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Granada Conference attendees 2006 — Conference attendees (See full-resolution version.)

The Solar Cookers and Food Processing International Conference was co-organized by Terra Foundation and Solar Cookers International and held in the Palacio de Congresos de Granada and Parque de las Ciencias during 12-16 July 2006 in Granada, Spain. More than 200 people from all over the world attended the meeting. To check the conference programme or acquire the proceedings CD with the papers and posters presented, you can visit the official website of the conference at http://solarconference.net. A link to the papers presented at the conference is found below.

The Conference's goal was to bring researchers and practitioners together to exchange knowledge and decide future actions and collaborations to spread access to solar cooking, water purification and related solar food processing applications. The purpose was to reduce the health and environmental hazards related to traditional open fire cooking and growing fuel shortages affecting one-sixth of humanity. The Conference also evaluated the requirements, technology, costs and benefits of solar cooking technologies, an environmental friendly application and a chance for socio-economic development, culture of peace promotion and cooperation strategies.

Papers presented

All papers that were presented are available here.

External links

Photos from the conference

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-This Conference was co-organized by '''[[Terra Foundation]]''' ([[Marta Pahissa]]) and '''[[Solar Cookers International]]''' ([[Bev Blum]]) and held in the Palacio de Congresos de Granada and Parque de las Ciencias during 12-16 July 2006 in Granada, Spain. More than 200 people [http://www.solarconference.net/list_usr.php] from all over the world attended the meeting. To check the Conference programme [http://www.solarconference.net/programme.htm] or acquire the Proceedings CD [http://www.solarconference.net/buy_cd.htm] with the papers and posters presented, you can visit the official website of the conference in http://solarconference.net.
+The '''Solar Cookers and Food Processing International Conference''' was co-organized by [[Terra Foundation]] and [[Solar Cookers International]] and held in the Palacio de Congresos de Granada and Parque de las Ciencias during 12-16 July 2006 in Granada, Spain. More than  [http://www.solarconference.net/list_usr.php 200 people from all over the world] attended the meeting. To [http://www.solarconference.net/programme.htm check the conference programme] or  [http://www.solarconference.net/buy_cd.htm acquire the proceedings CD] with the papers and posters presented, you can visit the official website of the conference at http://solarconference.net. A link to the papers presented at the conference is found below.
 The '''Conference's goal''' was to bring researchers and practitioners together to exchange knowledge and decide future actions and collaborations to spread access to solar cooking, water purification and related solar food processing applications. The purpose was to reduce the health and environmental hazards related to traditional open fire cooking and growing fuel shortages affecting one-sixth of humanity. The Conference also evaluated the requirements, technology, costs and benefits of solar cooking technologies, an environmental friendly application and a chance for socio-economic development, culture of peace promotion and cooperation strategies.
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 All papers that were presented are [[:Category:Granada_2006_conference_papers|available here]].
-== Earlier conferences ==
-- Stockton, California, USA. "First World Conference on Solar Cooking"
-Co sponsors: University of the Pacific and Solar (Box) Cookers International.
-- Heredia, Costa Rica. "Second World Conference on Solar Cookers - Use and Technology"
-Co sponsors: Universidad Nacional and Solar Cookers International.
-- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. "Third International Conference on Solar Cookers - Use and Technology"
-Co sponsors: Avinashilingam University and Solar Cookers International.
-- Varese, Italy. "International Conference on World Solar Cooking and Food Processing - Strategies and Financing"
-Co sponsors: World Solar Programme and Solar Academy (UNESCO), GTZ, FAST (Italy).
-- Kimberley, South Africa. "International Conference on Solar Cooking 2000"
-Sponsor: Dept. of Minerals and Energy, S.A. South Africa Government.
-- Granada, Spain. "Solar Cookers and Food Processing International Conference"
-Co sponsors: Solar Cookers International, Terra Foundation, The Good Works Institute, Junta de Andalucía, Parque de las Ciencias
 ==See also==
+*[http://fundaciontierra.es/solarconference/doc/list_participants.pdf List of participants]
 *{{Cat|Conferences}}
-*[[Solar Cookers International]]
+==External links==
-*[[Fundació Terra]]
+*[http://fundaciontierra.es/solarconference/pics/4/index.html Photos from the conference]
 [[Category:Conferences]]