OPENING SESSION

Chairman: Emiliano Perezagua, Chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform
 
09:00 Opening and Welcome speeches:

• <media>Emiliano Perezagua, Chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform</media> (PDF)
• Urban Rid, Director General Climate Protection, Renewable Energies, International Cooperation, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU
• <media>Karl Wollin, Head of Division, Basic Energy Research, German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, BMBF</media>
• <media>Alfonso Gonzalez Finat, Director of DG TREN, European Commission(invited)</media> (PDF)

10:30 Positioning EU PV within the global context 

• <media>Winfried Hoffmann, European Photovoltaic Industry Association, EU PV Technology Platform Member WG1 </media>(PDF)

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and how it can contribute to the competitiveness of PV

• <media>Wim Sinke, EU PV Technology Platform Leader of WG3</media> (PDF)

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

EU PV PLATFORM SESSION

Chairman: Joachim Luther, Vice-chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform
 
14:00 Appropriate policies and strategy

• <media>Stefan Nowak, EU PV Technology Platform Leader of WG1</media> (PDF)
• <media>Barbara Rudek, EU PV Technology Platform Leader of WG2</media> (PDF)
• <media>Hubert Aulich, EU PV Technology Platform Leader of WG4</media> (PDF)

14:40 Lessons learned from Germany and other countries

• <media>Anna de Lillo, Mirror Group</media> (PDF)
• <media>Joachim Nick-Leptin, BMU</media> (PDF)

15:00 Discussion

15:30 COFFEE BREAK

PV: FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Chairman: Alain Garnier, Vice-chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform
 
16:00 Regional development

• <media>Asha-Maria Sharma, Investment and marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt</media> (PDF)

16:20 Finance of PV related initiatives 

• <media>Shiva Dustdar, European Investment Bank</media> (PDF)

16:40 PV and other Technology Platforms - Construction Platform (InterETP’s)

• <media>Evelyne Schellekens, Steering Committee member of the EU PV Technology Platform (Platforms intergroup) </media>(PDF)

17:00 Open discussion

17:30 Concluding Remarks

• Joachim Luther, Vice-chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform

17:45 Next steps on EU PV Technology Platform and end of the General Assembly

• Emiliano Perezagua, Chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform

18:30 Cocktail Reception invited by EPIA