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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
OPENING PLENARY
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Wednesday April 29, 2009 — 8:30 AM — 9:45 AM
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Celebrating The Pioneers
Municipal Organics Recycling Innovations Build On Pioneer Principles
Michele Young, City of San Jose, California, U.S.
Curbside Recycling Pioneer
Neil Seldman, Institute For Local Self-Reliance, U.S.
Composting Pioneers — A Tribute
Luis Diaz, CalRecovery, Inc., U.S. and Nora Goldstein, BioCycle, U.S.
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TRACK 1
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TRACK 2
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TRACK 3
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Wednesday April 29, 2009 — 10:30 AM — 12:15 PM
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| Compost Utilization — Agriculture And Horticulture
New Developments In Suppression Of Animal And Plant Diseases With Composts
Harry Hoitink, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, U.S.
Compost As A Future Fertilizer And Climate Change Mediator
Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc., U.S.
Biocompost To Agricultural Land: The UK Experience
Matt Taylor, ADAS Gleadthorpe, United Kingdom
Heavy Metal Mass Transfer In Municipal Solid Waste Composting
Lixian Zhou, University of Alberta, Canada
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Manure Management
Recycling Manure Solids
Mary Schwarz, Cornell Waste Management Institute, U.S.
Manure Management For Sustainable Agriculture And Small Livestock Operations
Athena Lee Bradley, Northeast Recycling Council, Inc., U.S.
Automated Mechanical Composting To Reduce Fly Populations In Poultry Houses
David Leavell, Farmer Automatic, U.S.
Pathogen Reduction
By Complete Mix Dairy Digesters
Geoff Teigen and Mark Moser, RCM International, LLC, U.S.
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Sustainable Schools
Making EPIC Progress: Composting And Schools
Charles Henry, Eastside Preparatory School, U.S.
Compost, Reconnecting Children And Nature Through Play
Heather Burt, Natural Play Designs, U.S.
Capturing Food Waste From Schools — Moving Towards Zero Waste
Jeff Krump, City of San Jose, U.S.
Composting As Foundation Of Environmental Education
Sara Laimon, Green Ambassadors, Environmental Charter High School, U.S.
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Wednesday April 29, 2009 — 1:45 PM — 3:30 PM
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| Air Quality, Facility Management
Hybrid Organics Facilities Enable Processing Near Waste Generators
Bruce Fulford, City Soil & Greenhouse Co., U.S.
Testing Compost Best Management Practices For Clean Air Benefits
Robert Horowitz, California Integrated Waste Managment Board (CIWMB), U.S.
Pilot Study To Cocompost Food Waste and Green Waste, Evaluate Emissions
Marcel Pitre, Metro Vancouver, Canada and Brian Fuchs, GORE Cover System, U.S.
Composting Industry Activity In California
Matthew Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC, U.S.
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Biogas Utilization
Biomethane Interconnection Standards
Larry Krom, Focus On Energy, U.S.
Biogas Storage And Utilization
Matthew Williams, WesTech Engineering, Inc., U.S.
Building A Mobile Biogas Plant
Eric Camirand, Electrigaz Technologies Inc., Canada
Zero Waste Livestock Farming
Shelby Tyne, BiogasPower, South Africa
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Conversion Technologies
Converting Wheat Straw Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate To Hydrogen And Methane
Prawit Kongjan, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Conversion Technologies Deployment in California
Jacques Franco, California Integrated Waste Managment Board (CIWMB), U.S.
Development Of Conversion Technologies In Major Municipality
Tobi Mitchell, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, U.S.
Eco-Political And Economic Impact Of Bioenergy Policy In Germany
Pingping Nie, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Wednesday April 29, 2009 — 4:15 PM — 6:00 PM
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Vermicomposting,
Compost Utilization
Managing Organics, Enhancing Agricultural Productivity Through Vermiculture
Norman Arancon, University of Hawaii at Hilo, U.S. and Rhonda Sherman, North Carolina State University, U.S.
Compost And Anaerobic Digestate Utilization In Sustainable Mediterranean Agriculture
Fabio Tittarelli, Agricultural Research Council - Research Center In Soil-Plant Systems, Italy
Compost Specifications For Agriculture
Kathleen Groody, California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB), U.S.
Organic Greenhouse Vegetable Production Using Compost-Based Growing Media
Lynn Rogers, Microbial Matrix Systems, U.S. and Cindy Salter, Organics Matter, U.S.
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Renewable Biofuels
Birth Of Advanced Biofuels Industry
Mark Jenner, Biomass Rules, U.S.
Fuel Efficiency And Emission Analysis Of Biodiesel Based On Biomass
R. D. Kulkarni, North Maharashtra University, India
From Fryer To Fuel — Urban Biodiesel Initiative
Olof Hansen, U.S. EPA, U.S.
Biodiesel Research Facility At Landfill Eco-Complex
Barry Edwards, Catawba County, North Carolina, U.S.
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Composting Developments
Sourcing Quality Compost in California
Dan Noble, Association of Compost Producers, U.S.
Composting Of Industrial Bio-Sludge And Garden Waste
Suneet Dabke, Concept Biotech, India
Profile Characteristics Of Oxygen Concentration During Aerobic Composting Of Biosolids
Gao Ding, Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China
Compost Use In China: Retrospection And Future Perspectives
Li Ji, China Agricultural University, China
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