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Vaccine Symposium

Our pivotal Vaccine Symposium, hosted over 3 days by the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) in collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Clean Cooling Network, and partners.

Completed events

The Clean Cooling Network in partnership with ACES and others, has run a collection of events over the year. Take a closer look at what we have achieved so far.

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Festival of Cooling - Focus on Farmers outreach

Connecting smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and agri-entrepreneurs to practical post-harvest cooling solutions. Sessions will focus on reducing losses, accessing finance, and adopting technologies that improve food quality and profitability. Join us on the 10th of October.

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Festival of Cooling - Focus on High-level Stakeholders & Policymakers

Setting the strategic tone, aligning government, finance, academia, and industry partners around a shared policy and investment roadmap for resilient, just, and climate-aligned cold-chains in Africa. Join us on the 10th of October.

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Festival of Cooling - Focus on Creatives, Startups & Innovation Hubs

Celebrating creativity, entrepreneurship, and the fusion of art and science. This will provide a launchpad for bold ideas, showcase innovations, and inspire youth-led problem-solving for climate-smart cold-chains. Join us on the 9th of October.

Festival of Cooling
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Festival of Cooling - Focus on Schools & Education

Engaging the next generation of innovators and decision-makers through hands-on learning, storytelling, and creative experimentation. Students will explore real-world cooling challenges and explore careers in sustainable cooling, logistics, and climate action. Join us on the 8th of October.

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Festival of Cooling - Focus on the Health Sector

Spotlighting the life-saving role of cold-chains in healthcare, enabling safe storage and delivery of vaccines, blood, and antivenoms. Health workers, planners, and logisticians will gain tools, insights, and networks to strengthen health cold-chains. Join us on the 7th of October.

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Key Webinars

We recommend the following webinars, but have a complete archive of past events.

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Cooling as Critical Infrastructure to Survive and Thrive - with Dr Tim Fox

The recent increase in severe and frequent heatwaves due to rising temperatures will have significant and disastrous consequences, impacting all liveable aspects of life on Earth. A viable solution needs to address our survival and the quality of every aspect of our local and global environment.

Basic Critical Infrastructure
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Living in a +50°C World - The System Roadmap

Despite a clear, indisputable need, clean cooling and cold-chain solutions are not being implemented at the required scale on-the-ground in the Global South. Why is that? What are the key issues?  And, most importantly, what can practically be done to address them?

Basic Critical Infrastructure
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Rwanda’s MPs visit ACES

On Wednesday, 18 February 2026,  a delegation led by honorable Kanyandekwe Christine and honorable Niyorurema Jean René from the Parliamentary Committee on Land, Agriculture, Livestock and Environment visited the Africa Centre of Excellence for...

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J&E Hall International Gold Medal won by Judith Evans

At last weeks Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) annual awards in London, Professor Judith Evans received the prestigious J&E Hall International Gold Medal

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ACES Inspires the Next Generation of Women in STEM Through Sustainable Cooling

Staff members from ACES participated in the Women Inspiring STEM Excellence (WISE) conference. This event aimed to empower the next generation of female leaders to excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Over 500 middle...

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