Suntech, SolarWorld, EPIA, Antenna Group and Others Featured at Solar Gigawatts Symposium at Intersolar North America 2009

Experts Address Policy Impact, Industry Opportunities and Brand-Building in the North American Solar Market

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Solar Promotions International GbmH and eclareon GmbH, organizers of the Solar Gigawatts Symposium at Intersolar North America 2009, today announced the panel topics and speaker lineup of their Wednesday, July 15 conference, taking place alongside the most diverse international business-to-business trade show in the United States for the global solar industry. The Intersolar North America 2009 trade show, with an expected 450 exhibitors and 15,000 trade visitors, will take place July 14 to 16 at San Francisco's Moscone Center West.

The second annual Solar Gigawatts Symposium, taking place 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, will build on results from discussions at the Solar Gigawatts Symposium at Intersolar in Munich in May and address the latest policy, market and industry developments in the leading European and North American solar markets to identify lessons and opportunities for the U.S. market. Additionally, leading marketing and communications experts will offer European and Asian solar companies advice on leveraging their brands in the emerging U.S. market. Furthermore, a special session on solar thermal will highlight the impressive economic opportunities and environmental potential of this technology. Each panel will be followed by an audience Q&A session.

Solar Gigawatts speakers include:

• Akeena Solar, Barry Cinnamon, CEO
• Antenna Group Inc., Caroline Venza, VPEuropean Photovoltaic Industry Association, Winfried Hoffmann, President
• European Solar Thermal Industry Federation, Olivier Drucke, President
• REC Solar, Inc., Isabelle Christensen, Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations
• Renewable Ventures, a Fotowatio Company, Matt Cheney, CEO
• Solaria Germany GmbH, Philipp Kunze, Managing Director
• SolarWorld AG, Boris Klebensberger, COO
• Suntech America, Steve Chadima, VP of External Affairs
• The Vote Solar Initiative, Adam Browning, Executive Director

Solar Gigawatts is also offering a unique and clever networking opportunity modeled on the popular "speed dating" format, where executives will be able to quickly meet industry peers through about a dozen five-minute one-on-one "dates." The networking event will take place at 4:15 P.M., concurrent to the last session of the day, "Solar Thermal: Lessons Learned from Leading European Markets and Tapping into the U.S. Market Potential."

To register for Solar Gigawatts, please click here.

About eclareon GmbH:

eclareon was founded in 2000 in order to support industry and public bodies in the renewable energy, energy saving and energy efficiency sectors. Since then we have served more than 100 companies, energy agencies or public institutions in the development of their business, the market introduction of new products and the exploration of foreign markets.