Global Waste Management Symposium 20103 March 2010 – Penton Media’s 2010 Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) has announced their initial sponsor lineup for 2010. The biennial event serves as an international forum for the presentation of both applied and fundamental research and case studies on waste management and will take place at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, a new facility that just opened its doors this year.

The Global Waste Management Symposium 2010 is currently supported by industry-leading companies in the waste industry. Sponsors to date include: Gold Sponsor: Republic Services; Silver Sponsors: Golder Associates, Inc., Waste Connections, Inc. and Weaver Boos Consultants LLC; and Bronze Sponsors: Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. and SCS Engineers. A complete list of all sponsors can be found on the Website at www.wastesymposium.com.

“We’re thrilled to have the leaders in the waste industry support this event,” said Marc Acampora, sales director, GWMS on behalf of himself, Debra Busby and Denise LaFlamme who spearhead the sales efforts. “The sponsors recognize the important role that GWMS plays for the international community of researchers and educators, engineers, facility owners and operators, regulators and policymakers within the waste and recyclables management arena and we appreciate their support.”

The Global Waste Management Symposium brings together a broad coalition of government agencies, waste services companies, consultants, vendors/suppliers, researchers and leading trade organizations and scientific foundations from the U.S. and abroad. International participation in the 2008 GWMS inaugural event included participants from Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. GWMS participants take advantage of the opportunity to share ideas and problem solve with colleagues and GWMS sponsors on topics that are critical to the community of designers, facility owners and operators, policymakers and researchers in the global waste community.

The following topics will be included in the 2010 technical program:

Methane Emissions Monitoring Landfill Liners and Covers
Gas Management Final Closure of Landfills
Environmental Characteristics of Waste Leachate Management
Waste Properties Solar Energy for Landfills
Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration Soil Moisture and Caps
Biocovers Waste-based Energy
Bioreactor Case Studies Policies for Waste Diversion
Moisture Content in Bioreactors Waste Minimization
Landfill Siting Issues Recycling Policy and Program Operation

The full program will be posted at www.wastesymposium.com.

The Global Waste Management Symposium is privileged to have three outstanding industry veterans as co-chairs of the 2010 Technical Committee: Bryan Staley, vice president of Environmental Programs at the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF), Morton Barlaz, professor of Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University, and Craig Benson, professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. They, and the other Technical Committee participants, perform peer review of submissions to the Global Waste Management Symposium and ensure the presentations are of the highest quality and topicality. The Global Waste Management Symposium is also fortunate to have seasoned industry expert, Steven D. Menoff, currently Vice President of Environmental Management with Transload America, Inc. and formerly with Waste Management and Shaw Environmental, as the 2010 Business Committee Chair. He and the other Business Committee members provide invaluable guidance in ensuring the Global Waste Management Symposium’s present and future success in meeting stakeholders’ needs.

Supported by Penton Media’s Waste Age Magazine, GWMS also enjoys media support from the following Media Partners to date: MSW Management, Construction & Demolition Recycling, Pollution Equipment News and Geosynthetica.net. Additional support is provided by the following Strategic Partners to date: the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF), the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA, through NSWMA and WASTEC, the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) and Methane to Markets (M2M).

Find out more about Global Waste Management Symposium at www.wastesymposium.com.

Companies wishing to participate as sponsors should contact:

For inquiries about the technical program please contact Bryan F. Staley, Ph.D., P.E., Symposium Technical Committee Co-chair and Vice President of Environmental Programs, Environmental Research and Education Foundation, bstaley@erefdn.org.

For general inquires about GWMS please contact either Florence Torres, conference director, florence.torres@penton.com, +1 203 358 4385 or Rita Ugianskis, group show director, rita.ugianskis@penton.com.

About Penton Media, Inc.

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CONTACT

Kimberly Stolfi
Marketing, Global Waste Management Symposium
+1 203 358 4252
Kimberly.Stolfi@penton.com
http://www.wastesymposium.com

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