People, Policy and Innovation: Humanitarian Energy from Theory to Practice

Coventry University's 'The Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement’ project (HEED) based at the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling, is hosting a three-part webinar series throughout September 2021. These webinars build upon HEED’s work by engaging key energy stakeholders in discussions on co-creation, innovation and policy in the humanitarian energy field. 

Event overview

This series has been designed to challenge and engage multi-level stakeholder’s who are central to solving the humanitarian energy access challenge. The webinar series will take place throughout September 2021, and will showcase HEED’s work and engage high-level partners in the humanitarian energy field.

Each webinar will feature: 

• Expert knowledge and discussions from humanitarian agencies, private sector companies, donor agencies and academics who have worked in complex humanitarian settings on energy interventions providing energy access.  
• The opportunity to explore the depth of the on-going humanitarian energy discussion and meet other like-minded thinkers and innovators from different contexts. 
• A 30-minute coffee session prior to the webinar to facilitate an interactive conversation with the panel speakers and the humanitarian energy community.  
• The presentation of critical humanitarian energy interventions and lessons learnt from different perspectives, including those working in refugee camps.   
• A live Q&A session.  

Links: 

The main link for the HEED series: People, Policy and Innovation: Humanitarian Energy from theory to practice.

The individual webinars: 

2nd of September, Moving from the Global to the Local: Co-creation for Humanitarian Energy
The supporting blog is Down the Rabbit Hole’: Co-design and Humanitarian Energy by Benjamin Robinson Webinar partner - GIZ

9th of September, Humanitarian Innovation: "Move Fast and Break Things...?" 
The supporting blog is 'Innovation in humanitarian energy: what you think is what you get’ by Sam Unsworth

23rd of September - Future-proofing Humanitarianism: Actioning Policy and Strengthening Governance
Supporting blog - 'Humanitarian Energy and Action on SDG7: National Progress through Global Policy?' by Hajar Al-Kaddo and Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen. Webinar partner - GPA