Monday, June 5, 2006

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 12:00 AM	Tour of Orange County Single Stream RMPF (Convention Center Porte Cochere)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Board Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon	FDEP Recycling Coordinator Data Training
11:00 AM - Noon	Committee Meetings
Noon - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Opening Session (Plenary) Welcome Colleen Puglisi, City of Kissimmee, RFT Chair Pam Shoemaker, Brevard County Solid Waste Management,, RFT Conference Co-Chair Debbie Sponsler, Orange County Solid Waste, RFT Conference Co-Chair Keynote Speaker Jack Groh, National Football League, Super Bowl Recycling
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Refreshment Break
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM	General Session Gasparilla Gets Hooked on Recycling, Barbara Heineken, City of Tampa Greening Florida’s Beaches, Andy Fairbanks, Pinellas County
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Welcome Reception

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Concurrent Session 1: Sustainability Is Sustainable Packaging Sustainable? Debbi Dodson, Tetra Pak, Inc. Energy Conservation and Greeenhouse Gas Reductions, Jay Bassett, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Concurrent Session 2: Organics, I Successful Utilization of Organic Erosion Control Methods on Phosphogypsum Stacks, Richard Weaver, J V Environmental Services, Inc. From Worms and Manure to Compost, From Compost to Electricity and Gas - Learn What’s New in Central Florida, Carl Moro, Our Vital Earth, Inc. Compost Benefits for Using Fast Growing Trees in Various Applications in Florida, Brian Becker, Ph.D. Student - Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida FORCE Update, Miriam Zimms, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 AM -  Noon	Concurrent Session 3: Recycling in the 21st Century Innovative Approaches to Electronics Recycling, Jon Yob, Creative Recycling Systems, Inc. MRF’ing for Dollars, Mitch Kessler, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
11:00 AM -  Noon	Concurrent Session 4: Organics, II Platforms for Fuel Ethanol in Florida (Corn, Sugar, and Cellulose), Paul Hauck, United States EnviroFuels, LLC Are You Considering Source Separation of Organics? and the Role of Backyard Composting and Bin Distribution Programs, Amy Freeman-Rosa, Norseman Plastics, Ltd.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Annual Awards Luncheon Meeting Keynote Luncheon Speaker: Rebranding Recycling, Kate Krebs, National Recycling Coalition, Inc.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 5: Increasing Recycling Through Promotion Branding for Dummies -- tips and tricks for branding and promoting your recycling programs PR on a Shoestring: Getting the biggest bang for your buck! Finding the magic bullet to improve participation in your curbside recycling program Lena Hendrickson, Hill and Knowlton
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 6: Collegiate Recycling Moderator, Adam Schlachter, Leon County Brian Wormwood, University of Central Florida Stacy Wheeler, University of North Florida Kate Krebs, National Recycling Coalition, Inc.
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshment Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Organics Committee Composting Regulations Work Session
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Networking Session
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Reception
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM	RFT Annual Dinner and Beach Party

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Registration Open
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	General Session: DEP Update
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 AM - Noon	General Session: Innovative Grant Review Moderator: Ray Moreau, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. Overview of 06/07 Innovative Grants, Shannan Reynolds, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Building a Cost Effective Commercial and Institutional Electronics Recovery Program, Sally Palmi, Alachua County Greening the Government One Building At A Time, Miriam Zimms, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
Noon	Adjourn