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Solar PV: a strategic sector for economic growth, scientific research and environmental safeguard

LOCATION: New Rome Fair Centre - Est Entrance - The Hall and the Room of each Conference Session are mentioned within the following programme.
ENTRANCE: The access to the Conference is free, upon payment of the Fair ticket.
REGISTRATION: Participants are adviced to report to the Conference Reception well in advance; at least, 20 minutes before the start of the session.
LANGUAGE: Unless otherwise specified, Conference Presentations will be held in Italian; simultaneous translation will not be provided.

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Hall 5 - 5A Conference Room. All the Conference Presentations of this session will be held in English 11.30am - 1.40pm The Mediterranean Solar Plan: international strategies and Italian responses
Chair: Roberto Vigotti (OME)
	Welcome and opening address
	The Mediterranean Solar Plan: status, opportunities, schedule Pierre Convert (Mediterranean Solar Plan, General Directorate for Energy and Climate, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea, France)
	The initiative of OME and its partners to accelerate the Mediterranean Solar Plan Robert Soler (OME & EdF)
	The regional context of renewable energies in the Mediterranean region Houda Ben Jannet Allal (OME)
	1st Panel: 'The response of the Southern Med stakeholders' Chair and rapporteur: Houda Ben Jannet Allal (OME) - Mohieddine Mejri (STEG, Tunisia) - Abdellatif Bardach (ONE, Morocco) - Falah Demry (PEC, PNA) - Mohamed Sobhy (NREA, Egypt)
	2nd Panel: 'The Italian response' Chair and rapporteur: Emanuela Menichetti (OME) - Lamberto Dai Prà (Enel Green Power) - Enrico Savoldi (Techint) - Sergio Zannella (Edison) - Natascia Falcucci (GSE)
	Conclusion by the Chair Roberto Vigotti (OME)

Hall 5 - 5A Conference Room. Session organized by Assosolare 2.30pm - 6.00pm The Italian electric grid
Chair: Gianni Chianetta (Assosolare)
	Opening of the session Gianni Chianetta (Assosolare)
	The status of the Italian electric grid Gianni Vittorio Armani (Terna)
	The status of the Italian electric grid Livio Gallo (Enel)
	The status of the Italian electric grid Marco Pezzaglia (AEEG)
	Roundtable Risks of grid saturation - The Apulian Case - Moderator: Luca Tabasso ('Quotidiano Energia') - Nichi Vendola (Apulian Region)* - Gianni Vittorio Armani (Terna) - Girolamo Mineo (Enel) - Gino Celentano (Enel) - Aurelio Salupo (Enel Distribuzione) - Marco Pezzaglia (AEEG) - Enrico Pensini (SIAC)
	Break
	PV energy: market potentialities and the incentivation system Vittorio Chiesa (Politecnico di Milano)
	Wrap up Italian Goverment plans for the electric grid development. Prospects for photovoltaics Stefano Saglia (Italian Ministry for the Economic Development)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Hall 5 - 5A Conference Room. Session organized by GIFI, Italian Photovoltaic Industry Group 9.45am - 1.00pm The PV that will come: market and incentivations after 2010
Chair: Roberto Vigotti (Solar Ventures)
	Welcome and opening address
	ADVANTAGES OF PV INCENTIVATION SYSTEM IN ITALY
	The 'Conto Energia' Italian feed-in tariff: an analysis of its results Francesco Trezza (GSE)
	The value of PV energy in Italy Arturo Lorenzoni (Università di Padova & IEFE, Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi')
	(in English) Benchmarking of the EU experience in FiT: focus on Germany and Spain Adel El Gammal (EPIA)
	Break
	INCENTIVES AND MARKET SCENARIOS AFTER 2010
	Luciano Barra (Italian Ministry of Economic Development)**
	GIFI proposals for an incentive tariff after 2010 Gert Gremes (GIFI)
	What will be PV market scenarios after 2010? Alessandro Bianchi (NE Nomisma Energia)
	Speakers roundtable
	Question time

Hall 5 - 5A Conference Room 2.00pm - 3.25pm When 'smart' means 'convenient': smart grids drive the market
Chair: G. B. Zorzoli (ISES Italia)
	Welcome and opening address
	Smart grids in Italy: critical issues and strengths* Massimo Gallanti (ERSE - former CESI Ricerca)
	Incentives to renewable energy power plants: opportunities to the development of smart grids Costantino Lato (GSE)
	Innovations in regulatory framework* Massimo Ricci (AEEG)
	'Smart grids' for 'smart consumers': the ADDRESS European Project* Giorgio Di Lembo (ENEL Distribuzione)
	Question time

Hall 5 - 5A Conference Room 3.30pm - 6.15pm The new frontiers of solar PV: innovative inorganic materials and processes
Chair: Roberta Campesato (CESI), Francesco Roca (ENEA Portici)
	Welcome and opening address
	THE FIRST AND THE SECOND GENERATION INORGANIC PV
	The 'state-of-the-art' and innovative approaches to reduce the watt-peak cost for crystalline silicon solar cells Maurizio Acciarri (Università di Milano-Bicocca), Simona Binetti (Università di Milano-Bicocca)
	Cost-effective technologies for manufacturing high-efficiency cSi cells* Luca Serenelli (ENEA Casaccia)
	New architectures of silicon thin-film cells, suitable for flexible substrates too Paola Delli Veneri (ENEA Portici)
	Environmentally friendly technologies for manufacturing CIGS, CdTe modules Alessio Bosio (Università di Parma)
	Question time
	THE THIRD GENERATION INORGANIC PV
	Photonics new frontiers to exceed the conversion limits of PV cells Antonio Terrasi (CNR-MATIS)
	III-V multi-junction solar cells for space and concentration applications Roberta Campesato (CESI)
	Plasmonic nanostructures to increase optical absorption and the efficiency of PV devices Giovanni Bruno (CNR-IMIP)
	Question time