9.00am - 9.30am Registration of participants

9.30am - 11.10am Choosing an inverter: modular or centralized?

Opening of the session and introduction by the Chairperson

Architecture of distributed and centralized plants. Pros and contros
Marco Trova (Power-One Italy)

Ingeteam's inverters for large PV installations: a modular concept
Franco Casadio (Ingeteam Energy)

Bonfiglioli solutions for PV fields
Alessandro Bassoli (Bonfiglioli), Giampaolo Nardo (Bonfiglioli)

Centralized or decentralized: SMA has the ideal inverter for every PV system
Valerio Natalizia (SMA)

Question time

11.10am - 11.30am Coffee break

11.30am - 12.20am Inverter parameters as per modules used

Opening of the session and introduction by the Chairperson

Choice criteria of inverters for plant optimization as per the type of module
Marco Trova (Power-One Italy)

The new Sunny Tripower, the three-phase inverter of SMA
Valerio Natalizia (SMA)

Question time

12.30am - 1.30pm Investments and inverters: how to guarantee a paypack?

Opening of the session and introduction by the Chairperson

Guaranteed investments with SMA inverters
Valerio Natalizia (SMA)

(in English)
Intelligent Power Conversion. How next-generation solar inverters enable utility-scale distributed energy production and distribution, and why they change the game
Peter Deege (Satcon)

Question time

1.30pm - 2.30pm Lunch break

2.30pm - 3.10pm Test proceedings for PV inverters

Introduction by the Chairperson

Test proceedings for PV inverters: results within the framework of 'DERlab' European Project
Omar Perego (ERSE)

Question time

3.20pm - 4.40pm Thin films: which inverter to use?
Innovative applications: miniwind energy plants and fuel cells

Opening of the session and introduction by the Chairperson

SMA inverters: ideal for every application
Valerio Natalizia (SMA)

Inverters with BMT and CTL technology, without transformers for the best compatibility with thin film modules
Mirko De Boni (Conergy)

The inverter and the fuel cell: a case study of efficient micro co-generation
Pietro Baggi (SIEL)

Question time

4.50pm - 5.50pm Possible developments of PV integration in the electricity grid; anti-islanding protection efficiency of PV inverters connected to the Italian electricity grid

Opening of the session and introduction by the Chairperson

Review on most widely used passive and active anti-islanding methods for PV grid-connected inverters
Alessandro Petrucci (SIEL)

Experience makes the difference
Frank Winkler (KACO new energy)

Question time