CIS – High efficiency and low cost? 9:00 - 9:05 CONFERENCE OPENING Chairpersons: Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany Ruurd Boomsma, RBC Consulting, Liechtenstein Manfred Bächler, MB Consult, Germany Invited speakers: 9:05 - 9:30 KEYNOTE • Greg Ashley, Solar Frontier, Japan 9:30 - 10:15 EFFICIENCY & COST • Rommel Noufi, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), USA »Promises & challenges of CIGS technology« • Smittipon Srethapramote, Morgan Stanley, USA »Costs of CIS vs. other thin-film technologies and c-Si« 10:15 - 11:15 PERFORMANCE: TALES FROM LAB AND FIELD • Chris Flueckinger, UL, USA »Quality testing during certification process of CIS modules« • Alain Garnier, Saint Gobain, USA »Glass for CIS modules - the latest on R&D for cover glass and glass substrates« • Martina Siebmanns, PHOTON Lab, Germany »Outdoor test results for TF modules at PHOTON test site« 11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break 11:35 - 13:00 TECHNOLOGY: CHOOSING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO SCALE BIG AT LOW COST • Joachim Nell, Manz, Germany »Turnkey lines for CIGS production« • Peter Fath, Centrotherm, Germany »Equipment for flexible CIGS modules« • John Patrin, Veeco, USA »CIGS deposition equipment« • Chris O' Brien, Oerlikon, Switzerland »Silicon thin-film turnkey lines for modules costing 50 euro cents per W« 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 CIS COMPANIES HEADING FOR TERAWATT-HOUR MODULE MANUFACTURING I • Jaap van der Burgt, Avancis, Germany • Lars Stolt, Solibro / Q-Cells, Germany • Billy J. Stanbery, HelioVolt, USA • Aaron Thurlow, Stion, USA • Nikolaus Meyer, Sulfurcell, Germany 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:30 CIS COMPANIES HEADING FOR TERAWATT-HOUR MODULE MANUFACTURING II • Ben Bierman, Solyndra, USA • Mustafa Pinarbasi, SoloPower, USA • Joe Armstrong, Ascent, USA • Dave Pearce, Nuvosun, USA 17:30 - 18:30 EXECUTIVE PANEL: CIS – THIN FILM'S SAVIOR?