2016 Ashden Awards Week

The Ashden Awards bring publicity, grants and connections to outstanding climate solutions.Whether powering up off-grid communities, greening cities, or regenerating the natural world, our winners work to build a fairer and better zero carbon future.For more information about our work visitashden.org

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<H2 CLASS="MsoNoSpacing">Book your place at the 2016 Ashden Awards</H2>
£30 for Ceremony tickets and £80 for Conference tickets. Package Offer: £95 for both events. 
This year’s Awards promise to feature some of our most electrifying and innovative winners yet and we’re excited to announce the release of tickets to the flagship events of the Ashden calendar. <A TITLE="Find out who the 2016 UK and International finalists are here." TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.ashden.org/awards/2016" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Find out who the 2016 UK and International finalists are here.</A> 
"Ashden Award winners are precisely the kind of entrepreneurs and crusaders who we need to be focusing on today, bringing the energy, technologies and systems from the future into our lives right now.” Jonathon Porritt
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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Ashden Awards Ceremony, Royal Geographical Society, London</H2>
11 Awards will be given out in London on 9 June 2016. With applicants from all over the world, including the UK, Africa, Indonesia, Mauritania, Asia and Central America, it promises to be a truly global party.
From giving access to clean energy to the people that need it most, to helping some of the world’s biggest businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, Ashden winners are helping accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.
Thursday 9 June 7pm to 10pm
Please arrive at 7pm for a prompt 7.15pm start. When you arrive at the RGS please come to the Exhibition Road entrance where you will find the registration desk. 
Dress code: Lounge suits
A drinks reception with canapés will follow the Ceremony. 
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Tuesday 7 June 2016, 10am to 5.00pm
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Moving up the energy ladder: how can we amplify electricity access? </H2>
Modern energy is crucial to well-being and economic development; yet globally over 1.3 billion people live without access to electricity. Even though the grid is expanding, off-grid solutions are crucial in meeting people's electricity needs. 
Small, affordable solar lanterns can provide basic light and phone charging to people in off-grid areas. However, they can’t provide enough power for other services that many people want – like refrigerators, power tools and TVs. Larger solar home systems and micro-grids can offer this level of electricity service but remain out of reach for many.
How can people in off-grid areas get access to these higher levels of energy service? And how can these off-grid systems integrate effectively with the grid expansions that we are expecting to see? 
Concession tickets are available for students, academics and small charities.
10.00 - 10.30 Registration and exhibition
10.30 - 12.30 International winners' presentations and Q&As
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch: exhibition open
13.30 - 14.45 Panel discussion 1 - How can people climb the energy ladder, and faster?
14.45 - 15.15 Break: exhibition open
15.15 - 16.30 Panel discussion 2 - Combining grid and off-grid electricity
16:30 – 17:00 Exhibition open
17:00 Close
Panel One
How can people climb the energy ladder, and faster?
In off-grid regions, what evidence is there that people are moving up the electricity ladder? What role do efficient DC appliances, innovative financing and other sector developments have to play? Are productive uses of power the next frontier? If the demand is there, what are the barriers? How realistic is it to suggest that decentralised systems will enable people to ‘leapfrog’ being grid-connected?
Panel Two
Combining grid and off-grid electricity
How can off-grid technologies like  solar home-systems and micro-grids work alongside the grid to provide sufficient reliable electricity access to everyone? What successful examples are there of governments including both grid and off-grid technologies in their electricity planning? How can the public and private sectors collaborate, and what is the potential for grid and off-grid systems to integrate and interact?
Speakers confirmed:
Kat Harrison, Associate Director - Impact at Acumen
Nico Tyabji, Head of Energy Access, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Charlie Miller, Senior Policy Advisor at GOGLA and Director of National Programmes, Power For All
Sarah Bieber, Energy Officer - Beyond the Grid, USAID/Power Africa
Harrison Leaf, CEO SteamaCo
Andrew Reicher, Business angel investor, energy access
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