PHOTON's 1^st PV Start-up Conference
Dec. 2, 2008; San Francisco

9:00 - 9:05
CONFERENCE OPENING
Chairpersons:
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany
• Martha Symko-Davies, US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)

9:05 - 9:30
KEYNOTE
• Bruce Sohn, First Solar, USA

9:30 - 10:15
FUNDAMENTALS
• Jeffrey Grabow, Ernst & Young, USA
»Overview VC flow into PV sector«
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Germany
»Technological challenges for start ups – view from a leading equipment manufacturer«
• Bill Hulsey, Hulsey Intellectual Property Lawyers, USA
»Securing IP – chances and dangers for solar start-ups«

10:15 - 11:00
VC
• Michael Ware, Good Energies America, USA
• Abe Yokell, Rockport Capital, USA

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00
C-SI FEEDSTOCK
• Roy Johnson, Calisolar, USA
• David Dunnison, 6N, Canada

12:00 - 12:45
C-SI CELLS + MODULES I
• Matt Card, Suniva, USA
• Frank van Mierlo, 1366, USA

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 14:15
C-SI CELLS + MODULES II
• K.V. Ravi, Crystal Solar, USA
• Henry Hieslmair, Nanogram, USA

14:15 - 15:00
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
• Ofir Baharav, Xjet, Israel
• Zbigniew Barwicz, Sixtron, Canada

15:00 - 15:15
Coffee break

15:15 - 16:00
CPV + NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES
• Bob MacDonald, Skyline Solar, USA
• Steven D. White, Silicon Valley Solar, USA
• John Tuttle, Skypoint Solar, USA

16:00 - 17:00
BALANCE OF SYSTEMS
• Guy Sella, SolarEdge, Israel
• Brian Dupin, ActSolar, USA
• Richard Pitkin, TwentyNinety, UK

17:00 - 17:45
EXCECUTIVE PANEL:
»SURVIVING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS«
• Mark Bachman, Pacific Crest Securities, USA
• Peter Fath, Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Germany
• Boris Klebensberger, SolarWorld AG, Germany
• Michael Rogol, PHOTON Consulting, USA
• Michael Ware, Good Energies America, USA

17:45 - 18:00
SUMMARY
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International, Germany