Speakers include world’s top 10 PV companies
Exclusive presentation of EPIA study on prospects for grid parity
Event programme now available online
Verona – Italy, 2-3 May 2011
As solar PV becomes a commoditized market, what are the implications for profit margins? What’s the forecast for prices on international markets? Is Italy likely to reach grid parity? These are some of the questions to which more than 50 speakers will be offering their answers during the 10 sessions of the Italian PV Summit, an event that seeks to shed light on some of the most pressing questions facing the industry both in Italy and globally.
The third edition of the Italian PV Summit will be held on 2 and 3 May in the prestigious setting of the Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy. The two-day conference is considered a must-attend event by industry players, the international financial community and anyone wishing to understand development trends in the PV sector and market forecasts for the coming years.
The Italian PV Summit is made possible thanks to the support of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and sponsorship by First Solar, Santerno, LDK, Yingli Solar, BP Solar, Fimer, BFP, Mx Group, ME Making Energy and Siemens. The event will be chaired by Ingmar Wilhelm, EPIA president and executive vice president of Enel Green Power.
The CEOs of the most important solar PV companies worldwide feature among the speakers in the Italian PV Summit programme, along with authoritative sector experts, including: Ole Enger, chairman & CEO of REC Group; Shigeaki Kameda, CEO of Solar Frontier; Xiaofeng Peng, chairman & CEO of LDK Solar; Robert Gillette, CEO of First Solar; Richard Swanson, founder & chairman of SunPower; Winfried Hoffmann, vice president of EPIA; Jochen Hauff, manager & expert at the global sustainability program of A.T. Kearney; Thomas Grigoleit, director, renewable energies & resources at Germany Trade and Invest; Rhone Resch, chairman & CEO, United States Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Tom Wu, general secretary, Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA); Michael Sargent, director of the Australian Solar Institute (ASI); Oded Distel, director of Israel New Tech – Agency of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor; Dipuo Peters of the South African ministry of energy. The detailed programme is available online at www.italianpvsummit.com.
