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Panel Discussion: Building Solar Pathways to Economic Empowerment in the Developing World
| September 24, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
When: Thursday, September 24th
6:00 Reception
6:30 – 7:30 Panel discussion.
Where: Steel Case showroom, 8th floor.
4 Columbus Circle, Manhattan.
(W. 58TH street and 8th Avenue, between Citibank and Duane Reade)
Contact/RSVP (required): helen@solar1.org; (212) 505 6050
Roughly a quarter of the global population remains entirely “off the grid” and without any access to basic energy services such as lighting, refrigeration and heat for cooking. Access to these essential services is a precondition for improving standards of living and economic productivity, but in many regions the prospects for investment in centralized energy infrastructure remain remote even in the long term.
Easily implemented and maintained, and fueled by an abundant, local and free energy source, solar technologies such as photovoltaics offer a viable alternative to conventional energy. In this discussion, a panel of experts, each actively leading enterprises that aim to empower rural, energy poor regions with solar technology, will provide insight into the opportunities, challenges, triumphs and setbacks that characterize their work. Case studies from Latin America, Asia and Africa will illustrate the transformative impacts of solar implementation, and highlight the diversity of nonprofit, and private and public sector efforts that are currently driving solar development in these regions. Panelists will also address the critical need for further innovation in both technology development and financial services.
Distinguished Panelists:
Nicola Armacost, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Arc Finance (New York City)
Asim Buksh, Chairman, The Buksh Foundation (Lahore, Pakistan)
Max Lacayo, Sales Manager, Ecami S.A. (Managua, Nicaragua)
Sarah Butler-Sloss, Executive Director and Founder, The Ashden Awards.
Light refreshments will be served.
