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What do you do when the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) your establishment according to their Oplan Kandado campaign or when they enforce auction on your property for tax collection? To help small and medium enterprises avoid problems with tax authorities, the Center for Global Best Practices is organizing a seminar entitled “Tax Rights and Remedies for SMEs and Large Taxpayers” which will be held on June 2 & 3, 2011 at The Peninsula Manila, Makati City.

This CPE- and MCLE-accredited program will focus on the remedial actions a taxpayer can take from an administrative, judicial, procedural, and substantive perspective. Case facts will be presented to get a full understanding of the latest Supreme Court and Court of Tax Appeal rulings on different tax issues.

This seminar caters to business owners, entrepreneurs, board directors, management teams, lawyers, CPAs & auditors, tax practitioners, and anyone who is interested to know how to handle and solve tax issues and problems.

The resource speaker for this program is Atty. Victorino C. Mamalateo, CPA, a 30-year BIR veteran as a career service professional, including having been an assistant commissioner and a tax practitioner for 12 years. He has extensive experience in handling tax assessment and refund cases before the Court of Tax Appeals, and has published articles and several books on tax matters. He also has a solid background as a lecturer on tax issues among BIR personnel and in various colleges and universities. This program will expound on the topics in his 800-page book, Tax Rights and Remedies. Atty. Mamalateo has a master of laws degree and a certificate in International Tax from Harvard University. He currently has his own law firm, V.C. Mamalateo & Associates.

For more information, call Jhowee Rodriguez at (02) 556-8968/69 (Manila) or (032) 512-3106/07 (Cebu). Visit our website at www.cgbp.org. Early bird discounts are available for those who register early or those who will register in groups of three.

Exploring the Potential Solar Energy Market in China and Upgrading Production Technology

CHANGZHOU, CHINA, 24-25 MARCH 2011 – China is now the world’s largest solar cell manufacturer with an annual output of 4,382 MW and the number is still increasing. The current yearly output of solar cells in Jiangsu Province accounts for 65% of the national output and 25% of global output.

Supported by Changzhou People’s Municipal Government and UNIDO ITPO-CHINA, the 3rd China Solar Energy Technology and Investment Congress organized by the Administrative Committee of Changzhou National High-Tech District and Noppen took place on 24-25 March 2011 in Changzhou. With over 150 attendees the congress brought together senior government officials, leading solar cell manufacturers and equipment suppliers from all over the world to discuss the latest industrial policies, China’s major solar projects progress, and advanced technology solutions and equipment selection.

Meeting between HAN Jiuyun, the Vice Mayor of Changzhou People’s Municipal Government and Dr. Mohan Narayanan, Vice President, Hanwha SolarOne Ltd

On day one morning, before the conference began, a meeting was held with HAN Jiuyun, the Vice Mayor of Changzhou People’s Municipal Government. He made a speech introducing the solar industry in Changzhou which was followed by selected attending delegates one by one introducing their companies. Meeting attendees included XUE Jiannan, Standing Committee, Changzhou National High-Tech District; ZHAO Hao, Director, Photovoltaic Industry Park, Changzhou New District Administration Office; QIU Dimin, Director of Technical Committee, Trina Solar Limited; JIANG Leiyan, Deputy Director, Changzhou National High-Tech District Business Council; and representatives from Hanwha SolarOne Ltd, Krempel Gmbh, TÜV Rheinland Co Ltd, etc. Following the meeting HAN Jiuyun gave a welcome speech opening the session; and DAI Yuan, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Changzhou National Hi-tech District presented an overview of the solar industry and its investment environment in Changzhou. Currently, Changzhou National Hi-tech District is one of the most competitive development zones in east China. “The event is of high standard and provided rewarding results” Roger Shanghai Co Ltd

Key speakers at the event included Dr. REN Dongming, Director, Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute, NDRC who discussed the implementation of the latest government incentive policies and the development strategy for China’s solar industry. It was a very valued opportunity for our delegates to talk with the NDRC directly. Many questions were asked regarding the future of industrial distribution. Dr. YU Pingrong, Director, Solar Energy Center at Beijing University was Chairman of the conference. In addition to his speech on international industrial chain integration, Dr. Yu gave great remarks on each presentation and asked some challenging questions to aid the delegates in better understand the topics presented. ZHANG Wen, CEO and CTO of Dongfang Electric (Yixing) Magi Solar Power Technology Co Ltd introduced Magi Solar’s cost effective Athena I project. Efficiency levels are above 18.5% in mass production, a number which is leading in the current solar cell manufacturing industry. “Great sessions, very good one-to-one meetings!” Chroma Ate Inc. Notable speakers also included Dr. LUO Xiang National Program Director UNIDO ITPO-CHINA, who talked about issues related to the outsourcing industry chain. Dr. Luo’s presentation analyzed the current China solar industry from an investor’s viewpoint and provided the local investors with some new business model ideas. Currently UNIDO is investing heavily in China’s solar industry. Dr. Luo also presented a case study of the Changzhou Model, concluding that it is the most effective one as it puts emphases on the Brand + Capital + Industry chain. “The event was well organized and the topic areas covered by experts reasonable” State Grid Electric Power Research Institute

Industry leaders introduced their most up-to-date technology and product information. LI Zhanrong, Senior Advisor, Sichuan Xinguang Silicon-Tech Co Ltd compared different ways of producing polysilicon materials focusing on efficiency and raw materials consumption. Mr. Li has over 40 years work experience in semiconductor polysilicon materials’ research and development. Guy Rong, President and CEO, Suntrix Company Limited introduced SCPV technology which is the latest generation of solar PV technology. The SCPV developed by Suntrix is in the mass production stage with efficiency up to 25%. Dr. Ihor Melnyk fromCentrotherm Photovoltaics AG illustrated the latest developments in the crystalline silicon based photovoltaic technology manufacturing process, and from PICOSUN OY, Dr. LI Wei-min discussed atomic layer deposition technology for photovoltaic industrial applications. The new ALD technology can be used in thin-film solar cell manufacturing. Delegates showed great interest in this new technology and asked a lot of questions about the practice during the Q&A session. “Excellent, valuable and very profitable!” CECEP Solar Energy Technology Co Ltd

Prominent speakers also included Christian Dreier, Vice General Manager, TÜV Rheinland (Shanghai) Co Ltd which offers testing services to the solar industry. He discussed long-term outdoor exposure testing in different environments. Dr. Ray Lian of Solarbuzz showcased the latest industry data and forecasted the global PV market trends for 2011; and from Krempel Gmbh, Karlheinz Brust discussed guidelines for the successful selection of material components for PV modules, which can directly affect the performance of solar cells/modules both in efficiency and safety. Speakers also came from Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Intertek Testing Services Limited, Hanwha SolarOne Ltd, New Energy Institute of DEC, Feng Neng Sgurr (Beijing) Renewable Energy Technology Co Ltd and Jetion Solar (China) Co Ltd.“Professional arrangement, excellent staff and very good translators” Sandvik Thermal Process Inc.

The event concluded on day three with a site tour to Trina Photovoltaic Industrial Park attended by some of Trina Solar’s senior leaders and also a visit to Changzhou National Hi-tech District. Trina currently has the largest vertically integrated PV chain in the world, from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. “Thanks to the staff of Noppen. The organization was very good” Krempel Group. Noppen would like to express special thanks to the 3rd China Solar Energy Technology and Investment Congress sponsors; Krempel Group, Honoprof/Picosun, Intertek, Chroma, G-Crystal, Roger Shanghai, TÜV Rheinland, Yukun New Energy, LAND, BIG in our mind, ABB, GCL, Mitsun Chemicals Group, Bender, and Linde for their great contribution to the event. “The content was well-rounded and the event professional, really top notch!” China Power Investment Jiangsu Branch.

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IDTechEx has published a new report on the energy storage for portable devices that will be needed for a huge number of existing and new applications. Entirely researched in 2009, it is called “Batteries, Supercapacitors, Alternative Storage for Portable Devices 2009-2019″. Forecasts are given for both small batteries (single use vs. rechargeable) and for small supercapacitors for 2009-2019 in both numbers and value. The many technologies are explained and compared and a technological roadmap is given for the next ten years.

New uses and new technologies to serve them

As the recession ends, IDTechEx sees rapid growth in sales of both small single use batteries and rechargeable ones and also for supercapacitors for small devices. That results in a forecast of total demand for these devices of $95 billion in 2019 but is far from being an extrapolation of the past. The dominant market drivers will change. From 2014 onwards, there will be increasing demand from e-labels, e-packaging, e-posters, medical e-disposables such as diagnostics and drug delivery, e apparel and use in energy harvesting devices and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). These WSN – a tiny market today – are self-organizing, self-healing sensor networks needed for everything from monitoring forest fires and pollution outages and inside bionic man: they are currently a popular topic of research with many business start-ups emerging. Such new products call for different forms of energy storage such as wide area printed devices and biocompatible ones. Then there are single use batteries that need to last for over twenty years and the increasing application of supercapacitors on batteries to compensate for their limitations. That leads to supercabatteries that combine the two constructions in one electrochemical cell. All this is explained in the report, supported by clarification of the leading edge work of many new participants. 39 significant developers and manufacturers are profiled – many of which are little known as yet – and other organisations are covered throughout the analysis.

Challenges

Technology challenges are frankly reported. IDTechEx shows how battery parameters are often failing to improve as fast as the energy harvesting and electronics they support. New ways forward are extensively analysed. In an unusually broad ranging exposition, everything from the new transparent and tightly rollable batteries, new forms of small fuel cell and the threat to lithium prices are explained. The new laminar and ultra thin batteries and supercapacitors are covered. Biobatteries, virus, biomimetic and magnetic spin batteries – it is all here, in a manner that can be grasped by those with limited technical background but also giving a great deal of technical comparison. The report is therefore useful to investors and marketing staff as well as researchers but the emphasis is commercial rather than academic.

For more information on the topic please contact the author Dr. Peter Harrop at p.harrop@IDTechEx.com or to find out more about purchasing this report, please contact Raoul Escobar-Franco at Raoul@IDTechEx.com.

IDTechEx Dates:
Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe | June 3-4 | Cambridge, UK www.IDTechEx.com/eh
RFID Europe 2009 | Sep 29-30 | Cambridge, UK www.IDTechEx.com/RFIDeurope
Printed Electronics Asia 2009 | Sep 30-Oct 1 | Tokyo, Japan www.IDTechEx.com/peASIA
Energy Harvesting & Storage USA | Nov 3-4 | Denver, USA www.IDTechEx.com/ehUSA
RTLS & Wireless Sensor Networks Summit | Nov 3-4 | Denver, USA www.IDTechEx.com/wireless
Printed Electronics USA 2009 | Dec 2-3 | San Jose, USA www.IDTechEx.com/peUSA
Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon USA 2009 | Dec 2-3 | San Jose, USA
www.IDTechEx.com/pvUSA

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Dragons Den first transmitted on BBC Two in January 2005, and is a show focusing on entrepreneurs who pitch their own project to the Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.

In series 3 & 4, in 2006 & 2007, Richard Farleigh became one of the famous Dragons. Two members of the NGEF team met Richard and he agreed to come and attend the Thursday morning session Pitching investors and Partners.

Four selected participants of the NGEF Business Plan competition will have the chance to have Richard Farleigh and 4 other panelists judge and give opinions on their pitches.

For more info on Richard, please visit his official website:
www.richard-farleigh.co.uk/

For more info on the show, you may visit www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/