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Campus Composting, Part 1: Rural, Urban and Beyond
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

1 - Developing an Effective Compost Program at Appalachian State University
Location: Cira A
Jennifer B. Maxwell – Appalachian State University
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

2 - The Food Waste Hierarchy in Practice at Johns Hopkins University
Location: Cira A
Brigid Gregory Trites, MBA – Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

3 - Harvesting the Waste of Nations: Innovative Partnerships to Solve Binational Waste and Food Security Challenges
Location: Cira A
Chester Phillips, MS, MFA – University of Arizona Compost Cats
Campus Composting, Part 2: Pushing the Boundaries
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

1 - Making Blue Go Green: Introducing Post-Consumer Composting to a Large University
Location: Cira A
Nicole Berg – University of Michigan
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

2 - Achieving Zero Waste at University Dining Halls and Food Courts
Location: Cira A
Lotus Thai – Aramark/UCI
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

3 - Teaching the Future, Stanford University's Composting Collection and Education Programs
Location: Cira A
Julie Muir, Zero Waste Certified – PSSI/Stanford Recycling
CCREF Research Reports
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

1 - The Effects of Soil Amendments on Tree Growth, Yield, and Soil Properties in Mature Macadamia Integrifolia Orchards
Location: Cira A
Russell Galanti – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Young Investigators Scholarship 2017 Awardee
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

2 - Composting Yard Waste vs Source Separated Organics Material: The Scientific Comparison of Environmental Impacts to Ground Water
Location: Cira A
Marcus Zbinden – Carver County Environmental Services
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

3 - Nutrient Dynamics in Windrow Composting
Location: Cira A
Rick Carr, Master of Science – Rodale Institute
Compost Uses and Markets: Critical Info for Customers
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

1 - Protecting your Product from Persistent Herbicides
Location: Solana H
Dan Goossen – Green Mountain Compost
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

2 - Teaming with Microbes
Location: Solana H
Jeff Lowenfels – Teaming Series of books
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

3 - Understanding the Mechanisms of Compost-Mediated Plant Disease Suppression
Location: Solana H
Rick Carr, Master of Science – Rodale Institute
Compost Uses and Markets: Expanding Opportunities
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

1 - Connecting Soil Health and Water Quality: Expanding Opportunities for the Compost Industry in Regional Water Quality Initiatives and Conservation Planning
Location: Solana H
Tom Zimnicki – Michigan Environmental Council
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2 - Creating a Comprehensive Compost Specification for Soil Compaction Remediation for the Urban Landscaping Industry
Location: Solana H
Hannah Heyman – Cornell University
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

3 - Circular Economy in Action: Compost Turf Study with City of Phoenix and Arizona State University
Location: Solana H
Stacy Hettmansperger – City of Phoenix and Arizona State University
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

4 - Compostponics-Manufacturing Growing Media while Composting
Location: Solana H
John Biernbaum – Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Compost Uses and Markets: Step It Up a Notch
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

1 - Product Branding to Assist in Compost Marketing
Location: Solana H
Ron Alexander – R. Alexander Associates, Inc.
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

3 - Value-Added Products for Composting Operations
Location: Solana H
Rhonda Sherman – North Carolina State University
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

4 - Opportunities for Compost in the Organic Market
Location: Solana H
Jesse Brown – Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)
Contamination Removal and Reduction
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

1 - News from the Contaminant Coalface: Pristine Yukon Environment and Canadian Organic Standards Drive Developments in Separation Technology and Contaminant Metrics
Location: Cira A
Garret Gillespie – Boreal Compost Enterprises Ltd.
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

2 - Capture More Food Waste and Reduce Contamination at Food Establishments: Developing Best Practices for Front-Of-House Collection
Location: Cira A
Dan Matsch – Eco-Cycle
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

3 - One Composter's Approach--Napa Recycling
Location: Cira A
Will Kelley – Napa Recycling
Creative Engagement with Stakeholders for Long-term Success
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

1 - The Power of the Composting Experience for Long Term Engagement
Location: Cira B
David Paull – CompostNow
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

2 - Community Outreach Key to Successful Programs
Location: Cira B
Celeste McMickle, MSGB, True Advisor, LEED AP, LEED GR, Master Composter – Celestial Solutions
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

3 - Soil Regeneration through Compost Education
Location: Cira B
Robert Michitsch, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Evolving Perspectives on Compostable Food Serviceware
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

1 - Beyond the Food: Evaluating Compostable Foodservice Packaging as a Feedstock
Location: Cira A
Michelle Riggs – Natural Connections
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2 - Compostable Foodservice Ware - A Restaurant’s Perspective
Location: Cira A
Ryan Cooper – Rubicon Global
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

3 - A Decade of Experience Leads to Shifting Opinion
Location: Cira A
Jack Hoeck, CCOM – Rexius Forest Byproducts
Improving Operations with Process Management and Maintenance
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

1 - Applying Process Improvement Tools to Organics Processing Operations
Location: Cira C
Jason Todaro – Blue Ridge Services, Inc.
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

2 - The Importance of Equipment Maintenance
Location: Cira C
Ted Dirkx – Vermeer Corporation
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

3 - Proactive Maintenance at Composting Facilities
Location: Cira C
Jeff Ziegenbein – IERCF
Making it Work: Improving Your Collection Programs
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

1 - Incorporating Commercial Food Waste Collections Into Compost Operations
Location: Cira A
Rick Shipley – Organix Recycling, LLC
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

2 - Cultivating the New Normal to Capture Organics and Reduce Trash Tonnage: Commercial and Municipal Case Studies Demonstrating Success
Location: Cira A
Tamara Shulman – Tetratech
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

3 - Food / Organics Programs: Making it Work
Location: Cira A
Dana D'Souza – Skumatz Economic Research Associates SERA
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

4 - Anastomosis: Partnering With Community Composting Organizations
Location: Cira A
Michael S. Robinson – Rust Belt Riders Composting
Managing Difficult or Unusual Feedstocks
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

1 - Composting Swine Mortality from a Brucellosis Outbreak in Upstate New York
Location: Cira C
R Harry Booth – Booth’s Blend Compost
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

2 - Composting Liquid Dissolved Air Flotation Sludges
Location: Cira C
Craig Coker – Coker Composting & Consulting
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

3 - Receiving Liquid Organics into the Compost Field – Texas Pure Products
Location: Cira C
Sherrian Jones – Texas Pure Products / City of Plano
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

4 - Processing Cannabis Residuals
Location: Cira C
Bob Yost – A1 Organics
Managing Regulations and Regulators
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

1 - Food Waste and Composting under New Jersey Law: Three Frontiers
Location: Cira C
Matthew Karmel – Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2 - Lessons and Tips from Two Years of Site Planning and Development of a 20 Acre Composting Facility in NW Indiana
Location: Cira C
Mike Johnson – Heartland Sustainable Farms
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

3 - State and Local Regulatory Obstacles to Composting - How to Manage the Regulators
Location: Cira C
Martin Siegel – Stock and Leader
New Learnings on Composting Technological Deployment
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

1 - Improving Energy Efficiency for Aerated Composting Systems
Location: Cira B
Michael Bryan-Brown – Green Mountain Technologies
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

2 - The Challenges and Lessons Learned for Start-Up of Automated Covered Aerated Static Pile Composting Facilities
Location: Cira B
Alex Newell – Cornerstone Environmental Group, a Tetra Tech Company
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

3 - Odor Control Performance Comparison Between Composting Technologies
Location: Cira B
Todd Williams, PE, BCEE – Jacobs Engineering
Wednesday, Jan 30
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

4 - Why, When and How to Successfully Hybridize Composting, Vermicomposting and Liquid Extracts Industrial Production
Location: Cira B
Francisco Niembro, Dr – Aldea Verde
Opening Plenary and Keynote : Why Compost Matters: Stories of Soil and Regeneration Across the Globe
Tuesday, Jan 29
10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Opening Plenary and Keynote : Why Compost Matters: Stories of Soil and Regeneration Across the Globe
Location: Solana E
Judith Schwartz, MSJ Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; MA in Counseling Psychology, Northwestern – Self-Employed
Planning for Organics Recycling in Urban and Regional Settings
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

1 - Decentralized, Urban Composting
Location: Cira C
Gregory McCarron – SCS Engineers
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

2 - Measure it to Manage It: Leveraging Waste Composition Studies and Related Analysis to Optimize Organics Management Programs
Location: Cira C
Tamara Shulman – Tetratech
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

3 - Orange County Landfills: Confronting an Organics Challenge with a Regional Approach
Location: Cira C
Isaac Novella – County of Orange/OC Waste & Recycling
Wednesday, Jan 30
8:45 am - 10:15 am

4 - Chicago uses Strategic Planning and an Environmental Management System to Develop a High Quality Biosolids Composting Solution
Location: Cira C
Daniel Collins, P.E. – Retired - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Preparing For, Fighting, And Recovering From Fires At Your Facility
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

1 - Why Compost Fires Happen
Location: Cira C
Matt Cotton – Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

2 - Working With Your FD: Lessons Learned by the City of Phoenix
Location: Cira C
Steve Petrie – Phoenix Fire Department
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

3 - A Newsworthy Mulch Fire & How To Avoid One
Location: Cira C
Grant Williamson, MS – The Ground Up
Tuesday, Jan 29
8:15 am - 9:45 am

4 - Lopez Canyon Compost Facility Creek Fire Event
Location: Cira C
John Hamilton – City of Los Angeles
Public-Private Partnerships Pave the Path to Prosperity
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

1 - How the City of Phoenix Leveraged Public Private Partnerships to Develop an Organics Diversion Program
Location: Cira B
Stacy Hettmansperger – City of Phoenix and Arizona State University
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

2 - Public-Private Partnerships support Food Waste Diversion Efforts
Location: Cira B
Coryanne Mansell – Center for EcoTechnology
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

3 - Stakeholders and Studies - Building up to Public/Private Partnerships
Location: Cira B
Anna Lynott – Resource Recycling Systems
Seal of Testing Assurance, Part 2: Smart Marketing with STA
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

1 - Updates in Compost Labeling, Registration and Certification
Location: Solana H
Ron Alexander – R. Alexander Associates, Inc.
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

2 - Get the Logo that Works It, While You Knock Back a Beer
Location: Solana H
Hilary Nichols – US Composting Council
Tuesday, Jan 29
4:45 pm - 6:15 pm

3 - Get on TV's Award-Winning Gardens with the STA Logo
Location: Solana H
Joe Lamp'l – The Joe Gardener Company
Seal of Testing Assurance, Part I: Knowledge is Power
Tuesday, Jan 29
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

1 - Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Interpreting your Lab Report but Were Afraid to Ask
Location: Solana H
Assaf Sadeh – Soil Control Lab
USCC Policy session: Working with Cities; Policy Barriers; Defining Advocacy
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

1 - Food Matters: Working with Cities to Measure and Tackle Wasted Food
Location: Cira C
Darby Hoover – NRDC
Wednesday, Jan 30
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

2 - Community Composting: Law and Policy
Location: Cira C
Kourtnii Brown – Common Compost