- Monday, 26 September 2022, Main Auditorium Red -

Opening

Meet our confirmed opening speakers. We are proud to announce that the preparations for the Opening Ceremony of the EU PVSEC 2022 are in full swing and will offer an energetic line-up that is well worth seeing.

08:30 - 09:30

Scientific Opening / Plenary Session

Session 3AP.1 "Reliable and High-Performance PV Modules"

3AP.1.1 Technology Evolution of PV Industry: Learning from Historical and Recent Progress
Yifeng Chen, Trina Solar, Changzhou, China

3AP.1.2 Evaluation of Bifacial Modules and PV Technologies with Combined-Accelerated Stress Testing
Peter Hacke, NREL, Golden, United States

3AP.1.3 International Photovoltaic Modeling Intercomparison
Marios Theristis, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States

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09:30 - 10:30

WCPEC-Award & Becquerel Prize Ceremony

WCPEC-Award 2022

Congratulations to the Winner: Prof. Martin Green

Chairpersons: Prof. Masafumi Yamaguchi, Prof. Larry Kazmerski, Prof. Dr. Wim Sinke

The European Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics

Congratulations to the Winner: Prof. Marko Topič

Chairman of the Becquerel Prize Committee: Dr. Christophe Ballif

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 – 10:55

Welcome Message

WCPEC-8 General Chair:

• Alessandra Scognamiglio
EU PVSEC 39th (host),
ENEA, Italy

WCPEC-8 Co-Chairs:

• Yuzuru Ueda
PVSEC-32
Tokyo University of Science, Japan

• Seth Hubbard
IEEE PVSC-49
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

10:55 – 11:30

"Towards the next Terawatt of PV: What are the most urgent priorities?"

Opening Addresses

• Gilberto Dialuce (video message)
President, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

• Christian Thiel
Head of Energy Efficiency and Renewables Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

• Paolo Frankl (video message)
Head of the Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)

• Ajay Mathur
Director General, International Solar Alliance Agency (ISA)

• Markus Beck
Program Manager, Manufacturing & Competitiveness
Solar Energy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy

• Li Zhenguo (video message)
Founder and President of LONGi

Gilberto
Dialuce

Christian
Thiel

Paolo
Frankl

Ajay
Mathur

Markus
Beck

Li
Zhenguo

11:30 – 12:30

Moderated Panel Discussion

“1 Terawatt Market before 2030 - Opportunities and Challenges for the Global PV Industry”

Impulse Keynote:
Vertical Integrated PV Production and real costs of PV
• Peter Fath, Founder and CEO of RCT Solutions, Kalyon PV Ankara

Panel:
• Gulnara Abdullina, Vice President Europe, LONGi Solar
• Peter Fath, Founder and CEO of RCT Solutions
• Eliano Russo, Head of Enel Green Power’s 3Sun Gigafactory
• Holger Kuehnlein, Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovation, RENA Technologies
• Ian Marius Peters, Head of Group – High Throughput Characterization and Modelling, Forschungszentrum Jülich – IEK 11, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energies

Moderation: Pierre Verlinden, Amrock, Australia