
January 24th - 26th, 2025
Conference Agenda
(Link to Abstracts)
No Friday Night Activities at Baymont Hotel
Register for Friday Night Reception 6pm at Tavern Hall, Bellevue Square
*Please allow 20 minutes to drive and park.
ETHOS 2025 Agenda
Saturday
January 25th, 2025
Time (PST)
Topic
Presenters
7:00 AM
Walk for (a) Change
Every year a group meets early for a brisk walk from the Baymont Hotel to Northwestern University (~4mi) on the Cross Kirkland Corridor/ Eastrail
Meet in Lobby of Hotel 6:45am
8:00 AM
Coffee & Pastries
Beginning of conference program at Northwest University
Light Snacks and Conversation
8:30 AM
Conference Welcome / Opening
Welcome Keynote
Dean Still (ARC), Peter Scott (Burn), Sebastian Africano (TWP)
9:00 AM
Saturday Plenary 1A
The Current State and Future of Cookstove Carbon Markets
Elisa Derby (CCA), Barbara Haya (BCTP), Jessica Wade Murphy (Consultant to Verra), and Olivier Lefebvre (Climate Solutions), moderated by Danny Wilson (GeoCene)
10:15 AM
Coffee Break - Hallway Time
Light Snacks and Conversation
10:30 AM
Saturday Plenary 2A
Tools to Quantify Cookstove Carbon
Rob Bailis (SEI), Adrian Ghilardi (UNAM), Jessie Urban (OSU) and Jaden Berger (ARC), moderated by Nordica MacCarty (OSU/ARC)
11:45 AM
Lunch
Cafeteria stops serving at 12:30pm
Please arrive by 12pm latest
1:00 PM
Breakout Session 1A
Carbon and clean cooking : trends and insights (T.Price); Article 6 Authorisation for Cookstove Programmes (C.Fox)
Tom Price (EcoSafi); Conor Fox (Hestian)
1:00 PM
Breakout Session 1B
Stove Adoption: Beyond Efficiency and Safety Include Culture (K.N.Asfaw); Using Culture-Centered Design for Insights and Alignment (K.Forrest); Update on Revision of ISO Cookstove Lab Testing Standard (J. Jetter)
Konjit Negussu Asfaw (SNV); Kim Forrest (StoveTeam Intl); Jim Jetter (USEPA)
2:00 PM
Coffee Break - Hallway Time
Light Snacks and Conversation
2:15 PM
Breakout Session 2A
Sensor-based KPT, what we've learned so far and what's next? (O.Lefebvre); Charcoal production conversion factors in the supply chain (OSU/ARC); Quantifying efficiency and fuel consumption during cooking (OSU/ARC); SHEAR Field Epidemiology Findings (C.Sewor)
Olivier Lefebvre (Climate Solutions); Jessie Urban, Jaden Berger, Nordica MacCarty (Oregon State University / ARC); Christian Sewor (CSU)
2:15 PM
Breakout Session 2B
Emissions monitoring and control for solid fuel stoves
(N. Putaansuu) ; Performance Metrics for Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors (BYU); CFD Analysis of Detection Region Placement in Low-Cost OPCs (BYU); Transverse Particulate Extractor (H. Annegarn)
Noel Putaansuu (Smokeless Chimney); Douglas Webb, Livingstone Quarshie, Matthew R. Jones, Randy S. Lewis (BYU); Harold Annegarn (NWU-Potchefstroom)
3:15 PM
ETHOS 2025 Group Photo
Meet in the lobby of NWU
Indoor / Outdoor dependent on weather
3:30 PM
Saturday Plenary 3A
RCT of 1,000 hh showed that a $40 IC Stove greatly reduces CO2, PM2.5, and fuel costs.
Susanna Berkower (UPenn)
4:40 PM
Closing Plenary - Wrap up Day 1
A lively discussion of the day's presentations; Adjourn
ETHOS Board
ETHOS 2025 Agenda
Sunday
January 26th, 2025
Time (PST)
Topic
Presenters
7:00 AM
Walk for (a) Change
Every year a group meets early for a brisk walk from the Baymont Hotel to Northwestern University (~4mi) on the Cross Kirkland Corridor/ Eastrail
Meet in Lobby of Hotel 6:45am
8:00 AM
Coffee & Pastries
Beginning of conference program at Northwest University
Light Snacks and Conversation
8:30 AM
Conference Welcome / Opening
Sunday Welcome / Intro
ETHOS Board
8:45 AM
Sunday AM Plenary
Innovations in Cookstove Technology & Manufacture
Tom Price (EcoSafi), Dean Still (ARC), Tapsir N'jai and Hannah Max-McCarthy (WWE), moderated by Jeremy Su (BDL)
9:45 AM
Coffee Break - Hallway Time
Light Snacks and Conversation
10:15 AM
Breakout Session 1A
Integrating BC reductions into Clean Cooking Carbon Programs (M. Johnson); CLEAR Methodology (CCA); CLEAR Methodology Carbon Emission Simulations (P. Coto)
Michael Johnson (Berkeley Air); Jessica Vargas (CCA); Paula Coto (OSU)
10:15 AM
Breakout Session 1B
Regional Testing and Knowledge Centers (S. Bentson); Improving Global Data Processing Capabilities (J.Berger); Strengthening RTKCs with Online Training (S.Lloyd); Market Dynamics, Design & Standards (D.Kiwana)
Sam Bentson (ARC); Jaden Berger (ARC); Shannon Lloyd (CCA); Derrick Kiwana (CREEC)
10:15 AM
Breakout Session 1C
The Chitofu update – we learnt to bake with it! (C.Roth); A Collection of Half-baked Ideas Related to Stoves (D. Andreatta); TLUD Flameout Emissions (P.Means & C. Sloan); ICS in Senegal: from local production to universal access (C.Messinger);
Christa Roth (Food&Fuel); Dale Andreata (SEA); Paul Means & Cooper Sloan (BDL); Christoph Messinger (GIZ)
11:15 AM
Coffee Break - Hallway Time
Light Snacks and Conversation
11:45 AM
Breakout Session 2A
How China’s Clean Heating Policy affected blood pressure (T.Sternbach); IAQ Associated with Rural Electrification Program (K.Kearns); TRADEC: Remote Monitoring of ICS (I.Osorto)
Talia Sternbach (McGill); Katie Kearns (Berkeley Air); Ivan Osorto Pinel (Ecofogón)
11:45 AM
Breakout Session 2B
Experience of RBF Implementation in Ethiopia (K.Gesse); Smallholders, Biochar and Food Security in Southern Africa (T.Miles); Insulating Rocket Stoves - Biomass, Electric & Non-Solid (R.Harvey)
Kindye Gesse (SNV); Tom Miles (Independent); Reid Harvey (Independent)
11:45 AM
Breakout Session 2C
A Year Creating Solar Electric Cooking in Africa, Nepal (P.Schwartz); ISEC:Improved Construction, Thermal Storage Materials/Design
(E.Wortman, N.Doing); Larry Winiarski and Retained Heat Cooking (P.McArdle)
Pete Schwartz (CalPoly); Eli Wortman, Nick Doing (CalPoly); Patricia McArdle (SolarWind)
1:00 PM
Lunch
Cafeteria begins serving at 12:30pm
Please arrive by 1:30pm latest
2:30 PM
Closing Plenary
A lively discussion of the day's presentations; Adjourn
ETHOS Board
3:30 PM
Stove Lighting & S'mores!
Light 'em if you Got 'em!
Outside NWU Health Sciences Building