Annual Conference 2025

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the ETIP PV conference aims to provide a platform for key stakeholders across the solar PV value chain to address the urgent need for innovative solutions to achieve the EU's ambitious 2030 targets: 720 GWdc of PV deployment and 30 GW of PV manufacturing capacity across the entire value chain.
Under the theme, “The urgency of now: Innovation in making deployment and production targets a reality for solar PV”, the event will focus on exploring strategies, technologies, policies, and collaborations necessary to bridge the gap between ambitions and realities, aligning with the Vision for Europe's sustainable energy future.

Annual Conference 2025 - Agenda

Conference outline

Each session will begin with a keynote speech, followed by the initiation of a panel discussion.

Opening Session (09:30-10:00)

Welcome speech: Rutger Schlatmann (HZB-Institut PVcomB and ETIP PV Chair), tbd

Policy keynote: tbd

SESSION I (10:00-11:30) : Tracking our progress: where is PV heading in Europe?

Assessing where we stand in PV deployment, manufacturing, and investments – Walburga Hemetsberger (SolarPower Europe)

Panel discussion : Walburga Hemetsberger (SolarPower Europe), Paula Dorado Miranda (European Commission, DG ENER), Ivona Kafedjiska (Helmholtz Berlin), Nicola Baggio (FuturaSun), Christian Breyer (LUT)

SESSION II (12:30-14:00) : PV’s target: a factor of European competitiveness?

Understanding the competitiveness dynamics within the PV value chain – Peter Fath (RCT Solutions)

Panel discussion: Peter Fath (RCT Solutions), Alden Lee (DAS Solar), Domenico Sartore (Ecoprogetti), Dominic Buchholz (Green Energy Venture), Laura Miranda (Oxford PV)

SESSION III (14:30-16:00) : Financing innovation: Crossing the valley of death for new PV technologies

An EU Competitiveness Fund is coming. How should it look? - Greg Arrowsmith (Eurec)

Panel discussion: Greg Arrowsmith (Eurec), Marina Foti (3Sun, Enel), Pablo Ortiz (Tecnalia), Yannick Veschetti (Heliup)