Date: Dec. 7 - 8
Venue: Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Meeting Summary(pdf)
Agenda
Dec.7, 2011 Wednesday afternoon
13:00-17:00 QA Forum Task Force TG Meetings
Dec.8, 2011 Thursday Morning
9:30 Registration
10:00 Welcome
Opening Remarks: Michio Kondo (AIST)
Welcome: Mr. Masaaki Yamamoto (Director, Standardization Office for International Affairs, METI)
Welcome: Jeffrey Miller (Director, US Department of Energy Office, US Embassy)
Welcome: Hiromu Takatsuka (Executive Managing Director, PVTEC)
10:40 Session I. Special Talk Session chairs: Masaaki Yamamichi(AIST)
10:40 Policy on International Standardization of Japan Jun Takakuwa (Standardization Office for International Affairs, METI)
11:00 Introduction to International PV Module QA Forum: Michael Kempe (NREL)
11:20 Challange of International Standardization for PV and expectation for QA Forum Tony Sample, Heinz Ossenbrink (EU_DG_JRC)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Session II. Confirming the Need– The Importance of Quality Assurance
Session chairs: Tony Sample (EC_DG_JRC), Shigeru Niki (AIST)
13:00 Business developments and reliability efforts of Kyocera solar modules
– Muneyoshi Yamatani (Kyocera)
13:25 PV Module Reliability: Suntech's Practice and Prospect –Tony Tang (Suntech)
13:50 Lessons Learned from Field Survey - Messeage from "PVRessQ!"
– Kazuhiko Kato(AIST)
14:15 Linking Accelerated Laboratory and Outdoor Exposure Results for PV Polymeric Materials – Xiaohong Gu(NIST)
14:40 Discussion
15:00 Coffee Break
15:20 Session III.Forum Task Group Reporting
Session chairs: Masaaki Yamamichi (AIST), Katsuaki Shibata(JET)
15:20 Task Group 1– Yoshihito Eguchi(Sharp)
15:40 Task Group 2– Tadanori Tanahashi(Espec)
15:55 Task Group 3– Takuya Doi(AIST)
16:10 Task Group 4– Yasunori Uchida(JET)
16:25 Task Group 5– Kusato Hirota(Toray)
16:40 Discussion
17:00 Next steps: Michio Kondo(AIST)
17:15 Closing
