Friday, September 12, 2014
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Knight Management Center
Registration By Invitation Only

There is little controversy that solar power system prices have declined dramatically in recent years, while new solar installations have grown rapidly. Are these trends likely to continue for the foreseeable future?

The Graduate School of Business and the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy and Finance at Stanford University are pleased to present this one-day, invitation-only conference on “The Road Ahead for the Global Solar PV Industry.”

Through thought-provoking presentations and discussions, business leaders from the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, academic researchers, and policymakers will seek to examine the key questions, including:

• What are the latest trends in the solar PV industry?
• How technological improvements, financing mechanisms, and public policy are likely to impact the future of the solar PV industry?
• Is there a continued need for public policy support, both federally and at the state level, in order for solar PV to maintain its recent growth trajectory?

AGENDA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception, Palo Alto

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

8:15 – 8:45 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Stefan Reichelstein, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Opening Remarks
Jerry Brown, Governor, California (invited)

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Session One — Module Manufacturing and Large-scale Deployment Perspective
Presenter: Tom Werner, President and Chief Executive Officer, SunPower Corporation
Discussants:
David Brochu, Chief Operating Officer, Recurrent Energy
Frank DeRosa, Chief Commercial Officer, North America, SunEdison

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Session Two — Government and Regulatory Perspective
Presenter: David Hochschild, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Discussants:
Andrew Beebe, Vice President, Distributed Generation, NextEra Energy Inc.
Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Break

11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.
Session Three — Future of Photovoltaic Technologies Perspective
Presenter: Michael McGehee, Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Discussants:
Joseph Laia, Co-Chair, CIGS PV Roadmap
Gregory Wilson, Director, National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Session Four — Economic and Financing Perspective
Presenter: Douglas Kimmelman, Senior Partner, Energy Capital Partners
Discussants:
Raymond Wood, Managing Director–Head of U.S. Power and Renewables, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
J. Radford Small, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Break

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Session Five — Distributed Generation Perspective
Presenter: Edward Fenster, Cofounder and Chairman, Sunrun Inc.
Discussants:
Sanjay Ranchod, Senior Director of Policy and Electricity Markets, Regulatory Counsel, SolarCity Corporation
Thomas Bottorff, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Session Six — Panel Discussion: The Road Ahead for the Solar PV Industry
Moderator: Vishal Shah, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Panelists:
Minh Le, Director, Solar Energy Technologies Office, Department of Energy
Tom Starrs, Vice President, Market Strategy and Policy, SunPower Corporation
Ahmad Chatila, President and Chief Executive Officer, SunEdison
Mark Rothleder, Vice President, Market Quality and Renewable Integration, California ISO

5:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Wrap-up

5:15 p.m.
Reception

*The agenda was last updated on July 29, 2014. Updates will be posted here as they become available.

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