On May 29, 2009 in Munich, the Centre for Photovoltaics (Poland) in cooperation with SolarPVconsulting and with the support of major industry associations and institutes is organising “Rising Opportunities - 1st Conference on Solar PV in NMS and CIS”, under the High Patronage of Prof. Zhores. I. Alferov, Nobel Prize Laureate.

Rising Opportunities, which will be held within the program of Intersolar 2009, the world's largest trade fair for solar technology, presents a unique opportunity for current and prospective players in the field of solar PV in the EU New Member States (NMS), Greece, Turkey, Russia and the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and in the rest of the world to get together and explore possibilities for mutually beneficial cooperation.
Aiming at exploring whether the new emerging markets can compensate the gap in the Spanish Solar PV market, Rising Opportunities will feature THREE SESSIONS followed by interactive panel discussions with leading experts in the field: academicians, analysts, experts, researchers and industry leaders:
* During the first market session experts will analyze the status of Solar PV market in NMS and will discuss how the solar PV boom in the Czech Republic can be followed by other NMS.
* Second market session will cover the four promising, fast-growing South-East European Solar PV markets with excellent irradiation levels, namely Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey. Experts will look into what should be done in order to fully use their potential in order to reach the challenging goal of more than 1GW Solar PV market yearly by 2012 for these countries.
* During the third industry and R&D session, which will be focused on Russia and other CIS countries, experts will address the issue of whether and how the solar PV industry in these countries could become an important player in the global industry.

Rising Opportunities is more than the live event!

At the conference, the Solar PV Business Guide will be launched. It will be the first comprehensive compilation of contact details and profile information for all actors in the Solar PV sector in the countries covered by the conference.

The conference will be live video web-casted, which will give the opportunity to participate interactively to people from all over the world.

9:30 a.m. – 16:40 p.m.