Three days of networking and engagement
2024 Schedule
Please note that the schedule is subject to change. Stay up to date here with the latest information.
Wednesday, Nov 13
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
10:30 AM - 12:00PM
SRO MEETING - INVITE ONLY
Jockey Club Room
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
WELCOME & OPENING PLENARY: Women in Circularity
Salon VI
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
Salon I-IV
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Be a Recycling Resource: How to Engage with the Media and Fight Disinformation
Salon VI
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Urban Leadership in Reuse: Policy and Strategic Action
Salon IX-X
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Residential Food Scraps Collection and Composting 101
Salon VII-VIII
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Connecting Innovation and Grassroots Efforts to Curtail Contamination
Salon IX-X
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: EPR & DRS: Better Together?
Salon VI
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
RECEPTION
Salon I-IV
Thursday, Nov 14
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
7:45 AM – 7:00 PM
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
Salon I-IV
7:45 AM – 8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
Salon I-IV
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
PLENARY: Who Decides What’s Recyclable?
Salon VI
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Conversations in Compostable Packaging
Salon IX-X
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Textile Recycling: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
Salon VI
9:45 AM – 12:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Resident Education
Salon VII-VIII
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Building Consensus for Legislative Action
Salon VI
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Developing End Markets for Recovered Materials
Salon IX-X
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
LUNCH & GUEST SPEAKER: The Language of Leadership
Salon I-IV
1:15 AM –2:15 PM
PLENARY: EPR: Extended Producer Responsibility, or Extra Problematic Recycling?
Salon VI
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: EPR for Non-Curbside Materials
Salon VII-VIII
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Secondary Sortation - When Once is Not Enough
Salon VI
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Leveraging Partnerships to Achieve Program Growth
Salon IX-X
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Saying Yes in the Land of No
Salon VI
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Revolutionizing Recycling through High-Performance Recycling Policy: Creating a Circular and Climate-Resilient Future
Salon VII-VIII
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
RECEPTION
Salon I-IV
Friday, Nov 15
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
REGISTRATION OPEN
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
BREAKFAST
Salon I-IV
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
Salon I-IV
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Principles, Successes and Shortcomings of EPR Legislation
Salon VI
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: Shaping Tomorrow's Cities: Integrating Reuse Into Infrastructure and Services
Salon IX-X
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
WORKSHOP: Finding the Funds, Getting the Grant
Salon VII-VIII
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
BREAK
Salon I-IV
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CLOSING PLENARY: If We Could Do It Over, What Would We Do?
Salon VI
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