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Speaker Presentations 2025

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The Future of PV Manufacturing in the U.S.: Policy, Investment, and Market Growth Opportunities

RETHINKING INNOVATION A first-principles view of how America can reinvent solar industrialization

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Alex Zhu

CEO
ES Foundry Corp
Available

The Future of PV Manufacturing in the U.S.: Policy, Investment, and Market Growth Opportunities

Canadian Solar US Manufacturing Journey

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Thomas Koerner

Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Solar Group of Companies
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Building a Resilient PV Manufacturing Ecosystem: Poly to Module Integration in the U.S. Supply Chain

State of U.S. Solar Manufacturing

Jade Jones

Jade Jones

Senior Director, Solar Products Manufacturing & Supply Chain
SEIA
Available

Building a Resilient PV Manufacturing Ecosystem: Poly to Module Integration in the U.S. Supply Chain

MAPPING PRODUCT ECOSYSTEMS

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Ankit Singhal

Founder and CEO
Mappes
Available

Building a Resilient PV Manufacturing Ecosystem: Poly to Module Integration in the U.S. Supply Chain

Building a Resilient PV Manufacturing Ecosystem

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Harsh Galia

Senior Product Manager
Qcells
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What does a bankable U.S. PV supply chain look like?

How technical advisors to banks and buyers test, audit and price module risk so new U.S. supply is bankable

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Jon Previtali

CEO
New Energy Diligence
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Securing the PV Supply Chain: Addressing Material Availability and Opportunities at Each Stage

Tariffs and the Economics of US PV Manufacturing

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James Kim

Partner
ArentFox Schiff
Available

Securing the PV Supply Chain: Addressing Material Availability and Opportunities at Each Stage

Securing the PV Supply Chain Addressing Material Availability and Opportunities at Each Stage

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Arndt Lutz

CEO
Elite Solar
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Balancing Cost, Quality, and Reliability in PV Modules

Securing the PV Supply Chain – Traceable wafer supply for US cell manufacturing: an India-based case study

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Balachander Krishnan

Chief Operating Officer
Indosol Solar
Available

Securing the PV Supply Chain: Addressing Material Availability and Opportunities at Each Stage

BUILT IN TOMBALL Turning upstream supply into dependable U.S.-made modules.

Marvin Yang

Marvin Yang

Sales and Business Development Manager
Imperial Star
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Ensuring Quality and Consistency: Building Confidence Across the Solar Value Chain

Connecting the Dots – Building confidence across the solar value chain between cell suppliers, module manufacturers, and module buyers

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Don Cowan

VP of Sales, North America
Kiwa PI Berlin
Available

Ensuring Quality and Consistency: Building Confidence Across the Solar Value Chain

Scaling Domestic Manufacturing With NX CoreFrame

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Jenya Meydbray

Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Steel Frames
Nextpower
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Ensuring Quality and Consistency: Building Confidence Across the Solar Value Chain

S.C’s equipment is used in nearly every solar cell produced worldwide.

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Archon Lai

Chief Marketing Officer
China S.C
Pending

How Space Solar is Driving the Next Generation of PV Innovation

The next space race – PV in orbit: From silicon to gallium arsenide to perovskites

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Chris Case

CTO
Solid State Solutions
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How Space Solar is Driving the Next Generation of PV Innovation

Space PV Initiatives at the Integrated Energy Systems Office (IESO)

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Timothy Siegler

Technology Manager, Integrated Energy Systems Office (IESO)
Department of Energy (DOE)
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The Next Generation of Cell Technologies: Making the Right Technology Choices for U.S. Manufacturing

HJT Solar Cells

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Dr. N M Ravindra

CTO
DYCM
Available

The Next Generation of Cell Technologies: Making the Right Technology Choices for U.S. Manufacturing

Powering Global Solar Manufacturing

Kamel Ounadjela

Kamel Ounadjela

General Manager, International Business Unit
LAPLACE Renewable Energy Technology
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The Next Generation of Cell Technologies: Making the Right Technology Choices for U.S. Manufacturing

Building America’s Next Generation of U.S. Solar Cell Manufacturing

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Nathan Kii Miller

Chief Strategy Officer
Nextnova
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Innovation in PV Manufacturing: From Advanced Cell Technologies to Perovskite Commercialisation

Progress in Silver-Lean Screen-Printing Metallisation Technology for Industrial Silicon Solar Cells

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Brett Hallam

Associate Professor and Scientia Fellow
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Available

Innovation in PV Manufacturing: From Advanced Cell Technologies to Perovskite Commercialisation

Commercializing Perovskites

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Scott Wharton

CEO
Tandem PV
Available

Innovation in PV Manufacturing: From Advanced Cell Technologies to Perovskite Commercialisation

Scaling and Commercializing Hybrid-Tandem Solar Modules

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Charlie Hasselbrink

CTO
Caelux
Available

Innovation in PV Manufacturing: From Advanced Cell Technologies to Perovskite Commercialisation

Materials that make perovskites last.

Blake Martin

Blake Martin

CEO
Sofab
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Innovation Forum: Technologies Shaping the Future of Photovoltaics

Silver metallization for solar cells

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Dana Hankey

Senior Executive Fellow
ACI Materials
Available

Innovation Forum: Technologies Shaping the Future of Photovoltaics

QSM USA Wafering Overview

Jason May

Jason May

Executive Chairman
QSM Group
Available

Innovation Forum: Technologies Shaping the Future of Photovoltaics

Kerf Upcycling Business Opportunity

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Paul Beaulieu

Solar Thesis and Business Development Leader
Re:Build Manufacturing
Available

The Next Generation of Cell Technologies: Which Architectures Will Define the 2030s?

Quo vadis PV cell technology ?

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Radovan Kopecek

Co-Founder and Director
ISC Konstanz
Available

The Next Generation of Cell Technologies: Which Architectures Will Define the 2030s?

Possible Alternative to TOPCon: Engineered Nanopinhole Passivated Contacts

Paul Stradins

Paul Stradins

Principal Scientist
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Available

Building the Next Generation of PV Factories: Lessons Learned from the Manufacturing Front Line

The Blueprint for GW-Scale Solar Manufacturing: Lessons in Design and Operation

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Markus Beck

Head of Business Development North America
RCT Solutions
Available

Building the Next Generation of PV Factories: Lessons Learned from the Manufacturing Front Line

Schedule Risks for New Solar Cell Manufacturing

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Teresa Barnes

Director, National Center for Photovoltaics
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Available

Building the Next Generation of PV Factories: Lessons Learned from the Manufacturing Front Line

Building the Next Generation of PV Factories The factory owner’s journey

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Sebastian Nold

Co-Founder
NEXUS GreenTech
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Closing Market Outlook: What’s next for Global PV Manufacturing

US Solar Manufacturing: A global success story

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Moustafa Ramadan

Head of Market Research
PV Tech, Informa Markets