Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
2nd Anniversary Panel and Reception Program
Logistics
Date: Monday September 24, 2012 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Hilton New York - 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (6th Avenue and W. 54th Street)
Objective: Provide an update on progress in the cookstoves and fuels sectors during the past year and celebrate the major commitments and partners made to both the Alliance and the Sector
Panel
Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Moderator: Radha Muthiah, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
The Panel featured a discussion of progress made in the clean cookstoves and fuels sector this year along with a discussion of the role of markets in achieving the Alliance’s 100 by ’20 goal.
- Welcome - Radha Muthiah
- Stewart Paperin, President Soros Investment Fund
- Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme
- Suraj Wahab, CEO, Toyola Energy
- Ron Bills, CEO and President, Envirofit
- Anna Ingwe, Head Component Leader, GIZ
- Dr. Roger Glass, Director, Fogarty Center, National Institutes of Health
- Gulden Turkoz-Cosslett, Director of Programme Division, UN Women
- Moderated discussion and Q & A
- Closing Remarks
Reception
The 2nd Anniversary reception featured brief announcements of major commitments and other partner activities that will bring the Alliance goal of 100 million households by 2020 to reality.
- Arrival and Networking
- Welcome—Kathy Calvin, CEO, UN Foundation and Kris Balderston, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, US State Department (on behalf of Secretary Clinton)
- Introductory Remarks - Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
- Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland
- George Soros, Founder of Soros Investment Fund and Thomas Nagy of Novozymes
- Dr. Neil Schluger, Chief Scientists for World Lung Foundation
- Gunilla Carlsson, Minister of International Development Cooperation
- Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Discussion of Global Ambassadors and Championing the Sector
- Closing Remarks - Kathy Calvin, CEO, UN Foundation
- Networking