9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairperson:
• Hugo Rodríguez San Segundo, PHOTON Europe, Germany

Invited speakers

9:10 - 9:35
KEYNOTE
• Joe McGee, Jabil Circuit, USA
»Jabil renewable energy«

9:35 - 10:30
FUNDAMENTALS
Co-Moderator: Chandra Khattak
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm, Gemany
»Low-cost production: Fully integrated c-Si module factory«
• Frans van den Heuvel, Scheuten Solar, Netherlands
»Cost-effective PV production in Western Europe«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45
INGOTS AND WAFERS
Co-Moderator: Chandra Khattak
• Peter Weier, Arnold, Germany
»Automated block processing concepts in front of the wafering process«
• Henrik Franz, ALD Vacuum Technologies, Germany
»Low-cost multicrystalline ingot casting«
• Zhixin Li, JYT, China
»Crystal growth equipment: Made in China«
• Bond Wang, Longji Silicon Technologies, China
»Magnetic CZ ingots for higher efficiencies«
• Alexander Beck, Meyer Burger Technology, Switzerland
»Meyer Burger waferline innovation«

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 15:30
CELL PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS
• Joachim John, IMEC, Belgium
»Status and trends of cell development: Requirements for equipment manufacturers«
• Frank van Mierlo, 1366 Technologies, USA
»Solar energy at the cost of coal«
• Christian Buchner, Schmid Group, Germany
»The Schmid strategy«
• Gunnar Schubert, Sunways, Germany
»Metallization: The latest innovations to lower costs«

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:15
MODULE PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS
• Jan Bultman, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Netherlands
»Status and trends of solar module development: Requirements for equipment manufacturers«
• Sylvère Leu, 3S Swiss Solar Systems, Switzerland
»Challenges to producing high-quality solar modules«
• Gaetan Borgers, Dow Corning, USA
» Inline process: Update on silicone encapsulation solution«
• Wolfgang Plösch, Isovolta, Austria
»New trends for module backsheets«

17:15 - 18:25
QUALITY CONTROL AND LINE OPTIMIZATION
Co-Moderator: Richard Clebolski
• Markus Pohlen, Op-tection, Germany
»Overview on different quality control technologies and inline analysis systems«
• Andreas Strauch, AIS Automation Dresden, Germany
»Manufacturing Execution System (MES): Case studies«
• Thomas Schmidt, TST-C, Germany
»Cell factory design: The most common mistakes and how to avoid them«
• Markus Steinkötter, Sunnyside upP, Germany
»Optimization of costs and throughput for smaller-scale module lines«

18:25 - 18:30
CONFERENCE SUMMARY