditions for silicon production
in Asian countires«
• Hunter Jiang, GCL, China
»Strong expansion despite crisis«
• Stuart Brannigan, Yingli, China
»Why it makes sense to start in-house poly production in
times of oversupply«
• Panjian Li, Renesola, China
»From silicon to modules – downstream intergration«
• Chip Luo, Jaco, China
»How to succeed producing UMG silicon«
• N.N., Shenzhou Silicon
• Chen Shaozhang, Sichuan Xinguang, China

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee-Break

16:00 - 17:30
SILICON IN ASIA – II
• Hiroyuki Oda, Tokuyama, Japan
»Growth strategy update«
• Min Kyu Lim, OCI (formerly DC Chem), Korea
»Growth strategy update«
• Young Min Yoo, Hankook Silicon, Korea
»Starting silicon production in Korea«
• Simon Chang, Top Green Energy Technologies, Taiwan
»Starting silicon production in Taiwan«
• Tony Hung, Muto, Taiwan
»Revival of a chemical alternative way to Siemens«
• York Tsuo, AE Silicon, USA/Taiwan
»FBR for solar silicon«

17:30 - 18:30
TALKS & PANEL
»The effects of silicon oversupply«