9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairpersons:
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany
Co-Moderator:
• Ruurd Boomsma, RBC Consultants, Liechtenstein

Invited speakers

9:10 - 9:30
FUNDAMENTALS
• Ryan Boas, PHOTON Consulting, USA
»The PV train has left the station – Is thin film on board?«

9:30 - 10:30
SUBSTRATES
• Frank Best, Saint Gobain, France
»Glass substrates for thin-film modules«
• Thomas Schmitz, Mpm-tec, Germany
»Glass-handling in TF fabs – errors and solutions«
• David Bruns, Veeco, USA
»Opportunities & Challenges for CIGS flexible substrates –
An equipment manufacturer’s perspective«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45
ABSORBERS
• Christophe Ballif, EPFL, Switzerland
»Status and trends for silicon thin films: Requirements for new equipment«
• Michael Liehr, Leybold Optics, Germany
»A-Si/micromorph deposition equipment«
• Michael Powalla, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Germany
»Status and trends for CIGS thin films: Requirements for new equipment«
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm, Germany
»CIGS module manufacturing technology«
• Ayodhya Tiwari, Swiss Laboratories for Materials Testing (EMPA), Switzerland
»Status and trends for CIGS thin films: Requirements for new equipment«
• Tobias Kiesewetter, Roth & Rau CTF Solar, Germany
»CdTe deposition equipment«

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 15:30
BACK-END TCOs & SCRIBING
• Florian Ruske, Helmholz Center, Germany
»Status and trends for depositing thin-film contacts«
• Wiro Zijlmans, Smit Ovens, The Netherlands
»Cost-effective CVD solutions for TCO's«
• Wilmert De Bosscher, Bekaert Advanced Coatings, Belgium
»Achieving excellent AZO Layer performance:
The Importance of matching the right cylindrical target with the appropriate magnetron hardware«
• Hartmut Nussbaumer, Rena, Germany
»Overview on wet processes in thin-film module production«
• Heather Booth, Oerlikon, Switzerland
»Laser systems for industrial thin-film PV manufacturing«
• Gert Doucet, DuPont, Belgium
»Latest developments in thin-film encapsulant technology«

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00
TOWARD LOWER COSTS – QUALITY CONTROL, AUTOMATION & FACTORY PLANNING
• Craig Hunter, Intermolecular, USA
»Combinatorial solar cell fabrication to accelerate high-efficiency thin-film PV«
• Ariel Ben-Porath, Brightview, Israel
»Quality control in thin-film module factories«
• Klaus Eberhardt, M+W Group, Germany
»Smart design of environmentally benign and cost-efficient thin-film PV manufacturing facilities«
• Egbert Wenninger, Grenzebach, Germany
»Intelligent automation concepts boosting thin-film PV line efficiency«

17:00 - 18:30
INTERNATIONAL TF MANUFACTURERS HEADING FOR LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION
• Subhendu Guha, United Solar, USA
»Advances in thin-film silicon photovoltaic:
From innovation to commercialization«
• Jordi Andreu, T-Solar, Spain
»A-Si: Single junction on glass«
• Liyou Yang, Astronergy, China
»A-Si: Micromorph«
• Johannes Segner, Solibro, Germany
»CIGS thin-film modules«

18:30 - 18:35
CONFERENCE SUMMARY