Advancing Product Quality
Summit on SOLAR QUALITY
A Great Success!
June 29, 2010 | Hilton Santa Clara, CA
Read the Reviews…
“Advancing product quality is key to solar success… according to industry figures who attended Camstar Systems’ The Summit on Solar Quality.” Read the article in PV Magazine
“The Keynote speaker Jigar Shah, CEO of Carbon War Room, Founder of SunEdison and solar visionary spoke on a variety of controversial topics including energy storage, DC to DC chips and trackers.” Read the article in Greentech Media
Thought leaders representing over thirty leading Solar companies attended Camstar’s “The Summit on Solar Quality” June 29 in Santa Clara, CA . They discussed Quality issues spanning the entire Solar value chain, and the impact of Quality on Grid Parity. Read the news
Thank You for Attending!
Speakers included top solar executives representing various segments of the solar value chain, including:
- Emcore
- Q-Cells
- MiaSolé
- SanDisk
- SunEdison
This educational event gave insight into:
- The impact of quality on the speed of innovation, and the time to bring more cost-effective technologies to market
- Effects of quality improvements on the manufacturing process and conversion efficiency
- Initiatives by top solar companies to reach grid parity
- The acceleration to grid parity enabled by a closed-loop approach to advancing product quality
The Summit met requirements for Continuing Education, Recertification, and Professional Development credits under American Society for Quality (ASQ) guidelines.
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RECORDINGS AND MATERIALS:
Scaling Manufacturing through Quality Focus
Ralf Plieninger, Dir. of Business Management, Q-Cells
Summary|PV Times Podcast|Slides
Advancing Product Quality to Achieve Grid Parity
Karim Lokas, Vice President, Camstar and Jody Cowan, Managing Director, Strategy22
Summary|PV Times Podcast|Slides
Design for Quality: Effective Transformation from R&D to Volume Production
Robert Gallegos, Engineering Manager, Solar Array, Emcore
Summary|Slides
Lessons Learned from the Semiconductor Industry
Didier Chavet, JAPAC Operations, IT Sr. Dir., SanDisk
Summary|Video
Keynote: How Quality Affects Purchasing Decisions and Pricing in the Solar Industry
Jigar Shah, CEO, Carbon War Room and Founder, SunEdison
Summary|PV Times Podcast
Panel Discussion: Quality, Profits, & the Value Chain
Robert Gallegos, Emcore; Ralf Plieninger, Q-Cells and Amiya Ranjan, MiaSolé; Jigar Shah, Carbon War Room
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