Sunday, June 7, 2009

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Committee Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Meet and Greet at Milliken's Reef Restaurant

Monday, June 8, 2009

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Registration Open
10:00 AM - Noon	Exhibit Hall Setup
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Florida Solar Energy Center Tour
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Board Meeting
11:00 AM - Noon	Committee Meetings
Noon - 1:00 PM	Lunch on Your Own
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Opening Session (Plenary) Opening Welcome Session (Plenary) Pam Shoemaker, RFT Conference & Education Chair Phil Bresee, RFT Chair Keynote Speaker: Recycling in Space Mark Green, United Space Alliance, LLC.
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Refreshment Break: Exhibit Hall
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Recycling Market Development Moderator: Victor Storelli, Storelli Recycling Company, Inc. Gable Top & Juice Carton Recycling Victor Storelli, Storelli Recycling Company, Inc. The Greening of Florida: A New Roadmap for Maximizing Recycling Mitch Kessler, Kessler Consulting, Inc. A Case for Product Stewardship Rich Lockhart, Call2Recycle
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Welcome Reception: Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Concurrent Session 1 Recycling and Carbon Credits Moderator: Betsy Dorn, R. W. Beck, Inc. Carbon Credits From Recycling Jonathan Brewer, Carbon Solutions America
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Concurrent Session 2 Organics Industry Update Moderator: Chris Snow, RFT Organics Committee Chair Update on Status and/or Expected Timeline of Compost Rule Change. Chris Snow, RFT Organics Committee Chair Update on the Programs Region 4 has Planned for Organics Recycling Marybeth Vanpelt, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Zero Waste Zones - Motivating Action Holly Elmore, Green Foodservice Alliance Update on the New Role of the Florida Organics Recycling Center for Excellence (FORCE) Project Miriam Zimms, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break
11:00 AM -  Noon	Concurrent Session 3 Recycling Tools and Case Study Moderator: Ray Moreau, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. The Municipal Government Toolkit (MGTK) Marybeth Vanpelt, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Orange County Convention Center and How They Increased Their Recycling to 80% of Their Dry Waste. Scott Tess, Orange County Environmental Protection Division
11:00 AM -  Noon	Concurrent Session 4 Growing Organics Recycling, Innovation Moderator: Chris Snow, RFT Organics Committee Chair Food Waste Composting Programs- Education, Training, and Integration... How to Plan for the New Rule Revision Mitch Kessler, Kessler Consulting, Inc. Green Building Certification Programs Overview Deborah Green, Water Media Services
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	2009 RFT Annual Lunch Meeting & Awards
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Using the Media to your Advantage Moderator: Patti Hammond, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County Smart Media Strategies in Cost Cutting Times Lena (Hendrickson) Davie, Hill and Knowlton Social Marketing Honey Rand, The Environmental Communications Group TV Media Campaigns Dorothy Mowbray, WFTV - ABC
3:00 PM	Adjourn