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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