Sunday, June 8, 2014

Time Start

Time End

Event and Location

Location

Noon

1:00 pm

Committee Meetings

Atlantic

1:00 pm

3:00 pm

Board Meeting

Surf

3:00 pm

4:00 pm

Maximize the Value of Your Free Re-TRAC Connect Account
ReTrac Connect

Atlantic

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Recycling Coordinator Round Table Discussion
Suzanne Boroff, Consultant

Atlantic

5:30 pm

7:30 pm

Evening Networking Reception

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

Monday, June 9, 2014

Time Start

Time End

Event and Location

Location

7:00 am

2:30 pm

Registration Open

Bill France Lobby

7:30 am

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

8:15 am

8:30 am

Conference Opening Welcome Address
Susan Chapman; RFT Chair
Patti Hammond; RFT Conference Chair

Bill France

8:30 am

9:30 am

Apps Happen:  Using Social Media
Overview:  Using social media and multi-model 
techniques to market.
Marissa Segundo; City of Largo, FL:  How Single
Stream became Mixed Recycling: Implementing a
Recycling Education Program Using Today’s Tools
Barbara McConnell; My-Waste

Bill France

9:30 am

10:30 am

Expanding Your Environmental Knowledge
Overview:  Expand your environmental learning
capabilities through programs that enhance your
knowledge while broadening your environmental
horizons.
Brian Elkin;  and Lana Blackman; Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach  County, FL; Florida Project Learning Tree and Project Wild
Jennifer O’Brien; Resource Depot; Choose 2 Reuse Turning Waste Into Wonder

Bill France

10:30 am

11:00 am

AM Networking Break with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

11:00 am

Noon

What’s Happening in Volusia County
Overview:  With special events from spring break,    to The Daytona Beach Boardwalk, the beach and the races –    there’s a lot to recycle!  Find how what Volusia County does to make their residential and commercial programs work.  
Regina Montgomery and Katrina Locke; Volusia 
County Green Initiative Team
Joe Nolin; Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port District
  Jason Kern; The Shores Resort and Spa Green Team

Bill France

Noon

1:30 pm

Afternoon Refreshments Break with Exhibitors

Atlantic and Richard Petty

1:30 pm

2:30 pm

Keynote Address:

Dr. Michael Lynch, NASCAR's Vice President of Green Innovation

Overview:  Dr. Michael Lynch is NASCAR's Vice President of Green Innovation. Lynch, who joined NASCAR in 2008, spearheaded the launch of NASCAR Green, which has since grown into the largest sustainability program in all of sports and one of the most powerful and impactful green platforms in the public and private sectors.

Bill France

2:30 pm

4:30 pm

Environmental Initiative Programs and Tour(s)
Overview:  Take an opportunity to hear talks on sustainable programs as 
well as attend an environmental tour from where you play to where you
stay.  *Pre-Registration required.

6:00 pm

9:00 pm

Networking Reception and Dinner with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty/Bill France

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Time Start

Time End

Event and Location

Location

8:00 am

3:30 pm

Registration Open

Bill France Lobby

8:00 am

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

8:30 am

9:30 am

Partnerships Strategies
   Overview:   Cooperate, Participate and Develop
relationships that last. 
Will Sagar; Southeast Recycling Development Council: 
SERDC 120, Looking Back
Dawn McCormick; Waste Management:  Economics
of Recycling and Contamination Challenges
Miriam Zimms; Kessler Consulting, Inc. and Rick Clark; Pinellas County Division of Solid Waste;
Strategies for Increasing Commercial Recycling: 
Pinellas County’s Cutting Waste at Work Program.

Bill France

9:30 am

10:30 am

Take a Walk on the Service Side
   Overview:  This session will look at collection  
programs, the containers that are used and how
the material is processed from residential and
commercial sectors.
Gene Ginn; City of Largo; Measuring Collection Operations; Planning, Optimization and Performance
Susan Champan and Patti Hammond; Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, FL; SWAs Case Study of Carts

Bill France

10:30 am

11:00 am

AM Networking Break with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

11:00 am

Noon

Target Practice:  Reaching Your Audience Through Media and Special Events
Overview:  Get the bang for your $$$ by hearing
how others are using media and events to reach
specific audiences.
Dee Dee Green; Escambia County, FL:  Using Special
Events to Educated Your Target Audience
Jennifer Hamilton; Hill and Knowlton:  Micro-
Targeting Resident Education:  the Benefits of a
Laser-Focused Effort

Bill France

Noon

1:30 pm

Annual Business Luncheon and Dessert with the Exhibitors   
Ron Henricks; FDEP Update
Carole Gentry; Leon County; Recycling Songwriting

Atlantic

1:30 pm

2:30 pm

Construction & Demolition Recycling – Market Overview
Overview:  C&D Recycling including operations, land fill diversion successes, updates on technology and processes.
Dick Reeves; General Kinematics
Patti Hamilton; Southern Waste Systems

Bill France

2:30 pm

3:30 pm

Recycling is BIG Business
Overview:  Success stories from retail operations on
how they make being sustainable a part of their
everyday operations.
John Zapata; Rooms-to-Go; A Recycling Success
Laurie Johnson; RecycleBank; Recyclebank and Hollywood - A Case Study

Bill France

3:30 pm

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Adjourn

                Tuesday, June 10, 2014 – Organics Track

Time Start

Time End

Event and Location

Location

8:00 am

3:30 pm

Registration Open

Bill France Lobby

8:00 am

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

8:30 am

10:30 am

Food Waste Composting Developments and Trends – Around Florida and Elsewhere
Overview:  Hear the latest on what is happening
with food waste composting in the State of Florida
from a number of facilities that have begun
operation in 2013-2014 and a large scale  
composting facility in Ontario, Canada.
Kim Brunson;Publix Super Markets, Inc:  Publix’s Food Recycling Efforts – The Past, The Present and The Future
Karen Hawkins; Waste Management; Marketing Organic & Class AA Compost
Dale Doerr; Harvest Power; Anaerobic Digestion Organics Processing

Large Scale Organics Processing
Tej Gidda and Alice Varkey; Conestoga-Rovers and
  Associates:  Large-Scale Source Separated Organics
Processing: A Case Study – Ontario

River

10:30 am

11:00 am

AM Networking Break with Exhibitors

Exhibit Hall - Richard Petty

11:00 am

Noon

Managing Organics to Energy Technologies in Project Development, Permitting and Contractual Frameworks
Overview:  Learn from a nationally involved
presenter on the experiences from other states on
organics to energy technology projects.
Steven Torres, J.D.; PLDW:  Counselors and Law,
Managing Organics to Energy Technologies in
Project Development, Permitting and Contractual
Frameworks

River

Noon

1:30 pm

Annual Business Luncheon and Dessert with the Exhibitors

Atlantic

1:30 pm

2:30 pm

End Product Quality and Marketing Panel Discussion
Karen Hawkins; Waste Management
David Hill; CycleLogic
Dale Doerr; Harvest Power
Tej Gidda; Conestoga-Rovers and Associates

River

2:30 pm

3:30 pm

Organics Committee Wrap-Up

River