Solar 2010 Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday 21st September 2010

9.30 AM Welcome Address: Linus Lobo, IPFonline Limited
9.40 AM Session-1
M-1:Policy   Download Presentations
Session Chairman: Shri Bibek Bandyopadhay
9.40 AM Opening Ceremony:

9.40 AM

India's Policy (Incentives) & Development
(b) Shri Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor & Head, Solar Energy Centre, MNRE
      (confirmed)
10.00 AM Policy (Incentives) & Development: A Statewise Analysis
(a) Smt Sumita Misra, Director, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency
      (confirmed)
(b) Sp Gon Chowdhury, Managing Director, West Bengal Green Energy
      Development Corporation Limited ( confirmed )
10:40 AM Policy and Progress : Beyond India
(a) Solar Power In USA: Jason Donovan, First Secretary, Energy, US Embassy
      (confirmed)
11:00 AM

Vote of thanks: Rajiv Jain, Associate Director, India SemiConductor Association

11:10 - 11:30 AM

TEA BREAK

Session 2 Starts at 11.30

M-2: Finance  Download Presentations
Session Chairman: Ramana Reddy, KfW Bank
11.30 AM Financing Photovoltaic Systems - The International Scenario
(a) Busso von Alvensleben,Coordinator, Indo-German Development
      Cooperation, in the Energy Sector, KfW Development Bank (confirmed)
11:50 AM Financing Photovoltaic Systems- Do we need Priority Status?
Shri H D Khunteta, Director(Finance), REC (confirmed)
12.10 PM Strategies to secure finance for Solar projects (Micro & Macro) - The Borrower's Experience
(a) Ameet Shah, Co-Chairman and Director, Astonfield Renewables Inc
      (confirmed)
(b) Rajnish Sapra, CFO, Acciona Energy India (confirmed)
12.50 PM Private Equity & Private Investors-Is the sun shining?
Mahendra Swarup, President, Indian Venture Capital Association (confirmed)

1.00 PM to 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2.10 PM Institutional Finance for Solar Projects
Shri B V RaO, General Manager (TS), IREDA (confirmed)
2.30 PM Finance for the SME Manufacturer- The critical need
(a) Jaydip Sinha, Director & India Head, Houlihan Smith & Company Inc
      (confirmed) 
2.50 PM Making Solar Products Affordable & Reachable
(a) Arvind Reddy, Winrock International India (confirmed)
3:10 PM to 3:40 PM Tea Break
Session III: Projects:  Download Presentations

Session Chairman : Narasimhan Santhanam Energy Alternatives India

3.40 PM

Running Solar Projects in India
(a) Navratan katariya, CMO, Shurjo Energy (confirmed)
(b) Dr Debajit Palit, TERI (confirmed)

4.40 PM Q & A
5.00 PM Close of Day - 1
5.00 PM to
6.00 PM
Networking break
6.00 PM to
7.00 PM
Cocktails
7.00 PM to
8.30 PM
Dinner

Day 2 - Wednesday 22nd September 2010

Starts at 9.30 am Session - 3 Cont....
9.30 AM Photovoltaic & Thermal -Planning to Running-The Global Experience:
(a) Adam R Smith, Managing Director, Solar Solutions Pvt Ltd (Confirmed)

Session 4

09:50 AM  Session Chairman : Dr R K Bhogra, BHEL
M-4: Manufacturing & Distribution  Download Presentations
9.50 AM

Capacity v Demand Trends
a) Sunil Jain, COO, Green Infra Limited (confirmed)

10.10 AM Can we raise demand and supply?
a) Narasimhan Santhanam, Senior Consultant, Energy Alternatives India
      (confirmed)
10.30 AM Developing State Specific strategies
a) Alok Nigam, GM- Business Development, Lanco Solar (confirmed)
b) Anil Patni, DGM -Energy Security & Communication, Tata BP Solar (confirmed)
11.10 AM to 11.30 AM Tea Break

Session 5 starts at 11.30 AM

M-5: Technological Progress  Download Presentations
Session Chairman : Dr Mohan Bhan, Moser Baer
11.30 AM

Silicon Technologies : Giant Strides
(a) Dr. R K Bhogra, Head Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Plant , BHEL (confirmed)

11:50 AM Photovoltaic Manufacturing Standards In India: Benchmarking with Global Standards
(a) Venkat Rajaraman, CEO, Sukam Power Systems (confirmed)
(b) Dr Mohan Bhan, Vice President, Moser Bear (confirmed)
12.30 PM

Certified Photovoltaic systems & Qualified People - India's journey towards excellence
(a) Hitesh Jain, Business Manager (Energy), Underwriters Laboratories (confirmed)

12.50 PM Solar Thermal Technologies & their prospects in India
(a) T Ananth, CEO, Nuetech Solar Systems (confirmed)
1.10 PM to
2:25 PM
Lunch Break
2.30 PM to
4.00 PM
Panel Discussion

M-6 : Panel Discussion - Developing a Road Map for Grid Parity by 2022

Moderator: Narasimhan Santhanam, EAI - Energy Alternatives India
(a) Shri S K Kaila, Vice President, Maharishi Solar (confirmed) 
(b) P Ramana Reddy, Project Manager, KfW Bank (confirmed)
(c) T Ananth, CEO, Nuetech Solar Systems(P) Ltd (confirmed)
(d) Jayant Deo, MD CEO, Indian Energy Exchange (confirmed)
(e) Shri R V Shahi, Former Power Secretary, GoI, Chairman, Energy Infratech,
      Director, Jindal Power, Chairman of Advisory Board, Adani Power,
      Energy Advisor, World Bank (confirmed)
4:00 PM to 4.15 PM Q & A, Thanks Giving
4:15 Tea Break

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