Agenda
Monday, May 7, 2018
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration Open - Room S331D
Location:
Orange County Convention Center (OCCC)
South Concourse
9899 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
South Concourse, Level III, Room S331D
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Note: Session titles and names highlighted in GREEN are linked to pages that contain speaker/moderator profiles.
Meeting Room Location: South Concourse, Level III, Room S330A
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open - Room S331D
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am Opening Session:
An International Perspective on Ag Plastics Recycling
Welcome: Gene Jones, CEO, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. and Executive Director, Florida Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative
Impacts of China’s Plastic Ban
Dr. Steven Wong, Chairman, Fukutomi Company Limited
Agricultural Plastics Recycling in Europe, the German Example
Jan Bauer, Commercial Manager, RIGK GmbH
Ag Plastics Recycling in Canada
Barry Friesen, General Manager, CleanFARMS
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:45 pm Agricultural Plastics Collection Programs
Moderator: Jill Dunlop, Manager, Food Safety & Sustainability, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
Cross-sector Collaboration in Agricultural Plastics Recycling Programs
Melissa Kono, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Toro's Drip Irrigation Recycling Service in California
Bryan Woudstra, Area Business Manager, The Toro Company - Ag Business
Horizontal Integration of Agricultural Waste through Pop-Up Recycling Events
Simon Andrew, General Manager, The Agrecovery Foundation
11:45 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Agricultural Plastics Recycling
Moderator: Mark Hudson, Executive Director, Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC)
Creating Sustainable Solutions with Vistamaxx Performance Polymers in Plastics Recycling
Jeffrey Zhang, Market Developer, Exxonmobil Chemical Company, Inc.
Extended Producer Responsibility in the Agriculture Film Market
Sean Whiteley, CEO, Delta Plastics
Ag Film Washing: Challenges & Solutions
Corey O'Donnell, Director of Sales, Southeast Machinery Company, Inc.
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Refreshment Break
APRC and Re|focus Shared Break
South Concourse, Level III, Room S330 Foyer
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Agricultural Plastics Recovery & Processing
Moderator: Ted Kaiser, President, Dock 7 Materials Group, LLC
Designing a System for AG Plastics Recovery
John Farney, Director of Size Reduction Sales, Cumberland
Material Handling, Conditioning, and Storage Solutions
Joe Dziedzic, Manager of Technical Sales, AEC
Waste Water Recovery and Treatment
Salem Alameri, Matec America, Inc.
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Networking Reception: APRC, CARE & Re|focus
South Concourse, Level III, Room S330 Foyer
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm VIP Outing at TopGolf
(Includes dinner and 3 hours of unlimited TopGolf Play)
A separate fee of $115 is required. Space is Limited. Contact Nicki Mayfield for more info. nicki@eicmllc.com
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open - Room S331D
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am Ag Film Mulch Recovery & Processing
Moderator: Kevin Yue, PE, Environmental Compliance Engineer, Lipman Family Farms
Steve Zook, Sales Manager, PBZ / CropCare
Findings from 2017 Mulch Retrieval Machine Trials
David Lowles, Consultant, Waste Reduction Partners
Meeting the Dirty Mulch Film Recycling Challenge
David Lowles, Consultant, Waste Reduction Partners
Agricultural Mulch Film Enhancement Project
Gene Jones, CEO, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. and Executive Director, Florida Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
Shared Break: APRC and CARE
South Concourse, Level III, Room S330 Foyer
10:30 am - 12:15 pm General Agricultural Plastics Recycling Session
Moderator: Gene Jones, CEO, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. and Executive Director, Florida Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative
A Different Approach to Recycling AG Film
Hartmut Bendfeldt, President, eFACTOR3, LLC
RISe – A Novel Polymer Recycling Process
Dr. Stephen Paspek, Vice President of Technology, Broadview Group International, LLC
Odor Removal Technology for Agricultural Plastics
Alan DiUmberto, Sales Manager - Recycling Division, American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc.
12:15 pm Adjourn