Thin Film Solar Summit: December 1 in San Francisco

Downtown San Francisco: Location of the 2nd Annual Thin Film Solar Summit

The second annual Thin Film Solar Summit will be held December 1-2, 2009 in San Francisco, California.  Over 300 experts will be in attendance at the Hotel Nikko, downtown near Market Street.

Check out this list of speakers, from the official website:

• US Department of Energy , John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Solar Energy Technologies Program
• First Solar, Benny Buller, Director of Device Improvement
• Uni-Solar, Subhendu Guha, Senior VP, ECD & Chairman
• Ersol Thin Film, Christian Koitzsch, MD

• Signet Solar, Rajeeva Lahri, CEO
• PrimeStar Solar, Brian Murphy, CEO
• Moser Baer, Rajeewa Arya, CEO
• Ascent Solar, Joe Armstrong, CTO
• Kaneka, Koshiro Kawaguchi, Marketing Manager
• Abound Solar, Russ Kanjorski, VP of Marketing
• SCHOTT Solar, Tom Hecht, VP Marketing & Sales US
• SoloPower, Mustafa Pinarbasi, VP of Technology

• Applied Materials, Christopher Beitel, MD

• Oerlikon, Scott Graybeal, Head of Global Sales and Marketing
• Centrotherm, Sohaila Setayesh, Sales Director
• NREL, Dr Harin Ullal, National Centre for Photovoltaics
• XsunX, Robert Wendt, VP of Engineering
• Barclays Capital, Vishal Shah, Senior Analyst, Renewable Energy Solar
• Jane Capital Partners LLC, Neal Dikeman, Partner
• Navigant Consulting, Paula Mints, Principal Analyst PV Services Program
• Xunlight, Xunming Deng, CEO
• Techcet Group, Lita Shon-Roy, Senior Managing Partner
• Linde Electronics, Anish Tolia, Head of Market Development – Americas
• Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Kenneth Hansen, Partner
• Air Products, David Tavianini, PV Global Marketing Manager
• Lux Research, Ted Sullivan, Senior Analyst
• Komax Solar, Stefan Kaufmann, Head PM & Technology

What will you learn at the Thin Film Solar Summit?

The Thin Film Solar Conference - Hosted by Thin Film Today

Financing tips from investment banks and experts.  Technology advancements – learn how to achieve operational improvements with a-Si, CdTe and CIGS.  How to reduce production thin film costs by 40-50%.

In short, getting funding, cutting costs and boosting your bottom line in the production of thin film solar!  Why not attend?  The full agenda is here.

The leading technology and commercialization experts will be here, giving you an unprecedented opportunity to exchange ideas with the thin-film pioneers who are pushing this industry forward. You will not be able to meet this group of people so effortlessly anywhere else. Manufacturers, Investors, Engineers, Scientists, Project Developers, Researchers and Key Service Providers will all be in the same place at the same time.

Its not too late to register if you want to attend!  Just click on this link, and choose which package you are interested in.  Prices range from $995-$1995.

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