Conference Information
January 29-30, 2005
Seattle, Washington
The ETHOS Conference 2005 aims to expand its reach from previous annual meetings, encouraging participation of Southern partners, international stoves experts, and development specialists with field experience in the transfer of cooking technologies.
Conference Themes
Lab research, including: insulative materials, efficiency testing, emissions monitoring, safety updates and design issues, gasifier advances, hayboxes/insulative cookers, solar cookers.
Field experience, including monitoring of: performance, indoor air pollution exposure, health impacts, user satisfaction, time and socio-economic impacts; awareness raising; stove promotion; involvement of volunteers and local universities; lessons and modification to approaches.
Efficiency versus effectiveness, and resulting design implications.
Technology standards: key parameters, constraints.
Policy issues: role of U.S. partnerships and international donors, country-level leadership, subsidies versus commercialization.
Who should participate?
• Researchers, scholars, scientists
• Governmental and non-governmental organizations
• Policy makers
• Students
• Other interested parties from various Northern and Southern organizations/institutions
We especially encourage participation in this conference by Southern parties
Registration
There will be a registration fee of $50 (includes entrance to the conference, yearly dues, and 2005 conference proceedings on CD-ROM) or $20 for students/seniors/others with financial hardships (includes entrance to the conference and conference proceedings on CD-ROM.) The registration fee covers the cost of the venue, printed materials, and other miscellaneous costs. The fee will be waived for anyone who cannot afford it.
Additional tax-deductible donations, which will be used for scholarships, are welcome.
Call for Papers
Abstracts for papers, talks and workshops are now being accepted. Please submit to Amy Holland.
Deadline for abstracts is
January 1, 2005
Deadline for papers or transcripts to be included in conference proceedings is at the conference. Please provide them in an electronic format.
For More Information Contact:
Amy Holland
aholland@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-4938
Fax: 515-294-5530
2005 Conference Registration Form
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For more information contact Amy Holland at aholland@iastate.edu