February 19, 2008: New York City, New York
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome by Scott Clavenna, President of Greentech Media, Inc. |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | World Solar Market Update
Travis Bradford, Director of the Prometheus Institute, presents global PV market data through 2007, including data on global cell and module suppliers by region, technology, and application. This is followed by a discussion of current silicon supply issues and feedstock shortages. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Panel Session: Valuing the Solar Market - Venture Capital and Private Finance
Speakers: Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media; Rob Day, @Ventures and David Kirkpatrick, SJF Ventures Analysts from Greentech Media and venture capital present details on private financing of solar companies to date, and the keys to success in this volatile and crowded market. |
| 11:30 a..m. - 12:30 p.m. | Panel Session: Solar and the Public Markets - Views from Wall Street and Europe Speakers: Jesse Pichel and Torben Sommer, Piper Jaffray and Steve O'Rourke, Deutsche Bank Securities Top analysts covering the leading solar stocks on Wall Street and the European market will reveal their views and analysis of the sector, with thoughts on who the winners and losers will be in the coming year. |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Panel Session: Financing Solar - From Project Finance to PPAs
Speakers: Jon Guice, AltaTerra; Jesse Grossman, Soltage; Matt Ferguson, the Reznick Group and Anthony O. Pereira, altPower Finance is playing a key role in accelerating progress in bringing solar installations to market. In this session, experts on project finance and renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) provide details on these financing structures and how they are being put to work in the solar market today. |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | PV Technology Trends, Cost and Forecast to 2015
Travis Bradford builds on the day's discussions with a detailed look at PV technology trends driving the market forward, with significant detail on the impact of thin film solar on the market today. Drawing from two recent in-depth market studies, data will be presented on each technology's performance, manufacturing costs and competitiveness in the market today. Finally, a detailed forecast of the PV market will be provided out to 2015. |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Concentrating Solar Power - Technology, Economics, and Outlook Speaker: Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute This session will draw on recently conducted research by the Prometheus Institute on concentrating solar technologies, including both concentrating PV and concentrating solar thermal solutions. Analysis and data provided will range from detailed comparisons of the current crop of concentrating solar technologies (parabolas, dishes, lenses, heliostats and tracking technologies), to an economic analysis of CSP energy generation and a look at the market potential for CSP worldwide. |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
