9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairperson:
• Christoph Podewils, PHOTON Europe, Germany
Co-Moderator:
• Philipp Neff, Sovello, Germany

Invited Speakers

9:10 - 10:30
FUNDAMENTALS
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA
»Solar growth and its consequences«
• Sven Bode, Arrhenius Consult, Germany
»Changing electricity markets«
• Rolf Witzmann, Technical University of Munich, Germany
»PV capacity of distribution networks«
• Antonella Battaglini, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
»100 percent renewable electricity:
A roadmap to 2050 for Europe and North Africa«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45
UTILITY ACTIVITIES OF SOLAR COMPANIES
• Stephan Hansen, First Solar, USA
»Thin-film PV for utility-scale markets«
• Stephane Jallat, Solairedirect
»PV in France«
• Sean Murphy, SunRay (SunPower), Italy
»SunRay acquisition: Implications for EU utilities«

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 15:00
PV ACTIVITIES OF UTILITIES AND PROJECT DEVELOPERS
• Rainer Bäsmann, N.Ergie, Germany
»Challenges of handling massive PV installations:
A grid operator's view«
• Rolf J. Aaberg, Statkraft, Norway
»PV opportunities and challenges for a traditional utility company«
• Jens Harenberg, NorGer, Norway / Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Laufenburg, Switzerland
»Connecting renewables in Norway and Germany«

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
• Martin Braun, Fraunhofer IWES, Germany
»Support of power system operation by PV plants«
• Vincent Allilaire, Standard & Poor's, UK
»Assessing photovoltaic projects«
• Martha Schreiber, Cellstrom, Austria
»Storing solar energy in vanadium flow batteries«
• Frank Peter, Prognos, Germany
»Integrating solar: An attractive business for traditional utilities?«

16:30 - 17:30
EXECUTIVE PANEL