Here is a sampling of upcoming and past high-impact solar cooking events organized or supported by SCI
COP24 (Conference of the Parties, UNFCCC)
3 - 14 December 2018
Katowice, Poland
To join SCI's COP advocacy team, or to arrange to meet SCI at COP, contact info@solarcookers.org.
EuroSun2018
10-13 September, 2018
Rapperswil, Switzerland
High Level Political Forum 2018
9 - 18 July 2018
United Nations, New York, USA
2018 International Tech4Dev Conference
UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development: Voices of the Global South
SwissTech Convention Centre | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
27-29 June 2018
COP23 (Conference of the Parties, UNFCC)
Bonn, Germany
6 - 17 November 2017
High Level Political Forum 2017
United Nations, New York, USA
10-19 July 2017
6th SCI World Conference 2017
Muni Seva Ashram, Goraj, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
16-22 January, 2017
- 200 participants
- 30 countries
- 58 presentations
- 5 plenary and keynote speakers
- 3 new international solar cooker gatherings announced
- 2 new working groups
- 1 universal pledge
Conference participants made an agreement to share, plan, and commit to collaborative action at the systems level to "move the needle" with solar cooking around the world. The global solar cooking community pledged to "improve health, feed families, and protect our environment."
Click here to see conference papers, posters, and presentations. #SCIWC2017
Media coverage of one of the many successful partnerships that resulted from the 6th SCI World Conference 2017:
6th SCI World Conference 2017 Schedule
Conference Co-Chairs: Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Muni Seva Ashram, India; Ms. Julie Greene, Solar Cookers International (SCI), USA
Conference Secretary: Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development, India
Organizing Committee (India): Dr. Ajay Chandak, PRINCE; Mr. Ghanshyam Lukhi, Tapi Food Products, Inc.; Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development; Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Muni Seva Ashram
Organizing Committee (USA): Ms. Julie Greene, SCI; Ms. Caitlyn Hughes, SCI
SCI Regional Conference (North America) 2015
Sacramento, California, USA
19, July 2015
5th SCI World Conference 2014
Sacramento, California, USA
17 - 19, July 2014
Event sponsors: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Agua Fund, Inc. and Dr. Arline Lederman
For additional impactful advocacy event opportunities, present and past, visit www.solarcooking.org