BREAKFAST BUFFET (Alberta/New Brunswick Rooms)
IN TRADE SHOW
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CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS

C. SESSION – WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING PERSPECTIVES ACROSS CANADA (Cascade Ballroom)
Moderated by: Ross Maybee, SWANA Atlantic Canada Chapter

1. Solid Waste Management and the Prosperity of Nova Scotia - Bill Lahey, Clean Nova Scotia/Dalhousie University/former Dep. Minister Environment & Labour
2. Solid Waste Management Study for Metro Vancouver (Comparative Analysis of Options for Managing Waste After Recycling) - Dennis Ranahan, Metro Vancouver
3. Modern Regional Integrated Waste Management Facility in Newfoundland - Thomas Kendall, Kendall Engineering Ltd. and Jason Sinyard, City of St. John's, Newfoundland

D. SESSION – INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES (Ivor Petrak Room)
Facilitated by: Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
Moderated by: Jerry Leonard, EWMCE

1. Implications of using Tire-derived Aggregate for Landfill Leachate Collection & Drainage Systems - Marclus Mwai, University of Alberta, Edmonton
2. Carbon Monoxide Generation in Composting Environments - Kathleen Londry, Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence (EWMCE)
3. Plant Pathogen Inactivation in Composting Environments - Kristine Wichuk, University of Alberta, Edmonton

COFFEE BREAK (Alberta/New Brunswick Rooms)
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E. SESSION – ORGANICS MANAGEMENT (Cascade Ballroom)
Moderated by: Donna Chaw, Alberta Environment

1. Scientific and Technical Principles of Anaerobic Digestion Technology – Dr. Jan Liebetrau, German Biomass Research Centre, Germany
2. Food Fights: Growing Competition Over Access to Food Scraps - Kendall Christiansen, Gaia Strategies, Brooklyn, New York
3. Green Bin Program Rollout (incl. overview of central composting facility and promo/education strategies) Beth Goodger, City of Hamilton, Ontario

F. SESSION - INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION RECYCLING (Ivor Petrak Room)
Facilitated by: Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence (EWMCE)
Moderated by: Daryl McCartney, EWMCE

1. Proposed C&D Recycling Program for Alberta – Christine Della Costa, Alberta Environment
2. Drywall Waste Management - Shouhai Yu, University of Alberta, Edmonton
3. Sand Recycling (Technology to clean and recycle street sand for reuse, including. removal of salt from wash water) – Phil Haug, Sand Recycling Ltd.

LUNCH BUFFET (Alberta/New Brunswick Rooms; adjacent to Cascade Ballroom)
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G. SESSION – WASTE TO ENERGY (Cascade Ballroom)

1. Sustainable Waste Management Policy Development in Germany– Dr. Helmut Schnurer, BMU/Federal Ministry of the Environment, Germany
2. The State of EFW in Canada: An Overview of Policy Options and Political Challenges - John Foden, Canadian Energy from Waste Coalition, Toronto
3. Small Scale Incineration in the North and Remote Communities - John Chandler, A.J. Chandler and Associates / Environment Canada
   >> Technical Document for Batch Waste
   Incineration

H. SESSION – COLLECTION & TRANSFER (Ivor Petrak Room)

1. Developing a simulation Model of Solid Waste Collection Operations using GPS data - Bruce Wilson, University of New Brunswick
2. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Waste Collection Vehicles - Scott Edelbach, Vocational Energy, Tampa, Florida
3. Factory Installed CNG Systems on Garbage Trucks - Michael Hosfeld, McNeilus CNG, Minnesota

COFFEE BREAK (Alberta/New Brunswick Rooms)
IN TRADESHOW

CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS
TRADESHOW TEAR DOWN
I. SESSION – Waste to Energy (Cascade Ballroom)

1. Getting to Zero - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover (An Update on EFW’s Role in Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management in Ontario) - Mirka Januszkiewicz, Region of Durham, Ontario & Shawn Worster of HDR in Boston
2. Waste to Energy and Resource Recovery - A Contradiction?- Philipp Schmidt-Pathmann, Green Conversion Systems LLC, Newcastle, Washington
3. The Edmonton Waste to Biofuel Project - Jim Schubert, Edmonton Waste Management Centre, Alberta & Denis Arguin, Enerkem Inc. Sherbrooke, Quebec

J. SESSION – NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
(Ivor Petrak Room)

1. Innovative Decision-Making Tools: A GHG Protocol for Recycling and Life Cycle Assessment – Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
2. Web-based Information Management Tools (featuring western Canadian case studies and system implementation at Vancouver 2010 Olympics) - Rick Penner, Emerge Knowledge Design Inc, Winnipeg, Manitoba
3. Solid Waste Management Strategy for First Nations Remote Coastal Communities in British Columbia - Sarah Devereaux, Dillon Consulting Ltd.

Castle Cocktails (Mount Stephen Hall)

Medieval Feast (Cascade Ballroom - costumes optional)
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AFTER HOURS HOSPITALITY (Champlain Room)
*bring your guitar/banjo/spoons for some great jammin'