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RFT 2010 Annual Conference

Note: A copy of the individual presentations, in PDF format, are available by clicking the blue, underlined links below.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Evening Networking Reception
   

Monday, June 14, 2010

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Board of Directors Meeting
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Exhibitor Set-Up
11:00 AM - Noon Committee Meetings
Noon - 1:00 PM Lunch on your own
   
TIME Track A Track B
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Opening Plenary Session
Susan Chapman, RFT Chair
Pam Shoemaker, RFT Secretary & Conference Chair
Keynote Presentation: Greg Wittbecker, Alcoa Materials Management
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Networking Refreshment Break (exhibit hall)
2:30 AM - 4:00 AM Recycling Challenges & Changes
Pam Shoemaker, Brevard County, Moderator
Katie Flight, Saint-Gobain Containers
Jim Kristof, Creative Recycling Systems
Rich Lockhart, Call2Recycle
Markets Update Panel
Susan Chapman, Solid Waste Authority, Moderator
Mylinda Jacobsen, Envision Plastics
Plastics Update
Steve Legenfeld, SP Newsprint
Greg Wittbecker, Alcoa Materials Management
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Evening Mixer Networking Reception (exhibit hall)
   

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent Session 1 - Talk the Talk
Patti Hammond, Solid Waste Authority, Moderator
Gina Hawkins, City of Gainesville Public Works Dept.
Sally Palmi, Alachua County Public Works
Embrace Zero Waste, an Integrated Source Reduction Strategy
Lena Davie, Curbside Value Partnership & Katie Brown, Hillsborough County Dept. of Solid Waste
Concurrent Session 2 - Organics
Chris Snow, Hillsborough County SW Mgmt Dept., Moderator
Peter Engel, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
Jim Reece, Okaloosa County Recycling Office & Darren Midlane, HarvestQuest

FORCE Food Waste Panel Discussion
Peter Engel, Moderator
Roberto Saenz, Sweetwater Organic Farm
Paul Harvey, Tampa General Hospital
Kim Byer, Polk County Solid Waste Division
Kim Brunson, Publix Supermarkets
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Networking Refreshment Break (exhibit hall)
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Exhibitor Tear - Down
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Session 3 - Walk the Walk
Ray Moreau, SWIX, Moderator
Rob Eck, Rehrig Pacific Company
Larry Dalla Betta, Waste Management - Recycle America
Tim Buwalda, RW Beck
Concurrent Session 4 - Social Marketing
Don Ross, Kessler Consulting, Inc., Moderator
Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates
The Nuts and Bolts of Pay-As-You-Throw
Don Ross, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
Juri Freeman, Skumatz Economic Research Associates
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Session 5 - Odds and Ends
Phil Bresee, Broward County, Moderator
Shani Kruljac, SCS Engineers
Loretta Cronk, Ft. Laurderdale Recycling and Waste Reduction Program & Shane Barrett, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
David Herberholz, City of Tampa
Tampa Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management
Concurrent Session 6 - Sustainable Packaging
Kim Brunson, Publix, Moderator
Betsy Dorn, RW Beck
Sandi Childs, Coca-Cola
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Florida Department of Environmental Protection Update Hour
Susan Chapman, Solid Waste Authority, Moderator
Ron Henricks, FDEP: Update on what is taking place in the State of Florida
4:00 PM Adjourn