ETHOS 2026 Agenda

February 5-7, 2026

Friday & Saturday at OSU Portland Center, Downtown Portland

Thursday, Feb 5

North West Portland Hostel
Address: 479 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 241-2783

4:30 PM

Stoves 101

This introductory session is designed for those new to ETHOS or to the clean cooking sector. We'll cover essential terminology, key health and environmental challenges, basic stove technologies, and an overview of the global clean cooking landscape. Whether you're a first-time attendee or looking to refresh your foundational knowledge, all are welcome.

5:30 PM

Carbon 101

This session will cover the basics of carbon credits, common methodologies and standards, crediting processes, and how carbon finance can support clean cooking projects. Ideal for those new to carbon markets or looking to explore funding opportunities for their programs.

7:00 PM

Opening Reception

Gather with the ETHOS community at The Hostel Cafe for live fiddle music and informal networking. Enjoy dinner and drinks available for purchase while connecting with fellow attendees.

Friday, Feb 6

OSU Downtown Portland Center
Address: 555 SW Morrison St Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204

Venue Access

The OSU Portland Center is located on the second floor of 555 SW Morrison Street. The building is secure and open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Please enter through the Morrison Street doors, inform security that you are attending the ETHOS Conference, and proceed to the second floor via the elevators.

Parking

There are several paid parking lots in the surrounding area, as well as metered street parking. We recommend the Alder Street Garage at 615 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97204. The garage entrance is located on Alder Street, between Broadway and 6th Avenue.

Walk for Change

For guests staying at the Portland Hostel: join a guided walk to the OSU Center led by Ryan Thompson. Meet in the hostel lobby at 7:40 AM.

8:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

8:30 AM

Welcome

9:00 AM

The Next Generation of Clean Cooking Business Models

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

Discover how the next generation of clean cooking businesses are unlocking scale through innovative revenue models. Leaders from KOKO, BioMassters, ECS, En-R-G Africa, and ATEC will share real-world lessons on fuel subsidies, revenue sharing, new fuels, and “cook-to-earn” approaches. This panel goes beyond theory to explore what’s actually working—and what’s next—for sustainable, customer-centered growth.

Ben Jeffreys, Co-Founder & CEO of ATEC Global
Claudia Muench, Co-Founder & CEO at BioMassters
Dave Lello, Co-Founder at Ekasi Energy
Mattias Ohlson, Co-Founder & CEO at Emerging Cooking Solutions (trading as "SupaMoto")
Sophie Odupoy, Director of Public Affairs at KOKO Networks
Moderator: Danny Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO at Geocene

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM

Electric Cooking in East Africa: Real-World Adoption, Grid Impact, and the Path Forward

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

Electric cooking represents a transformative opportunity for East Africa's clean energy transition, but how is adoption actually progressing? This panel brings together leaders across the value chain—from manufacturing and carbon finance to renewable energy generation—to discuss real-world penetration rates, what's working with electric cooking solutions and induction stoves, persistent challenges, and the critical question of grid capacity and impact. What business models are succeeding? Where are the bottlenecks? And how do we balance rapid adoption with grid reliability in markets powered by renewables?

Meredith Muthoni, Head of Electric Finance at BURN Manufacturing
Bhushan Trivedi, Chief Carbon Officer at ATEC Global
Dan Klinck, Founder & CEO at East African Power
Matt Evans, Co-Founder & Board Chair at UpEnergy
Moderator: Geoff Bastian, ETHOS Board Chair

12:00 PM

Catered Lunch & Group Photo

1:00 PM

Breakouts I

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A - Performance

Experiments with Forced Primary and Secondary Air - Pedro Yupanki de la Cruz Alta
Impact of Forced Air Injection in a Cordwood Heating Stove - Prabin Shrestha
Impact of Internal Flow Dynamics on Low-Cost OPC Performance - Livingstone Quarshie, Randy S. Lewis, Matthew R. Jones

Room 2039 / Zoom Room B - Testing

Building RTKC Capacity - Jaden Berger, Gloria Asante
A Multi-Purpose Electronic Pasteurization Indicator - Jaden Berger, Nordica MacCarty, Marla Linvog, Carlo Vukazich, Iris Lasala
Emissions Testing Around the world with Aprovecho LEMS - Sam Bentson, Nordica MacCarty

Room 2035 / Zoom Room C - Implementation/Monitoring

Marian Stove Project Field Installation Data in Tanzania - Michael Keane, Anne Reynolds
From Gas to Induction: Indoor Air Quality Impacts in CA - Katie Kearns

2:00 PM

Coffee Break

2:15 PM

Breakouts II

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A - Emissions

Forced Draft to Reduce PM Emissions in Many Types of Stoves - David Evitt, Sam Bentson, Jaden Berger, Nordica MacCarty
How to measure emissions from a wood chip biochar furnace - Ryan Thompson
Households Diurnal Black Carbon Analysis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Molla Mekashaw

Room 2039 / Zoom Room B - Implementation/Monitoring

Clean Cookstoves Empower Women: Unleashing Strength - WENXIAO SHEN
Food, Fuel & Financial Security in Pacific Island Countries - Daniel Shafer
End User Financing for Clean Cooking Market Development - Gesse Kindye

Room 2035 / Zoom Room C - Implementation/Monitoring

Fast tracking the Last Mile of Clean Cooking - Gathuru Gitema
Aligning science and practice in clean cooking carbon accounting - Carlos Gould
Quality Assurance Experiences in Clean Cooking, Ethiopia - Kamil Dino Adem

3:30 PM

New Ideas and Innovation in Stove Technologies

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

Clean cooking technology continues to evolve rapidly—not just in stove design and performance, but also in the sensors and tools that demonstrate real-world impact. What innovations are driving greater access while improving health and climate outcomes, and how can these solutions be scaled more broadly?

David Evitt, COO at Aprovecho Research Center
Hoing Ah Vuh, Centre for Creativity and Sustainability (CCS)
Jeremy Su, Executive Director at Burn Design Lab
Kristina Shen, Vice-President at SSM Stove Manufacturer
Sam Bentson, Cookstoove Engineer and Lab Manager at Aprovecho Research Center
Moderator: Nordica MacCarty, Executive Director at Aprovecho Research Center & Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University

4:45 PM

Closing

7:00 PM

Dinner at Pine Street Marketplace Food Court

126 SW 2nd Ave
For guest staying at the Royal Sonesta, meet at 6:30pm in the hotel lobby to walk over together.

Saturday, Feb 7

OSU Downtown Portland Center
Address: 555 SW Morrison St Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204

Venue Access

The OSU Portland Center is located on the second floor of 555 SW Morrison Street. The building is secure and open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Please enter through the Morrison Street doors, inform security that you are attending the ETHOS Conference, and proceed to the second floor via the elevators.

Parking

8:00 AM

Coffee

8:30 AM

Welcome

8:45 AM

Carbon Methodologies - Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

The only constant in carbon methodologies has been change. As clean cooking carbon projects face evolving standards and heightened integrity requirements, navigating new rules from accrediting bodies has become increasingly complex. How are accrediting bodies responding? What new opportunities are emerging? And what does this mean for real household-level impact?

Join our panelists as they discuss the latest methodological updates, practical challenges in the clean cooking sector, and strategies for turning regulatory shifts into opportunities for high-integrity carbon finance that delivers measurable benefits to households.

Bhushan Trived, Chief Carbon Officer at ATEC Global
Elisa Derby, Senior Director of Climate Impacts and Standards at the Clean Cooking Alliance
Olivier Lefebvre, CEO at Climate Solutions
Rob Bailis, Senior Scientist at SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute)
Moderator: Tom Price, Co-Founder at Ecosafi

10:15 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM

Breakouts III

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

Burundi’s Energy and the success of Improved Cookstoves - Jephil,RWEMERA
Chitofu – 6 years of climate-friendly food processing - Christa Roth
PV-solar direct cooking solutions with Bluetooth and LPayGo - Marco Honsberg

Room 2039 / Zoom Room B

Converting school kitchen in East Africa to pellets - Christian Rakos
Architectural Strategies for Reducing Indoor Cooking Emissions - Hailu Tekleab Tesfamariam

Room 2035 / Zoom Room C

Solar-powered community bakery in Matsoatlareng - Karabo Motsamai
CLEAR: Validating LPG for health and climate in rural India - Shruti Sharma (P1), Roshan Wathore (P2), Surya Shekhar Auddy, Hladinee Borgohain, Nitin Labhasetwar
Evaluating Co-Benefits potential of Clean Cooking Projects - Lookman Issa

11:30 AM

Lunch & Networking

Please note, on Saturday lunch is not provided by the conference.

1:00 PM

Breakouts IX

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A - Performance

Bamboo-to-Biochar: Clean Cooking for Francophone Africa - Hermann DeSouza
Venturi Pressures and the Burning of Pyrolysis Gas - Kirk Harris
Principles of ignition from fire safety science - John Flynn, Tami Bond

Room 2039 / Zoom Room B - Stoves

Reengineering the Oorja Stove for Urban Biomass Residues - Anish Jaladi, Joel Minocha, Sharvil Saindane, Akhil Pidatala
Recent developments in solar cooker design and adoption - Paul Arveson
2025 Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer Update (Video) - Dean Still

Room 2035 / Zoom Room C - Performance

Too much monitoring? Attentiveness vs ownership in Zambia - Jess Mingee
Air Quality and Personal Exposure to CO and PM2.5 in Mexico - Juan Carlos Vázquez Tinoco
Upgrading Solar Lights - John Dixon

2:00 PM

Black Carbon

Room 2047 / Zoom Room A

Black carbon is one of the most powerful short-lived climate pollutants linked to cooking with solid fuels, yet translating reductions into credible, fundable climate benefits remains challenging. This plenary brings together leading scientists and practitioners to examine where the science is strongest, where uncertainty persists, and what is needed to responsibly incorporate black carbon into carbon finance and policy frameworks.

Dr Andy Grieshop, Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University
Dr Tami Bond, Scott Presidential Chair in Energy, Environment and Health & Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University
Michael Johnson, Technical Director, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
Moderator: Olivier Lefebvre, CEO at Climate Solutions

3:00 PM

Closing

Room 2047 / Zoom Room 3