HIGHLIGHTS

• The mounting competitive pressure in the globalized PV market:
  a Europe - Usa - China dialogue platform to level the playing field
• Strategic partnerships, M&A,
  transition from manufacturing to downstream markets:
  trends in the consolidation of the international PV industry
• Energy storage: maximising the grid integration
  of a massively growing PV power generation
• Accompanying the transition to the grid parity:
  viable feed-in schemes in times of financial restraints.
  Italy towards its 5th FiT “Conto Energia”
• New & emerging markets for PV:
  seizing the opportunities of “the next big thing”