- 8:00am - 9:00am
- Registration and Breakfast
- 9:00am - 9:15am
- Welcome by Scott Clavenna, President of Greentech Media
- 9:15am - 9:45am
- Opening Keynote
Nolan Browne, Fraunhofer Institute
Nol will discuss the significance of the MIT Fraunhofer agreement to build the Center for Sustainable Energy Systems in Cambridge and the broad based ecosystem that surrounds it as an innovative and exciting model for accelerating the commercialization of new solar technologies that will help us drive to grid parity.
- 9:45am - 10:45am
- World PV Market Update - 2008
Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
This session will provide an up-to-the-minute look at the global PV market, with details on production, volume shipped, average pricing, regional data, and an updated assessment of the polysilicon market. Based on research conducted and completed in 2008, the information provided here will be the most recent available in the industry.
- 10:45am - 11:00am
- Break
- 11:00am - 11:45am
- Panel Session: Wall Street and Solar
Top analysts from Wall Street will provide their perspectives on the state of the capital markets for PV companies, and discuss the outlook for raising capital from the public markets in the coming year.
Speakers: Stephen O'Rourke, Deutsche Bank Securities and Jeff Osborne, Thomas Weisel Partners
- 11:45am - 12:15pm
- Keynote Address
Philip Giudice, Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources
- 12:15pm - 1:30pm
- Lunch
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm
- PV Technology Trends - The Future of Thin Film and Concentrating PV
Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
In this session, an in-depth economic analysis of the rapidly emerging thin film and concentrating PV markets, each predicted to take share from traditional flat-plate PV, is provided, drawing on two major reports from the Prometheus Institute: The Future of Thin Film Solar, and Concentrating Solar Power - Technology, Cost, and Markets.
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- PV Supplier Showcase
Innovative PV companies present to 4 of the toughest analysts and VCs in New England for a "best-in-show" prize.
Participating Companies: 1366 Technologies, Cyrium Technologies, GreenVolts, SVSolar
Judges: Jeff Andrews, Atlas Ventures; Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute; Rob Day, @Ventures and Jay Fiske, Massachusetts Green Energy Fund
- 4:00pm - 4:15pm
- Break
- 4:15pm - 5:00pm
- PV World Market Forecast to 2015
Travis Bradford, the Prometheus Institute
In this session, the major factors driving the PV market over the next decade are analyzed, including public policy, incentives, demand, technology substitution, macro economics, and global competition. As a closing presentation for the event, this session will consolidate all the research prepared to date and provide a clear-eyed assessment of PV's exciting and challenging decade to come.
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm
- Cocktail Reception
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