Solar Investment Forum 2012
Returning for its 5th year the 2012 Solar Investment Forum is an official Side Event of Intersolar Europe which will bring together leading experts from across the solar sector for a day of unrivalled networking and the opportunity to hear about the latest financing opportunities and developments in the solar sector.
“Solid deal-level information about market conditions and how deals are getting done” Michael Eckhart, Managing Director, Citigroup – Solar Finance and Investment 2011 attendee
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Building on the success of previous years, Solar Investment Forum 2012 will explore the key areas influencing and affecting the market in 2012 and beyond. Key topics at Solar Investment Forum include:
Attend and discuss the important issues related to M&A in solar. Discover how the big investors are positioning themselves, learn how debt finance projects are evolving and what leverages investors have in mind for solar projects and hear banks talk about what their new criteria for lending is. |
Confirmed speakers so far:
- Jenny Chase, Head of Solar Analysis,
Bloomberg New Energy Finance -
Read her 60 second interview
- Allan Baker, Global Head of Power Project Finance, Societe Generale
- Ash Sharma, Senior Research Director – Photovoltaics Renewable Energy, IMS Research
- Jose Ramon Abos, Associate Director, Infrastructure Finance, Standard & Poor’s
- Carlo Rolle, Director of Project Finance, BNP Paribas
- Simon Cheah, Director, Global Project & Structured Finance, Canadian Solar
- Stefano Madeddu, Head of Solar, Hideal Partners
- Michele Appendino, Chairman and CEO, Solar Ventures
- Asier Mata, Global Head of M&A, Gestamp Solar
- Kunal Phalpher, Consultant, 360 Consult
- Giovanni Terranova, Founding Partner,
Bluefield LLP-
Read his 60 second interview
- Alexander von Dobschutz, Div Head of Structured Finance & Project Finance, BayernLB
- Sebastian Olbert,
Partner,
Goetzpartners Management Consultants GmbH -
Read his 60 second interview
- Pierre Kahn, Director, Deutsche Bank
- Asair Efiong, Principal Product Development Manager, Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team, EBRD
- Sunil Gupta, Global Head of Technology and Clean Tech Coverage, Standard Chartered
- David Prat, Director – Power and Environment London, Unicredit Corporate and Investment Banking
Official Side Event of Intersolar Europe:

The 2011 Intersolar Europe Conference was of great success. A total of 2,534 solar experts from around 50 countries attended the conference and its side events, an increase of 14% compared to the previous year.
Today, Intersolar is the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry, and looks back on a history spanning almost twenty years. The accompanying Intersolar Europe Conference consolidates the topics of the exhibition.For more information on Intersolar Europe please visit: www.intersolar.de

