Need Help? Call Us Today!
Agenda - Tentative
August 18, 2021
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration Opens
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exhibitor Set up
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Reception
August 19, 2021
Note: Session titles and names highlighted in GREEN are linked to pages that contain speaker/moderator profiles.
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am Opening Session:
Welcome: Gene Jones, CEO, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. and Executive Director, Florida Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative
Moderator: Dr. Tannis Thorlakson, Senior Environmental Manager, Driscoll's
Circular Economy of Agricultural Plastics in Europe
Jan Bauer, Managing Director, RIGK GmbH
Latest Update on Export of Agricultural Plastics Amid the Basel Convention Amendment
Dr. Steve Wong, Executive President, China Sustainable Plastics Association
The Ever-Changing Export Market
Ted Kaiser, President, Dock 7 Materials Group, LLC
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Session 1
Moderator: TBD
Ag Container Recycling Council - Program Update
Mark Hudson, Executive Director, Ag Container Recycling Council
Joe Costa, BASF
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC ~Bulk Bag) Recycling
Howard Wei, CEO and Founder, Arch Polymers, Inc.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Session 2
Moderator: TBD
Designing Statewide Coordination of Ag Plastics Collection in Wisconsin
Melissa Kono, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
Cherish Miller, Vice President, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Revolution
Improving End-of-Life Management of Plastic Mulch Film in Strawberry Production
Lisa W. DeVetter, Associate Professor, Washington State University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Session 3
Moderator: TBD
Plastics-to-Fuels and Fuel Feedstock Opportunities
Jean-Louis Kindler, CEO, Ways2H
Engineering Microbes to Upcycle Agricultural Bioplastic
Lahiru Jayakody, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University
Brightmark Energy - A New End Market for Mixed Plastics
Tom Hockin, National Director - Origination & Feedstock, Brightmark Energy
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Networking Reception: Exhibit Hall
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm VIP Reception
August 20, 2021
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am Session 4
Moderator: TBD
Hartmut Bendfeldt , President, eFACTOR3 LLC
Odor Removal Technology for Agricultural Plastics
Alan DiUmberto, Sales Manager - Recycling Division, American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc.
Filtration Technology of AG plastics
Thomas Lehner, CSO / Managing Director, BritAS Recycling-Anlagen GmbH
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Session 5
Moderator: TBD
Do Agricultural Plastics Enter Waterways and the Ocean?
Pam Krone, Agricultural Water Quality Coordinator, California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
F.A.R.M.S. - Farmers Accelerating Research in Materials Science
Dr. Tim Dawsey, Executive Director for Advancement of Applied Science & Technology, Pittsburg State University's Kansas Polymer Research Center
Presentation 3 TBD
12:00 pm Adjourn