India Clean Cookstove Forum 2014

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India Clean Cookstove Forum 2014


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About

The ICCF 2014 will bring together practitioners, project developers, investors, banks, researchers, social enterprises, government and donor agencies, as well as foundations and NGOs to discuss the next steps to tackle the challenges hindering the large-scale adoption of improved cookstoves (ICS) in India.

Structure

Practitioner Workshop – 10 November 2014

In-depth technical discussions will focus on increasing the demand and improving the supply of improved cookstoves. GIZ and its partners will engage with participants on key issues pertaining to marketing, distribution networks, financing, gender and product design.

Conference – 11 November 2014

All stakeholders relevant to the cookstove sector will come together to find ways to transform the market for clean cooking and make clean cooking technologies available in all Indian households. Eminent personalities of the Indian Industry, business, banks, the government and the cookstove sector will debate the roadmap towards large-scale adoption of improved cookstoves. The focus will be on the role that the Indian industry can play, the lessons that can be learned from successful marketing campaigns for products related to cooking and health, as well as the supportive policy ecosystem that the Indian government is establishing.

Business Model Workshop – 12 November 2014

During this workshop, early stage entrepreneurs will be supported in analyzing and improving their business models in order to make them more viable and attractive for investors.


Documentation

Press Note

Registration List

Speakers Profile

Impressions

For presentations held during the forum, please click on the respective session highlighted in blue in the agenda


Agenda

Practitioner Workshop - 10 November 2014

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In-depth technical discussions will focus on increasing the demand and improving the supply of improved cookstoves. GIZ and its partners will engage with participants on key issues pertaining to marketing, distribution networks, financing, gender and product design.

For presentations please click on the respective session highlighted in blue in the agenda.


09:00 Registration and Tea/Coffee
09:30 Welcome Address
09:35 Financing for Improved Cookstoves

Jennifer Tweddell (Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves) - Financing for Improved Cookstoves

Onkar Nath (GIZ) - MNRE National Cookstove PoA

Sandeep Kanda, South Pole Carbon

Anuradha Bhavnani, Shell Foundation

11:30 Tea/Coffee Break
11:45 Gender and Improved Cookstoves

Jennifer Tweddell, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

13:00 Lunch
13:45 Cost-effective marketing Strategies

Sohan Shat, McCann Health

Dr. Harshit Jain, McCann Health

Gaurav Mehta, DharmaLife

15:45 Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 Using Mainstream Distribution Networks For Improved Cookstoves

Gaurav Mehta, DharmaLife

17:00 Designing an Aspirational Product

Dr. Aditya Dev Sood, Center for Knowledge Societies

18:00 End of Workshop

Conference - 11 November 2014

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All stakeholders relevant to the cookstove sector will come together to find ways to transform the market for clean cooking and make clean cooking technologies available in all Indian households. Eminent personalities of the Indian Industry, business, banks, the government and the cookstove sector will debate the roadmap towards large-scale adoption of improved cookstoves. The focus will be on the role that the Indian industry can play, the lessons that can be learned from successful marketing campaigns for products related to cooking and health, as well as the supportive policy ecosystem that the Indian government is establishing.


09:00 Registration and Tea/Coffee
09:30 Welcome Address
Mr Stefan Helming, Country Director, GIZ India
09:40 Introduction to the Forum and GIZ's Cookstove Activities
Mr Harald Richter, Project Manager, Indo-German Energy Programme, GIZ India
09:50 Biomass Cookstove Initiatives (Unnat Chulha Abhiyan) in India
Joint Secretary, MNRE
10:00 Secretary, MNRE
10:10 Special Address
Mr Michael Steiner, German Ambassador to India
10:20 Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest
Shri Piyush Goyal, Honorable Minister of State for Power , Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
10:35 Vote of Thanks
Mr Jens Burgtorf, Director Indo-German Energy Programme, GIZ India
10:45 Tea/Coffee Break & Snacks
11:00 Input from the Practitioners' Workshop and GIZ Support to the Sector
Santosh Singh (GIZ) - GIZ Activities to Promote Improved Cookstoves
11:10 Panel Discussion:
The Big Push for Clean Cooking In India
12:10 Panel Discussion:
From a Push to a Pull Product: Making Cookstoves Aspirational
Smita Rakesh (Tata Trusts) - User Test of Improved Cookstoves
13:10 Lunch
14:00 Panel Discussion:
Matching Numbers, Matching Expectations
Sudha Setty - Overview Activities Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
15:00 Tea/Coffee Break
15:15 Panel Discussion:
Policy & Ecosystem
Dr. Parveen Dhamija (MNRE) - Unnat Chulha Abhiyan
Dr. Yogender K Yadav (SSS-NIRE) - National Cookstove PoA
16:15 Panel Discussion:
The Indian Roadmap for Clean Cooking
Dr. Kirk Smith - Household Air Pollution and Improved Cookstoves
Dr. Marlis Kees (GIZ) - Providing Access to Modern Cooking Energy
17:15 Closing Remarks/Vote of Thanks
16:15 End of Forum

Business Model Workshop - 12 November 2014

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During this workshop, early stage entrepreneurs will be supported in analyzing and improving their business models in order to make them more viable and attractive for investors.
Presentation - Business Model Workshop