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.  

The Current Landscape of Waste to High-Value Product Projects and Technologies

Scott Vanderau, Partner, Energy Transaction Advisors, LLC

Sustainable Partnerships: Navigating Waste's Complex Regulatory Future

Steven Torres, Partner, West Group Law PLLC

Closing the Gap: A Public-Private Approach to Infrastructure Development

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

Developing A Waste Conversation Ecosystem

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

10:00 am - 10:30 am                 

Break: Exhibit Hall

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Session I:
Advanced/Chemical Recycling - Part 1

Moderator: Steven Torres, Partner, West Group Law PLLC

Circularity:  A Focus on Advanced Recycling & Mass Balance

Allison Chertack, Associate Director of Plastics Life Cycle & Sustainability, American Chemistry Council

Advanced Recycling - Separating Fact from Fiction

Jeff McMahon, Managing Director, Freepoint Eco-Systems, LLC

Ready to Market

Travis Parke, Edwin Renowable Fuels

Decentralized Deployments of Chemical Recycling: A Strategic Approach to Addressing Plastic Waste Feedstock Challenges

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

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch (Provided)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm                 

Session II:

Advanced/Chemical Recycling - Part 2

Moderator: Richard Olliver, Partner, Energy Transaction Advisors, LLC

Circularity of Plastic to Fuel

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

An Innovative Way of Converting Waste Plastics to Ammonia

Ed VanDyne, President & CEO, Plastic 2 Green, Inc.

Thermal Hydrolysis of MSW: Revolutionary Waste Conversion Technology

Joe Ayala, Chief Operating Officer, ECONWARD TECH, LLC

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm                

Break: Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Session III:
Waste Conversion Technology Review

Moderator: David McConnell, National Commercial Development Director, Juno, LLC, A Georgia-Pacific Company

TRIFOL Technology Waste Plastic Conversion to Chemicals

Dr. Ruben Rodriguez, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer, TRIFOL Resources

Transforming Waste, Removing Carbon and Creating Value with FastOx Gasification 

Michael Hart, Chairman and CEO, Sierra Energy

Watogy: Generating Renewable Energy from Waste, Where Sustainability and Savings Intersect

Dr. Todd Schmiedeler, Senior Vice President Business Development, ZrO Waste Group

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Reception: Exhibit Hall

7:15 am – 12:00 pm                 

Registration Open

7:15 am – 8:00 am                  

Continental Breakfast: Exhibit Hall

8:00 am – 10:00 am               

Session IV:

General Waste Conversion Session - 1

Moderator: Thomas Hintz, Economist:  Organics to Fuel and Energy,  RNG, Sustainable Project Development Expert, SeaHold, LLC

Preparation and Gasification of Construction and Demolition Debris to Make Drop-in Renewable Fuels

Joelle Simonpietri, Owner, Simonpietri Enterprises, LLC

Tracing Waste-to-Energy, From Point of Collection to Fuel Production and Beyond

Dani Charles, Co-Founder,  Veriflux

Advancing MSW Management: From Waste to Fuels & Energy Recovery Through Innovative Equipment Integration

Hartmut Bendfeldt, Founder and President, eFACTOR3, LLC

Sustainable Strategies for Unconventional Feedstock Valorization

Eloy Flores, III, Director Research & Development, Southwest Research Institute

10:00 am – 10:30 am               

Break: Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm              

Session V:

General Waste Conversion Session - 2

Moderator: Norbert Barszczewski, President, JP NetQuest, Inc.

Optimizing Energy Sustainability with On-Site Anaerobic Digestion

Tim Tiscornia, CEO, Chomp

Air Permitting, Odor, and CEQA for Solid Waste Industry Facilities

Julie Mitchell, Principal Air Quality Scientist, Yorke Engineering, LLC

Wood Waste Combustion Fuels Landfill Leachate Evaporation

Joseph P. Curro, PE, BCEE, Principal, CDM Smith

12:00 pm                                     

 Adjourn

10:30 am - 12:00 pm                 

Exhibitor Breakdown