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 Alison is the Conference Moderator for all sessions conducted in English.

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Alison Finch is currently VP Marketing for SolarEdge in Europe. She is an innovative leader with an entrepreneurial spirit and over 30 years’ experience, primarily within energy and telecommunications industries, focused on digitalisation, smart technology, sustainability and solar. She has been an enthusiastic ambassador for the solar industry since 2010, with past roles ranging from running her own solar installation business in the UK in 2012, to being Vice President of the SolarPower Europe’s non-executive Board in 2018.

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How to Make PV Systems Safer Without Burning Your Budget

PV system safety is essential for the continued acceptance and deployment of solar energy.  But how do you achieve optimal safety measures without exceeding your budget and adding installation complexity? This presentation will discuss common safety hazards and how they can be mitigated cost-effectively and with minimal installation time and risks.

A glimpse of future SolarEdge innovations designed to further increase PV sytem safety will be included.

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Adrian is a global specialist in the installation and safety of PV systems with more than 20 years of PV experience. He began his career as a project manager for PV power plants and then worked as a product manager, responsible for small PV inverters.

Joining SolarEdge in 2015, Adrian’s main responsibility is the standardization of PV systems and components in national and international working groups and committees. He is also exploring system and safety topics in PV applications, communicating his findings in various international PV conferences.

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 Lors de cette session, l’expert du solaire Xavier Daval, PDG fondateur de kiloWattsol , le leader du conseil technique solaire en France, examinera comment la France peut déployer son potentiel photovoltaïque compte tenu du contexte économique et social actuel, des différentes technologies et du soutien du gouvernement. Il expliquera comment l'auto-consommation et la sécurité du photovoltaïque sont clés pour la croissance du secteur. Alain Gehin et Michaël Godet se joindront à Xavier et présenteront une étude de cas exemplaire : une installation de 360kW sur un supermarché Super U utilisant la technologie SolarEdge et atteignant 90% d'auto-consommation.

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After managing his own shop for 11 years, Alain Gehin has joined the Super U supermarket in Munster in 1995 as employee, then technical director a few years later. Passionate about new technologies and curious about renewable energies, Alain has led the construction of the PV installation in 2017 and is still monitoring performance today. He is now a technical consultant for the supermarket, always looking for new, smart ways to reduce energy consumption.

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As installers, developers, and projects owners in many international markets struggle to keep pace with the proliferation of new technologies in the market over the past 3 – 4 years, informed buyers must make trade-offs in terms of risk mitigation, project return and quality guarantees from a fragmented supply chain that has shifted away from standardization and simplicity.  Anyone who is deploying solar and storage assets should be following these trends closely and avoid underperforming assets, as further technology disruption takes place in the coming years.

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Andrew Paul Klump is a renewable energy executive with 20 years of solar energy, storage and technology experience with a 17-year track record in China.  Mr. Klump is the founder, owner and CEO of Clean Energy Associates (CEA)

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Digitalization has transformed most industries, enabling more efficient, safe, and precise management of assets and operations at a fraction of the cost. In this session Arttur Kulvik, CEO of Solnet Group, explains from an Installer perspective, the value that sensors, automation, and a data centric approach to Solar PV, bring to asset managers, investors, and the wider energy infrastructure. Firm dispatchable solar is a critical element of the future Grid 3.0.

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Currently heads the Solnet European expansion headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, providing smart solar energy and storage solutions to corporate customers. Twenty years of experience in digital distribution and marketing value chain, expertise in technology-based business development.

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Electrical vehicles have been a hot topic for the past few decades, but to achieve a true e-mobility revolution, not just an evolution, it is vital to address the main pillars surrounding the subject of e-mobility,  including electric vehicles adoption, government policies, market education, innovative technologies, grid stability, and the rise of renewable energy. Only then can we ensure that a wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles, by individuals and corporations, will come jointly with the adoption of renewable energy ensuring a zero-emission future.

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Aurélie Beauvais is the Policy Director and CEO ad interim of SolarPower Europe, the European association representing companies and organizations active along the whole Solar value chain. SolarPower Europe is  committed to shaping the regulatory environment and enhancing business opportunities for solar power in Europe. Prior to joining SolarPower Europe, she headed the EU Affairs department of the French Union of Electricity (UFE) from 2012 to 2017.

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Bogdan Szymański, Stowarzyszenie Branży Fotowoltaicznej POLSKA PV, opowie o tym, jak kwestie bezpieczeństwa, w tym bezpieczeństwa przeciwpożarowego nabierają coraz większego znaczenia na rynku PV. Prezentacja ta zawierać będzie najlepsze praktyki w zakresie zwiększania bezpieczeństwa, np. na etapie projektowania i wdrażania, ochrony przed uderzeniem pioruna oraz w innych sytuacjach wyjątkowych, np. podczas akcji gaśniczych.

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Co-founder and President of the Board of the Polish Photovoltaic Industry Association. Academic lecturer at the University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Member of board of GLOBEnergia publishing house. Author of a series of courses, including "Eco-Commune", "Local Government Energy Manager" and “Solar+” - a practical course focusing on the design and installation of photovoltaic systems. Author of many practical guidebooks and manuals, including the "PV Installations" issued yearly since 2013. 

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Overcoming Design Challenges in Commercial PV with Designer

In the competitive market of commercial PV installations, it’s crucial to be a leader in business efficiency, sales and average selling price (ASP).  However, designing accurate and efficient PV systems is a challenging process. These challenges are being addressed by innovative and easy-to-use design tools that enhance the installer’s abilities to close deals.

Join our conversation to see how we face and overcome these challenges with SolarEdge solutions to help you be the best at what you do.

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Elay is a member of the SolarEdge Designer team and the SaaS product group. He has more than 7 years of experience as a product manager in the defense industry, specifically in drone autonomous software. A former co-founder in two companies as VP Research & Development, Elay’s professional expertise includes AI-based tools for 3D mapping of structures and terrain.

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Frauke Thies, Executive Director of SmartEn and Frank Bakker, Product Manager for SolarEdge join forces to talk about the opportunities in Europe for every company, building and car to support a more inter-connected energy system and how smart energy is connecting our lives. As the solar market evolves toward self-consumption and households transition to be fully electric, smart energy management is a core component and  presents an opportunity for installers to reach out to energy-hungry consumers with a broader offering and increase their average revenue per installation (ARPI), in order improve their bottom line and stay ahead of the competition.  And with the PV installation becoming increasingly competitive, installers can differentiate themselves from the competition by adding smart energy offerings to their core solar business. 

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Product Manager for SolarEdge’s Smart Energy & Power Optimizer portfolio, Frank brings more than 13 years solar energy experience to his position. This includes a long track record in the PV sector and a degree in electrical engineering, together with working in PV standards, product development, new product introduction, and product strategy.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Frank has an innovative mindset with a passion for advancing the energy transition towards a decarbonized grid

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Frauke Thies, Executive Director of SmartEn and Frank Bakker, Product Manager for SolarEdge join forces to talk about the opportunities in Europe for every company, building and car to support a more inter-connected energy system and how smart energy is connecting our lives. As the solar market evolves toward self-consumption and households transition to be fully electric, smart energy management is a core component and  presents an opportunity for installers to reach out to energy-hungry consumers with a broader offering and increase their average revenue per installation (ARPI), in order improve their bottom line and stay ahead of the competition.  And with the PV installation becoming increasingly competitive, installers can differentiate themselves from the competition by adding smart energy offerings to their core solar business. 

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Frauke Thies is Executive Director of smartEn, the European business association integrating the decentralized solutions of the clean energy transition. The association’s aim is to create opportunities for every company, building and car to support an increasingly renewable energy system. Before joining smartEn in September 2015, Frauke held different positions at Greenpeace EU and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association SolarPower Europe. She also worked on secondments in Washington, D.C. and in New Delhi, India.  She holds a Masters degree in Environmental Sciences from Lüneburg University, Germany, and an Executive MBA from Vlerick Business School, Belgium. 

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SolarEdge Designer Tips & Tricks

In this informative session, we will share key tips that help solar professionals speed up the system design process and efficiently manage and customize PV projects. Learn how you can use SolarEdge Designer’s automated capabilities to create designs that meet project needs… and easily generate compelling PV project proposals.  SolarEdge’s free online Designer is a dedicated tool for solar professionals to plan, build and validate SolarEdge systems from conception to installation, using an intuitive and streamlined process to achieve PV system design goals.

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With close to 4 years’ experience at SolarEdge, Inbal’s main area of focus is on software tools and the complete SolarEdge software ecosystem including SolarEdge Designer, Monitoring platform, and the Mapper application. 

Prior to joining SolarEdge, Inbal served as QA and customer support engineer in a project management company.  She has a B.Sc. in industrial engineering and management sciences from Tel Aviv University. 

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In this presentation, Julie Beaufils, Secretary General of EuropeOn, will speak about the evolving role of the Electrical Contractor, the need for more trained electricians with new skills and a more digitalised approach, in order to ensure safety as part of the green transition. Responsible for installing solar modules, operating & maintenance activities, advising soon-to-be prosumers, and other electrification efforts, electrical contractors are making the green transition a reality. In a fast-evolving sector, they have partnered within EuropeOn to share best practices and raise European policymakers’ awareness to their new role.

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Julie Beaufils is the Secretary General of EuropeOn, the Association of European Electrical Contractors. Founded in 1954, EuropeOn (ex- AIE) is the voice of the workers who “switch Europe ON” and see the energy transition as the key to a carbon and climate-neutral Europe. EuropeOn’s members operate electrical systems in buildings and infrastructures, install solar panels, energy management systems and electrical vehicles’ charging points. Julie is also in charge of the Skills4Climate campaign, raising awareness on the shortage in high-skilled professionals, which might endanger the practical rollout of the energy transition. Before joining EuropeOn, Julie worked for 4 years in Brussels in another association focused on the economic sectors of the French Outermost regions (Martinique, Réunion…). Originally from France, she studied Public Administration at Sciences Po Paris and European affairs at King’s College London.

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 Electrical vehicles have been a hot topic for the past few decades, but to achieve a true e-mobility revolution, not just an evolution, it is vital to address the main pillars surrounding the e-mobility topic, including electric vehicles adoption, government policies, market education, innovative technologies, grid stability, and the rise of renewable energy. Only then can we ensure that a wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles, by individuals and corporations, will come jointly with the adoption of renewable energy ensuring a zero-emission future. 

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Lior Handelsman founded SolarEdge in 2006 and currently serves as our Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy in which he is responsible for defining and steering SolarEdge’s strategic global marketing activities, media outreach, product roadmap and vision, corporate product strategy, as well global product management, and corporate business development.

Prior to founding SolarEdge, Mr. Handelsman spent 11 years leading power electronics research and development teams and directing large-scale, multidisciplinary research and development projects.

Mr. Handelsman holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) and an MBA from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology.

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The Importance of Cybersecurity in Solar Systems

The electric grid is facing a number of different challenges as it evolves into a network of interconnected distributed energy resources. One of the growing risks is cyber attacks. In this session, Meir will discuss cyber security risks facing the grid, review a number of case studies, and present best practices for cyber security to protect solar energy systems and the grid.

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Meir founded SolarEdge in 2006 and has served since 2007 as Vice President, Core Technologies where he is responsible for SolarEdge’s certification and long-term reliability of SolarEdge products and research of future technologies.

Prior to co-founding SolarEdge, Meir spent 7 years at the Electronics Research Department (‘‘ERD’’), one of Israel’s national labs tasked with developing innovative and complex systems, where he held a number of leading positions and managed large-scale techno-operational projects.

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Lors de cette session, l’expert du solaire Xavier Daval, PDG fondateur de kiloWattsol , le leader du conseil technique solaire en France, examinera comment la France peut déployer son potentiel photovoltaïque compte tenu du contexte économique et social actuel, des différentes technologies et du soutien du gouvernement. Il expliquera comment l'auto-consommation et la sécurité du photovoltaïque sont clés pour la croissance du secteur. Michaël Godet, co-fondateur d'Enerios, se joindra à Xavier et présentera une étude de cas exemplaire : une installation de 360kW sur un supermarché Super U utilisant la technologie SolarEdge et atteignant 90% d'auto-consommation.

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Michaël Godet is an energetic entrepreneur with a strong sales background. He co-founded Enerios in 2018, where is head of sales today. He is also the PV expert in the East region for the Fédération Française du Bâtiment and organized the 1st European photovoltaic congress for this organization. He is passionate about energy transition solutions and convinced that producing solar energy locally is key.