[Stoves] FW: Application for Innovation Expo at Clean Cooking Forum, November 5-7 2019, Nairobi

Fri Sep 6 11:10:45 CDT 2019

Paul,

I'll be at the forum in Kenya.  I hope we can meet.

Kevin

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On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 10:55 PM Anderson, Paul <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Nikhil,
>
>
>
> Yes, I am going to Kenya for the CCA Forum, plus some days prior and after
> for any possible stove work.
>
>
>
> I am proud of you for having ended your message with some positive /
> hopeful words:
>
> “I am hoping that with EPA and DOE out of the way, CCA can figure out some
> other way of operating as an effective voice in Washington. Their money and
> capacity can still be put to some good  use. “
>
> I have applied for one of the 18 “Innovation Expo” slots.   Let’s see if
> Woodgas technology plus CharTrac carbon accounting (with blockchain) plus
> IoT (Internet of Things) integrated together can make the accepted list.
>
>
>
> Who else is going?
>
>
>
> Paul
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>
>
> Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD
>
> Exec. Dir. of Juntos Energy Solutions NFP
>
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu       Skype:   paultlud
>
> Phone:  Office: 309-452-7072    Mobile: 309-531-4434
>
> Website:   www.drtlud.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2019 6:38 PM
> *To:* Anderson, Paul <psanders at ilstu.edu>
> *Cc:* Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <
> stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Stoves] FW: Application for Innovation Expo at Clean
> Cooking Forum, November 5-7 2019, Nairobi
>
>
>
> Paul:
>
> Are you going? What is this all about? Two months to the event, and the
> program is still basically undefined -
> https://www.cleancooking2019.org/program/ . "Innovation Expo"?  "B2B
> Matchmaking"? Site visits? Gimme a break!
>
> I am irritated that ESMAP and Chevron, EU and Shell, support a silly title
> "the sector’s flagship event".
>
>
> UNF never learned that just getting a bunch of people together doesn't
> constitute a "sector", and that the past "flagship events" turned out to be
> farces.
>
> Even here, one of the sponsors is Ger.Invest, "a European programme that
> aims at mobilising investments in decentralised renewable energy projects.".
> So presumably it's not all about gas; maybe renewables electricity for
> cooking and solar, biomass cooking as well.
>
>
> In another post you bemoaned "It is typical that there is extremely little
> discussion about or by the CCA on the Stoves Listserv.   It has been that
> way  a long long time. "
>
> Any thought why? Could it be that stovers gave up on UNF for help with
> anything - money or intellectual leadership, what with the booklet produced
> by the MIT D-Lab in 2017, or the failure of the Dutch-financed, Deutsche
> Bank-run business financing initiative, or even the promise that
> "international standards" would lead to a miraculous avalanche of clean
> cookstoves?
>
> And that CCA gave up on stovers because, after all, UNF are merely
> contractor guns-for-hire, and none of its financiers - USEPA no longer,
> probably nor even DfID and the Norwegians - wanted anything to do with the
> work that stovers have spent lifetime careers on?
>
> Honesty is in short supply in Washington. But memories are elastic; short
> or long, depending on convenience.
>
> Things can go wrong. Mistakes in cost and schedule estimates are legion; I
> spent decades on the engineering and regulatory, financing, procurement
> roots of it.
>
> It is safe to now say that whatever my vicious attacks on GACC, I have
> been vindicated. GACC was an EPA show, an unholy marriage with the UN
> Foundation and a conspiracy - yes, I have no hesitation in my bluntness -
> with the WHO and the Gates Foundation.
>
> But that is par for the course in Washington. Big moral dreams are sold
> here for the sake of careers. Sometimes with absolute integrity - EPA
> staff, UNF directors, Berkeley killers-for-hire (sorry, that's what Kirk's
> attributions amount to).
>
> Then the cycle turns. Has to. Cynicism is the fuel of compromises and
> renewal in Washington.
>
> I am hoping that with EPA and DOE out of the way, CCA can figure out some
> other way of operating as an effective voice in Washington. Their money and
> capacity can still be put to some good  use.
>
> Nikhil
>
>
>
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> Nikhil Desai
>
> (US +1) 202 568 5831
> *Skype: nikhildesai888*
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>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:58 PM Anderson, Paul <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Stovers,
>
>
>
> The message below just arrived.   It is addressed to “Dear Partner” (I am
> one), but you can become a partner rather easily and the invitations is
> then relevant for you.
>
>
>
> I hope that many Stovers will attend.   I probably will, but am not yet
> sure.
>
>
>
> This is a good topic to discuss on our Stoves Listserv.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD
>
> Exec. Dir. of Juntos Energy Solutions NFP
>
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu       Skype:   paultlud
>
> Phone:  Office: 309-452-7072    Mobile: 309-531-4434
>
> Website:   www.drtlud.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Clean Cookstoves Investment <investment at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:48 PM
> *To:* Clean Cookstoves Investment <investment at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Cc:* Peter George <pgeorge at cleancookingalliance.org>; Seema Patel <
> spatel at cleancookingalliance.org>; Akanksha Rai <
> arai at cleancookingalliance.org>; Shrikant Avi <
> SAvi at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Subject:* Application for Innovation Expo at Clean Cooking Forum,
> November 5-7 2019, Nairobi
>
>
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> Dear Partner,
>
>
>
> On the back of the invitation for the Clean Cooking Forum
> <https://www.cleancooking2019.org/> in Nairobi on November 5-7, 2019,  we
> would like to invite your organization to apply to exhibit your product or
> service or campaign as part of the *Clean Cooking Innovation Expo* which
> will showcase a range of innovations driving (or having the potential to
> drive) the clean cooking sector forward.
>
>
>
> Further details such as eligibility, selection criteria and application
> guidelines can be found at
> https://www.cleancooking2019.org/about/innovation-expo/. The deadline for
> submission is Monday, August 30, 2019.
>
>
>
> We look forward to your participation at the Forum.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Clean Cooking Forum *
>
> Under this year’s theme of “Investment. Innovation. Impact," the Forum
> will feature interactive plenary and breakout discussions with global
> leaders in the sector, Business-to-Business Matchmaking, site visits, and
> an Innovation Expo. The Forum will be a unique opportunity to accelerate
> the investment, innovation, partnerships, political commitments, and
> policies needed to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030.
>
> To register for the Clean Cooking Forum, please visit
> https://www.cleancooking2019.org/register/
>
>
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> Best,
>
> Clean Cooking Alliance
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