Events

Claro Energy's Kartik Wahi offered an electricity access expert’s perspective, and provided lessons from the ground in India by speaking on a panel titled "Project Implementation: What is the reality on the ground? Gap between assumptions and reality" at the LVDC Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

Andrew Varrow of Development Ventures—a University of Georgia Research Foundation project partner—discussed how microgrids can help eliminate energy poverty in the developing world, and outlined strategies for encouraging private-sector investment in community-level microgrids. 

Allison Archambault  of Earthspark spoke on a live broadcast by global experts on how energy access can be a major contributor towards building resilience in vulnerable regions. A replay of the webinar is available for review.  

Sam White of Promethean Power spoke on a panel—Business Models for Sustainability—at Harvard University's Social Enterprise Conference. Students, academics, and professionals gathered to address social enterprise's big questions and central tensions with a theme of “What’s the Bottom Line?” 

Powering Agriculture’s Dr. Augusta Abrahamse ran a panel at the VentureWell Open called “Lessons Learned by Early-stage Clean Tech Innovators in Developing Countries". The conference was held Mar. 23–25, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

This informative workshop highlighted the latest innovations in renewable, on- and off-grid cold chain storage solutions. Topics included innovations in point of production cold chain technology and strategies for dissemination and financing of solar cold chain solutions for East Africa.

Autodesk University hosted Alan Spybey of Kickstart International at the Venetian in Las Vegas to instruct on the topic of computer-aided thinking and design processes. He discussed how he uses Inventor, Simulations Mechanical and Autodesk CFD software to address the challenges of his innovative engineering company.

Dr. Amy Bilton of the University of Toronto made her presentation, Design of Appropriate Water and Energy Technologies for the Developing World at the Engineering for Global Development: Use-Inspired Solutions to Water-Energy Nexus Challenges event at Arizona State University.

Sida hosted a closed bilateral partner meeting in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss efforts, successes and lessons learned in expanding gender integration support to Powering Agriculture and Securing Water for Food grand challenge innovators.

The German Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya hosted a workshop about energy efficiency’s role in food value chains and reducing post-harvest losses. The German Delegation of Industry & Commerce led the event, with help from GIZ & Powering Agriculture.

The Universidad del Valle de Guatemala hosted an invitation-only event at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. covering their efforts to promote STEM education for students of all ages and educational backgrounds.

The Institute for University Cooperation (ICU) hosted two road shows highlighting their PV-Integrated Irrigation Systems in Jordan & Lebanon. The first was in Shobak – Al Ash’ari Municipality; the second was in Mafra - Center for Agricultural Research and Extension.