On 24 June, 2024, in celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), Carter Thermal Industries in Birmingham will host a training day focusing on the fundamentals of design for cold stores and refrigerated cabinets. Designed to delve into the fundamental principles of design and their impact on energy reduction, the event promises valuable…
On 26 September, 2024, the Women in Food & Agribusiness Conference will be held at the O2 Cineworld in London. The conference is open to anyone interested in women in food and agribusiness, with a focus on connecting African and European food systems and markets. Get ready to connect with like-minded individuals, hear from…
From 9 to 11 June 2024, the IIR will participate in the 8th IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. It will be the occasion to promote SophiA and to display some brochures. First held in 2010 in Cambridge (United Kingdom), this IIR conference series has become a recognised event for presenting the most cutting-edge cold chain technologies. …
Two partners of SophiA, SPF and Simply Solar, will participate at the 34th Symposium Solarthermie und Innovative Wärmesysteme (Symposium on Solar Thermal Energy and Innovative Heating Systems) in May. SPF and Simply Solar will have a tandem oral presentation about the high-temperature heat storage, named « Hochtemperatur-Wärmespeicherung zur Dekarbonisierung der Energieerzeugung in afrikanischen Krankenhäusern ». …
The Hochshule Karlsruhe (HKA) will open its doors to students for the third edition of the International Summer School on Sustainability (i3s), from September 9 to 13, 2024! Building on the success of the two previous editions held in Rapperswil (Switzerland) and Braşov (Romania), the 2024 edition of the Summer School will make its way…
In November, MAK, member of the SophiA consortium, will participate to the conference organized by the Alliance for Modernizing African Agrifood Systems (AMAA). The theme of the conference is: “Imagining African Agrifood Systems Looking Forward”. It is the occasion for MAK to present and promote the SophiA project. AMAA is an initiative of the American…
The Renewable Energy Conference 2023 (REC23) & EXPO is organized by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of through the National Renewable Energy Platform (NREP) under the theme “A clean energy future for all”! REC23 & EXPO aims to bring together thousands of stakeholders from academia, industry, government, development partners, civil society organisations, and…
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from November 30 to December 12, 2023, at the Expo City, Dubai. At this event, the IIR will be co-owner of a pavilion in…
The ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) is one of the largest energy events in West Africa. It was initiated in 2016 by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) to support investments in sustainable energy anchored on ambitious policies on the part of ECOWAS Member States. It is a platform for improving…
From 24th to 28th July 2023, three partners of the SophiA project will be organising the second edition of the International Summer School on Sustainability, this time in Braşov, Romania. After the successful first edition of the international Sustainability Summer School in 2022 in Rapperswil at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (OST), the SophiA…
