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Conference Programme
 

10 August 2009

1000-1100 hrs Inaugural Conference Session (Hall 12A)

Theme: “Renewables… Empowering India”

Track I

Hall 12A1

Track II

Hall 12A2

1115– 1230 Hrs Accelerating the solar economy: How to reduce costs and maximize ROI

Chairperson: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

Keynote Address:
Mr. K Subramanya, CEO, Tata BP Solar India Limited

Special Address:
Mr. Arun Seth, Director-Alternative Energy, ACME Tele Power Ltd.
Mr. Roger Little, CEO, Spire Solar , USA

Speakers:
Mr. Sahin Balkan, Executive Vice President - Global business development, IBC Solar AG, Germany
Mr. Rabindra Satpathy, President, Reliance Industries Ltd.

Q & A

1115 – 1230 Hrs Potential and challenges faced by various industries involved in Cogeneration

Keynote Address: Dr. Bipin Thapliyal, Scientist & Head- Chemical recovery & energy management division, Century Pulp & Paper Research Institute

Speakers:
Mr. Vinay Kabra, Head - Innovation, Boiler & Heater Group, Thermax Limited
Dr. G C Datta Roy, CEO, DSCL Energy Services Co. Ltd.
Dr Rudolf Rauch, Manager, Indo-German Energy Programme
Mr. Arun Tewari, Head-Improvement & Development, Isgec John Thompson
Mr. Ravi Uppal, CEO, Larsen & Toubro Power Ltd.*

Q & A

1230 – 1245 Hrs Coffee Break

Track III

Hall 12A1

Track IV

Hall 12A2

1245 – 1400 Hrs Thin film technologies - An outlook in turbulent times

Chairperson: Dr. Rajeewa Arya, CEO, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd.

Speakers:
Mr. Alden Lee, Sales Director Asia Pacific, Schott Solar AG, Germany
Dr. Keshav Prasad, VP-Business Development, Signet Solar Inc., USA
Dr. Dieter Schmid, Director Technical, Centrotherm PV AG, Germany
Mr. Peter Sermon, Head of Sales (Europe, Middle East & India), Oerlikon Solar, Germany
Dr. Arul Shanmugasundram, GM- Solar Sales & Marketing, Applied Materials, USA

Q & A

1245 – 1345 Hrs Bio fuels: Market drivers and outlook

Chairperson: Mr. Sandeep Chaturvedi, President, Bio Diesel Association of India

Speakers:
Mr. Dipankar Ghosh, Partner, Ernst & Young
Mr. C S Jadhav, Director (Marketing), Nandan Biomatrix Ltd.
Mr. Saiprasad Nadella, Sales Application Engineer, GE Energy
Mr. KV Subramaniam, President & CEO, Reliance Life Sciences

Q & A

1345 – 1445 hrs – Networking Lunch

Track V

Hall 12A1

Track VI

Hall 12A2

1445 – 1615 Hrs Panel Discussion: Bouquet of technologies

Chairperson: Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay, Adviser, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Speakers:
Mr. Peter Aschennbrenner, Executive VP, Strategy, SunPower Corporation, USA
Dr. Mohan Bhan, V.P, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd.
Mr. Chris Boomaars, Director- New Business Development, OTB Solar, Netherlands
Dr. Josef Haase, Sr. Director (Technology & Marketing), Centrotherm PV AG, Germany
Mr. Vaman Kuber, Consultant – SPV, Australia
Mr. Dean O'Connor, Global Head of Market Development & Technology, Linde Group, Singapore
Dr. D. N Singh, CTO, Indo Solar Ltd.

Q & A

1445 – 1615 Hrs Does the road to EVs/HVs pass through India?

Chairperson: Mr. Naveen Munjal, MD, Hero Electric*

Keynote Address:
Mr. Chetan Maini, Deputy Chairman & CTO, Reva Electric Car Company Pvt. Ltd.*

Speakers:
Mr. K K Bhan, MD, Ultra Motors India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sanjeev Kekar, Country Manager- Sales, Freescale Semiconductor India
Mr. I V Rao, Managing Executive Officer- Engineering,(National Head - R & D), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Mr. Rajan Wadhera, Head -R & D, Mahindra & Mahindra*
Q & A

 

1615 – 1630 Hrs Coffee Break

Track VII

Hall 12A1

Track VIII

Hall 12A2

1630 – 1745 Hrs Securing the finance needed to drive Solar forward

Chairperson: Mr. Debashish Majumdar, CMD, IREDA

Speakers:
Mr. Busso von Alvensleben, Senior Manager, KFW German Development Bank
Mr. Haziq Beg, Senior Vice President- Power Division, IL&FS Energy Development Company Ltd.
Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya, Principal, IDFC Private Equity
Mr. Mohanjit Jolly, Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India
Mr. Ashish Sethia, Business Manager, New Energy Finance, India

Q & A

1630 – 1745 Hrs Geothermal Energy: Global markets & policy drivers

Chairperson: Dr. B M S Bist, Adviser, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India*

Speakers:
Mr. Curd Bems, Chief Executive Officer, Exorka International Limited, Germany
Mr. Grant Morrison, Director, Geothermal India
Mr. Venkataramana Muvvala, Area Director, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, USA
Mr. Banmali Agrawala, Executive Director, The Tata Power Company Ltd.*

Q & A

11 August 2009

Track IX

Hall 12A1

Track X

Hall 12A2

1000-1115 Wind farm developments: Procurement & solution optimisation in a constrained market

Chairperson: Shri K. P Sukumaran, Adviser, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Speakers:
Mr. R. Anbarasu, Technical Program Manager, GE Energy- Renewables, India
Mr. Reinhard Kehrer, Managing Partner, Gantner Instrument, Germany
Mr. Madhusudan Khemka, Director & CEO, Regen Powertech Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. V C S Velumani, Director, Winenergy Drive Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

Q & A

1000 – 1115 Hrs Issues and challenges faced by state developers of SHP

Chairperson: Dr. Praveen Saxena, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Keynote Address: Mr. Yogendra Prasad, Special Advisor, Govt. of Uttrakhand

Speakers:
Mr. K. C Ashok, COO, Boving Fouress
Mr. Arun Kumar, Head-AHEC, IIT Roorkee
Mr. Tarun Kapoor, MD, HP Power Corporation
Mr. Arun Sharma, MD, A. Power Himalayas
Dr. Pascal Storck, President-Global Operations, 3TIER, USA

Q & A

1130 – 1145 Coffee Break

Track XI

Hall 12A1

Track XII

Hall 12A2

1145-1300 Hrs Short-term forecasting of wind power: Technology and regulatory challenges

Chairperson:
Dr. Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Speakers:
Mr. Andrew Garrad, MD, Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd., UK
Mr. Shrenik Ghodawat, MD, Ghodawat Industries
Mr. Pascal Storck, President – Global Head, 3TIER
Mr. Rajindra Valasalan, Managing Director. WinWinD Power Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Mahesh Vipradas, Head Regulatory Affairs, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Dr. John Zack, Principal, AWS TrueWind, USA

Q & A

1145 – 1300 Hrs CDM issues & way forward

Speakers:
Dr. Keshav C Das, Regional Director, Business Operation, Clean Trade Group
Mr. Dinesh Shetty, Local Product Manager-Climate Change Services, Bureau Veritas Certification India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Kiran Patil, Managing Director, Carbon India
Mr. Ashutosh Pandey, CEO, Emergent Ventures India

Q & A

1300 – 1400 Hrs Networking Lunch

Track XIII

Hall 12A1

Track XIV

Hall 12A2

1400 – 1515 Hrs: Panel discussion- Business model amongst successful emerging technologies: Economics for power generation

Chairperson:
Dr. B. Bharagva, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Speakers:
Mr. Florian Hoecht, Key Account Manager, Schott Solar CSP GmbH,
Mr. Anjan Ghosh, Sr. General Manager, Tata BP Solar India Ltd.
Mr. Gautam Mohanka, Director, Gautam Polymers
Mr. Gurmeet Naroola, India Business Development Head, SunPower Corporation USA
Mr. Shiv Shukla, President & CEO, Abencs Engineering Private Limited
Dr. Pascal Storck, President-Global Operations, 3TIER, USA
Mr. Gagan Vermani, General Manager PV, Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd.

Q & A

1400 – 1515 Hrs Securing the investments needed to drive Renewables

Chairperson:
Mr. Craig O’ Connor, Director, Ex-Im Bank, USA

Speakers:
Ms. Lakshmi Ananthamurthy, Director, Carbon Credit Capital
Mr. Noam-Ben Ozer, MD, Focal Energy
Mr. Kiran Patil, MD, Ecolutions Carbon India
Mr. Todd Najera, Director- Renewable Energy, Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. Deepak Verma, COO, Emergent Ventures India

Q & A

1515 – 1530 Hrs Coffee Break

Track XV

Hall 12A1

Track XVI

Hall 12A2

1530-1645 Hrs Road map to grid parity: The Great incentive debate & regulatory framework

Chairperson: Smt. Gauri Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India*

Speakers:
Mr. Rajeshwara Bhat, CEO & Director, Sun Technics Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Manuel Brachet, World-Wide Business Development Head, SunPower Corporation, USA
Mr. Rajinder Kumar, CMD, Bergen Associates Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Head- North & Central region, Tata BP Solar India Ltd.
Mr. Ashok Ramakrishnan, General Manager, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Mr. Shaji Ul Mulk, Chairman, Mulk Holdings, UAE
Mr. Rajeeva Swarup CMD, Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation.
Mr. Rajni Umakanthan, General Manager-Asia Pacific, Underwriters Laboratories

Q & A

1530 – 1645 Hrs Wind energy: Preventive & predictive maintenance to maximise ROI and minimise downtime

Speakers:
Mr. Gavin Greene, Electrical Team Leader, SgurrEnergy Ltd., UK
Mr. Vidyadhar Tagade, Deputy General Manager, Customer Service, Vestas India
Mr. Rajesh Padhi, Consultant, Lucintel
Operation Head, WinWind Power Energy Pvt. Ltd.*
Operation Head, Suzlon Energy Ltd.

Q & A

 

Track XVII

Hall 12A1

Track XVIII

Hall 12A2

1645-1830 Hrs Work shop: Energy Efficiency- A billion dollar opportunity

Chairperson: Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Secretary, BEE, Ministry of Power, Government of India

Speakers:
Mr. S.N Eisenhower, Director- Operations, Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.
Mr. Mark Ginsberg, Sr. Executive Board Member, US Department of Energy, USA
Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Joint Director, National Council for Cement & Building Materials
Mr. Vivek, sr. Principal- Energy, Utilities and Services, Infosys
Mr. Sean Zhou, Head-PV business, Intertek China

Q & A

1645-1830 Hrs Pursuing the green path: Turning challenges into business opportunities

Speakers:
Mr. Ambrish Bakaya, Director- Corporate Affairs, Nokia India
Mr. Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Mobile
Mr. Sandeep Kashyap, Business Head-Alternative energy, ACME Tele Power Ltd.
Mr. Niranjan Khatri, G.M., ITC Welcome Group

Q & A

12 August 2009

Track XIX

Hall 12A1

Track XX

Hall 12A2

1000-1115 Hrs Crystalline silicon technologies- Key issues in development of high efficiency solar cells

Chairperson: Mr. Holger Klarner, COO, Q-cells International Germany

Speakers:
Mr. George Antony, AGM, Solar Cells & Modules, BEL
Mr. Simone M P Arizzi, Global Technical Leader, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, USA
Mr. Bryan Ashley, Vice President, Suniva Inc.
Dr. G. Rajeshwaran, CTO, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd.
Mr. Kaushik J Vaidya, Energy & Enviornmental Solutions, Applied Materials
Mr. Darren Arola, Global AT Manager-Solar Products, Ferro Corporation, USA
Mr. R K Tanwar, Director (operations), Webel SL Energy Systems Ltd.

Q & A

1000 - 1125 Hrs Workshop by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI ): Latest trends in Designing, Manufacturing & Testing of PV modules

Introduction: Mr Ajay Prakash  Shrivastva, President, SESI 

Speakers:  
Lecture 1 Latest Technologies of Cell manufacturing in PV. (Dr. Amitabh Verma, VP - Technical, Scatec , Norway)   
Lecture 2  How to design the Module & guidelines. (DR Patrick Hofer, 3 S Industries Ltd, Switzerland)

 

Track XXI

Hall 12A1

Track XXII

Hall 12A2

1130 - 1245 Hrs: The role of solar thermal: Today and tomorrow

Chairperson: Dr. B. Bharagva, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Speakers:
Mr. Manoj Gupta, General Manager- Sales & Marketing, ACME Tele Power Ltd.
Mr. K Srinivas, CEO, Kotak Urja Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Satish Sabharwal, Sr. Energy Expert, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India
Dr Mathias Safarik, Institute Fur Luft- und Kaltetechnik (ILK), Germany
Mr. Ravi Shankar, Sr. General Mgr.- SBU Head, Tata BP Solar India Ltd
Mr. Christian Zahler, CTO, Mirroxx GmbH, Germany

Q & A

Cont: Workshop by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)  

Lecture3
Latest techniques on Stringing, & Lamination (Andreas Schoeni - 3S, Michael Kroeffkes - SOMONT GmbH, Germany)
Lecture 4  Testing of PV Modules (Alfred Widmer - PASAN Sa, Switzerland and Spire Corporation, USA)

Panel Discussion

Visit to INDOSOLAR Plant

 

 

1245 – 1330 Networking Lunch

Track XXIII

Hall 12A1

Track XXIV

Hall 12A2

1330-1445 Hrs Integrating Wind in electricity markets: A precursor to low carbon economy

Speakers:
Mr. Gavin Greene, Electrical Team Leader, SgurrEnergy Ltd., UK
Mr. Arvind Prasad, Director Sales, Vestas India
Mr. Suchit Punnose, Commercial Director, Armaec Energy Group PLC, UK
Mr. Rajarshi Sen, Director, UD Energy Systems

Q & A

1330 – 1445 Hrs Equipment manufacturers and materials: A critical link to cost reduction

Chairperson:
Mr. Sanjay Khar, MD, OTB, Near East, India

Speakers:
Dr. Mohan Bhan, V.P, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd.
Mr. Karlheinz Brust, Technical Manager, August Krempl, Germany
Mr. Carson Richert, Business Development Manager, Despatch Industries, USA
Mr. Karl Schanz, General Technical Manager Solar, ASYS Group Asia Pte Ltd., Germany
Mr. Colin Yeoh, Asia Sales Manager - Solar Technology, Rofin-Baasel Lasertech, Germany
Dr. Michael Zhu, Development Manager, ARKEMA, France

Q & A

1445 – 1500 Hrs Coffee Break

Track XXV

Hall 12A1

Track XXVI

Hall 12A2

1500-1615 Hrs Grid integration challenges in India: Infrastructure and supply issues

Chairperson: Shri K. P Sukumaran, Adviser, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India*

Speakers:
Mr. Rajindra Valsalan, Managing Director. WinWinD Power Energy Pvt. Ltd.*
Speaker From Suzlon Energy Ltd.*

Q & A

1500 – 1615 Hrs Youth Summit followed by Green Entrepreneurial Awards

Speakers:
Mr. Arun Tripathi, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
Dr. Mohan Saxena, MD, Ayurvet Ltd.
Mr. Puneet Sharma, Analyst International Sales & Strategy, Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd.
Mr. Richard Weting, Lead Engineer, Energy & Development Services Asia, Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd.
Mr. Digu Aruchamy, Head-Rural Energy Project, IYCN

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