Events

Upcoming and past high-impact solar cooking events 

organized or supported by SCI

COP27 | United Nations Climate Change Conference 

(Conference of the Parties, UNFCCC)

6 November 2022 - 18 November 2022
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

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SCI Press Conferences all located at the Luxor Taba Area  

  • Wednesday, 9 Nov.​ (09:00 AM-09:30 AM Eastern European Time (EET)/ 02:00 AM-02:30 AM EST/ 23:00-23:30 PST. PST will take place on Tuesday, 8 Nov). Special guest speakers include Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Advisor for Innovative Energy Solutions at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Jacquelyn Francis, Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) and the Keeling Curve Prize 

  • Friday, 11 Nov. (14:30-15:00 EET/ 07:30 AM-08:00 AM EST/ 04:30 AM-05:00 AM PST) Guest speaker includes Hans André Lohayo Djamba, National Designated Authority for the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

  • Monday, 14 Nov. (14:30-15:00 EET/ 07:30 AM-08:00 AM EST/ 04:30 AM-05:00 AM PST) Guest speaker includes Dr. Matthew Kennedy, Senior Advisor at UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN).

  • Tuesday, 15 Nov. (17:30-18:00 EET/ 10:30 AM-11:00AM EST/ 07:00 AM-08:00 AM PST)  

  • Wednesday, 16 Nov. (13:30-14:00 EET/ 06:30 AM-07:00 AM EST/ 03:30 AM-04:00 AM PST) Guest speaker includes Joshi Jyoti of the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM).

SCI Side Events 

  • Tuesday, 8 Nov. (11:00 AM-12:30 PM EET/ 04:00 AM-05:30 AM EST/ 01:00 AM-02:30 AM PST) at the Locally Led Adaptation Pavilion. Guest speaker includes Golo Pilz, Energy Adviser for Brahma Kumaris. 

  • Sunday, 13 Nov. (13:00-14:00 EET/ 06:00 AM-07:00 AM EST/ 03:00 AM-04:00 AM PST) at the CSO Climate Justice Hub located in the Sanafir Hotel.

  • Thursday, 17 Nov. (18:30-20:00 EET/ 11:30 AM-13:00 EST/ 08:30 AM-10:00 AM PST). Official Side Event at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center (SHICC), also called the “Blue Zone,” in Osiris Room (Room 6). Side Event will also feature Nurses Across the Borders and The Global Climate and Health Alliance. 

  • Friday, 18 Nov. (10:00 AM-11:30 AM EET/ 03:30 AM EST/ 24:00 PST) at the Cryosphere Pavilion. Special guest speakers include SCI Global Advisor Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, SCI Global Advisor Deepak Gadhia, Urs Riggenbach, CEO and Co-Founder at Solar Fire, and Mr. Nawa Raj Dhakal, Deputy Executive Director of Nepal Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Alternative Energy Promotion Centre. Event will be live-streamed on the following pages: 

SCI Exhibit Booth 

  • Monday - Wednesday, 7-9 Nov. located at Booth #16 at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center (SHICC), also called the “Blue Zone.”

The SCI team will include: 

  • Caitlyn Hughes – SCI’s Executive Director who is a global leader in the areas of solar cooking advocacy, education, research, and networking. 
  • Dr. Peg Barratt – Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at George Washington University and Vice President of the SCI Board. Her ongoing commitment to the well-being of children and their families drives her interest in Solar Cooking as a solution for toxic household air pollution.
  • Mike Paparian – ClimateDispatch - SCI Board Member and an environmental finance and policy specialist who has held key positions in and out of California state government. 
  • Alan Bigelow, Ph.D. – SCI’s Science Director and a leading expert on solar cooking from design, to testing, to production, to training and scaling up. 
  • Keith Wingeard – SCI's Strategic Partnerships Manager who oversees SCI's partnerships, consultancy opportunities, and financial support to increase the use of solar cookers globally.
  • Rob Tyrrell – SCI United Nations representative with expertise in teaching, marketing, and spreading solar cooking. 

SCI will try to share photos and videos of events that are not live-streamed. Check back here for updates. 

2022 SCI Board Meetings

12 March 2022

25 June 2022

10 September 2022

17 December 2022

Sacramento, California USA

COP26 | United Nations Climate Change Conference 

(Conference of the Parties, UNFCCC)

31 October 2021 - 12 November 2021
Glasgow, United Kingdom

To learn how to sponsor SCI's advocacy at COP 26, click here

Click here to read SCI's Press Release.

SCI Press Conferences  (all 10:15-10:45 am GMT) at the Durdle Door in the Blue Zone 

  • Wednesday, 3 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Dymphna van der Lans, CEO of the Clean Cooking Alliance.
  • Thursday, 4 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Karina Larsen, Global Manager for Knowledge, Communications & Gender/Youth Issues at the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre & Network.
  • Friday, 5 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Amanda McKee, Head of Knowledge Management at the NDC Partnership.
  • Tuesday, 9 Nov. Special guest speakers include Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Advisor for Innovative Energy Solutions at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jacquelyn Francis, Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) and the Keeling Curve Prize, and Chad Frischmann, Vice President & Research Director at Project Drawdown. 
  • Wednesday, 10 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Rana Adib, Executive Director of REN 21.
  • Thursday, 11 Nov 

SCI Side Event (events are listed in local time -GMT)

SCI will also have a virtual exhibit that will be accessible to the public throughout the conference. Click here for updates. 

The SCI team will include: 

  • Caitlyn Hughes– SCI’s executive director who is a global leader in the areas of solar cooking advocacy, education, research, and networking. 
  • Mike Paparian – @ClimateDispatch - SCI board member and an environmental finance and policy specialist who has held key positions in and out of California state government. 
  • Alan Bigelow, Ph.D. – SCI’s science director and a leading expert on solar cooking from design, to testing, to production, to training and scaling up. 
  • Rob Tyrrell – SCI United Nations representative with expertise in teaching, marketing, and spreading solar cooking. 

2021 SCI Board Meetings

13 March 2021

5 June 2021

28 August 2021

11 December 2021

Sacramento, California USA

United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum 65

Thursday, 25 March 2021
 
8:30 am - 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time/ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Eastern Standard Time/ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm UTC
 

The Commission on the Status of Women is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. We are thankful to be able to utilize SCI's connections with the United Nations to amplify your voice and support for solar cooking to such a wide audience. 

There was so much interest in the CSW event that the maximum capacity on the registration platform has been reached. If you have already registered as an advocate through the CSW platform, you will still be able to join us there (please make sure you register for SCI's specific event as well).  If you did not already register through the CSW platform, please join us on SCI's Facebook page www.facebook.com/SolarCookers where we will try to simultaneously broadcast our event at that time.  Please follow Solar Cookers International on Facebook if you haven't already.  We will also try to share the recording widely afterward.  Thank you.

Special guest speakers include:

This event is being dedicated in memory of the devoted solar cooking advocate Dar Curtis. If you would like to make a gift in honor of Dar’s commitment to solar cooking please click here and type his name in the dedication section. Thank you.

This event is being dedicated in memory of the devoted solar cooking advocate Dar Curtis. The photos show Mr. Dar Curtis (left) and the women in Tanzania he helped support with Solar Cookers International.  If you would like to make a gift in honor of Dar’s commitment to solar cooking please click here and type his name in the dedication section. Thank you.

Devoted cooking advocate, Dar Curtis   Women in Tanzania.jpeg

 

Photo credit right: Macedonia Ministry

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