Here are the videos from yesterday's webinar 6 in our SEI SuSanA series to examine BMGF sanitation projects. The theme this time was Productive Sanitation.

You can either access the 5 video clips here in this Youtube Playlist:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0gMdVBup...ymOPomtqL_XYT5YtLTSK

Or you can access the individual videos clips below *:

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Part 1:
Introduction by myself and Nelson (2 minutes):



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Part 2:
Large scale production and commercialization of "Fortifer" - a fertilizer manufactured from faecal sludge - in Ghana (8 minutes)

By Olufunke Cofie and Josiane Nikiema (IWMI-Ghana), IWMI (International Water Management Institute) West Africa Office, Accra, Ghana



More information:
forum.susana.org/forum/categories/98-res...riculture-iwmi-ghana

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Part 3:
When flies are the good guys: can black soldier flies (BSF) efficiently reduce faecal sludge from pit latrines? Research into variations in BSF growth related to the amount of waste reduced (8 minutes)

By Ian Banks, LSHTM (PhD student, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), London, UK



More information:
forum.susana.org/forum/categories/91-pro...h-africa-agriprotein

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Part 4:
Vapor-permeable membranes: Three potential uses in faecal sludge management for safe sanitation and resource recovery (10 minutes)

By Steven K. Dentel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA



More information:
forum.susana.org/forum/categories/105-pr...sity-of-delaware-usa

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Part 5:
Discussion about all 3 research projects (23 minutes)
Note this is a mixed discussion for all three presentations together. The discussion simultaneously took place in our chat window. An edited transcript of this chat is attached below.



We had around 40 participants for this webinar; 3 very interesting presentations (the 3 presentation files are available in Elisabeth's post just prior to this one), followed by a lively discussion.

Thank you very much to everyone who participated and see you next time! (the next webinar, number 7, is planned for Tuesday 29 April 2014; if you want to be kept in the loop then the easiest way is to subscribe to this thread - click on the blue subscribe flag below this post when you are logged in).


Best wishes -- Arno and Elisabeth


* Note some people have reported problems with viewing such embedded videos; try using a different internet browser as this usually fixes the problem. Or otherwise, please view them directly on Youtube by using the Playlist link given above.


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Webinar 7 onwards is available in this thread:
forum.susana.org/forum/categories/139-in...itation-value-chains

We are gearing up for our sixth online webinar which will take place in 5 hours at 16:30 CET (the virtual room opens at 16:00).

I can now share with you in advance the powerpoint files of the three presentations that will be given (planned duration for each presentation is 5 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion), please see attachments below.

If you still want to register to attend, please e-mail me ASAP for the website link and the passcode to the room. So far, 40 people have registered.

Otherwise, you can watch the videos in a few days time here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0gMdVBup...ymOPomtqL_XYT5YtLTSK

Looking forward to meeting some of you online this afternoon, and to hear and discuss some very interesting research projects!

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Large scale production and commercialization of "Fortifer" - a fertilizer manufactured from faecal sludge - in Ghana

By Olufunke Cofie and Josiane Nikiema (IWMI-Ghana), IWMI (International Water Management Institute) West Africa Office, Accra, Ghana

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When flies are the good guys: can black soldier flies (BSF) efficiently reduce faecal sludge from pit latrines? Research into variations in BSF growth related to the amount of waste reduced

By Ian Banks, LSHTM (PhD student, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), London, UK

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Vapor-permeable membranes: Three potential uses in faecal sludge management for safe sanitation and resource recovery

By Steven K. Dentel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

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Regards,
Elisabeth

Dear Scott,

OK, Facebook no good either in China then. How about www.vimeo.com? Can you view videos from this video sharing website?
If not, what other video sharing website do people use in China?
And can you access the Adobe Connect website for live webinars? Try here:

seint.adobeconnect.com/seiwebinar/

Regards,
Elisabeth

Facebook not allowed in China,either. Sorry.

I have the same question as Trevor.
How about Vimeo instead of YouTube? Is that freely accessible in China?
Or how about videos that people post on their Facebook pages? Can they be viewed in China?

Regards,
Elisabeth

Hi Scott

The live webinar takes place on Adobe Connect, and then is recorded and placed on YouTube after the webinar.

Are you able to access Adobe connect from China?
What would be the Chinese equivalent to Youtube, where videos on sustainable sanitation could be uploaded so that everyone in China could access them?

Regards
Trevor

Arno, Youtube is not allowed in China. I will miss the big event. Sorry. Just put my apples and urine story in the Forum. Please have a look at it.

Dear all,

We are happy to announce the 6th webinar with Gates Foundation sanitation grantees and SuSanA members will be on the topic:

"Productive sanitation"

and will take place on:

Tuesday 25 February 2014, 16:30 - 17:15
(CET - Central European Time; time converter to find your local time: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html)

(Note: recordings of our past 5 webinars are available here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0gMdVBup...ymOPomtqL_XYT5YtLTSK)

Agenda:

(16:00 - 16:30 Participants can start entering the room, sound checks, greetings)

16:30 Recording starts
Introduction by moderator, short introduction of participants (1 min.). Three presentations and questions (45 min. in total); each presentation is about 5 minutes long and is followed by around 10 minutes of questions.

The three grantees presenting about their research topics which are related to productive sanitation (= sanitation that "produces" something useful) * are:

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Large scale production and commercialization of "Fortifer" - a fertilizer manufactured from faecal sludge - in Ghana

By Olufunke Cofie and Josiane Nikiema (IWMI-Ghana), IWMI (International Water Management Institute) West Africa Office, Accra, Ghana

Funke:



Josiane:


Previous discussion about this research on the forum: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/98-res...riculture-iwmi-ghana


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When flies are the good guys: can black soldier flies (BSF) efficiently reduce faecal sludge from pit latrines? Research into variations in BSF growth related to the amount of waste reduced

By Ian Banks, LSHTM (PhD student, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), London, UK



Previous discussion about this research on the forum: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/91-pro...h-africa-agriprotein

(the research is part of this larger grant that has several sub-projects: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/105-pr...h-africa-and-vietnam)

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Vapor-permeable membranes: Three potential uses in faecal sludge management for safe sanitation and resource recovery

By Steven K. Dentel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA





Previous discussion about this research on the forum: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/105-pr...sity-of-delaware-usa

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Concluding remarks (2 min.)

17:15 End of webinar


Attendance at this webinar is open to any SuSanA member or interested people (your attendance will be with or without microphone rights and video, depending on the number of people as well as your internet bandwidth).

There is no need to download any software to attend (simply go to this website: seint.adobeconnect.com/seiwebinar/). However, you must obtain the password to enter the room. To obtain the password, please e-mail myself or e-mail Elisabeth von Muench: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Once recorded, the webinar will be put online on the SuSanA Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/user/susanavideos) after some basic editing.

We have found these webinars to be an excellent tool to exchange on research approaches and results and to hear directly from the "horse's mouth" what the achievements and difficulties are with these projects that have been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

This is the sixth webinar in a series since July 2013 with the aim to give increased exposure to the BMGF research grants, which are also discussed on the SuSanA Discussion Forum (see above and the thread for the first four webinars in 2013 (forum.susana.org/forum/categories/139-ge...s-in-2013-number-1-4) to see past recordings).

Our main aim with these webinars is to have interesting discussions: this is not a one-way street but an exchange in both directions (and even amongst the audience by using the chat function).

Regards,

Arno & Elisabeth


* If you wonder where the term "productive sanitation" came from, read here on the forum a posting by Arne Panesar (GIZ): forum.susana.org/forum/categories/91-pro...erm-than-ecosan#1239