Preparing for the upcoming solar power wave: How to turn GWs of contracts into multiple terawatt-hours of solar power 9:00 - 9:05 CONFERENCE OPENING Chairperson: Garrett Hering, PHOTON International, USA Invited speakers: 9:05 - 9:30 KEYNOTE • John Geesman, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), USA »Where do we go from here?« 9:30 - 10:45 FUNDAMENTALS – THE CONVERGENCE OF SOLAR AND UTILITY INDUSTRIES Chair: Sanjay Shrestha, Lazard Capital Markets, USA • David Rubin, Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), USA »Utility solar business models« • Jason Chee-Aloy, Power Advisory, Canada »Canada's solar boom in Ontario« • Paul Douglas, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), USA »Solar in California's RPS program« • Shannon Eddy, Large-Scale Solar Association (LSA), USA »Transmission and siting needs« 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 12:45 GRID INTEGRATION – ENABLING A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO HIGH SOLAR PENETRATION Chair: Sanjay Shrestha, Lazard Capital Markets, USA • James McIntosh, California Independent System Operator, USA »Integrating solar into the California grid« • Janice Lin, California Energy Storage Alliance, USA »Storage solutions to enable continued fast solar growth« • Jacob Rikard Nielsen, Rubenius, UAE »NaS storage technology - plans for 1 GW facility« • Ward Bower, Sandia National Laboratory, USA »Improving / maintaining the grid with large-scale solar« 12:45 - 13:45 Lunch 13:45 - 16:00 IMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS Chair: Sanjay Shrestha, Lazard Capital Markets, USA • Cris Eugster, CPS Energy, USA »Big solar in Texas« • Eran Mahrer, Arizona Public Service, USA »Utility experience with a variety of solar technologies« • Tom Starrs, SunPower, USA • Peter Lorenz, Quanta Services, USA »PV system price – How low can you go?« • Aaron Johnson, Pacific Gas & Electric, USA »PG&E's solar portfolio« • Mark Fillenger, First Solar, USA »The new scale of utility-scale PV« 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 - 18:30 FINANCING SOLAR POWER PLANTS Chair: Matt Cheney, ClearPath Ventures, USA • Keith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke, USA »What’s new in solar project finance« • Greg Rosen, Union Bank, USA »Optimizing a solar project's financial structure« • John Cheney, Silverado Power