NEW YORK (13 August 2008) – The Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) will be held September 7-10, 2008 at the Copper Mountain Conference Center, Colorado, USA. The GWMS will serve as a forum for the presentation of both applied and fundamental research and case studies on waste management and its effects on climate change. Participants will include designers, facility owners and operators, policy makers, researchers, government agencies, waste service companies, consultants, vendors, members of leading trade organizations and scientific foundations. “We are excited to have 400+ people already registered for the GWMS, from the United States and abroad,” said Rita Ugianskis- Fishman, GWMS Show Director.
The Global Waste Management Symposium will include both oral and poster presentations as well as social events to provide opportunities for technical interaction and discussion. The GWMS will officially kick off on Monday, September 8 with two keynote presenters: Dr. Michael J. Walsh, Executive Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange and Hakan Rylander, CEO, SYSAV Company Group, South Scania Waste Company, Sweden. Dr. Walsh’s presentation will be on The Potential for National Carbon Emissions Trading to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mr. Rylander will be speaking on Maximum Recycling of Material and Energy- Minimum of Landfilling: Perspectives from Europe.
Oral presentations will include the following topics: Producer Responsibility, Waste Diversion, or Zero Waste?; Solid Waste Management Planning and Policy; Biological Treatment of Solid Waste; Carbon Finance; Models of Landfill Processes; Sustainable Waste Management and Climate Change; In addition to the oral presentations, 50 poster presentations will be featured at the Global Waste Management Symposium.
Through receptions, networking functions, breaks, and the GWMS golf outing, participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and problem solve with their colleagues and the 50 GWMS sponsors including Waste Management, Republic Services, Golder Associates, Waste Connections, Brown and Caldwell, Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc., GeoSyntec Consultants, Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc, SCS Engineers, Shaw Environmental, Inc and Weaver Boos Consultants, LLC.
The Global Waste Management Symposium also has unprecedented industry support from the follow Strategic and Media Partners: Chicago Climate Exchange, Construction and Demolition Recycling, Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF), geosynetica.net, Interstate Technology Regulatory Council, Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), Methane to Markets (M2M), MSW Management, National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), Ontario Waste Management Association, Pollution Equipment News, US Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Age, Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), Wildlife Habitat Council and The World Bank
The GWMS would not be possible without the dedication of the Business Committee, lead by Greg Cekander of Waste Management, and the Technical Committee, lead by Morton Barlaz of NC State University and Craig Benson of University of Washington.
For a complete Global Waste Management Symposium schedule and to register, please visit www.wastesymposium.com.
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