LPG4DEV 2020 Virtual Summit:
LPG and the Sustainable Development Goals

On this page: Summit Overview, Programme, Registration Details

Summit Overview

The LPG For Development Summit (LPG4DEV) is the annual event co-hosted by the World LPG Association (WLPGA) and the Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP) that provides authoritative updates and insights about the role of LPG in energy access and global development. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 LPG4DEV event will be virtual and will occur within days 1 and 2 of the virtual 2020 World LPG Forum, also called “e-LPG Week”.

This year’s LPG4DEV theme is: The leading role of LPG in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially UN SDG3 (health), SDG5 (gender) and SDG7 (access to modern energy). The Summit will focus on recent actions and accomplishments in low- and middle-income countries to address SDGs with LPG, and on the increase in public and private sector collaboration and dedication of resources needed for LPG by 2030 to make a substantial contribution toward these and other SDGs.

Programme

Day 1: 2 November 2020 14h25 CET / 8:25am US EDT

Keynote: Mme Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy

Panel Discussion: Achieving the SDGs with LPG (60 minutes)

Access to clean, modern energy is crucial to achieving the SDG’s. This session will include discussions around stepped up public and private sector engagement and the resources needed to help reach UN SDG3, on health, SDG5 on gender and SDG7 on modern energy access by 2030.

Panelists:

  • Mr Marcel Alers, Global Head of Energy, United Nations Development Programme

  • Mr Ed Brown, Research Director for the Modern Energy Cooking Services programme of UK AID

  • Ms Heather Adair-Rohani, leader on energy and health, World Health Organization

  • Mr Kimball Chen, Chairman, The Global LPG Partnership

Day 2: 3 November 2020 15h10 CET / 9:10am US EDT

Panel Discussion: LPG in Action: Country-Level Innovations and Initiatives (60 minutes)

Few fuels are as well placed as LPG to help provide affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy at scale. This session will look at new innovations and initiatives from around the world that are helping to bring LPG to millions of new users in low and middle income countries.

Panelists:

  • Mr Volker Schultz, CEO, Circle Gas
    Leader in pay-as-you-go LPG in East Africa

  • Ms Pam Indurjeeth, Managing Director, Oryx Energies (South Africa)
    Leader in LPG scale-up in southern Africa

  • Mr Sunil Mathur, Executive Director (LPG), Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Leader in Indian LPG scale-up to over 95% of the Indian population

  • Ms Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
    Leader in energy entrepreneurship

Registration (currently open)

To register for the 2020 LPG for Development Summit, click here: https://bit.ly/3cse8wH to access the e-LPG Week registration website. After providing your registration details, select “LPG4DEV” as the type of event pass. Summit delegates will also receive access to several additional 2020 e-LPG Week events as part of their LPG4DEV registration. The delegate fee for the Summit is Euro 200 per screen (plus VAT where applicable).

The Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP) and World LPG Association (WLPGA)

The non-profit Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP) was launched in 2012 at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference as a public-private partnership (PPP) under the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. Its mission is to help countries make the shift from biomass to LPG for clean cooking on a large scale, with the goal of one billion more people cooking cleanly with LPG energy by 2030. GLPGP holds UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Consultative Status and UNFCCC Observer Status.

The World LPG Association was established in 1987 and unites the broad interests of the worldwide LPG industry in one organization. It holds Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The World LPG Association exists to provide representation of LPG use through leadership of the industry worldwide.