CALIFORNIA SOLAR BUSINESS DELEGATION

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1 CALIFORNIA SOLAR BUSINESS DELEGATION TO GERMANY October 23 rd 27 th, 2007 INITIATED AND FINANCED BY SUPPORTED BY

2 California Solar Business Delegation to Germany October 23 rd 27 th, 2007 Target Companies: The event focuses on PV. The participating US solar companies are involved in Program: system integration / installation of PV systems project development wholesale of solar cells and solar modules solar cell and solar module manufacturing TUESDAY, ARRIVAL (Day 1) Arrival of the US delegation participants and the GACC staff in Berlin 6:45pm Delegation meets in Excelsior Hotel Lobby 7:00-7:30pm Briefing (GACC San Francisco, US delegation participants and Rene Gurka, CEO, Berlin Partner GmbH) at Berlin Partner GmbH Business Location Center, 1 st Floor Ludwig-Erhard-Haus, Berlin, Fasanenstrasse 85 from 7:30pm Dinner at Restaurant Weinrot, Hotel Savoy, Berlin, Fasanenstrasse 9-10 WEDNESDAY, EVENT DAY 1 (Day 2) Conference 9:00am to ca. 12:00pm Location: Ludwig Erhard Haus Goldbergersaal, Berlin, Fasanenstrasse 85 9:00am to 9:10am Welcoming Remarks and Opening Speech Welcoming remarks by the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., California Branch Welcoming remarks by Mr. Rene Gurk, CEO, Berlin Partner GmbH Opening speech by Dr. Andreas Kleine, deputy manager of the BMWi- Unit IIIC1 (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology) which is responsible for the Exportinitiative Erneuerbare Energien (Renewable Energy Promotions Program)

3 9:10am to ca. 12pm Presentations 9:10am to 9:25am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A Framework of German energy politics, focusing on photovoltaics (German Energy Agency Berlin Dr. Konrad Bauer, Project Leader Regenerative Energies ) 9:30am to 9:45am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A State of the German solar market current and future (German Solar Industry Federation Berlin Mr. Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Managing Director) 9:50am to 10:05am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A PV research results of the ISE (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Freiburg Prof. Dr. Eicke Weber, Director) 10:10am to 10:25am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A SunTechnics A systems integrator talks about their engineering experiences in Germany and the US (SunTechnics GmbH Dipl.Ing. Matthias Steege, Head of International Projects PV & Global Engineering) 10:30am to 11:00am Coffee Break 11:00am to 11:15am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A 13 years of experience From research at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute to thin-film module production at Sulfurcell (Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH Berlin Dr. Nikolaus Meyer, CEO) 11:20am to 11:35am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A Transatlantic Solar Success Stories (Invest in Germany Berlin Mr. Nikolai Dobrott, Director Renewable Energies & Resources / Nanotechnology) 11:40am to 11:55am, followed by 5 minutes of Q & A Operating conditions and requirements for solar inverters in Germany and the US (SMA Technology AG Niestetal Dr. Bernd Engel, Head of Solartechnics Division) 12:00pm to 1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm to 5:00pm Visit to the Hahn-Meitner-Institute (Solar Energy Research Division), Berlin-Adlershof Visit to Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH, Berlin-Adlershof with a tour of the production facilities Visit to Solon AG with tour of their production facilities (Ederstrasse 16) and visit to PV installation

4 6:00pm to ca. 8:00pm Participation in the International Solar Symposium of the Staatskanzlei (State Chancellery) Thüringen in Berlin At the permanent representation of the State of Thuringia in Berlin (Berlin, Mohrenstrasse 64) From 8:30pm Joint Solar Reception of the State of Thuringia, the German American Chamber of Commerce, California Branch, and the Berlin Partner GmbH Networking Reception in the Lobby of the Deutschen Kreditbank AG (Berlin, Taubenstrasse 7-9) 150 to 250 guest from German and US solar companies, research institutes, public authorities, organizations, associations and economic development agencies THURSDAY, EVENT DAY 2 (Day 3) 9:00am to 12:00pm Business meeting forum with 45 minute meetings between US and German solar companies (Ludwig Erhard Haus - Goldbergersaal, Berlin, Fasanenstrasse 85) 12:00pm to 1:00pm City tour arranged by Berlin Partner GmbH with light lunch 1:00pm to 5:30pm Continuation of the meetings in the Ludwig Erhard Haus *** End of the main events in Berlin *** from 6:00pm Thuringia Group departs to Erfurt (see )

5 FRIDAY, EVENT DAY 3 (Day 4) 2 different possibilities Group 1 Berlin/Brandenburg after 6:00pm ( ) Stay in Berlin option to participate in the evening event Berlin Nightlife put on by the Berlin Partner GmbH in cooperation with the GACC EVENT DAY 3 ( , Day 4) Visit of up to three companies in Berlin/Brandenburg, accompanied by the economic development agency ZAB Brandenburg with tour of manufacturing sites and a solar plant (pick up by ZAB at the hotel) Group 2 Thuringia after 6:00pm ( ) Check out of hotel in Berlin; transportation for Group 2 to Erfurt, where the next night will be spent, provided by members of the LEG (Economic Development Agency of the State of Thuringia) EVENT DAY 3 ( , Day 4) Visit of up to three companies in Thuringia, accompanied by the LEG with tour of manufacturing sites and a solar plant (pick up by LEG at the hotel) Companies: Aleo Solar AG, Prenzlau Johanna Solar Technology GmbH, Brandenburg/Havel Odersun AG, Frankfurt (Oder) Conergy AG, Frankfurt (Oder) Companies: Ersol Solar Energy AG, Erfurt (cells) und ErSol Thinfilm GmbH, Erfurt (solar systems) ASS Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, Erfurt Sunways Production GmbH, Erfurt PV Chrystalox AG, Erfurt Return to Berlin in the evening and stay overnight. Overnight stay in Erfurt or continuation of travels (for example by ICE (InterCityExpress train) to Frankfurt) SATURDAY, DEPARTURE (Day 5) Individual departure according to travel plans Program subject to change last update October 15, 2007