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The Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo is the premier meeting of the off-grid solar sector providing a unique platform for knowledge exchange, networking and showcasing off-grid solar products and services. The event aims to accelerate the development of the global off-grid solar market contributing to achieving universal energy access by 2030.

Small organizations and companies from developing countries that have difficulties to cover the regular fee, may apply for a price reduction at the discretion of the organizers. Please contact Eveline at e.jansen@gogla.org.

GOGLA members are entitled to a discount (please check the weekly member briefings or contact Sascha at s.brandt@gogla.org to receive the discount code)

Now in its 16th year, Cleantech Forum San Francisco 2018 will once again be a true kick off for your year – mark your calendars for January 22-24, 2018!

This annual gathering of the global cleantech innovation community offers a comprehensive, three-day program along with exclusive opportunities to network, learn, and get deals done. Since 2002, Cleantech Group has brought together clean technology’s most influential leaders – corporate executives, start-up and growth company CEOs, investors, government agencies, and other players – from across all areas of resource innovation, from the major industrial verticals, and from across the globe.

The upcoming Forum will be our 16th annual showing of our flagship event, and Charting the Future, Connecting the Globe remains core to the value proposition of Cleantech Forums, and indeed all of CTG’s services.

Our Cleantech Forums give you a glimpse of the future, get you out of your everyday silos, provide a different perspective, and help you find innovations of relevance to you that are in adjacent or altogether different industrial and technology areas. We convene the game-changers from multiple sectors all in one place for three days, from 25+ countries, and from over 100 cities worldwide. Our 16-year history of Cleantech Forums speaks to the importance of our events in getting deals done (or started), and the feedback we receive from attendees each year highlights the unique opportunities found at our Forums.

For our 16th Forum, we are building the theme around the idea of “next generations.” Expect insights on where the next generation of technologies might take the industrial landscape, hear from the newest generation of investment vehicles, and expect to meet CEOs who are representing how the next generation of entrepreneurs are shaping up.

We will once again host the official announcement of our annual Global Cleantech 100 list and awards, as well as release our Global Cleantech 100 Report that highlights the mega-trends of the next 5-10 years.

MSV, hosted by the CIPE, will be holding a roundtable in Washington, D.C. to talk about its impacts to date across the global mining system, and looks forward to talking with attending organizations about directions to take, and futures to make, with stakeholders interested in mining and development.

Mining Shared Value seeks to scale-up its capacities for positively influencing the global mining system by reaching out to an international stakeholder base. It is currently in a unique position to push for industry-wide understanding and action on local procurement through establishing partnerships across sectors. Working with global players, including the World Bank, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), and bilateral aid organizations including the German development agency (GIZ), Mining Shared Value has placed itself at the heart of global debates on natural resource governance, but must reach out further to bridge the gaps between research and practical implementation in the industry.

The second edition of the Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) Symposium will take place in Cairo, Egypt from 22-24 January 2019. The Symposium is organized ​by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), jointly with​ the World Bank Group and the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is kindly hosted by​ the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt.​​