The SOLARCON India 2010 Conference

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Capitalize on the opportunities presented by India’s National Solar Mission Meet, learn, interact, and network with the leading solar energy experts, innovators, industry leaders & policy makers in India and from around the world. The SOLARCON India 2010, conference program will feature the world’s leading experts on solar energy technology, manufacturing, markets, applications, finance and policy and will present before you the leading technology experts, innovators, industry leaders, policy makers and entrepreneurs. Conference Theme: “Achieving 1000 MWp of solar generation capacity by 2012 & 20,000 MW by 2022” India has set itself these ambitious targets via the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission launched in January this year. This opens up enormous opportunities, as well as challenges, across the boards for manufacturers, power plant developers, entrepreneurs, technologists, innovators, financiers and so on. Attend the 2010 SOLARCON India conference to understand the technology, current trends, latest solutions, and innovations that will enable India to achieve and exceed these goals.			Registration
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Conference Program
July 28, 2010 Wednesday

Market Trends & Policy Enablers
0915-1045

• Chair: Mr. Dan Martin, SEMI / PV Group
• Dr. Thomas Reindl, SERIS, “GW Solar Photovoltaics – Market Development and Technological Challenges”
• Dr. Vish Palekar, Mahindra Cleantech Ventures, "Ecosystem for driving Indian solar market: from IPPs to Utilities and from system integrators to residential”
• Dr. Hans Ebinger, Oerlikon Solar, “What it takes to get to grid parity”
• Mr. Venkata Emani, DNV Cleaner Energy & Natural Gas India

SOLARCON India 2010 Inauguration
1200-1330

• Inaugural Ceremony: Dignitaries from both State and Central Governments
• Inaugural Keynote: Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, EPIA & Applied Materials – “PV Solar Electricity as a major Contribution to Global Energy Needs”

MNRE Presentation & Interaction
1430-1515

• Dr. Bharat Bhargava, MNRE, Govt. of India

Financing Solar/PV in India
1530-1630

• Moderated by: S.J. Vijay, Salmon Leap Associates
• Mr. Debashish Majumdar, IREDA
• Mr. P. K. Malhotra, State Bank of India
• Mr. Pashupathy Gopalan, MEMC / SunEdison India
• Dr. Prakash Hebalkar, IDFC Private Equity
• Mr. Ameet Shah, Astonfield Renewable Resources

Solar Power Plants – Achieving 1GW+ – Opportunities & Challenges
1655-1830

• Chair: Mr. Hari Surapaneni, Solar Semiconductor
• Dr. R. R. Sonde, Thermax, “An India centric strategy for solar energy – Hybrid use of solar PV along with solar thermal”
• Mr. Amiram Roth-Deblon, juwi Solar, “Network integration of large PV power plants”
• Dr. Matt Garvert, 3TIER, “Solar dataset for India – The importance (criticality) to solar power plants”
• Mr. Ravi Raina, Astonfield Renewables

July 29, 2010 Thursday

Manufacturing Technology & Trends
0900-1100

• Chair: Dr. Madhusudan Atre, Applied Materials India
• Keynote: Mr. Frank Tinnefeld, Gebruder Schmid, “From sand to modules - A fully vertically integrated approach to the solar/PV industry”
• Dr. Sebastian Haupt, MAG, “The role of precision laser technology in module manufacturing”
• Mr. Saftig Bernhard, Siemens, “The role of manufacturing automation in improving reliability & lifetime of modules”
• Dr. Satyendra Kumar, Lanco Solar, “Polysilicon manufacturing in India”

Keynotes
1115-1300

• Mr. Frank Tinnefeld, Schmid Technology, “A Touch less metallization method combined with selective emitter for high efficiency solar cell”
• Mr. Finlay Colville, Solarbuzz, “PV manufacturing trends & their impact on equipment and process standardization”
• Dr. Arun Ramakrishnan, Centrotherm, “New production equipment & technology towards highly efficient solar cells”

Advances & Innovations in Materials
1400-1515

• Dr. Simone Arizzi, Dupont PV Solutions, “Material Technology Trends in PV and their role in achieving grid parity”
• Mr. Frans Wolffs, Momentive Performance Materials, “Advances in Silcone Sealants”
• Mr. Manoharan K., BOC India, “Total Gases & Chemical Management”

Valedictory Address
1525-1600

• Mr. Deepak Gupta, IAS, Secretary MNRE

Technology Keynote
1600-1635

• Dr. Vernie Everett, Australian Natl. Univ., “Sliver Cells & High Efficiency Cell Research Directions at ANU”

BOS & Storage
1650-1800

• Chair : Prof. M. Kumaravel, IIT – Chennai, , “Balance of Systems: Reliability aspects, key issues and remedial measures”  
• Mr. Ralf Betkerowitz, Siemens, “Photovoltaic Inverters for PV Power Plants and Commercial Plants”
• Mr. Tobias Henne, SMA Solar, “Large scale grid-connected PV systems - central vs de-central inverter concepts”
• Mr. T. Venugopal, HBL Power Systems, “Batteries for Solar applications, their selection for efficient usage”

Lighting Technology & Trends
1810-1900

• Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, Visionary Lighting & Energy, “Why solar PV based solid-state lighting is so important to rural India”
• Mr. Vijay Gupta, Kwality Photonics, “LED Lighting – opportunities and roadmap”

July 30, 2010 Friday

Off-grid PV in India – Opportunities & Challenges
0900-1045

• Mr. Girish Sant, Prayas Energy Group
• Mr. K. Srinivas Kumar, Kotak Urja
• Mr. Ravinder Tanwar, Websol Energy Systems, “Solar Power – New Ray of Hope in Indian Rural Electrification”
• Mr. Narasing Rao, Titan Energy Systems

Novel PV products & applications for India
1100-1315

• Prof. Arvind Krishan, Sch of Planning & Arch, “Rooftop & Building integrated PV in India”
• Mr. Rajeshwara Bhat, SunTechnics, “Off-grid versus on-grid application challenges in India”
• Mr. L. Kannan, Vortex Engineering, “Solar ATMs for Rural Banking”
• Mr. Gautam Mohanka, Gautam Polymers
• Mr. Steve Belkin, Sunflower Solutions, “Continuous precision tracking systems - and their relevance for India”
• Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, Visionary Lighting & Energy, “A novel solar powered SSL system for rural and urban India”
• Mr. Rajat Gupta, Promethean Powers Systems, “Solar Power Refrigeration for rural India”

R&D, Education & Training to meet the needs of Solar/PV Growth
1420-1550

• Chair: Dr. E.V.R. Sastry, Former Advisor, MNRE
• Keynote: Dr. Richard Corkish, Univ of New South Wales, “Advanced PV cell research directions & education at UNSW”
• Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, IIT Mumbai, “Solar/PV research initiatives & programmes at IIT Mumbai”
• Mr. Markus Amendt, AW Solutions, “Technology Transfer in the Indian Photovoltaic Industry: Obstacles, Challenges and the Window of Opportunity”

Workshop on PV Standards, Testing & Certification at SOLARCON India 2010

SEMI will offer a first of its kind workshop on Standards, Testing & Certification for the PV industry during SOLARCON India 2010. Standards experts from within SEMI and the PV industry will address:

Workshop Program - July 30, 2010 Friday

0930-0945
Dr. E. V. R. Sastry, Former Advisor, MNRE, Welcome Remarks

0945-1015
Dr. O.S. Sastry, Solar Energy Centre, “Making solar/PV a reliable source of energy in India – Need for quality standards, testing & certification”, followed by Q&A

1030-1110
Ms. Bettina Weiss, PV Group, “The Needs & Benefits of Standardization & Current SEMI PV Standards development efforts underway globally”, followed by Q&A

1140-1210
Mr. Ivan Saha, Moser Baer Photovoltaic, “Quality and reliability in high volume PV manufacturing – current advances and state of art”, followed by Q&A

1220-1250
Dr. Jatin Roy, Solar Semiconductor, “Standards in Module Manufacturing – Issues and Perspective”

1400-1420
Mr. Vaman Kuber, Consultant, “Solar PV Systems Testing, Monitoring and Certification “

1420-1450

Mr. S. R. C. Sathyanarayan, TUV Rheinland, “Quality Standards & assessment for Solar Power Plants”

1450-1535
Mr. Hitesh Jain, Underwriters Laboratories, “PV Module Testing Standards –NA, International & Indian Performance & Safety Standards”, followed by Q&A

1550-1630
Mr. Ashish Mathur, Underwriters Laboratories, “Component Standards – Current status and needs”

1630-1645
Wrap up & closing remarks

For over 35 years, the SEMI International Standards Program has been well-known for developing global consensus standards for the semiconductor industry. Now increasing in visibility, is the long SEMI history of developing PV Standards, leveraging the many similarities that PV manufacturing has to that of the semiconductor and FPD industries.

The first SEMI Photovoltaic Standard, M6, Specification for Silicon Wafers for Use as Photovoltaic Solar Cells, was published way back in 1981. With a global infrastructure serving major PV manufacturing regions, PV Standardization activity at SEMI is now taking center stage. Check back here for more announcements about workshop content and registration

The workshop schedule, tentatively, will be: 0930 – 1630 hours, Friday, July 30, 2010

Registration for the workshop will be separate from conference registration

Who Should Attend SOLARCON India Conference & Workshop

The conference will be suitable for a wide spectrum of audiences and attendees will have the opportunity to network and learn from presenters and co-participants.

• Solar PV Industry executives, project/engineering managers and personnel
• Entrepreneurs seeking to benefit from the opportunities in solar PV growth in India
• End-users of PV technology – including architects, builders, telecom companies, utility companies, consultants, etc
• PV appliance manufacturers and resellers
• Members of the financing and banking communities
• State and central government policy makers
• Representatives of power regulatory authorities and state electricity boards
• Entrepreneurs and businesses interested in capitalizing on opportunities in PV
• Representatives of certification and testing agencies
• Energy, energy policy, PV researchers and consultants
• NGOs & non-profits
• Representatives of trade and industry organizations
• Industry analysts and researchers
• Trade, Technology and Business reporters and publishers

SOLARCON India 2010 - Conference Program Committee

Dr. Madhusudan Atre - Chairperson President, Applied Materials - India Dr. Rangan Banerjee Dept of Energy Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Prof. M. Kumaravel, Head, Central Electronics Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai Dr. D.N. Singh Chief Technology Officer, Indosolar Dr. J. Gururaja Former Advisor, MNES (now MNRE), Govt of India & Former Senior Advisor, Energy Branch, United Nations

Dr. K.S. Srinivas Renewable Energy Action Forum Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki Dept of Energy Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Dr. G. Rajeswaran CTO, Moser Baer Group Dr. Jatin Roy Vice President – R&D, Solar Semiconductor Dr. Sudheer Kumar Moser Baer Photovoltaic Dr. V.S. Gangadhara Rao Consulting Technologist D.J. Rao Senior Advisor - SEMI India

SOLARCON Conference Registration

	Delegate fee after July 2, 2010
	Any 1 day	All Days
Members (SEMI)	INR 5000	INR 12000
Non Members / Others	INR 7000	INR 17000

	Workshop on Standards, Testing & Certification
Members (SEMI)	INR 3250
Non Members / Others	INR 4000

Please note: Service taxes of 10.3% will be applicable over the figures above.

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