Round table with the leading companies
11.30am-1.00pm Photovoltaic technologies, plants and machinery: sector trend and development prospects

Chair: Giuseppe Caravita (Il Sole 24 Ore)

Brandoni (Luciano Brandoni)

Centrotherm Photovoltaics Italia (Mario Poletti)

Ergon Solair Italia (Lorenzo Colacicchi)

Helios Technology (Mark Rossetto)

Singulus Technologies Italia (Roberto Marsico)

Tecnofimes-Roth Rau (Carlo Doniselli)

2.15pm-3.45pm Reducing production costs and maximizing efficency of processes and technologies

Chair: Carlo Privato (ENEA Portici)

Grid Parity Objective: technological development lines to reduce the cost of a photovoltaic kWh
Carlo Privato (ENEA Portici)

New cost-effective technologies for crystalline silicium in wafers
Massimo Izzi (ENEA Casaccia)

Potentialities of second generation photovoltaics
Paola Delli Veneri (ENEA Portici)

Concentrating Photovoltaics: technological and economic objectives
Cristina Chemelli (ERSE ENEA Ricerca Sistema Elettrico)

Case history
Pasquale Amideo (Solsonica)

Case history
Massimiliano Iocco (Iocco Group)

4.00pm-5.45pm Organic and inorganic materials for PV

Chair: Sergio Pizzini (R&D consultant Material Research Society and Nedsilicon)

Introduction
Sergio Pizzini (R&D consultant Material Research Society and Nedsilicon)

Organic semiconductors: a challenge for the future of photovoltaics
Beatrice Fraboni (University of Bologna)

Bio-inspired hierarchical nanostructured TiO2 for DSSC photo-anode
Fabio Di Fonzo (Polytechnic University of Milan)

Third generation photovoltaics based on semiconducting nanowires: potential development, architectures and fabrication technologies
Nicola Lovergine (University of Lecce)

Nanocrystalline silicium: opportunities and challenges for its application in photovoltaics
Giovanni Isella (Polytechnic University of Milan - Pole of Como)

Increased conversion efficiency in silicium solar cells through organo-metallic coating
Alessia LeDonne (University of Milan Bicocca)

Innovative method for the growth of high quality silicium ingots
Michele Forzan (University of Padova and Inova)

10.00am-11.30am Installation and maintenance: how to control plant performances

Chair: Francesco Groppi (Polytechnic University of Milan)

Chair's address

Monitoring and evaluating performances of PV plants
Matteo Marzoli (ERSE)

Power tolerances, I-V mismatch and 'flash reports' for photovoltaic modules
Filippo Spertino (Polytechnic of Torino)

Case history
Monitoring PV plants: remote management and assistance
Lucio Feroli (Isofotón Italia)

Case history
How to control shadowing and dust losses*
Gert Gremes (Tecno Spot)**

Discussion

11.45am-1.00pm Degradation and dismantling of PV modules

Chair: Alessandro Romeo (PV Cycle)

Presenting PV Cycle (how to make the photovoltaic industry "Double Green") and aspects of the environmental impact of thin film modules
Alessandro Romeo (PV Cycle)

Life time performance of PV modules
Salvatore Guastella (ERSE)

IEC tests for photovoltaic modules
Thomas Friesen (SUPSI)

Polymeric solar cells: duration and degradation
Gianmarco Griffini (Polytechnic University of Milan)

Discussion

2.00pm-3.50pm Thin film PV: nanotechnologies, materials and substrates

Chair: Simona Binetti (University of Milan - Bicocca)

Chair's address

CIGS thin film on flexible substrates
Simona Binetti (University of Milan - Bicocca)

in English
Electrochemically deposited thiin film CdTe solar cells
Anura Samantilleke (Universidade do Minho - Portugal)

Thin film photovoltaics on flexible substrate for BIPV
Alessandro Virtuani (SUPSI)

Third generation photovoltaics: potentialities and promises of nanocrystalline silicium
Lorenzo Pavesi (University of Trento)

Discussion

4.15pm-5.45pm Thin film PV: production technologies

Chair: Alessio Bosio (University of Parma)

Towards mass production: thin film photovoltaics
Alessio Bosio (University of Parma)

Production of thin film solar cells: techniques and state of the art
Alessandro Romeo (University of Verona)

Electrochemical synthesis processes for the production of thin film PV
Massimiliano Bestetti (Polytechnic of Milan)

Certification of thin film PV
Marco Baraldo (TUV Intercert)

Equipment for the industrial production of thin film photovoltaic modules
Sebastiano Luridiana (Kenosistec)

Discussion