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4th Annual SEMI North American PV Fab Managers Forum

The 4th annual SEMI North American PV Fab Managers Forum will address the current and future state of the U.S. photovoltaic market. The PV Fab Managers Forum brings together senior manufacturing and supply chain executives along with experts in finance, policy, investment, insurance, business and cost modeling to provide both perspective and actions needed to identify and support the transformative technology, manufacturing and business models required to support a sustainable global and regional manufacturing supply chain that serves the fast-growing US solar market.


Included in:
Full Conference Package
Photovoltaics Package
Full Day Ticket Monday



Program
Monday, July 8, 2013
9:00am - 9:05am Welcome and Introduction
Bettina Weiss, Vice President Business Development, SEMI, U.S.
Kevin Lally (Forum Moderator), Marketing & Account Manager, Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) US Holdings, U.S.
9:05am - 9:30am Opening Keynote: Shadow the Rising Sun Casts
Stefan Heck, Director, McKinsey & Company, U.S.
9:30am - 9:50am Session 1 Keynote: US Solar, How to grow Manufacturing, Secure Market Deployment as well as expand into Latin America
Dr. Pradeep Haldar (Session Chair), Vice President for Clean Energy Programs, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, U.S.
9:50am - 10:10am The Future of U.S. Residential & Commercial Solar
Jimmy Chuang, Chief Structured Finance Officer, SolarCity, U.S.
10:10am - 10:30am Utility Scale Solar: Evolving Cost and Competitive Landscape
Sean Kiernan, Vice President and General Manager, Solar Plus Storage, Green Charge Networks, U.S.
10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am - 11:20am Promising Innovations in Solar Financing
David Arfin, Chief Executive Officer, First Energy Finance, LLC, U.S.
11:20am - 11:45am Session 1: Panel Discussion & Q&A
11:45am - 12:10pm Session 2 Keynote: Economics of solar: Supply Chain Implications
Bang Nguyen (Session Chair), Vice President & General Manager, Emerging Business, MEMC Solar Materials, U.S.
12:10pm - 12:30pm Basic Elements and Effective Integrated Solutions for Commercially Viable Polysilicon Production
Dr. Milind S. Kulkarni, CTO and Vice President, Supply Chain & Solar Materials Business Unit, MEMC Solar Materials, U.S.
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 1:50pm Wafer Market under the Impact of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing
Jake McKee, Sr. Director of Engineering, SunEdison, U.S.
1:50pm - 2:10pm Manufacturing Challenges and Innovation in the Solar Industry
Scott Graybeal, Vice President, Business Development, & Sales, Energy, Flextronics, U.S.
2:10pm - 2:35pm Session 2: Panel Discussion & Q&A
2:35pm - 3:00pm Session 3 Keynote: SunShot: Sustaining Innovation, Revitalizing Competitiveness.
John Benner, Executive Director Bay Area PV Consortium, Bay Area PV Consortium, U.S.
3:00pm - 3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm - 3:50pm Solar, The Impact and What’s Next
3:50pm - 4:10pm How North America can Regain Solar Leadership through Thin Film
Brad Mattson, Chief Executive Officer, Siva Power, U.S.
4:10pm - 4:30pm Scaling Thin Film GaAs
Dr. Nasreen Chopra, Vice-President, Alta Devices, U.S.
4:30pm - 5:00pm Session 3 Panel Discussion & Q&A
5:00pm - 5:00pm Closing
Ray Morgan, Director, SEMI, U.S.

Contact

Ms. Gesche Maass
Solar Promotion International GmbH
Ph.  +49 7231 58598-205
Fax +49 7231 58598-28

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