SESSIONS/EVENTS

SOLARCON India 2012 programs will be updated shortly.

A Look Back at the 2011 Conference Program Outline:	Conference Session Sponsors
Conference Theme:  "Charting India's roadmap to solar leadership - Translating potential into reality"

Sessions on Nov 9, Wednesday

• Inaugural Ceremony
• 1000 AM to 1115 AM (Inaugural Ceremony Timing is Tentative)
  
  
  • SEMI India PV Advisory Committee Member
  • James G. Brown, President, Utility Systems Bus. Group, First Solar
  • Francisco J. Sanchez, Undersecretary for Commerce for International Trade, US Department of Commerce
  • Bettina Weiss, Exec. Dir, SEMI PV Group
  • Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (Invited)
    
    
• Inaugural Keynotes
• 1130 AM to 1300 AM
  
  
  • Chairperson: Bettina Weiss, SEMI PV Group
  • Dr. Bharat Bhargava, MNRE, Govt. of India
  • Dr. Josef Haase, CEO Cell & Module - Centrotherm PV - "Road ahead for solar PV growth - Revolution or Evolution?"
  • James G. Brown, President, Utility Systems Bus. Group, First Solar


• Charting India's roadmap to solar leadership - Policy & Market Enablers
• 1400 to 1530
  
  
  • Chairperson: To be Announced
  • Probir Ghosh, CEO & Ambassador invVEST, "What will it take for India to be a Global Leader in Solar? Understanding the key drivers: Technologies, Policies & Investments Dynamics & Scale"
  • David Hochschild, VP, External Relations, Solaria Corporation - "Solar Policy: Lessons Learned from the US experience"
  • Jack Jacobs, Partner, Cleantech Law Partners- "Successful Solar Laws"
  • Santosh Kamath/Anand Jain, “Measures to Encourage the Solar Power Market in India KPMG
    
    
• State Government initiatives & plans for Solar
• 1600 to 1700
  
  
  • Chairperson: Shri Sudhansh Pant, IAS, CMD, Jaipur & Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam
  • K.N. Subramaniam, CEO, Moser Baer Solar Systems
  • Jigmet Takpa, IFS, Project Director, Ladakh Ren. Energy Development Agency (LREDA) & Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)
  • Senior State Govt and Nodal Agency Speakers  - to be announced
    
    
• CEO Forum
• 1700 to 1800
  
  
  • Moderator: Indrajit Gupta, Editor, Forbes India
  • Larry C. Holmberg, CEO, Solar Semiconductor
  • Inderpreet Wadhwa, CEO, Azure Power
  • Fred Sisson, CEO, Synnove Energy
  • Probir Ghosh, CEO & Ambassador inVEST
  • Hari Kiran Chereddi, Managing Director, Sujana Energy

Sessions on Nov 10, Thursday

Track A

• MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION:  Learnings and Experiences from the first phase of MW scale grid connected solar/PV deployment: PV Plant Developers Forum
• 0930 to 1045
  
  
  • Moderator: Shri Sudhansh Pant, IAS, CMD, Jaipur & Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam
  • Inderpreet Wadhwa, CEO, Azure Power
  • Ravi Raina, Astonfield Renewable Resources
  • Alan Rosling, Kiran Energy
  • Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison
  • Srini Nagabhirava, AES Solar
  • Sunil Jain, Green Infra
  • Vish Palekar, Mahindra Solar
    
    
• Cell/Module technology & trends
• 1115 to 1230
   
  • Chairperson: Dr. J. Gururaja, Former Senior Advisor UN Energy Dept. & MNES
  • Keynote: Hari Ponnekanti, Applied Materials, "Accelerating PV Cost Reduction to Global Grid Parity"
  • Nick Rose, REC Solar, "The re-emergence of Multicrystalline and the competitive advantages against thin-film"
  • Dr. Dirk Herrmann, Director - Technology & Product Development, Solibro, "CIGS Production and R&D at Solibro"
  • Dr. Angelo Mascarenhas - “Key Thrusts in Photovoltaics at NREL.”
  • Vidya Khetawat Amonix Corp. - "Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Solar Power: Best Choice for India"
    
    
• Trends in the Manufacturing & Materials supply chains (Alternate Title: Manufacturing & Materials Forum)
• 1345 to 1515
   
  • Chairperson: Dr. EVR Sastry, Former Adviser & Head, Solar Energy Group at MNRE, Government of India
  • Dr. Hartmut Gross , Centrotherm PV - "State of thin film manufacturing: CIGS option to lower module cost with high efficiencies"
  • Alan Elyousfi, GT Solar - "Advancements in Polysilicon production; lower cost, higher capacity"
  • Dr. Oakland Fu, Dupont Photovoltaic, "Backsheets : Critical to 25 years Performance"
  • Dr. Francois Luckel, Arkema, "PVDF Film: Performance and Material Properties"
  • Uwe Haberman, Schmid, “Technology and cost trends along the PV value chain”
    
    
• Building a complete manufacturing eco-system in India: Materials to Systems
• 1545 to 1715
  
  
  • Chairperson: Madhavan Nampoothiri, Energy Alternatives India
  • Shammy Khan, VP Strategic Markets, Flextronics - "PV manufacturing- Outsource versus in source" (Proposal Recd)
  • Dr. VS Gangadhara Rao, Lanco Solar, "PV Manufacturing Technology Options"
  • Prasanth Sakhamuri, HHV Solar, "The case for equipment manufacturing in India - experience with thin film equipment & lines & the potential for cost reduction"
  • Navakrishna Akkineni, Solar Semi, "Experience with Indian BOS suppliers and manufacturers"
• Achieving cost effectiveness & reliability in PV  (Manufacturing, Quality & Safety Standards)
• 1715 to 1815
   
  • Evelyn Butler, Underwriters Laboratories - "Materials approach to reliability and durability of PV Modules"
  • SRC Sathyanarayana, TUV-R, "Meeting certification and quality needs for Solar Power Plants"
  • Bettina Weiss, SEMI PV Group - "PV module quality assurance initiatives/efforts"
  • Hannes Behacker, Sr. VP (Asia Pacific and Middle East), Q-Cells, "Avoiding Non Performing Assets in Indian Projects: latest advances on Long term quality and reliability of Modules"

Track B

• Financing GW scale solar generation: Making Solar/PV in India an attractive investment
• 1115 to 1230
   
  • K S Popli, Director (Technical), IREDA ( Chairperson & Speaker)
  • Sanjay Chakraborty, Ernst & Young
  • Peter Ballinger, Director Bus. Dev, Overseas Private Investment Corp. "OPIC's Early and Catalytic Support for the Solar Sector in India and a Look Forward"
  • Craig O' Conner, Director of the Office of Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports, Ex-Im Bank
  • Rajsekhar Budhavarapu, GL Garrad-Hassan "Bankability & Due Diligence Considerations for PV Power Plant"
  • Anmol Jaggi, Gensol Consultants, "Ensuring profitability - A practical perspective"
    
    
• Power to the people:  Solar/PV products and applications for India
• 1345 to 1515
  
  
  • Chairperson: Rajinder Kumar, Bergen Associates
  • PK Pattanaik, Chairman, Aryavart Grameem Bank, “Innovations in Financing for Rural Off Grid Solar”
  • K. Srinivas Kumar, Eversun - "Building energy infrastructure for the other India - captive power, mini grids and more"
  • Mohit Anand, Bridge to India - "Making off-grid PV a viable business"
  • Steve Belkin, Sunflower Solutions on "Simplified Tracking Solution"
  • Srinivas Krovvidi, Titan Energy Systems, "Challenges involved in Offgrid Solar solutions for Rural India"
    
    
• Directions, Outlook & Trends in Solar Thermal Technologies
• 1545 to 1715
  
  
  • Chairperson & Speaker: Dr. Anjaneyulu Krothapalli, CEO, Sujana Energy, “India Ready CSP Technology”
  • Shiv Shukla, President - Abengoa Solar India, President & CEO - Abener Engineering - "Solar CSP Technologies & Projects - Global Perspective"
  • Dr. Satyendra Kumar, Lanco Solar
  • Dr. S.B. Kedare, Director, Clique Solar, "Commercially Proven Solar Technologies to Satisfy Thermal Energy Needs in Industries, Hotels &Hospitals and Commercial Complexes"

Sessions on Nov 11, Friday

Track A

• Achieving GW scale generation in India: Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) & Maint & Ops (M&O) - Challenges & Needs
• 0930 to 1100
   
  • Chairperson: Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, Panchabuta
  • Rajeshwara Bhat, juwi Solar - on EPC needs and challenges in India
  • Vish Iyer, Larsen & Toubro - Solar
  • Vishnu Vardhan Reddy RD, Cirus Solar
  • Dr. Pascal Storck, 3Tier, "A methodology  for Solar Resource Assessment and applications"
  • Venkat Rajaraman, CEO, Solarsis, "Grid Connected Solar PV Plants - Have you gotten enough?"
    
    
• State of the art & trends in Power Electronics & Storage technologies
• 1130 to 1245
  
  
  • Chairperson: Mr. Rao SYS Chodagam, MD, Titan Energy Systems
  • Scott Bowden, Solectria Renewables - "Utility-grade inverters and various configurations for grid-tied applications"
  • Nimish Jain, SMA, "Technology Advancements in Grid tied inverters"
  • Umesh Sathe, Siemens, "Grid Tie Inverters & BoS – technology or tradition?"
  • V.Surya Prakash Naidu & CB Ramesh Babu, Amara Raja Batteries, "Solar Back Up Power"
  • Nobu Fukatsu, Solaredge - "System Optimization – Advantages of Power Optimizers and Intelligent Combiner Cabinets for Ground-mounted and Utility Scale Installations"



Track B

•  SEMI-Frost & Sullivan LED Lighting Forum

Concurrent Short Course on "Grid Connected Solar PV Power Systems: Design & Integration"

In technical collaboration with the National Centre for PV Research & Education, IIT Bombay

Short Course supported by:  GL Garrad Hassan  

The short course will provide an introduction to grid connected PV power systems, components, integration & operation.  The course will cover concepts, design examples and best practices.

Short Course instructors will include faculty from IIT Bombay and industry experts

8-Nov, Tuesday

9-Nov, Wednesday

10-Nov, Thursday

Short Course Registrants may visit the SOLARCON India 2011 exhibition (free entry) OR register at a discounted rate to attend the Nov 10 conference sessions

11-Nov, Friday

Post Lunch         Field visit to Solar Semiconductor facility, FabCity, Hyderabad

Conference Registration Fees

	Delegate fee *
	Any 1 day	All 3 Days
Members (SEMI)	Rs 3000	Rs 8000
Non Members	Rs 4000	Rs 10000
Group discounts available for registration of 3 or more individuals from the same organization

* Applicable taxes extra  

Concurrent Short Course on "Grid Connected Solar PV Power Systems: Design & Integration"

In technical collaboration with the National Centre for PV Research & Education, IIT Bombay

The short course will provide an introduction to grid connected PV power systems, components, integration & operation.  The course will cover concepts, design examples and best practices.

Short Course instructors will include faculty from IIT Bombay and industry experts

"Short course supported by : GL Garrad Hassan

Short Course Registration Fees*

Industry Professionals /Individuals	Academic/ Government	Students
Rs 9000	Rs 3000	Rs 1500

* Applicable taxes extra