Agenda

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Note:  Presentation Titles Highlighted in Green contain a link to the respective presentation abstract and speaker bio.

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm                    

Registration Open

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm                    

Exhibitor Set up - Mission Bay Ballroom

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm                    

Welcome Reception - Mission Bay Ballroom Terrace

7:15 am – 7:00 pm                    

Registration Open

7:15 am – 8:00 am                   

Continental Breakfast: Exhibit Hall

8:00 am - 10:00 am                  

Opening Session

Welcome:  Eugene (Gene) Jones, Executive Director, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.  

Moderator: Timothy E Kelley, President and CEO, Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation (IVEDC) (Invited)

Changing Landscape of Biomass Conversion Projects Under New Federal Administration

Scott Vanderau, Partner, Energy Transaction Advisors

Biosolids Conversion and Assured PFAS Destruction

Jim Henderson, Vice President of Business Development, Heartland

Scale-up and Demonstration of Waste Conversion Technologies

Eloy Flores, III, Southwest Research Institute

Sierra Railroad Company: California's Green Hydrogen Solution

Mike Hart, CEO, Sierra Railroad Company

10:00 am - 10:30 am                 

Break: Exhibit Hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Session I: 

Investing in Sustainability: Market Forces, Resource Valorization, and Public Policy Levers

Moderator: Ron Sherga, Sustainability Advisor, CheckSammy

Blue  Blue Capitalization: Increasing Value Through Sustainability

Dr. Andrea Neal, Ph.D., President &  Board Member, Blue Capital, LLC

Trends and Perspectives in Bioresource Valorization - Pathways, Insights, Economics, and Barriers in Commercialization

Michael Long, Principal, Thermochemical Engineer, Long Thermochemical

Los Angeles County’s SB 1383 Infrastructure and Procurement Strategy

Kawsar Vazifdar, P.E., M.S., ENVSP, Civil Engineer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch (Provided)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm                 

Session II:

Fueling the Future: Overcoming Feedstock Challenges in Advanced Recycling

Moderator:  Brian Bauer, CEO and Co-Founder, Resynergi, Inc.

Feedstock Preparation for Advanced and Mechanical Recycling

Hartmut Bendfeldt, President, eFACTOR3, LLC

The Challenges in Solving One of the Two Biggest Cost Drivers of Advanced Recycling – Feedstock Acquisition and Preparation

Kevin DeWhitt, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, PDO Technologies, Inc.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm                

Break: Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Session III:
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Waste-to-Energy Session

Moderator: James Swart, Director, Special Projects, Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Reception: Exhibit Hall

7:45 am – 12:00 pm                 

Registration Open

7:45 am – 8:30 am                  

Continental Breakfast: Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am               

Session IV:

Biomass Conversion Technologies: An Overview of Opportunities and Obstacles

Richard Olliver, Partner and Scott Vanderau, Partner,  Energy Transaction Advisors, LLC (ETA) and  Dr. Andrea Neal, Ph.D., President &  Board Member, Blue Capital, LLC

10:00 am – 10:30 am               

Break: Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm              

Closing Session - Waste Conversion Where Do We Go From Here!

12:00 pm                                     

 Adjourn

10:30 am - 12:00 pm                 

Exhibitor Breakdown