EPIA Annual General Meeting 2008
26 June, Casino Grand Cerlcle, Aix-les-Bains, France
EPIA Activities
Visit of INES – the French National Institution for Solar Energy
Date: 26 June 2008 (9h30-12h00)
Venue: INES, Savoie Technolac, France
The “Institut National de l’Énergie Solaire” (INES) has invited all EPIA members to visit the INES research centre and the Savoie Technolac prior to the EPIA AGM!
For more information about INES, please visit the following website: http://www.ines-solaire.com/
EPIA Annual General Meeting 2008
Date: 26 June (welcome lunch 12h00, meeting 13h00 - 18h30)
Venue: Casino Grand Cercle, Aix-les-Bains, France
150-200 executives of EPIA Member companies gathered for the annual meeting to decide on EPIA’s strategy, activities and administrative issues. This is the most important gathering of EPIA members for the association’s life and is strictly reserved to Members only. The AGM itself was held in the ‘Aix-les-Bains Casino’, in the impressive Salon Victoria. The ‘Aix-les-Bains Casino’ is an architectural masterpiece and the only French Casino to be classified as national historical monument.
Press Release: Ernesto Macias new EPIA President from 2008 until 2010
Go to the picture gallery of the AGM
EPIA Gala Dinner
Date: 26 June from 19:00
Venue: Hautecombe Abbey, by the Bourget Lake, France
As ever year EPIA invited its Members and VIPs to a prestigious Gala Dinner. This year, EPIA also welcomed invitees from its French Partners involved in the French National Photovoltaic Symposium held on 27 June following the EPIA AGM.
The EPIA Gala dinner, on 26 June, took place in the Hautecombe Abbey. Located on the shores of the Bourget Lake, the biggest natural lake in France, it faces the Aix-les-Bains city in a unique and attractive environment.
Go to the picture gallery of the Gala Dinner.
Programme
13:00 Checking of quorum & approval of:
- minutes of the AGM 2007
- agenda of the AGM 2008 Winfried Hoffmann, Outgoing President
13:10 Welcoming of new members
- 2 years of continuous development
13:40 2007 activity Report Eleni Despotou,Deputy Secretary General
14:00 Financial report 2007
Votes:
- Approval of accounts 2007
- “Quietus” of the Board for the year 2007, Christian Langen, Board Director and Accounting Committee Member
- “Quietus” of the Auditor for the year 2007, Danny Chabert, Financial Auditor
14:20 Elections for fulfilment of 2 vacant positions
- Presentations of candidates – 3 min/candidate
- Voting Winfried Hoffmann, EPIA President
14:50 EPIA towards a new era:
- Feedback on Membership Survey &
- New strategic orientations, Adel El Gammal, Secretary General
15:10 Coffee Beak
15:40 New membership fee scheme
- Voting Winfried Hoffmann, Outgoing President
16:00 Proposal of Budget for 2008 and approval, Christian Langen, Board Director and Accounting Committee Member
16:30
- EU Policy: “A turning year”:
- RE Directive proposal
- REACH
- SET Plan
- ROHS; WEEE
- PV CYCLE update, Eleni Despotou, Deputy General Secretary & Jan Clyncke, PV CYCLE General Secretary
17:15 Presidency change
17:30 Expanding boundaries: towards a balanced market Ernesto Macias, Incoming President
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