On Monday, June 3rd, a select audience of solar industry leaders, policy makers and media were treated to a wonderful lunch at the Four Seasons in San Francisco, a very civilized setting for the discussion of matters that will certainly affect the future of civilization as we know it. Panelists from Germany and the U.S. participated in a lively discussion on the topic of transatlantic opportunities for the North American solar industry, specifically focused on what the U.S. market can learn from the German market. Markus Elsässer, the Chief Executive at Solar Promotion International and Professor Eicke Weber, the Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Solutions, both made special trips from Germany to speak at the event. Dan Martin of SEMI, Doug Payne, the Director of Business Development at the SolarTech Consortium and Eric Wesoff, a Senior Analyst at Greentech Media represented the U.S perspective. While time was limited and the discussion only scraped the surface of this compelling topic, the event illuminated the value of the upcoming Intersolar North America conference in solidifying relationships between players in the international solar industry.