Conference - A Cool World

Conference schedule

Clean cooling and cold-chain solutions are neither being financed nor implemented at the required scale, or quickly enough in a holistic and inclusive manner across the Global South.

 We aim to discuss this and find solutions across the key areas of: Resilient Communities, Future Proofing, and Training, Continuous Professional Development, and Capacity Building.

*The full schedule will be available for download shortly.

Tuesday 28th October 2025 - Day 1

  • 09.00 - 09.20: Registration
  • 09.20 - 09.30: Welcome
  • 09.30 - 09.55: Introduction and scene-setting
  • 09.55 - 10.45: Overview of key activities in the Global South
  • 10.45 - 11.15: Tea and coffee
  • 11.15 - 12.30: Break-Out Groups – Session 1
  • 12.30 – 14.00: Lunch
  • 14.00 – 15.15: Break-Out Groups – Session 2
  • 15.15 - 15.45: Tea and coffee break
  • 15.45 - 16.30: Plenary feedback
  • 16.30 - 17.15: The Role of Sub-Zero
     

18.30- 22.00: Drinks Reception, Buffet Dinner and Photo Exhibition at the University of Birmingham's Great Hall:

Wednesday 29th October 2025 - Day 2

  • 08.30 - 09.00: Tea and coffee
  • 09.00 – 09.50: Plenary session - One Health
  • 09.55 - 10.45: Plenary session - Return on Investment
  • 10.45 - 11.15: Tea and coffee
  • 11:15-12:30: Break-Out Groups – Session 3
  • 12.30 - 13.45: Lunch
  • 13.45 - 15.15: Plenary session – discussion, conclusions and recommendations
  • 15.15 - 15.25: Close

Tea and coffee will be served prior to your departure.

This conference is free to attend.

To make general enquiries, please email [email protected].

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Sustainable Cold-Chain for the Global South, Birmingham, UK

  • Participate in discussions and workshops
  • Network with industry experts, academics, NGOs and more
  • Discuss steps to accelerate meaningful change
By Degrees discussions

By Degrees Magazine aims to promote, explore and stimulate debate around the role of cooling as critical infrastructure, ensuring societal well-being, economic stability, and public health; adapting and mitigating the impacts of extreme heat to climate change.

In a By Degrees article, A Cool World: Accelerating the journey to Sustainable Cold-Chain for the Global South, Dr Tim Fox explores the importance of clean cooling solutions, the barriers to progress and the roadmap to a cool world - also to be explored at our upcoming conference: Sustainable Cold-Chain for the Global South.

In another By Degrees article, Building Africa’s Resilience through Cold-Chain Training for Global Health, ACES’s One Health team, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Hugor Shema and Ariane Mutabaruka discuss how the cold-chain is the silent backbone to global health, and how its failure can mean the difference between life and death. This is one of the plenary topics to be discussed at the Sustainable Cold-Chain for the Global South conference too.

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